GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA 



THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



Devoted to the Science of Floriculture and Horticulture. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



Devoted to Park Development and Recreational Facilities. 



\.i!. XI\. 



ATRII., 1913. 



X.I. 4. 



The International Flower Show of 1915 



The third intcniatiDiial Hower show, more properly 

 called the Xew York Spring Flower Show, held in the 

 New Grand Central Palace, Xew York City, March 17-23. 

 judged from every viewpoint was a success. Chairman 

 Frank R. Pierson, Secretary John Young and the other 

 members of the show committee, and Arthur Herrington, 

 the exhibition manager, are to be congratulated on the 

 favorable outcome of their united efforts. To these gen- 

 tlemen, to the guarantors of the show, to the donors of 

 cup and cash prizes, to the board of jurors, furthermore 

 to the trade exhibitors, and lastly, but by no means in the 

 least degree to the jjrivate and commercial plant ami 

 flower growers, 

 who exhibited their 

 products, the 

 thanks of the 

 florist craft, and (3f 

 flower and plant 

 lovers in general 

 are extended. 



Many of the 

 large commercial 

 growers and some 

 of the ]) r i V a t e 

 growers, whose ex- 

 hibits at the for- 

 mer shows were 

 numerous were not 

 in the arena to con- 

 tend for the prizes 

 this year, but on 

 the otlier hand new 

 exhibitors appear- 

 ed. It is well that 

 these flower shows 

 have so s o o n 

 reached such a 

 magnitude that 

 their success is not 



endangered by the failure of a considerable number of 

 growers to pa'rticij^ate every year. No doubt these grow- 

 ers, the absence of whose exhibits was noted with regret 

 this spring, will again be contestants at future spring 

 shows. \Ve cannot help but think that dependence upon 

 a large, even if changing number of exhibitors puts these 

 flower shows upon a safer basis than reliance upon a few 

 private and commercial growers, however distinguished 

 thev may be, for the greater the number of the exhibitors 

 that participate the more widespread must become the in- 

 terest towards the show, and with proper interest mani- 

 fested the success of a show is assured. 



The Red Cross Te.\ Garden. 



'l"he tea garden of the American Red Cross Society, 

 Ijeauti fully and artistically decorated and furnished and 

 conducted by the several New York Chapters of this So- 

 cietA-, was the most distinctive and praiseworthy new 

 feature of this year's show\ This innovation, humani- 

 tarian in its aim. was a social and financial success. 

 Undoubtedly it drew many to the general show, who, 

 had it not been for this Tea Room, would not have 

 attended. 



.\.\.\l.^■TIC.\^. SuMM.\RV of the Show. 



.\ l)rief, and by 

 no means exhaus- 

 tive summary of 

 the exhibits, with 

 mention in conncc- 

 nection with these 

 of the successful 

 exhibitors, may be 

 I if interest to those 

 who could not at- 

 tend the show- or 

 made only a hasty 

 \isit, and also in a 

 general way as a 

 matter of record 

 fi ir future refer- 

 ence. 



I)ep.\rtment 

 Parks. 



O F 



rilE TEA GARDEN OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, WHICH WAS l.XSTRC- 

 MENTAL IN M.\KING THE INTERN.^TIONAL FLOWER SHOW NEW- 

 YORK'S SOCIETY EVENT OF THE SEASON. 



The Park De- 

 partment of the 

 Borough of Man- 

 hattan staged.-;this 

 year a large, 'non- 

 competitive grotrp 

 which from the variety and excellence of material and 

 pleasing arrangement attracted much attention, and 

 elicited much admiration throughout the show period. 

 The center of the group was occupied by Specimen Palms, 

 surrounded by Ijlooming plants of Azalea indica, anioena 

 and mollis, w'hich in turn were surrounded by Spiraeas 

 and Cinerarias, interspersed with Pandanus Veitchii. 

 with (lenistas occupying one corner and the whole 

 group edged with pans of blooming Tulips, and Hya- 

 cinths. There was also at each corner a rare, large Fern, 

 and at the sides some fine blooming specimens of Jasmi- 



