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I'hi' tirst ul(iMii|it lit nil oiilduor Iloriil 

 exhibition by llio liiti>riiiitioiial Uuidoii 

 Club at Polhaiii Hay Hark. X. Y.. laal 

 week was a very creditable affair for 

 a starter. Pelhani Hay Hark Is Ibc 

 property of Ibc City of New York, but 

 the Kroiinds coinpriHliiR thirty-nvi' 

 acres and the liisiorir Hurtow Man- 

 sion have been leased to the Inter- 

 national Garden Club which has tin- 

 derlaken to beautify the Krounds. es- 

 tablish trial gardens, hold frequent ex- 

 hibitions In tents and in the open, to 

 promote the preservation of our na- 

 tive flora and to develop by example 

 and practice correct plant knowledse 

 and a hotter style of gardening in the 

 United States. The old manor house, 

 at the time of the Garden Club's start 

 In spring of last year was in a very 

 dilajiitated condition. It has been 

 thoroughly repaired and put in fine 

 condition for the purposes of a club 

 house and much substantial work has 

 been done on the grounds already in- 

 cluding a spacious sunken parterre 

 with fountain and pool, and which is 

 kept bright with successive plantings 

 of bulbs, annuals and hardy perennial 

 material. From the start A. Herring- 

 ton has taken a deep interest in the 

 work of development and has acted in 

 the capacity of advisory superintend- 

 ent. James Macgregor being gardener. 

 Improvement will be carried on stead- 

 ily and the list of society patrons 

 given in the program for the recent 

 show would seem to give assurance 



Babtow Makob and Outside Exhibits. 



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that there will be no lack of money. 

 A nursery has already been started 

 and among the features to be intro- 

 duced right away is a rose garden 300 

 X 300 and nothing will be spared to 

 make it, if possible, the finest in this 

 country. A range of greenhouses will 

 be erected later on. The estate has a 

 very interesting history, dating back 

 to early colonial days and the royal 

 grants by which the Pell family came 

 into possesion of this beautiful estate. 

 The litle family burial ground with its 

 crudely chiseled gravestones is pre- 

 served as one of the most interesting 

 antiquities of this section. 



The prize schedule for last week's 

 exhibition contained the names of 

 some twenty-five national or local so- 



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 Exhibit of Julius Roelirs Co. 



I'lwto. by J. H. ivpfcr 



cietles and clubs as co-operating. The 

 competition for the very liberal prizes 

 offered was not as great as had been 

 expected, the busy season undoubted- 

 ly preventing many from entering. 

 There were many classes with no en- 

 tries. The principal displays were 

 made under a series of tents, the char- 

 acter of which is shown in the accom- 

 panying illustrations. The outdoor de- 

 partment, with the exception of the 

 fine collections of conifers, bays, 

 clipped' boxwoods and hedge plants, 

 was insignificant but the groups un- 

 der the tents were of high character, 

 beautifully arranged and. because of 

 the favoring moist and pure air. the 

 plants and flowers retained their 

 freshness until the close of the fourth 

 day to a degree that would not be pos- 

 .sil)le in an ordinary exhibition hall. 

 Without a doubt next year's affair will 

 be bigger and better and the year fol- 

 lowing will show a still greater ad- 

 vance as plans are shaped and perma- 

 nent improvements materialize. 



.Among the special features of last 

 week's meeting were addresses by Geo. 

 \'. Nash on the "Bog Garden," A. P. 

 Saunder.^ on "Peonies." Geo. D. Pratt 

 on "Conservation." Judge Alton B. 

 Parker and others. 



LIST OF AWARDS. 

 Commercial Classes. 



Group of Rhododendrons covc^rinjj 100 

 sq. ft.: 1st. W. A. M.'iiidn. So. Orango, N. 

 .1.: 2d. F. R. Pierson Co.. Tiirrytown. N. Y. 



(Jroiip of Hardy Oiimiiii-nlnl Kloworing 

 ■["ifos .-ind .*^hriil>s oovt-rinc "JOO 80. ft.: 

 1st. .Tuliiis Koolirs Co., ItiilhfTford. N. .1.; 

 -'.1. W. A. Mnnda. 



(Jronp of rirchid.«. :irr:inff<Ml for (^tTect. 

 iiverlm; Tij si|. ft.: Isl. .Inliiis Roplirs Co.; 

 -'•1. I.nKcr & ilurrcll. .siiniinlt. N. .1. 



(troup nf Stovp and IJrecnIiniisp F^'ollaKe 

 .iiiil FlowiTlnK PlMiits. c'lVPrliiK 100 sq. ft.: 

 Isi. \V. A. Maiida : 2d. .Tiillns Rophr.s Co. 



Crniip of Perns and SelaBliicllas. cover- 

 ine 100 .sq. ft.: 1st. W. A. Manda; 2d, P. 

 R. Pierson Co. 



Rock Garden, covering 2.''iO sq. ft.: 1st. 

 .(mIIus Rnehrs Co. 



liav Trees. Pyramidal or Columnar, not 

 less than 10 ft. In height : 1st, .Tnlln« 

 Koehrs Co. 



Hav Trees, standard, head not less than 

 .'. ft. ill diameter: 1st, Julius Roehrs Co. 



Rox Trees. Pyramidal, not less than 7 ft. 



