.March 24. 1917 



HOIJTI CULTURE 



369 



THE NEW YORK SHOW 



The Fifth "International" has come 

 and gone, leaving a record of which 

 all who were entrusted with its posi- 

 tions of responsibility may feel proud. 

 It is an easy matter to alight from a 

 car, hand out a ticket, join the throng 

 surging along the aisles and — criticise. 

 "This ought to be thus, ""it doesn't size 

 up with last year," etc., etc. Horti- 

 culture has so sincere a sympathy 

 for secretary, committees, manager, 

 judges and all others who are a part 

 of the indispensable machinery of such 

 an undertaking that it here and now 

 disclaims any disposition or desire to 

 find fault with what has been done, 

 but, however, taking the liberty to 

 suggest some times on which improve- 

 ment might possibly be made in the 

 future. 



To begin with, the show was, in 

 some respects, too similar to that of 

 last year. Many of the most impor- 

 tant exhibits, competitive and trade, 

 were placed in the same location as 

 last year — no doubt, in compliance 

 with the wishes of the exhibitors. 

 Thus the valuable factor of novelty 

 was minimized. Again, there was a very 

 noticeable absence of the large ma- 

 terial which is so necessary to impart 

 strength and dignity and impressive 

 "sky line" in an exhibition so vast. 

 Further, we should like to see such 

 exhibits as the rose gardens, rock 

 uardens and others of like character 

 more distinctly bounded and isolated 

 from the jungle of many dissimilar 

 and unharmonizing exhibits about 

 them. As we have already said the 

 foregoing is not intended as criticism 

 but only as suggestive comment. The 

 truth is that the vast floors of the 

 Grand Central Palace are already too 

 small for the dimensions to which the 

 International Flower Show has at- 

 tained. 



The outstanding spectacular feat- 

 ures of the show were the rose gard- 

 ens and cut roses, the flowering plants 

 arranged in garden effect, the rock 

 gardens and the orchid groups. In 

 the estimation of the public the roses 

 plainly took precedure over every- 

 thing. The flowering plant group prizes 

 brought out six exhiliits of dazzling 

 floral exuberance, and much ingenuity 

 in color arrangement, fountain and 

 cascade effect was shown. One of 

 tliese gardens which in the judges' 

 opinion did not measure up to the 

 qualities of its competitors in that par- 

 ticular class was later chosen by a 

 committee of society ladies as winner 

 of the sweepstakes' cup as the most 

 artistic and beautiful exhibit in the 

 show. It was mainly planted to daffo- 

 dils and pale yellow Ghent azaleas, 

 surrounded by a white picket fence 

 over which white clematis trailed, and 

 Narcissus poeticus clustered at the 

 base. E. Fardel, gard. for Mrs. Booth, 

 was the artist. The entry by P. W. 

 Popp, which won tirst prize, is shown 

 in our illustration. Tt was a beautiful 

 conception i'l color harmony. 



F. R. Pierson's cut rose exhibit was 

 a prime attraction. There were nearly 

 1.000 blooms, the varieties shown be- 



ing Killarney Queen, Ophilea, Mrs. 

 Shawyer. Francis Scott Key. White 

 Killarney, Richmond and Hoosier 

 Beauty, The Keys were the finest 

 blooms of the variety we have ever 

 seen. 



The Department of Parks contribu- 

 ted an extensive group of foliage and 

 economic plants, cacti and flowering 

 lUants, amongst the latter being fine 

 specimens of .Jasminum priraulinum. 

 The cactus group was undoubtedly the 

 best ever placed on exhibition in this 

 country. A gold medal was awarded 

 to the Department. 



The Tea Garden was crowded con- 

 tinually with society ladies and a good 

 sum was netted in this enterprise for 

 the benefit of the Red Cross. 



LIST OF AWARDS. 



\'l.\S\S IS KI.OWEI!. riilV.VTE (iROWER.S. 



o .\«u-ia.s. lat, K. K. Lnwis. Kidgeflclil, 

 Ct., gard. J. W. Smith. 



Specimen Acaciii, 1st. Mrs. F. A. Consta- 

 lile, Mamaroneck, N. Y.. gard. Jas. Stuart; 

 -il. F. E. Lewis. 



;i5 Amaiyllis, 1st, Howard Gould. Port 

 Washington, I,. I., gard. W. Vert: 2d, Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable. 



