March 14, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



365 



and Japanese Maples In Foliage; cov- 

 ering Classes 200 to 208. 



Section E — Miscellaneous Plants; 

 Private Growers. To be staged Sat- 

 urday, March 21st. Class 220 is for 

 Bay Trees and 221 for Strawberries in 

 Pots. 



Section F — Ferns; Private Growers; 

 To be staged Saturday, March 21st; 

 Classes 230 to 240. 



Section G — Ferns; Commercial 

 Growers. To be staged Saturday, 

 March 21st; Classes 250 to 257. 



Section H — Bulbous Plants. To be 

 staged Saturday, March 21st, covers 

 Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Lily of 

 the Valley, etc.; Classes 270 to 288. 



Section I — Bulbous Plants; Commer- 

 cial Growers; To be staged Saturday, 

 March 21st; Classes 289 to 296. 



Section J — Orchid Plants; Private 

 Growers. To be staged Saturday, 

 March 21st; specimens and groups, 

 comprising Classes 310 to 329. 



Section K — Orchid Plants; Commer- 

 cial Growers. To be staged Saturday, 

 March 21st; comprising Classes 340 to 

 358, the premier prize being $350 and 

 J150 second, for collection of 100 plants 

 arranged for effect. Palms and Ferns 

 permitted. 



Section L — Orchids, Cut Flowers; 

 Private Growers. To be staged Satur- 

 day, March 21st; Classes 370 to 379. 



Section M — Orchids, Cut Flowers; 

 Commercial Growers. To be staged 

 Saturday, March 21st; Classes 390 to 

 400. 



With the Co-operation and Under the 



Management of the American 



Rose Society. 



Section N — Roses in Pots and in 

 Tubs; Private Growers. To be staged 

 Saturday, March 21st; Classes 410 to 

 418. 



Section — Roses in Pots and Tubs; 

 Commercial Growers. To be staged 

 Saturday, March 21st; Classes 430 to 

 441. The premier prize in this class is 

 $250, second prize $150, for display to 

 occupy 300 square feet, arranged for 

 effect. 



Section P — Cut Roses; Private 

 Growers. To be staged Monday, March 

 23rd; Classes 450 to 470. 



Section Q — Cut Roses; Commercial 

 Growers. To be staged Monday, March 

 23rd; Classes 480 to 527. The second di- 

 vision of Section Q for Commercial 

 Growers, is to be staged Thursday, 

 March 26. It includes Class 528, first 

 prize $200, second $150, third $100, for 

 display of Cut Roses covering 200 

 square feet, arranged for effect, with 

 decorative green of any kind including 

 plants permitted. The Mrs. Gertrude 

 M. Hubbard Gold Medal for the best 

 American Rose introduced in the last 

 five years, will be awarded on Monday, 

 March 23rd. The American Rose So- 

 ciety medals and certificates will be 

 awarded in due course. 



With the Co-operation and Under the 



Management of the American 



Carnation Society. 



Section R — Carnations; Commercial 

 Growers. To be staged Tuesday, March 

 24th; Classes 1 to 24, including a silver 

 and bronze medal sweepstakes prize 

 for best 100 flowers shown. 



Section S • — Carnations; Private 

 Growers. To be staged Tuesday, March 

 24th; Classes 25 to 34. 



Section T — Carnations; Commercial 

 Growers. To be staged Friday, March 

 27th; Classes 35 to 36. The premier 

 prizes in this section are $200 first 

 prize, second $100, third $50, for dis- 



THE FRED DORNER MEMORIAL MEDAL. 



This medal is offered by the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society, under the fol- 

 lowing conditions: 



A gold medal will be awarded to 

 the best 100 blooms of any undissemi- 

 nated seedling carnation (sports not 

 admissible). 



The variety must have been in cul- 

 tivation not less than three years and 

 must score not less than 85 points, 

 judged by the American Carnation So- 

 ciety's scale of points. 



The medal to be awarded to the or- 

 iginator, who need not necessarily be 

 the exhibitor, and can be awarded to 

 the same variety only once. 



