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HORTICULTURE 



Novemoer 19, 1910 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



NEW YORK. 



New York had two exhibitions open- 

 ing simultaneously, on Wednesday eve- 

 ning, November 9, one of them — The 

 American Institute — closing on Friday 

 night and the other — that of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York — remain- 

 ing open until Sunday night, 13th inst. 

 Both shows suffered from the incon- 

 venience and interruption to transpor- 

 tation due to the expressmen's strike, 

 and also, probably, from the fact of 

 their being held at the same time. 



The Hoi ticultural Society of New- 

 York's annual fall exhibition was held 

 at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. It opened with a private view 

 on Wednesday evening for members 

 of the Society, of the Museum, and of 

 affiliated organizations; about 1,000 

 people were present. The attendance 

 was laige, four or five thousand on 

 some days, while on Sunday afternoon 

 it reached a still larger figure. This 

 Society's exhibitions are entirely free, 

 no charge being made for admission, 

 so the funds required for giving them 

 must be derived from its membership. 



The exhibition was much larger than 

 expected in view of the strike of ex- 

 press drivers, which prevented those at 

 a distance fiom sending in their ex- 

 hibits. This was noticeable mainly 

 among the larger specimen plants. The 

 interest displayed in the success of the 

 exhibition, however, was very gratify- 

 ing, for members sent in exhibits by 

 automobiles or any other conveyances 

 accessible, many bringing large boxes 

 by hand. Even with this handicap the 

 exhibition was a large and attractive 

 one. 



The judges were: Robert Stobo, C. 

 H. Totty, Alex. Machenzio, William 

 Reid, I. L. Powell, Robert Angus. 



Samuel Untermeyer, A. Lewisohn, 

 Cha^. Hathaway, F. V. Burton, E. H. 

 Weatherbee were the leading exhibit- 

 ors of chrysanthemum plants. Win- 

 ners of first prizes in chrysanthemum 

 blooms were Miss Blanche Potter, 

 Traendly & Schenck, Mrs. F. A. Con- 



Winniug Vase of 50 Clirysantliemunis Arranged for Effect, Timnthy Eaton and Col. 

 Appletou, 10 ft. Higli, E.\bibited at New York by Traendly & Sobenck. 



Stable, Chas. Mallory, Miss G. Iselin, 

 Miss H. T. Cockcroft, E. H. Weather- 

 bee, H. M. Tilford, J. T. Pratt and 

 Morton F. Plant, the latter winning 



Untermeyer Exhibit at Show of H orticultural Society of New York. 



the special Jones prize for blooms of 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones. On roses P. R. 

 Pierson was far in the lead with splen- 

 did Beauty and White Killarney. In 

 carnations Traendly & Schenck won 

 all the big prizes. Other winners 

 were Cottage Gardens, J. J. Riker, P. 

 Sturges, F. Potter and F. R. Newbold. 

 Foliage and decorative plants covered 

 a wide range of subjects and many 

 of the exhibits were of superb quality. 

 S. Untermeyer, Bobbink & Atkins, 

 Mrs. H. I. Pratt, A. Lewisohn, Mrs. J. 

 Hood Wright wt^e the principal ex- 

 hibitors. F. R. Pierson cleaning up 

 the list on Nephrolepis in displays and 

 specimens. 



Orchids were well shown by Lager 

 & Hurrell who took nine firsts, Clem- 

 ent Moore, Joseph Manda and F. V. 

 Burton. Mr. Manda took tour firsts 

 and among Mr. Burton's trophies was 

 the sweepstakes prize for best plant in 

 the show — a Cattleya labiata. 

 Special Prizes. 



The S. A. F. silver medal was won 

 by Lager & Hurrell with Cypripedium 

 Hurrellianum. Another was won by 

 F. R. Pierson Co. with Nephrolepis 

 viridissima and one for a new form of 

 Neph. superbissima. 



Other special av/ards were as fol- 

 lows: 



Special Prizes. 



Sweet Peas — Geo. T. Schuneman. Bald- 

 win, N. T., special mention. 



