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what he liad witnessed at 

 lormer events. 



Much credit of the success of 

 the show is due to the owners 

 and gardeners of some of the 

 private estates, among whom 

 should be prominently men- 

 tioned, Adolph Lewisohn, John 

 Canning, gardener ; who car- 

 ried off many hrst prizes ; Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable, James Stuart, 

 •gardener; W. B. Thompson, A. 

 Strahan, gardener ; Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney, George Ferguson, 

 gardener ; W. R. Coe, Thomas 

 Proctor, gardener. Other 

 gardeners gave their welcome 

 aid to a somewhat smaller e.x- 

 lent by exhibiting in the scat- 

 tered classes. 



The Department of Parks of 

 Manhattan and of Brooklyn 

 exhibited some very interest- 

 ing groups of plants from the 

 metropolitan conservatories. 



Joseph Manda created con- 

 siderable publicity for the show 

 with his new Brasso-Cattleya, 

 which was named by Mrs. 

 Woodrow Wilson, "Mave- 

 hona," and another new Catt- 

 leya to which he gave the name 

 of "General John Pershing." 



The trade was well repre- 

 sented both as to exhibitions 

 in competition and with trade 

 exhibitions. 



While the expert could note 

 the effects of the late war on 

 the Spring flower show, which 

 was resumed after a lapse of 

 two years, nevertheless it was 

 a most creditable showing, and 

 the large attendance indicated 

 that the New York annual 

 Spring 'Flower Show had 

 become well established in 

 its popularity among the 

 public. 



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Boston's Orcliid Show in 

 which the Albert C. Burrage 

 exhibit of orchids was the 

 center of attraction has been 

 declared the hnest of any show 

 of its kind ever staged. The 

 general appearance was of 

 tropical effect. 



Aside from the orchids, an- 

 other feature was a wonderful 

 collection of some one hundred 

 and thirty Kurune Azaleas, 

 imported from Japan by the 

 Arnold Arboretum. These 

 flowering plants in their variety 

 of colors made a beautiful dis- 

 play and were greatly admired 

 by the visitors to the show 

 from near and far. 



An exhibit of rhododen- 

 drons from the Walter Hun- 

 newell estate, Mr. Hatfield, gardener, and 

 groups of flowering plants exhibited by 

 Mrs. C. G. Weld, W. C. Rust, gardener ; the 

 Brandegee estate, W. N. Craig, gardener; 

 Miss C. Warren, H. Stewart, gardener; 

 were the prominent exhibits of the private 

 growers. 



Among the commercial growers, the ex- 

 hibition of a large collection of Acacias by 

 Thomas Roland ; a group of orchids coin- 

 prising over a thousand specimens of 

 Cattleyas and their hybrids by Julius Roehrs 

 Co. and the Farquhar exhibit were among 

 the principal ones placed before the admir- 

 ing visitors to the show for their inspection. 



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REMOVING SUCKER GROWTHS. 



How common it is to see round about 

 the base of fruit trees of every description 

 a young forest of superfluous and unneces- 

 sary growths which have been allowed to 

 develop without ever making an attempt 

 to check or rid the trees of them. A mo- 

 ment's reflection cannot fail to convince 

 the beginner that such a state of affairs is 

 most undesirable. To allow these basal 

 shoots to develop in such an unrestricted 

 way must be harmful to the trees and 

 seriously menace their future fruitfulness. 

 Plum trees are, perhaps, a more frequent 

 source of trouble than most other subjects, 

 bush fruits excepted, and where these trees 



are growing in grass or on lawns, where 

 they are frequently met with, they are a 

 source of anxiety to the growers on this 

 account. 



The question naturally arises how to rid 

 the trees of these innumerable and un- 

 necessary growths. The merest novice 

 should readily realize that to leave a tree 

 thus unattended to must be prejudicial 

 to its best interests, and for this reason it 

 should be dealt with promptly. The fir.st 

 thing to do in removing suckers from fruit 

 trees is to remove the soil round about the 

 former and to cut off the suckers quite 

 close to the roots whence they spring. It 

 is useless merely to cut them off just be- 

 low the surface. 



