(1898)  Page(s) 249.  
 
Honorable Mention.....Chrysanthemum Show, November 8-11. John H. Taylor, for Rose Admiral Dewey.
November 8-11. John H. Dunlop, for Rose Lady Dorothea.

(1894)  Page(s) 3.  
 
Report of the Committee on Plants for the year 1893...
March 4, Jackson Dawson, of the Arnold Arboretum, was awarded a Silver Medal for a new first-class Rose, - a hybrid between Gen. Jacqueminot and the single Rosa rugosa.

(1893)  Page(s) 238.  
 
A First Class Certificate of Merit was awarded to Siebrecht & Wadley, New Rochelle, N.Y., for their new Rose, Belle Siebrecht...[at the Chrysanthemum Show, November 6]

(1904)  Page(s) 180.  
 
Description of Mr. Richardson's Seedling Peonies.
The following is a list with descriptions of the Richardson seedling peonies, with synonyms where such exist and the awards they have received; these awards were all made by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, so that for the sake of brevity the name of the Society is not further mentioned. The date of blooming this year is given, and also the height. The height was taken in August, and measures the distance from the ground to the calyx of the flower; with the flower, therefore, some inches would be added as a maximum height. The whole set of eighteen varieties was exhibited this year before the Society either on June 5, 11, or 21-22.
Charles Sedgwick Minot. Named by me. Clear satin pink, large very beautiful flower, guard petals broad, centre petals narrower, as long as guards, very high, round flower, perfectly double, no stamens or stigmas showing, very sweet scented, erect habit, a profuse bloomer. Posthumous seedling, in bloom 9 June 1904, height to flower 40 inches. Exhibited by me 11 June 1904, when it received a First Class Certificate of Merit. Named for Professor Charles Sedgwick Minot, embryologist, and a skillful grower of peonies.

(1879)  Page(s) 130.  
 
There is nothing finer than such old Roses as Paul Perras and Chenedole...

(1881)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Coquette des Blanches. — A white rose, and a truty perpetual bloomer until late in the autumn ; a remarkably vigorous grower, and has proved hardy with me until last winter, when it was killed to the ground.

(1893)  Page(s) 244.  
 
First Class Certificates of Merit....Rose Show, June 22, 23...Jackson Dawson, Seedling Hybrid Rose, No. 3, Multiflora X Gen. Jacqueminot.

(1870)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers for the Year 1870. By J. C. Hovey, Chairman.
July 9, John Richardson exhibited flowers of a fine seedling Herbaceous Pæony named Dorchester; flowers medium size, rose color, finely imbricated and very sweet scented; plant erect and of good habit.

(1871)  Page(s) 96.  
 
The following  awards and Certificates of Merit were also made:
To John Richardson, for a new Seedling Herbaceous Pæony, named Dorchester, a First Class Certificate of Merit.

(1904)  Page(s) 179.  
 
Mr. Thurlow states that Mr. Richardson bequeathed his peonies to Mr. John C. Hovey, but that is a mistake. Mr. Hovey received what peonies he had as a gift during Mr. Richardson's life. Mr. Hovey when visiting me shortly before his death in 1894, on request dictated the names he had given and the descriptions of the Richardson peonies in his possession. As this is an important matter to peony growers his description is given at this point.
John C. Hovey's description of Richardson Peonies in his garden.
1. Perfection. Blush rose, Silver Medal, 23 June 1869. [For the change required in this name, see p.183.]
2. Dorchester. Bright rose, darker in centre. First Class Certificate of Merit, 9 July 1870.
3. Grandiflora. Light rose, flat flower. First Class Certificate of Merit, 26 June 1883.
4. Rubra Superba. Bright crimson carmine. First Class Certificate of Merit, 20 June 1871.
5. Norfolk. Flowers large, cup shaped, light rose, darker centre, compact growing plant.
6. Francis B. Hayes. Bright rose.
7. Cambridge. Small bright rose, late. [Of this variety I have not been able to locate authentic specimens..]
8. John Richardson. Small very double rose, like a high Perfection, rose, blush edge.
9. Milton Hill. Blush white, very double. First Class Certificate of Merit, 27 June 1891.
These are all the Richardson seedlings that Mr. Hovey has.