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HORTICULTURE 



April 5, 1913 



Div. D: Medal Classes. 



Class 435. — Vases of 100 

 blooms. Class 436. — Per- 

 petual Flowering Carnation 

 Society of England Medals 

 for Vases of 100 blooms. 

 Class 437-438. — Preliminary 

 Competition for Fred Dor- 

 ner Memorial Medals. To 

 be staged April 8. 



Div. E: Certificates. 



Class 438.— Certificates of 

 Merit. Class 439.— Prelimi- 

 nary Certificates. 

 Div. F: For Artistic Ar- 

 rangement. 



Classes 440 to 446 for 

 Decorative Work, to be 

 staged on April 10. except- 

 ing Classes 441 and 443 for 

 Table Decorations and 

 Hampers which are to be 

 staged April 8. 

 Div. G: Special Premiums. 



Classes 447 to 451, to 

 be staged April 8. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA 



SOCIETY. 



Section N. 

 Classes 452 to 462.— Va- 

 rieties introduced prior to 

 1912, Vases of 50, to be 

 staged April 10. Classes 463 

 to 483. — Standard Varieties, 

 Vases of 25. Classes 484 to 

 490.— Novelties of 1912, 

 Vases of 25. Classes 491 to 

 493. — Medals and Special 

 Prizes. Classes 494 to 497. — Retailers' 

 Decorative Exhibits. All Sweet Pea 

 exhibits to be staged April 10. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 

 Section O. 



Classes 498 to 506. — Forced blooms; 

 open to all. Classes 507 to 514. — 

 Forced blooms; amateurs only. Classes 

 515 to 523A. — Special prizes. 

 Sec P: International Flower Show 

 Prizes. 



Classes 524 to 531. — Special prizes 

 for Decorative Work. 



Wtt.t.tam H. Siebeecht 

 President New York Florists' Club. 



Sec. Q: Cut Flowers. 



Classes 532 to 542. — Collections and 

 Single Sprays of Orchids. Classes 543 

 to 551. — Miscellaneous Cut Flowers. 



A WORD ABOUT NEW YORK. 



The horticultural gaze of the con- 

 tinent is focussed on New York this 

 week. As we write, lively times are 

 in order in many a big greenhouse. 

 The pet plants and flowers being fin- 

 ished and groomed for their journey 

 to the Grand Central Palace where, in 

 thp mind of each fond owner, each 



and every exhibit is des- 

 tined to win honor and re- 

 nown. Many visitors are 

 speeding on their way to 

 attend this long-talked-of 

 event and some of the ad- 

 vance guard are already on 

 the spot. Probably many 

 who had looked forward 

 with pleasure to this visit 

 to the Metropolis will now 

 be among the missing, their 

 hopes rudely dashed to the 

 ground in the wild orgie of 

 flood, fire and tornado which 

 has within the past few 

 days swept over so large a 

 section of the country. To 

 all such, in their misfortune 

 we extend sympathy, and In 

 our succeeding issues shall 

 endeavor to tell them some- 

 thing of what happened at 

 the great exhibition. 



Our front cover picture 

 shows the new Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace which will be 

 the great centre of activity 

 all through the coming 

 week. We might fill many 

 pages of this paper with 

 views of New York City, its 

 magnificent business blocks, 

 public edifices and private 

 mansions, its wonderful har- 

 bor, its historic spots, its 

 parks and boulevards. Its 

 munificent citizens, but in 

 these days of innumerable 

 post cards and other illus- 

 trated mediums delineating every spot 

 of interest in and around the city, 

 perhaps our readers will be just as 

 well pleased that we have not at- 

 tempted it. 



New York's horticultural eminence 

 is well known to all who read these 

 lines. Vast ranges of greenhouses 

 stretching out over Jersey, Long 

 Island and "up-the-state" pour their 

 product daily into the capacious whole- 

 sale markets of 26th and 28th street 

 and countless flower stores, palatial 

 in equipment, cater to the demands of 



W. C. RiCEABOS 



Treasurer New York Florists' 



Club. 



L. Mebton Gage 



Oorreflpondlng Secretary American Gladio- 

 Ins Society. 



Isaac S. Hxndbioksoh 



President American Gladiolus Society. 



