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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW 

 YORK. 



A very successful exhibition of plants and flowers was 

 given by the society, in co-operation with the New York 

 Botanical Garden, in the Museum building of that insti- 

 tution, in Bronx Park, on June 7 and 8. There was a 

 large attendance, especially on Sunday afternoon. The 

 schedule was planned mainly for peonies and roses, re- 

 sulting in a fine display of these flowers. The competi- 

 tion in the roses was keen, there being nearly 300 vases of 

 this popular flower exhibited. Large displays of hardy 

 shrubs and trees, irises, rhododendrons and azaleas, her- 

 baceous plants, and orchids filled the two large halls on 

 the grotmd floor of the museum. 



Following are the awards made at this exhibition : 

 PEONIE.S. 



Three white varieties, 6 flowers of each— First. Cottage Gardens 

 Co.; second, T. A. Haveraeyer, A. Lahodny, gardener. 



Three light pink varieties. 6 flowers of each— First, Cottage 

 Gardens Co.; second. T. A. Haveraeyer. 



Three rose varieties, (i Howers of 'eacli — First, Cottage Gardens 

 Co.; second, T. A. Havemeyer. 



Tluee crimson varieties, 6 llovvers of each — First, T, A. Have- 

 meyer; second, Cottage Gardens Co. 



Collection of singles. 3 flowers of each— First, T. A. Havemeyer: 

 second, F. R. Pierson Co. 



Collection, not less than 6 flowers of each— First T. A. Have- 

 meyer; second, F. R. Pierson Co. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Collection of hardy roses— First, Mrs. Benj. Stern, \V. D. Robert- 

 son, gardener; second, Cien. E. A. McAlpin, J. Woodcock, gardener. 



Collection hardy flowering shrubs and trees — First, T. A. Have- 

 meyer: second H. Darlington. P. W. Popp. gardener. 



Collection hardy rhododendrons and azaleas — First, T. A. Have- 

 meyer; second, F. R. Pierson Co. 



Collection hardy herbaceous plants — First, Miss B. Potter, Geo. 

 Wittlinger, gardener. 



Collection of irises— First. IL Darlington; second. .John Lewis 

 Childs. 



Si.x orchid plants, 6 varieties — First, Clement Moore, J. P. Moss- 

 man, gardener; second, Lager & Hurrell. 



Three orchid plants, 3 varieties — First, Lager & Hurrell; second, 

 Clement Moore. 



One orchid pUiiit— First. Lager & Hurrell: second. Clement 

 Moore. 



The following special prizes were awarded: Bobbink 

 & Atkins, for a collection of hardy herbaceous plants, 

 bronze medal : Clement Moore, for a so-called pink form 

 of \'anda coerulea, certificate, for a seeding of Cattleya 

 speciosissima x Dowiana, silver medal, and for a collection 

 of Laelio-cattleyas and Cattleya hybrids, silver medal ; 

 Mrs. F. A. Constable, Jas. Stuart, gardener, for three 

 well grown Fuchsia plants: W. A, -Manda, for Dend- 

 robium Sanderae, silver medal. 



The judges were Jas. Stuart, L S. Hendrickson, and 

 \Vm, Tricker. 



The schedule for the fall exhibition of the society, to be 

 held at the American Museum of Natural History, Octo- 

 ber 31 to November 4, is now ready for distribution, and 

 copies may be had by apiilication to the secretary, George 

 \', Nash. New York Botanical Garden. Bronx Park, 

 N. Y. City. 



Since the publication of the schedule the following 

 special prizes have been ofi'cred : 



By Mr. M. C. Ebel, for a group of at least 18 vege- 

 tables, to be judged by the scale of points of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Societw a ])iece of silver, value $50. 



By ]\Ir. Arthur T. Boddington, for a group of 18 vege- 

 tables, to be judged by the same scale of points, $25, cash 

 or silver. 



Messrs. \V. E. Marshall & Co., for a group of vege- 

 tables, a piece of silver, value $25. 



A second prize will 1)e ofifered by the Horticultural 

 Society of New York in each of the above. 



The first special fund of the society has been established 



by Mrs. \Vm. Barr, of West Orange, N. J., in memory 

 of her husband. She has given $500, to be known as 

 the Wm. Parr Fund, the interest of which is to be used 

 in defraying flower prizes, 



George V. N.\sh, Secretary. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Annual June Exhibition. 



The annual June exhibition of the Tarrytown Horti- 

 cultural Society was held on Thursday, June 12, in the 

 Young ]\Ien's Lyceum, Tarrytown, from 3 until 10 p. m. 

 The schedule provided prizes for exhibits of flowers, j 

 fruits, and vegetables. The exhibits were very numer- 

 ous, the several difi^erent classes being well filled, and the 

 attendance was large. George Wittlinger was manager 

 of the exhibition. The judges were: John Featherstone, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. ; Peter Clinton and Henry Kastberg, 

 Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 



The awards were as follows : 



Best collection of flowers cut from hardy Perennials, not ex- 

 ceeding 12 varieties — Miss Blanche Potter, Ossining, N. Y., George 

 Wittlinger, gardener. 



Best three quarts of Strawberries, 3 varieties — Joseph Eastman. 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., Robert Angus, gardener. 



Best two quarts of ."Strawberries, 2 varieties — .Joseph Eastman. 



Best quart of Strawberries, any one variety — First, E. L. Coster, 

 Irvington, N. Y., Edward Ivane, gardener; second. Joseph Eastman. 



Best quart of .Strawberries, amateurs only — Walter Johnston, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Best vase of 12 blooms of Hybrid Perpetual Roses assorted — 

 General E. A. McAlpin. Ossining, N. Y'., John Woodcock, gardener. 



Best collection of outdoor Roses, not e.xceeding 25 varieties — 

 First. Mrs. J. B. Trevor. Yonkers, X. l'., Howard Nichols, gardener; 

 second, I. N. Seligman, Irvington, N. Y., John Briinger, gardener. 



Best 2 varieties of outdoor Roses, 6 of each — General E. A. 

 McAlpin. 



Best 12 outdoor Roses, any one variety — Mrs. Ferdinand Her- 

 man, Tarrytown, X. Y., Abel Weeks, gardener. 



Best vase- of Roses — General E. A. McAlpin. 



Best display of outdoor Climbing Roses — I. N. Seligman. 



Best 12 Roses of Frau Karl Druschki — First. Miss Blanche 

 Potter; second, H. Darlington, Mamaroneck, N. Y., P. W. Popp, 

 gardener: third. General E. A. McAlpin. 



Best collectiou of Sweet Peas — Mrs. J. B. Trevor. 



Best collection of 12 varieties of Vegetables, 12 species — Mrs. 

 J. B. Trevor. 



Best collection 6 varieties of Vegetables, 6 species — E. L. Coster. 



Best 3 varieties of Peonies. 6 of each — ti. Darlington. 



Best 3 varieties of Hybrid Tea Roses. 4 of each — H. Darlington. 



Best bouquet of Wild Flowers, competition open only to school 

 children under 14 years of age — First, Ralph D. Neubrand; second, 

 Margaret Gibson. 



For the best collection of Wild Flowers, each variety to have 

 the common name attached and the botanical name where possible, 

 competition open only to school children — First, Annie E. Lee; 

 second, Harold G. Neubrand. 



APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 



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