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EXHIBITION AT NEW YORK. 

 TluTi' wu.s a viM.> biillliiiil and In- 

 l<'rt'8lliiK free exhibition ut the Mu- 

 seiiui building in the Hronx Holanlcul 

 liarden on Salurda> and Sunday. June 

 5 and 6. under the auMiiices of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York. Peo- 

 nies, irises, h.-UKToiiilli.s. oriental pop- 

 ples and other seasonable outdoor 

 bloom. Including some excellent col- 

 lections of shrub and tree bloom and 

 foliage were displayed in prolusion 

 and a continuous throng attested to 

 the public interest, especially on Sun- 

 day afternoon. Among the niost ex- 

 tensive groups were peonies of re- 

 markable perfection and a tastefully 

 arranged disiilay of slirub and tree 

 Mowers from T. A. Havemeyer. gard. 

 A. Lahodney. Glenhead; German irises 

 all named and in extensive variety 

 from John Lewis Chllds: calceolarias, 

 pelargoniums. Astilbe Queen of the 

 Belgians, fuchsias and liardv herba- 

 ceous collections from .Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, gard. James Stuart. .Mama- 

 roneck; very large displays of rhodo- 

 dendrons, shrub and herbaceous flow- 

 ers, irises, etc., from Bobbink & At- 

 kins, Rutherford, X. J.; herbaceous 

 flowers from Mrs. \V. G. Nichols, gard 

 Geo. U. Sullivan. Rye; G. 1). Barron! 

 gard. Jas. Linane. Rye. and .Mrs. L S 

 Chanler, gard. E. Wilson. Tuxedo 

 Park; hemerocallis. pyretlirums irises 

 and Xymphiea Mrs. Woodrow Wilson 

 from William Tricker. Arlington, X. 

 J. Among the choice bits were cut 

 orchids from Lager & Hurrell. Sum- 

 mit, N. J., Clement Moore, gard. J. P. 

 Mossman, Hackensack, N. J., and .Mrs 

 Harold Pratt, gard. A. J. Manda. 

 Brooklyn; sweet peas from William 

 Shillaber. gard. J. P. Sorensen, Essex 

 Fells. N. J ; Spemer peas froni .Miss 

 M. T. Crockcroft. gard. Adam Pater- 

 son. Saugatuck. Conn. A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., Cromwell, Conn., had a fine table 

 of indoor roses and there were a few 

 small entries of outdoor grown hvbrid 

 teas. 



Following Is a list of the awards: 

 Collection of flowfrs of shrubs aiul lrp.-.sr 

 •ni J- rV HavcmeycT, gard. A. LaLndiu-y ; 



IMiis, >|ii.i'liil iiii'hiliiii : .Miss .M T. I'ui'k- 

 iTofl. B'inl. .Viliiiii rnli-rKuii, Spciuvr nwwi 

 IM'us, sllviT iiii'diil; Will. TrlfkiT. for ml 

 liMlliiu of mlKci-llaiii'uus liurbiioi'iiiiN phiiiis, 

 ciish. fur Hiit.T Illy .Mrs. Wnodruw Wllsnn. 

 <'<Tlinnil<' of iinrll ; .Mrs. K. A. I'.nistiil.li-. 

 for criiii|i of pcliirKiiiiluiiiN. nilii'iilnrliis. 

 splraciis. mid fiiihslas. cash; Win. Zlcclcr. 

 .Ir., (jard. .\. Itlcsclikc, for sport of Hohc 

 lioriilhy P.rkliis, spolal iiiriitluii. Thi- 

 liniiixc iiu'dal of lliii .VmcrUiiii Kiikc .Sodclv 

 «as awardcil to (Jen. K. A. .McAlplii for 

 the bent vusc of hybrid ten roaes. outdoor 

 grown. 



The Judgcti were: A. J. iMiindii, Win. 

 Tricker. iiiiil .lohn .Schcepers. 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



riic early indiialions that Tlie 

 Cleveland Flower Show will be a bis 

 one arc very favorable and the outlook 

 is becoming better each week." says 

 George Bate, of The Cleveland Cut 

 Flower Co.. chairman of tlie publiiity 

 (ommltlee of tlie Sixth City Show. 

