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NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY SHOW 



The annual Fall show held November 8-12 

 at American Museum of Natural History 

 brought back to memory some of the shows 

 of previous years. While not so large a 

 revival of interest was quite manifest. The 

 ditifercnt groups, the specimen chrysanthe- 

 mum plants, the orchids and cut flower 

 classes of chrysanthemums, roses and car- . 

 nations combined made a very attractive 

 exhibit. 



Among the principal prize winners were : 



Specimen Bush Chrysanthcmutn — Win. B. 

 Thompson (.A. Strachan, gardener), Sam'l 

 Unterinyer CC. Mackay, Supt.). 



Specimen Standard — Mrs. Herbert L. 

 Pratt (J. McCarthy. Supt.), Miss A. De La 

 Mar. Group of chrysanthemum plants, 100 

 feet square for effect. Mrs. Payne Wliitney 

 (C. Ferguson, Supt.). 



In the cut flower classes — Sam'l Unter- 

 myer, Mrs. F. A. Constable (James Stuart, 

 Supt.), Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt, Miss A. De 

 La Mar, Mrs. Percy Chubb (P. Smith, 

 Supt.), Mrs. F. F. Lewis (J. Smith, Supt.). 

 were leaders. 



In Pompons and .\nemones, Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney and Mrs. Charles Mallory ( Wm. 

 Sealev.'Supt,), and Chas. H. Totty Company 

 led. 



In the Rose classes, cut flowers. Howard 

 Cole (W. R. Fowkes, gardener), Mrs. E. 

 Lewis. Countess Mildred Holnstein. F. R. 

 Pierson, Chas. H. Totty Company, were the 

 most successful. 



In Carnations, Mrs. H. M. Tilford (Jos. 

 Tansey. Supt.), Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. 

 E. Lewis, were the chief contestants. Group 

 of foliage and decorative plants 200 square 

 feet arranged for effect. Miss .A. De La 

 Mar. Display of Begonias. Glorie dc Lor- 

 raine, Wm. B. Thompson. 



In the Orchid classes Lager & Hurrell won 

 in the collection of plants. In cut flowers 

 Jos. Manda Co. A gold medal was won 

 by George Baldwin Co. as a sweep-stake 

 prize for the best seedling exhibit, a pink 

 and crimson Cattleyea. 



In the vegetable classes Mrs. Herbert L. 

 Pratt carried off the honors. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORT. SOCIETY 



Mrs. Herbert L. I'ratt won eleven first 

 and six second prizes in the annual chrys- 

 antheiuum shf)W of the Nassau County Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Glen Cove. One of her 

 chief prizes was the silver cup offered by 

 Stumpp & Walter for the best collection of 

 twelve kinds of vegetables. 



Mrs. Percy Chubb was a close second in 

 winning awards. E. F. Luckenbach received 

 the silver cup for the best twelve cut chrys- 

 anthemums, four varieties. Mrs. Percy 

 Chubb, Miss Alice De La Mar and Mrs. 

 Jennie Woolworth swept the prizes in the 

 standard chrysanthemum classes. Mrs. 

 Chubb's exhibit of a group of chrysanthe- 

 mums, covering sixty square feet, was a 

 beautiful display. Miss Alice De La Mar re- 

 ceived the special prize offered by Charles 

 Totty for the largest bloom in the show, a 

 mammoth William Turner blossom, measur- 

 ing thirty inches in circumference. 



Mrs. George F. Baker, Jr., won for the 

 best collection of twenty-five varieties of 

 outdoor chrysanthemums, and Mrs. John T. 

 Pratt had the best collection of twenty-five 

 varieties of hardy pompon "mums." Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney and Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt 

 also scored in the hardy chrysanthemum 

 classes. 



In the rose section the principal winners 

 were Charles A. Coffin. Mrs. Wciolworth and 

 Mrs. John T. Pratt, while the chief win- 

 ners with carnations were !•". D. N. Strachen. 

 Mrs. Woolworth and Mrs. Payne Wbitncv. 



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