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nuni primulinuni and an unusually large specimen of 

 Euphorbia splendens. This group well deserved the gold 

 medal bestowed upon it by the judges. 



Priv.'\te Grower Exhibits. 



The private growers may speak with just pride of the 

 fact that their e.xhibits made up more than half of the 

 show. They contended in nearly all the classes open 

 to them in the schedule, with the exception of the potted 

 rose, Erica, Boronia and Hydrangea classes in which 

 they made a very weak showing. 



PLANTS IN FLOWER. 



Most noteworthy in this sertion -svere the Acacias shown by 

 Percy Hicks, gardener to Bertram H. Borden, (keanic, K. ,J.. and a 

 specimen of the same by 

 .James Stuart, gardener 

 to Mrs. F. A. Constable, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y.; the 

 Amaryllis, staged by 

 \\'m. H. Duckhani, sup- 

 erintendent for Mrs. D. 

 Willis James, iladison. X. 

 J., one of the most lieau- 

 tiful exhibits in the en- 

 tire show, and the fine 

 group of llowering plants 

 and bulbs by the same 

 exhibitor, the specimen 

 Aiithurium shown by 

 Wm. Cordes, gardener, to 

 F. B. Burton, Newburg. 

 N. Y., tlie Cineraria hy- 

 brida shown by F. Honey- 

 man, gardener to Percy 

 Chubb, Glen Cove, N. Y.: 

 the Cineraria .Stellata, 

 Cyclamen, Primula nulla - 

 coides , and Scliizanthus, 

 of Joliii Canning, gar- 

 dener to Adolph I^ewi- 



sohn, Ardsley, N. Y.. the 



Primula and Cyclamen 

 being especially good: 



the Spiraeas of A. \V. 



Golding. superintendent 



for D. G. Reid, Irvlngton, 

 N. Y.; the specimen Clior- 



izema of J. \V. Smitli. 



gardener, to F. E. Lewis, 



Eidgefield, Conn.; the 



specimen Genista of .J. H. 



Dodd, gardener to .John 



Wanamaker, Jenkintown. 



Pa.; the Lilacs of P. W. 



Popp, gardener to Mr>. 



H. Darlington, Maniaro 



neck, N. Y.; the finest 



sisecimens of any one 



kind of forced shrubs in 



the show; the very per- 

 fect specimen Marguerite 



Daisy of William H. 



Fischer, New Canaan, 



Conn., and the Primula 



ohconica, a very tinr 



exhibit of F. llitch- 



man. sardener tu Halyh 



Pulitzer, Manliasset. 



N. Y. 



Palms, Foliage and Miscellaneous Plants. 



Conspicuous in tl)is class were the Crotons and group of foliage 

 plants of R. M. .Johnston, superintendent for W. B. Thomjison, 

 Y'onkers, N. Y.; the Kentia Palms of C. Weber, gardener to Jlrs. 

 J. Hood Wright. New York City, and of -James Stuart; Wm. H. 

 Duckham's group of foliage plants, and the specimen Bay trees 

 of Rudolph Heidkamp, Riverdale, N. Y. 



FERNS. 



The most noteworthy exhibits in this section were the Adiantum 

 Farleyense of Mrs. JH. McK. Twombly, Madison, N. J.: the 

 Adiantnm Cuneatum of R. M. Johnston, the rare Davallia and 

 Goniophlebium of Charles Weber, the Stag Horn of J. W. Smith, 

 and the Cabotium of J. H. Dodd. 



BULBOUS PLANTS. 



The classes of tliis section were avcII lilled and the exhibits 

 were one of the liriglitest features of tlie siinw, especially notable 

 were the H.yacinths of William H. Duckham, and of R. Hughes, 

 gardener to James McDonald, Flushing, L. I.; the Lilies of C W. 

 Knight, gardener to the \\'estbrook (iardens, Oakdale, N. Y'.; the 

 Narcissus and Tulips of E. l''ardel, gardener to Mrs. A. M. Booth, 

 Great Neck. L. I.; and group of yellow Callas, Elliottiana of Jos. 

 Mills, superintendent to George Ciould; the Lily of the Valley, 

 Narcissus and Tulips of Payne Whitney, and the Narcissus and 

 Tulips of J. W. Everitt, gardener to John T. Pratt, Glen Cove, 

 X. Y. 



ORCHID PLANTS AND CUT BLOOMS. 



The exhibits of this section were of high quality and well staged. 

 Tliere Avas a fine firoup sliown 1iy S. G. Milosy, superintendent for 



George Schlegel, Bay 

 Ridge, N. Y., and speci- 

 mens of Cattleya Cypri- 

 dciinns, etc., liy the 

 same exhibitor; a I'C- 

 nuirkable collection of 

 S o p h r o-Cattleyas. So- 

 jihro-Laelias. etc., shown 

 i)y J. P. Mossman, gar- 

 dener to Clement iloore, 

 Hackensack, N. J., and 

 fine specimen plants by 

 tlie same exhibitor, and 

 liy Louis Strauss, Bay 

 I'lidge, N. Y. There were 

 nrU arranged table dis- 

 plays of cut orcliids by 

 Artlnir N. Cooley, Pitts- 

 licld. Mass, and James 

 .MacAlackan. snjierintend- 

 cnt to George F. Baker, 

 Tuxedo V:\vk. N. Y. 



CUT BLOOMS— ROSES. 



The American Beau- 

 I ies and the vases .of 

 twenty-five roses of Wm. 

 islcinlieinz, gardener to 

 P. , A. B. Widener, 

 (Igoiitz, Pa.; the Milady, 

 Hadley, Kilarney Queen, 

 and Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 of W. R. Fowkes, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Howard 

 Cole. Madison, N. J.; the 

 Sunburst of James Stu- 

 art; the white Kilar- 

 neys of Benjamin Distey, 

 gardener to ilrs. J. H. 

 1-Tagler, Greenwich, 

 (on'ii.. and the Mrs. 

 (Jeorge Shawyer of 

 David S. Miller, gar- 

 dener, to Cieorge G. Ma- 

 son, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., 

 were the main features 

 (]f tliis sci-tiiin. 



CARNATIONS. 



The classes of this 

 section were very well 

 filled. Most conspicu- 

 ous of the e.xhibits were 

 the vases of 150 blooms 

 of William Ixleinheinz 

 and A. W. Golding, su- 

 perintendent to D. G. l^veid. the vases of 25 blooms of Joseph 

 Tansev. superintendent to H. M. Tilford, R. M. Johnston, Max 

 Schneider, gardener to Peter Hauck. East Orange, N. J.; J. W. 

 Smith, and T. L. Wall, Hartsdale. N. Y. 



SWEET PEAS. 



A. W. Golding with his display of blooms covering twenty-five 

 square feet and collection of six varieties, and Alex. Geddes, 

 Stamford, Conn., with his exliil)it of 100 sprays were the whole 

 sliow in this section. 



MISCELLANEOUS CUT FLOWERS 



1'. W. Popp's basket of cut flowers was one of the prettiest 

 exhibits in this class. John Canning's yellow Antirrhinum was 



TME EXiniilT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. NEW YORK CITY. STAGED 

 UNDER THE DIRECTION SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS JOHN H. BEATTIE. 



