. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. rk pink. Cut Blooms. William A. Riggs was awarded a first class cer-tificate of merit for arrangement of a magnificentvase of over fifty large blooms of first class certificate was awarded to Chas. , Madison, N. for new white sport fromMrs. Duckham. Honorable mentions were given to H. A. Jahn forcarnations No. 1 and No. 2; to William Sim, forvase of new violet, sport from Princess of Wales;to F. R. Pierson Company, for new fern; to PeterB. Robb, for


. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. rk pink. Cut Blooms. William A. Riggs was awarded a first class cer-tificate of merit for arrangement of a magnificentvase of over fifty large blooms of first class certificate was awarded to Chas. , Madison, N. for new white sport fromMrs. Duckham. Honorable mentions were given to H. A. Jahn forcarnations No. 1 and No. 2; to William Sim, forvase of new violet, sport from Princess of Wales;to F. R. Pierson Company, for new fern; to PeterB. Robb, for seedling Cattleya Louise; to F. & Company, for Ficus altissima; to E. , for seedling cattleyas and leelias; to JuliusRoehrs Company for Tillandsia Duvalliana, and fornew Begonia rex The Marquis. Fine vases of Wellesley roses were exhibited bythe Waban Rose Conservatories and by W. H. El-liott. Mr. Elliott also had a magnificent vase ofRichmond and the Waban Conservatories a vase ofAmerican Beauty. F. R. Pierson Company exhibited two fine vasesof Winsor carnation one of which had been on ex-. Chrysanthemtim Mrs. Westray X,, E. A. Pa. Certificated by C. S. A hibition for the three previous days at the Tarry-town show. This carnation showed up well, andwas admired by all. Peter Fisher exhibited a vaseof carnation Beacon, one of Evangeline, and one ofWhite Perfection. Fine displays of dahlias were made by George , Wm. C. Winter, and N. Allen Lindsay. Dis-plays of plants were made by Edward McMuIkin,R. & J. Farquhar & Company, Lager & Hurrell,Summit. N. J.; Julius Roehrs Company, Rutherford,N. J.; and by C. D. Sias, the latter showing BegoniaGloire de Lorraine in excellent shape. A display of hardy conifers in tubs was made byR. & J. Farquhar & Company. In the competition classes for chrysanthemumplants the exhibitors were J. S. Bailey (J. Nilen,gardener) who captured five first prizes; E. J. Mit-ton (J. Lawson, gardener), who


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