 Plans are heginnin.:; to be formed thit 

 will result in special trains to start 

 from Boston. New York and Philadel- 

 phia to carry eastern growers and 

 dealers to Cleveland for this Nove ii- 

 l.er show. The details of this move- 

 ment will be announced in tlie very 

 near future. 



It is interesting to learn that the 

 exposition building in Cleveland 

 known as the Coliseum, is one of the 

 largest halls for commercial displays 

 in the Cnited States. It contains over 

 65.000 square feet all on one floor. The 

 location of it is within a block and a 

 half of the Hotel Statler and is in the 

 heart of the retail shopping district. 

 This assures a very large attendance 

 of the Cleveland pulilic. 



-nd. G. D. Barron, gard. Jas. Mnanc 



,.iV,'.','i*^.'^V%° x."' „<?""•<•'•« "f iK-rbaceoiis 

 plants: Ist. Mrs, W. (j. .Nl.h.ils. gard Geo 

 N. Snlllvnn; 2nd. Mrs. I. .s;. Chanler. gard 

 I'.. " llson. 



24 vases cut orchids: 1st. Lager & Hur- 

 rell; 2ud. Clement .Moore, gard .1 I' M.iss- 



man. 



12 vases cut orchids, uou-coimnerclal 

 cla.ss: isf. Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, gard 

 A. J. Manda. 



All the peony clas.se-s. 1st. T. A Have- 

 meyer. 



12 va.ses hybrid tea roses, outdoor grown- 

 1st Gen. E. A. McAlpin. gard. ,1. Woodcock' 

 Vase hybrid tea roses, outdoor grown- 

 1st. Gen E. A. McAlpin: 2n,I. Wm. Tricker. 

 The following spw-lal prizes were also 

 awarded: Mrs. F. A. Constable, for a col 

 lectloa of flowers of herliaceons pLints. 

 cash: .1. A. Manda. for new Swaliisona Mrs 

 .los. Manda, certificate of merit : Bobhlnk & 

 .■\tkin.s. for collection of irises silver 

 medal, for collection of flowers of iierbace- 

 ous plants, silver medal, for collection of 

 rhododendron flowers, silver medal f.ir col- 

 lection of Howers of shriil)s an.l trees 

 special mention: Mrs. M.irie Cnllin. ro.ses! 

 speci.-ii mention: .John I^ewis I'iiilds foi- 

 collection of irises of fJermanica tvpe sil- 

 ver medal, for vase of Paeouia Mad. Coste 

 special mention: A. N. IMerson. Inc.. for 

 vases of roses in v.irietv. silver medal - 

 Wm. Shillaber. gard. .1. P. Sorenson sweet 



LANSDOWNE FLOWER SHOW. 

 Samuel S. Peiuiock w^on the premier 

 honor at the Lansdowne Flower Show 

 last Saturday— the Amercian Rose 

 Society's silver medal for the best 

 twelve. The event was a great suc- 

 cess—crowded both afternoon and 

 evening and had a splendid lot of ex- 

 hibits. The rose, the peony, the iris, 

 were the leading features. There was 

 also a good showing of other season- 

 able hardy flowers, such as larkspurs, 

 foxgloves, campanulas, pinks, poppies, 

 pyrethrums. pansies. etc. The aristo- 

 cratic cattleya and other orchids also 

 had a showing and the children 

 were encouraged with prizes for wild 

 flowers. There was also a section for 

 vegetables and fruits. In fact it was 

 a good all-round show— educative, re- 

 fining and entertaining to the commun- 

 ity and reflected credit on its sponsors, 

 the Lansdowne .Vatural Historv Club! 

 The judges were William .MacRae 

 Thompson. Caspar Pennock and Al- 

 phonse Pericat. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 

 .Assistant Secretary F. G. Cutlibert- 

 Eon has informed us that owing to the 

 unexpected warm weather of the past 

 week all sweet peas have come rapid- 

 ly into bloom and consequently it be- 

 came necessary to change the date of 

 the great Sweet Pea Exhibition in San 

 Francisco to Friday. June 11. All 

 prizes and entries are to be made as 

 originally planned. 



BOSTON JUNE EXHIBITION. 

