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winner of a g"old medal. The immense Cymbidium, ex- 

 hibited by Mrs. Bertram H. Borden, Rmnson, N. J. (su- 

 perintendent, A\'illiam Turner), bearing nearly four score 

 tlowers, was a wonderful specimen. 



The twelve broad-leaved and the twelve narrow leaved 

 Crotons of Miss Alice De Lamar, Glen Cove, L. I. (gar- 

 dener, James ^IcManus), and of Mrs. Daniel Guggen- 

 heim, each exhibiting both tyjjes, outside of the William 

 Boyce group, seemed to me to be the most noteworthy 

 di-splay of foliage plants in the show. 



Cineraria hyl^rida plants shown by ^Irs. B. G. Work 

 of Oyster Bay, L. I. (gardener, Robert Honeyman), and 

 b}- Samuel Untermeyer (gardener, A. A. Leach), repre- 

 sented well the older type of this plant, and an equal num- 

 ber sho«"n by A\'illiam Boyce Thompson and C. E. Mit- 

 chell. Tuxedo Park (gardener, James \'entola), of Cine- 

 raria stellata, defended sttccessfully the modern type of 

 this plant. 



Excellent^ indeed was the silver medal winning group 

 of Acacias with an intermingling of Imantophyllums 

 (^Clivias) oi Mrs. F. A. Constable, and the certificate 

 winning specimen of a lighter colored si>ecimen plant of 

 Imantophyllum. 



Azaleas in these days of no more importations can 

 hardly as yet be expected to be equal to those of former 

 years, but the group of three exhibited by Mrs. E. F. 

 Luckenback, Port Washington, L. L (gardener, Thomas 

 Twigg), and bv James H. Macdonald, Flushing, L. I. 

 (gardener, Richard Hughes), were good representatives 

 of the old time favorite. 



The three Buddleias, Asiatica type, shown by JNIrs. 

 Daniel Guggenheim, and the three by Mrs. B. G. Work, 

 were vers' large, fine plants, well foliaged and in full 

 flower, and seemed deserving of a more conspicuous posi- 

 tion than they had. 



Twelve notably fine plants of Aniai"yllis were exhibited 

 by Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim and twelve good plants of 

 the same by Mrs. F. A. Constable. Six good plants by 

 Mrs. E. F. Luckenback and a like number by Mrs. F. A. 

 Constable filled out well the exhibit of this stately flawer. 



The most notable e.xhibit of plants, outside of lilies, 

 whose flowers have an agreeable fragrance as well as 

 beauty of color and form, was that of the twenty-four 

 stocks .staged by Mrs. John T. Pratt (superintendent, 

 John W. Everett). 



Three Schizanthus in a group and one specimen plant, 

 all of giant size and excellence, were shown by William 

 Boyce Thompson. 



The Primula malacoides, twelve plants shown by Mrs. 

 E. F. T-uckcnbach, and the same number l>y J. W. Harri- 

 man. Glen Cove, L. I. (superintendent, William G. Car- 

 ter) ; the twelve Primula ol>conica grandillora l)y Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney, and the six plants in variety by the same 

 exhibiitcjr and by Col. IT. H. Rogers, made up a showing 

 of Primulas which drew hardly less deserved attention 

 by.'their L-eauty and splendid keeping quality than the 

 Cyclamen grou]>. .'\nd besides these there was a dozen 

 fine i)lants of the now less often seen Prinnvla Sinensis, 

 staged by Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Jr., Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 

 (gardener, Charles Ruthven). 



Six plants of Xemesia, excellent representatives of this 

 plant, which is little seen in the show room, were exhib- 

 ited by Mrs. E. Iselin, New Rochelle, N. Y. (gardener, 

 Duncrui McJntyre), and also by Mrs. F. A. Constable. 

 Unfortunately this plant does not retain its 1)eauty long 

 in the show room, hut we observed among the six plants 

 of Mrs. Iselin two with orange-yellow blooms wliii-h 

 seemed to lie an exception to this ,statement. 



Especially excellent in the single specimen plants, not 

 previously mentioned in connection with grotips, were a 

 Kentia Belmoreana shown by Mrs. F. A. Constable ; a 



Marguerite 'by Mrs. E. F. Luckenback, and Asparagus 

 -Sprengeri by Miss Alice De Lamar; a Cibotium Schiedei 

 by Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim, and one by Sanniel Unter- 

 meyer; an Adiantum Farleyense by Mrs. McK. Twom- 

 bley, Convent, N. J. (gardener, Robert Tyson) ; a Cytisus 

 by Mrs. John T. Pratt; a standard Fuchsia by Airs. F. A. 

