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HOETICULTURE 



March 28, 1914 



troduction were several polyantha 

 seedlings— one very distinct with un- 

 usually large flowers, medium pink 

 with white base to the petals; another 

 with medium-sized flowers, with rich 

 glossy foliage; Regina, a pale salmon 

 pinli with waved petals, Mr. Walsh re- 

 gards as the gem of the collection. 

 These plants were all in tubs 20-22 

 inches in diameter. Mrs. M. H. Walsh 

 18 a porcelain white, with more petals 

 and larger bloortis than White Doro- 

 thy. 



THE ORCHIDS. 



The orchid displays were not only 

 very extensive, but they were also very 

 rich in novelties. Among the Julius 

 Roehrs' collection we noticed such 

 gems as' CymbidiumxPauwelsii and 

 C.xSanderianum; Odontioda Brad- 

 shawie O. Charlesworthi and O. Thwai- 

 tesse; CypripediumxMaudiae variety 

 non plus ultra; Laelio-Cattleya Domin- 

 iana; OdontoglossumxEximium. 0.x 

 Jasper; O.xArdentissimuni; O.xQueen 

 of Gaton. E. B. Dane showed a beauti- 

 ful plant of Odontioda Bradshawae. 

 Clement Moore had many fine things, 

 such as the pure white Laelio-Cattleya 

 Digbyana Imperative Derussie. The ar- 

 rangement of colors in his exhibit was 

 exquisite. 



THE ROSES. 



The rose men descended upon New 

 York on Monday morning and were 

 soon in possession of a goodly section 

 of the mezzanine floor at the exhibi- 

 tion hall. Secretary Hammond estab- 

 lished his headquarters nearby and all 

 was hustle and bustle as the thou- 

 sands of big luscious roses, some of 

 them as tall as the men who carried 

 tliem, were unpacked and gradually 

 found their places in the long rows of 

 vases in the enclosure set apart for 

 their reception. 



Competition was close and the 

 judges' task was far from easy. Of 

 American Beauty, there were but three 

 entries in the class for vases of 100 

 but they were all very fine. The sen- 

 sation of the show was the glorious 

 crimson Hadley, raised by Montgom- 

 ery Co. and shown by A. N. Pierson. 

 It won the society's gold medal as the 

 best new rose not yet disseminated. 

 American or foreign, also the May 

 prize for best 2.5 of any undisseminat- 

 ed variety. It was close pressed for 

 premier position, however, by a vase 

 of superb blooms of Killarney Bril- 

 liant from Robert Scott & Son. as the 

 premium list shows. My Maryland 

 and Mrs. Taft showed their fine stay- 

 ing qualities by opening up to perfec- 

 tion on the second day. Poor Bride 

 and Bridesmaid are practically exter- 

 minated as forcing roses, not a bloom 

 of either being shown. There were a 

 few Bonsilene still. Sunburst made a 

 fine appearance. Radiance proved 

 worthy of its bright name and Killar- 

 ney Queen was in every feature a 

 queen. Manda's Cherokee found many 

 sentimental worshipers. Mignon made 

 a poor impression shown in sprays, 

 ragged and straggly; a pretty little 

 thing but at a disadvantage used in 

 this way. 



elaborate displays. Max Schling had 

 a very extensive space in garden form 

 which he termed The Garden of Flora. 

 Baskets and jardinieres and other 

 plant and flower design work were 

 shown in great variety also a dinner 

 table decoration and a Japanese gar- 

 den of great merit, together with gar- 

 den statuary, the whole electrically il- 

 lumined. George Stumpp also had a 

 very extensive display about 50 ft. 

 front. The central feature of this 

 booth was the unique illumined show 

 case, which appears in the acompany- 

 ing illustration. The front was a 

 sheet of plate glass about ten feet 

 square framed in cypress. Under- 

 neath was a compartment filled with 

 ice and the shower bouquet and other 

 floral work looked beautiful against 

 the dark green velvet drapings of the 

 interior. 



Charles A. Dards' booth was finished 

 in front with birch bark and showed 

 a large variety of floral baskets taste- 

 fully arranged and displayed on a 

 background of velvet flanked with 

 stately palms. Alfred T. Bunyard also 

 had a tasteful booth the background 

 being a large mirror framed in fol- 

 iage and flowering plants. 



JAPANESE GARDEN. 



The Japanese Garden by George E. 

 M. Stumpp was a centre of interest 

 constantly, visitors standing at the 

 railing which surrounded it and intent- 

 ly studying its details from all sides. 

 ■The exhibit was about 16 ft. square 

 and presented in miniature a charac- 

 teristic Japanese landscape comprising 

 between thirty and forthy distinct gar- 

 dens with plantings, structures of var- 

 ious kinds, bridges, brooks and ponds, 

 etc. The water was constantly run- 

 ning through the gardens, being 

 pumped by a miniature electric pump 

 concealed underneath. It is stated 

 that Mr. Stumpp was engaged for 

 months on this exhibit and the truth 

 of this is evident to anyone seeing 

 it, for it is a marvel of ingenuity 

 and patience. 



THE RETAILERS. 



Not many of the New York retailers 

 made their appearance as exhibitors, 

 but those who did enter made very 



SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS. 



