November, and there are few things we have ever done that has 
yielded us so much gratification. We have had competitors from 
every State in the South from Florida to Texas, and the blooms 
sent by all were truly magnificent, all raised from plants purchased 
from us, thus demonstrating beyond all doubt that our plants suc- 
ceed admirably, and produce superb blooms in every section of the 
South. When we offered the prizes in Spring we did not expect to 
receive anything like the fine blooms all our competitors sent us, 
and each one has just cause to be proud of the excellency of their 
flowers, whether they were among the prize winners or not. The 
first prize of $25.00 was nobly won by Dr. D: T. Price, Booneville, 
Miss., who was only a few points ahead of Mr. -Tames Balfour, of 
Gadsden, Ala., who gained our second prize. Mrs. T. A. Connor, 
of Cokesbury, South Carolina, won third prize with a superb collec- 
tion. This lady must be highly complimented on the excellency 
of her blooms, and must remember that the third prize in a strong 
class of nearly two dozen competitors is an achievement to be proud 
of, beating numbers of the most prominent amateur florists in the 
South. We visited all the Chrysanthemum shows west of the 
Alleghenvs, from Atlanta, Ga., to Chicago, 111., and the blooms sent 
us raised from our plants grown in the South compared most favor- 
ably with those we saw in the great Northern shows grown by 
veteran cultivators. Upon this matter we congratulate our cus- 
tom#® and ourselves. The prizes offered for next Fall will be as 
follows: 
For the best 50 blooms, in 25 varieties (two blooms of each) first prize, 
$25.00. 
For the second best 50 blooms, in 25 varieties (two blooms of each) sec- 
ond prize, $10.00. 
For the third best 50 blooms, in 25 varieties (two blooms of each) third 
prize, $5.00. 
These blooms must be sent to us by express any time from the 
1st to the 15th of November next. There will be no entrance fee 
for this contest, but no one is eligible to compete whose name does 
not appear on our order book this Spring for a sum of not less than 
Five Dollars in Chrysanthemums. Any further information 
desired on this subject will cheerfully be given. In Fall Catalogue 
we will give full instructions as to how the flowers ought to be cut 
and shipped. The blooms eligible to compete for this must be of 
good size, only one bloom on each stem, and cut with a long stem. 