 Constable and an .\reca lutescens by the same exhibitor ; 

 two I Jay trees by Mrs. E. F. Luckenback and a Chorizema 

 by Gen. Howard S. Borden, Riunson, N. J. (superinten- 

 dent, Percy Hicks) ; geraniums in bush and standard iom\ 

 and heliotrope in standard form by jNIiss Alice De Lamar. 



The exhibits of bulbous plants were comprehensive and 

 large in th.e aggregate. Hyacinths staged in good form 

 .soon deteriorated. Tulips, especially Darwins, and the 

 splendid group of single early tulip. Gen. De Wet, kept 

 better than the hyacinths and so also the narcissi and 

 freesias. To Mrs. Bertram H. Bordon, who staged prize 

 winning exhibits in almost or quite all the buli>ous classes, 

 and to Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim were awarded the 

 Sclieepers' Gold Medals for achievement in bulb ailture. 

 Other exhibitors of well grown bulbous stock were : Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney with Darwin tulips, valley, and hya- 

 cinths ; James Maodonald showing a collection of hya- 

 cinths ; Mrs. John T. Pratt with well grown valley and 

 colored frcesia ; Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, Glen Cove, L. I. 

 ( sujierintendenl, b'rank C. Johnson), with colored freesia 

 and valley: Mrs. George Dearborn, Rye, N. Y. (gardener. 

 Tames Tough), showing twelve pKDts of splendid lilies; 

 -Mrs. Harold I. Pratt showing in the open class lilies, 

 covering fifty square feet, arranged with Nephrolepis 

 ferns, flowers of excellent quality including T^ilium Ha- 

 rissi, L. Henryi, and L. rubnim. James Macdonald, Mrs. 

 Harold T. Pratt, and ]\Trs. Daniel Guggenheim carried 

 awav the ])rizes for a collection of hyacinths, for the 

 Darwin tulip, Louise de \'alliere, and for a collection of a 

 new race of tulips between Darwin and Early; and the 

 same exhibitors and Mrs. Bertram H.- Borden took the. 

 prizes for double Early and Darwin tulips, and large 

 trumpet daflodils. 



Tiie most noteworthy of the cut flower displays in roses 

 were the Premier of Mrs. H. AIcK. Twombley ; the Co- 

 luniliia of Mrs. T". A. Constable and also of Mrs. E. E. 

 Smatliers, Port Chester, N. Y. (gardener, W. D. Robert- 

 son): the Ophelia of Mrs. Twombley : a red variety of 

 Mrs. L. P. Child, New Canaan, Conn, (gardener, M. J. 

 Quirk) ; a yellow variety of Mrs. Insley Blair, and the 

 vases of mixed varieties of Mrs. Twomiblev an<l Mrs. 



Chillis. 



In carnations, the Laddie and ^^latchless of Mrs. In- 

 sley P)lair; the light pink of Mrs. E. K. Smathers and of 

 Mrs. Arnold .Schlaet. Xaugatuck, Conn, (gardener, E. 

 Lawrence) ; the Maine Sunshine of Mrs. F. E. Lewis, 

 Ridgefield. Conn. (su|K'rintendent, J. W. Smith); and 

 the va.se of one htuidred fiftv blooms consisting of Laddie, 

 Maine Sunshine, and Matchless of the same exhibitor; 

 an unnamed red nf Mrs, lilair: the Pocahontas of Mrs. 

 R. Mallory, i'ort Chester, \. ^'. (gardener, William 

 .Smith) ; the immense blooms of a variegated white of 

 George (jiant Mason, Tuxedo Park. X. Y. (gaixlener, D. 

 .McGregor) ; and a varigatcd wliitc of George 1*". F. Baker, 

 Tiixedo Park. X. Y. (ix:ir(\fWT. William l'"lling) ; the 

 red and yellow of Mrs. L. L. Dunham, Madison, N. J. 

 (gardener, I->nest Wild) ; the crimson of Mrs. S. D. 

 T'liss, New Canaan, Conn, (gardener, John Harry) ; the 

 Laddie of Mrs. 1'. A. Constable, and a vase of one hun- 

 <lrcd fifty blooms shown l>y Mrs. Payne Whitney, made 

 in this class a remarkably crc^litaiile showing. 



In sweet ))eas the displays, each covering twenty-five 

 square feet, by Mrs. William R. Cross, Morristown, N. J. 

 (gardener, .\. E. Sailer), and by Mrs. V. E. Lewis; the 

 collection of six varieties, twenty-five sprays of each, of 