One of the most interesting and evi- 

 dently best appreciated features was 

 the spacious lattice-enclosed head- 

 quarters of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York. It was elaborately 

 adorned with plants and flowers and 

 rich furnishings inside, and with a 

 flower bed along the front of the en- 

 closure. Here Mr. P. R. Newbold and 

 other active officials held a continual 

 reception, and ladies visiting the 

 show found an excellent place to sit 

 down and rest. Many new members 

 were thus acquired for the society. 



BANQUET TO JUDGES 



The judges and a number of others 

 including members of the horticultural 

 press were invited to an informal din- 

 ner at the Vanderbilt Hotel, on Satur- 

 day evening. F. R. Pierson, chairman 

 of the flower show committee and C. 

 H. Totty sat at the head of the table. 

 No speeches were made, which was 

 quite a relief tor once and every one 

 was permitted to enjoy himself in his 

 own way, to the accompaniment of de- 

 lightful music and among rare and 

 beautiful surroundings, this being one 

 of the most recent additions to New 

 York's swell hotels. There were about 



fifty in the party, representing widely 

 separated sections of the country, all 

 happy in the consiousness of a difficult 

 duty having been zealously performed 

 and with no fear of the consequences. 



BROOKLYN DAY. 



Tuesday was "Brooklyn Day" at the 

 show. The Borough officials were the 

 guests of the Brooklyn committee, 

 which comprised in its memberships 

 most of the leading Brooklyn florists 

 under the chairmanship of A. L. Miller. 

 Brooklyn was irrespressible on Tues- 

 day evening and it wasn't the fault of 

 her fiorists if anybody escaped uncon- 

 vinced of Brooklyn's prominence on 

 the map. 



GARDENERS' REUNION. 



The gardeners' reunion on Tuesday 

 afternoon and evening, March 24, was 

 a great success. We beg the indulgence 

 of our readers this week and hope to 

 have an interesting story of this jovial 

 event for our next issue. 



THE AWARDS. 



Following is the list of awards, reg- 

 ular and special, as reported up to the 

 the evening of Wednesday, March 25. 

 Important classes are in reserve for 

 the closing days of the week and we 

 shall make full report on these in our 

 next issue. 



SECTION A. 



Plants in Flower — Private Growers. 



Acacia. 3 plants, 1st, Berton H. and 

 Howard Bowdon, Oceanic, N. J., gard. 

 Percy E. Hicks. 



Acacia specimen, 1st, Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, Mamaroneck, N. Y., gard. James 

 Stuart. 



Amaryllis, 2'> plants, 25 varieties, 1st, 

 Mrs. D. Willis James, Madison, N. J., 

 gard. \Vm. Duckbam. 



Amaryllis. 1'2 plants, 12 varieties, 1st, 

 Mrs. D. Willis James. 



Antbiiiium specimen. 1st, Mrs. B. B. 

 Tiittle. Naugatuck. ft., 2d, Mrs. J. H. 

 Wrigbt. 



Begonia, 6 plants, 1st W. B. Thompson, 

 Yonkers, N. Y. 



Cineraria hybrids, 6 plants, 1st, C. K. 

 G. Billings, Fort Washington Aye., gard. 

 James Bell : 2d, Tbomas Aitchison, Mam- 

 aroneck. 



Cineraria stellata. 6 plants, 1st, W. B. 

 Thompson ; 2d. Benjamin Stern, Roslyn. 



Cineraria, specimen, 1st, W. B. Thomp- 

 son: 2d, H. L. Pratt. Glen Cove. 



Cyclamen. 2.j plants, 1st, A. Lewisohn, 

 gard. James B. Canning; 2d, Mrs. F. 

 A. Constable. Mamaroneck. 



C.vclamen. 12 plants. 1st. Percy Chubb, 

 Glen Coye. sard. F. Honeyman. 



Chorizema. specimen, 1st, Mrs. F. A. 

 Constable. 



Genista, specimen, 1st, Miss Blanche 

 Potter. Ossinlng, gard. George Witin^er. 



Hydrangea, plants, 1st, Wm. Ziegler, 

 Jr.. Noroton. Ct.. gard. A. Biescbke: 2d. 

 .Tohn Wanamaker, Wyncote, Pa., gard. 

 John H. nodds. 



Hydrangea, specimen. 1st, Wm. Ziegler, 

 Jr.; 2d. ,Tohn Wanamaker. 



Imantophyllum. ."> plants. 1st, .Tohn 

 Wanamaker: 2d. P. M. Warburg. Scars- 

 dale. N. Y'., gard. F. C. Luckenbacker. 



Lilac. 12 plants. 1st, John. Wanamaker; 

 2d. P. M. Warburg. 



Marguerite, specimen. 2d, Mrs. J. B. 

 Trevor. Yonkers. N. Y'. ; gard. Howard 

 Nichols. 



Primula, 12 plants, 1st, Percy Chubb. 



Primula, 6 plants, 1st. Percy Chubb. 



Primula obconica. 12 plants. 1st. Percy 

 Chubb. Glen Cove: 2rt. .Tohn Wanamaker. 



Rhododendron. ", iilants. 3 varieties, 1st, 

 V.'. B. Thompson. 



Schizantbus. plants. 1st. W. B. 

 Thompson : 2d, A. Lewisohn. 



Schizauthus, specimen. 1st, C. K. G. 

 Billings: 2d. A. Lewisohn. 



Flowering plants, any variety : 1st. F. 

 E .Lewis. Rideefield. Ct., gard. Jas. Bal- 

 lantyne; 2d, W. B. Thompson. 



Flowering and foliage, stove am" gr en- 