12 Amaryllis, lat. Ilowaril Gould; 2d, Mrs. 

 Eugene Meyer, Jr.. Mt. Kisco, N. Y., gard. 

 Cbas. Rutbven. 



Specimen Azalea Indiea, white. 2d. \V. 11. 

 Thoniiison. Yonkers, N. Y.. gard, K. M. 

 .Johnston; pink or rttae. 1st. Mrs. J. C. 

 Itrady, tiladstone. .\. J., ganl. .J. J. Walker; 

 2d. I'eroy C'liuhh. (Jlen Cove. L. I., gard. 

 Itobert Jones ; any other cylor. 2d, W. B. 

 Thompson. 



.Speeinien tiougainvillea. 1st. F. E. Lewis. 



6 Cinerarias, ist. I'nlitzer Estate. Man- 

 hasset, E. I,, ganl, V. llitehman ; 2d. Mr.s. 

 N. Straus, Maniaioneek. .\. V. 



6 Cineraria steliata. 1st. W. r>. Thompson: 

 2(1. A. Eewisohn. Ardsley. N. V.. gai'd. .1. 

 Canning. 



Speeinien Cineraria steliata, 1st, W. B. 

 Thompson : 2d. A. Lewisohn. 



'Sy Cyelamen, 1st, Mrs. F. A. Constable, a 

 superb exhibit: 2d, A. Lewisohn. 



12 Cyclamen, 1st, A. Lewisohn; 2d. Mi-a. 

 F. A. C\instal»Ie. 



Specimen Chorizema. 1st. F. 10. Lewis; 

 2d. A. Lewisolin. 



Specimen Erica, 1st, l'. E. Lewis; 2d, H. 

 M. Tilford. Tuxedo, X. Y., gard. James 

 Tansey. 



Specimen Cvtisus. 1st. D. G. Ueid. Irving- 

 ton, N. v.. gard. A. W. Goldlug; 2(1, G. D. 

 I'arron. Itye. X. Y.. gard. Jamoa Linaue. 



Sp(^cinion Heliotrope, 1st, Percy Chubb; 

 2(1. .Mrs. F. A. Constable. 



Specimen Hydrangea. 1st, J. P. Cobb. 

 Stamford. Ct. 



li Lilac. 1st. Mia. IL Darlington, Mama- 

 roneck. X. Y., gard. P. W. Popp; 2d. G. D. 

 Parron. 



Specimen Marguerite, tst, W. P. Thomp- 

 son. 



12 Primula nialacoides, 1st. I'nlitzer Es- 

 tate: 2(1. I). Guggenheim. Elberon. N. J. 



12 Piimula obconica, 1st. Percy Chubb; 

 2(1, Pulitzer Estate. 



:i Khododendrons. 1st. A. Lewisohn. 



(i Schizanthus, 1st. W. P>. Thompson, also 

 special gold medal recommended for cul- 

 ture. 



Specimen Schizanthus, 1st. W. P.. Thomp- 

 son. 



6 Spiraea or Aatilbe, Ist. F. E. Lewis; 2d. 

 Howard Gould. 



Specimen Wistaria, lat. James MacDon- 

 ald. Flushing, L. 1.. gard. K. Hughes; 2d. 

 F. E. Lewis. 



Anv other specimen flowering plant, 1st. 

 Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, Convent, N. J.. 

 gard. Uobert Tyson, with a specimen 

 Imantoiiliy'.lum. which was one of the Hnest 

 plants in' the hall: 2d, Mrs. J. C. Brady. 

 Gladstone. N. J. 



Flowering plants and bulbs arranged for 

 effect. 30(1 sq. ft., 1st. .Mrs. H. Darlington 

 (see illustration): 2d. W. 11. Thompson; 

 ."d. F. E. Lewis. All of these groups were 

 glorious. There were six in competition. 

 I'ALMS .\XD FOI.TAGE PLANTS. PRIVATE 

 GROWERS. 



.Vi-cca Ictcscens. 1st. .Mrs. K. .\. Consta- 

 ble. 



New York Flower Show. 



l''l(,\V(riiig Plants and P.nll.s arranged for effect. Exhibit of .Mis. II. UarliiJ,i;l('ii, 1'. \\". 



Popp, gard. Kocks and Cascade with Aquatic Pool were a very attractive 



feature but are not adequately shown in the picture. 