 The June Show of the .Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society was held at 

 Hortliultural Hall. Boston, on Satur- 

 liay and Sunday, June 5th and lltb. 

 Rhododendrons, usually a prominent 

 liaturc of this annual show, wen 

 ilistimtly in the minority owing to 

 backward blooming, but the irises, 

 ' anipanulas and orchids were superb 

 and with the wealth of seasonable 

 iKTbaceous and shrub flowers made a 

 most imposing display. A silver medal 

 was awarded to Walter Hunnewell for 

 display of rhododendrons. Certificates 

 Ml merit to .Mrs. Lester Leland, for 

 zonal geranium (I^dy Roscoe x May 

 I'cllon) and .Miss Grace Sturtevant for 

 liybrid irises. Cultural certificate to 

 II. Stewart for Cattleya citrina. 



List of Awards. 

 iirchlds--lJlsplay of plants, urr.iiiged for 

 ■ llc-ct, with foliage phints: Ist, .Mrs .1 I, 



'vv'n,."'"'\.-,S""""''"'""'J' "'■"«• '» I""--*: 1»>. 

 " illiain \\ hitman. Kliododendrons -Twelve 

 ■isllncl varieties: 1st. Wm. C. Winter; 2d. 

 I.e. Ihurlow's Sons Co.; six varieties. 2d, 

 Miss Cornelia Warren. German Irl.scs— 

 Iwenty-four vases: 1st. Miss Grace Sturte- 

 vant: 2d T. C. 'Jhurlow's Sons Co.; 3d. E. 

 M. Uniiplie. Hardy Herl>aceous Flowers— 

 Isl, \\ eld Garden. 



<iiatulties— .Miss Cornelia Warren, display 

 "I iiiicidiiini flexuosnm and cut (lowers; !•• 

 .1. Ilolaiisiij-. display of Cattlevas: T C 

 liiirlows Sons Co.. .ilsplay of Khododen- 

 'Irons; \\ Illiain Wliitman. displav of (ilieni 

 .\z.ileas: Miss Cornelia Warren, 'displav of 

 I iiiterbni-v Hells; .Mrs. Frederick .-i'ver, 

 display of German Iris, Canterbury Bells, 

 i'l-'.nies. ami Guelder Ito.so; Win. Whitman 

 ■ ilsplay of German Iris; Welleslev Xurserv 

 < o.. displa.v of German Iris: T." C Thur- 

 lows Sons Co., display of German Iris; 

 ■I. K. Alexander, display of German Iris; 

 .. .M. Dunphe. display of German Iris: 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Gloriosa Kotbschlldl- 

 ana; E. B. IJaiie, Clerodendron Balfour! ; 

 Mis. J. L. Gardner, display of Streptocar- 

 iuis; Mrs. Frederick Ayer, display of Col- 

 umbines: Mrs. E. AL Gill, displav of cut 

 Mowers; Helena A. WInde. displav of na- 

 'U'- flowers 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 

 The diagram of floor plan for the 

 Fourth National Flower Show to be 

 held at Convention Hall, Philadelphia, 

 .March 2o-April 2, 1916, has been issued 

 by Secretary John Young in sheet 

 form— 18 X 22 inches. The central 

 floor space is devoted to the competi- 

 tive exhibits for which prizes to the 

 amount of $15,000 are offered. Trade 

 spaces extend on either side of the 

 hall, comprising 57 blocks in sizes 

 running from 6 x 22 ft. to 16 x 64 ft. 



Trade exhibit classes are arranged 

 as follows: A — plants, B — cut flow- 

 'is. C— boilers and heating apparatus. 

 I) -greenhouse structures. E— florists' 

 supplies, F— bulbs, seeds and garden 

 requisites, G— miscellaneous. The cost 

 of space. $1.00 per square foot. "First 

 come: First served!" On the reverse 

 of the sheet are the complete rules 

 and regulations governing the Trade 

 Kxhibition. For copies apply to John 

 Young, Secretary, 53 W. 28th Street 

 .\'ew York City. 



Owing to the late season, the date of 

 the June exhibition of the Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society has been changed 

 to June 16. 



E. W. NEtiiRANi). Sec'y. 



