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flowers of this less seen type of Chrysanthe- 

 mum. The prize-winning exhibitions in the 

 class for a group of cut tlowcrs arranged 

 for effect with foliage and covering one 

 hundred square feet were composed of a 

 variety of Chrysanthemum blixims arranged 

 with red oak foliage ; these were one of the 

 large imposing features of the show. 



The blooms shown by the prize winners, 

 Chas. H. Totty Co.. in the classes calling 

 for a collection of twenty varieties and for 

 ten vases, ten varieties, three blooms of 

 each, classes in which not many even of the 

 commercial growers can lill the require- 

 ments, were tine specimens of what our com- 

 mercial growers produce. In the classes 

 calling for collections of twelve varieties 

 of pompons and for twelve varieties of 

 singles exquisitely beautiful blooms were 

 shown by Chas. H. Totty Co. and F. R. 

 Pierson. The Silver Medal winning collec- 

 tion of seven varieties of pompons shown 

 by the Cromwell Gardens was indeed a gem. 

 A blush white pompon seedling of the large 

 flowered type brought honorable mention to 

 John Lewis Oiild Seed Co., consolidated 

 with Edward T. Broomfield Co. 



Passing from the Chrysanthemums and 

 coming to the Roses shown by both com- 

 mercial and non-commercial growers we 

 felt that we were in a Rose show and not a 

 general exliibition of plants and flowers. 

 The non-commercial exhibitors merely never 

 staged finer blooms. In these exhibits we 

 noted several of the newer varieties, such 

 as Souv. Claudius Pernet and America. 



In the new varieties of Roses, we had an 

 opportunity to see a new dark red, silver 

 medal-winning sensation of the Charles H. 

 Totty Co. ; the prize-wimiing Souv. Claudius 

 Pernet exhibited by this company and by 

 L. B. Coddington ; the brilliant bright red 

 Rose Templar, shown by .\. N. Pierson 

 Co., which drew a certificate of merit : Mrs. 

 Warren G. Harding, exhibited by Chas. H. 

 Totty Co., and the well arranged group of 

 ten vases of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, shown 

 by F. R. Pierson. In the older varieties 

 we noted the prize-winning Double White 

 Killarney, Key, Butterfly, Premier, Colum- 

 bia, and American Beauty. 



The Carnations were well represented in 

 each class by both the well-known standard 

 and the newer varieties, the blooms being of 

 a higher quality than usual, making a very 

 attractive display. The silver medal for a 

 new meritorious variety, not in commerce, 

 was awarded to a vase of unnamed large 

 red blooms shown by J. Insley Blair. 



The award for a group of greenhouse 

 pla:its arranged for artistic effect and cover- 

 ing one hundred square feet went to a mag- 

 nificent group, though the only one of 

 Crotons, Dracanas, Ferns, etc., which was 

 staged by William Boyce Thompson. 



The Begonia classes drew groups of plants 

 with elegant blooms of the Socotrana Hy- 

 brids, and the Lorraine type, which added 

 greatly to the flowering plant features of 

 the exhibition. F. R. Pierson, w-ith a well- 

 staged exhibit of splendid Ferns, varieties 

 of Xephrolepis, and also several other species 

 won the award for a collection of Ferns to 

 cover one hundred square feet. There were 

 splendid specimen plants shown of Cibfitium 

 Schiedei, .Xdiantum, and Goniophlebium. 



The high spot in this entire exhibition, ex- 

 cellent as indee<l the other features were, the 

 Chrysanthemums, the Roses, the Carnations, 

 and the foliage plants, was the Orchids, So 

 many and so large were the exhibits of 

 f^rchids that they occupied a space which 

 reached half way around the border of the 

 enclosed oval space in the foyer. A Brasso- 

 Cattleya, named Admiral jellicoc, in the 

 prize-winning collection of twenty Hybrids 

 of Arthur N. Coolcy was awarded the 

 sweepstake for the best variety, and Julius 

 Rochr.^ Co.'s elegant collection of twenty 



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Cattleyas Hybrids was also a winner. A 

 Brasso-Cattleya, shown by Clement Moore, 

 won the silver medal for a new meritorious 

 variety not in commerce. Lager & Ilurrell 

 were awarded first for their collection of 

 twenty^ve species and varieties covering 

 fifty square feet. The Clement Moore gold 

 medal for one Brasso-Cattleya went to F. 

 Eugene Dixon for "F.leanor Rice." In tlio 

 six plants, six varieties class, Julius Rochrs 

 Co., with several kinds of Orchids, and 

 George F. Baldwin, with Cattleyas and 

 Hybrid-Cattleyas, were the winners, and 

 Col. H. M. Rogers and I^igcr & Ilurrell in 

 the three plants, three varieties class. There 

 were several special exhibits not provided 

 for in the schedule tn which special prizes 

 were awarded, namely, for an exhibit of 

 Cypripcdium plants to Mrs. E. E. Smathers, 

 covering thirty square feet ; for a most in- 

 teresting collection of Cactaceous and Succu- 



lent plants, a silver medal to \V. A. Manda ; 

 for a well-staged exhibition of Cypripcdium 

 Saiuler;c plants, one of the gems of tlie ex- 

 liibition, a special award to Joseph A. 

 Manda Co. ; for a group of Cyclamen plants 

 a special to Carl Grobba Minilico. Ontario, 

 Canada. 



The displays of vegetables were numerous 

 in nearly all classes, and considering the 

 drought of the last Summer, excellent, but 

 we noted that many of these came from 

 Long Island, which they say is never "dry"; 

 to Mrs. llcrbort L. Pratt was awarded the 

 (irand Sweepstake prize, the society's silver 

 cup. for the best exhibition in the show, 

 and it was most assuredly a meritorious 

 exhibit. 



In the Clirysanthemum classes, the awards 

 were as follows : 



.Specimen bushes, first prize. Pembroke 

 Estate, F. McManus, gardener; second 