To be eligible to compete for this 



medal, 50 blooms of the variety must 

 have been shown at a previous exhibi- 

 tion of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety in a preliminary class and scored 

 not less than 80 points. 



"Matchless" by Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Queens, N. Y., won the medal at 

 Cleveland this year. 



A preliminary competition will be 

 conducted at each exhibition for elig- 

 ibility to compete for the medal next 

 year. Fifty blooms must be shown of 

 any undisseminated seedling variety. 



The medal is paid for each year with 

 the interest from a fund which was 

 raised by voluntary subscriptions 

 among the members of the A. C. S. 



play of Carnation Blooms, covering 

 150 square feet, arranged for effect, 

 decorative green including plants per- 

 mitted. Class 37 in the same section 

 is for Private Growers. 



With the Co-operation and Under the 



Management of the American 



Sweet Pea Society. 



Sectio.v U — Winter Flowering Sweet 

 Peas: Commercial Growers. To be 

 staged Wednesday, March 25; Classes 

 540 to 564. 



Section V — Winter Flowering Sweet 

 Peas; Private Growers. To be staged 

 Wednesday, March 25th; Classes 570 to 

 571. Class 572 is for Table Decoration 

 of Sweet Peas exclusively. 



Section W — Miscellaneous Cut Flow- 

 ers; Pi;ivate Growers. To be staged 

 Saturday, March 21st; Classes 580 to 

 599. 



Section X — Miscellaneous Cut Flow- 

 ers; Commercial Growers. To be 

 staged Saturday, March 21st; Classes 

 610 to 625. 



Section Y — Violets; Commercial 

 Growers. Tq be staged Wednesday, 

 March 25th; Classes 630 to 631. 



Section Z — Table Decoration ; Pri- 

 vate Growers. To be staged Wednes- 

 day, March 25th. 



In addition to the foregoing the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York offers 

 its gold, silver and bronze medals for 

 exhibits of unusual merit. 



N. B. Exhibitors remember and note 

 specially iiheii and ivhat dates differ- 

 ent sectio7is and divisions are to be 

 staged. All staging must be completed 

 by noon of the staging date. 



THE LAST WORD. 



Among the donors of additional 

 special prizes are the following: 

 Mrs. F. F. Thompson, Mr. J. P. 

 Morgan, Mrs. Alfred M. Coates, Mr. 

 McDougall Hawkes, Mrs. Delancey 



Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, 

 Miss Georgine Iselin, Mrs. Jas. Roose- 

 velt, Mrs. H. V. R. Kennedy, Mr. Chatt 

 G. Thompson, Mr. Isaac N. Seligman, 

 Mrs. Wm. Combe, P. W. Vanderbilt, 

 Mrs. Richard Gamble, Mr. John J. 

 Riker; Mrs. Archibald Rogers. Silver 

 Cups: Hotel Woodstock, Hotel Astor, 

 Manhattan Hotel. 



The general committee has decided 

 that there shall be no formal lectures 

 at this show. The acoustic properties 

 of the temporary lecture hall avail- 

 able at the show last year were any- 

 thing but good, and the outside attrac- 

 tions were so great that, save for 

 those who sought rest, the lectures 

 had very little drawing power. This 

 decision allows of the setting aside of 

 some much needed space for the com- 

 fort of visitors. Plenty of seating 

 room will be provided, and, In addition, 

 there will be a rolling chair service. 

 The committee has made a very 

 creditable division in the schedule, the 

 various exhibits called for on different 

 days assuring practically a daily 

 change in the arrangement of the 

 show. The orchestra will be star 

 tioned in the balcony of the second 

 floor. This will tend to relieve the 

 congestion on the main floor which 

 was at times very apparent last year. 

 The very excellent restaurant service, 

 which was a feature of last year's ar- 

 rangements will be prominent again 

 this year. 



There are still a few good loca- 

 tions available for exhibits, and a let- 

 ter addressed to Secretary John 

 Young, 53 W. 28th street. New York. 

 will insure the receipt of all informa- 

 tion In this respect. There was never, 

 in New York, a better opportunity to 

 bring anything in horticultural lines 

 to the attention of the flower-loving 

 public than that presented in the forth- 

 coming show. J. H. Pepper. 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



