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nium and hosts of others. In fact there were one hundred 

 and eight varieties, omitting the cultivated flowers. 



On the table devoted to cultivated flowers were to he 

 seen nearly every species then in bloom. The fragrant, 

 pretty Daphne mezereum was among the cases sent by J. 

 Pierpont Morgan. About twenty 3^ears ago, I saw this 

 plant for the first time in an old garden in Harlem, and 

 not again until last week when I met it at the florists near 

 the cemetery, under the name of pink candytuft. By com- 

 paring the two plants, the florist finally became convinced 

 that the candytuft was quite another plant. Finding it 

 again at the flower show made me hope that it will re- 

 main in the line of vision for some years to come. With 

 this plant was the Caljcanthus, strawberry or pineapple 

 shrub, so named from the odor of the chocolate colored 

 flowers which the children love. Here also were the flow- 

 ering currant, raspberrj^ strawberry, all of the blue 

 berries, Japanese maple, while overtowering all was a fine 

 copper beech. 



Several classes were allowed in the plaj^ground at one 

 time, going from table to table and taking notes which 

 were turned into compositions when the classroom was 

 reached. Very creditable was one on the pansy, read by 

 a mite of a boy w^ith a large voice, \vho rejoiced in the 

 name of Sam Weingart. After school hours, pupils of 

 other schools visited the exhibition. Friday was mothers' 

 day. How these women must have enjoyed it! Doubt- 

 less most of them "could greet a friend from home, half 

 the world away." The great supply was so generouslj- 

 distributed that every home was cheered. While at 

 first one felt a little sad because of the quantities that h^d* 

 been gathered, the thought that four thousand people had 

 received great pleasure and some knowledge, soon overr 

 came the regret. Then, too, many were picked by chil- 

 dren in the country, who looked torw^ard with truest 

 delight to the giving of this joy to their city cousins. 

 Mrs. John I. Northrup had charge of the show, being as- 

 sisted by Mrs. Horace See, Miss E. L. Tuckerman, Mrs. J. 



