HRST PRIZE 



THE 



SILVER MEDAL 



of Excellence, was awarded to my exhibit of 



Quality Seeds, Bulbs, Vegetables, Tools^ 

 Insecticides, Garden Requisites, Etc> 



BY THE 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE 



OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 



At their Annual Chrysanthemum Exhihition, held in the Herald Square 



Exhibition HaU, New York City 



**Come, my spade. IRere is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and 

 grabe-makers : they hold up Adam's profession'* 



—Hamlet 



