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HORTICULTURE 



April 4. 1914 



THE NEW YORK FLOWER SHOW 



The big spring exliibition in tlie 

 Grand Central Palace came to a suc- 

 cessful close last Sunday night and it 

 only remains for us to record the 

 events of the closing days, congratu- 

 late managers and exhibitors, and ex- 

 tend hearty good wishes for many 

 equally successful repetitions in the 

 years to come. 



It had been intended to wind-up on 

 Saturday night but it was finally de- 

 cided to hold over one day longer. We 

 do not think the results were sufficient 

 to afford much encouragement for a 

 repetition of so long a period in the 

 future. There are many valid reasons 

 why a six-days' show would be prefer- 

 able to a nine-days' show. 



The judges of the American Rose 

 Society tailed to agree between the 

 claims of the Radiance, a bright red 

 rose, and the Excelsa, a climbing rose, 

 for the gold medal given by Mrs. Ger- 

 trude M. Hubbard of Washington, 

 which is awarded every five years to 

 the raiser or originator of the best 

 rose within that period of time. The 

 Killarney White would have been the 

 unanimous choice, but this rose was 

 ineligible, as it has been shown for six 

 years. 



We omitted several things of im- 

 portance in our last week's issue not 

 the least of which was the Blooming- 

 dale retail flower booth, arranged by 

 C. C. Trepel and in charge of three 

 blooming young ladies dressed in stun- 



Uueitmkyer's Display of Carnation Philadelphia Pink 



AiraiiKeil li.v A. T. Bunyaril. 



ning gowns and dispensing smiles that 

 were well-nigh irresistible. 



The Silver Medal for rose Killarney 

 Brilliant was won by Robert Scott & 

 Son. Sharon Hill, Pa., and not A. N. 

 Pierson as incorrectly stated in our 

 notes last week. 



The handsome plant group which we 

 used in our cover illustration last 



A. N. Piekson's Rose Group 



Arranged l)y J. M. Gasser Co. and Geo. E. M. Stumpp. 



week was the work of R. M. Johnston, 

 gardener for Mr. W. B. Thompson, 

 Yonkers, N. Y. Mr. Johnston was also 

 well in evidence in various plant 

 classes. A group of Euphorbia Jac- 

 quinaeflora shown by him, although 

 they did not figure in the list of 

 awards, were especially noteworthy be- 

 cause of the advanced season for such 

 plants. 



The following additional prizes were 

 awarded: Carnation display, 1,500 

 blooms, arranged for effect — 1st to Cot' 

 tage Gardens Co., for fine arrange 

 ment of Matchless, Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 Beacon and several unnamed varieties, 

 2nd Breitmeyer Floral Co., Mt. Clem 

 ens, Mich., with Philadelphia Pink 

 3rd S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, for a bril 

 liant arrangement. 



The $75 silver cup given by the 

 Hotel Manhattan for the best vase of 

 .■jOO carnations was awarded to the 

 pink and white varieties exhibited by 

 the J. M. Gasser Company of Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Three prizes of $25, $15 and $10, 

 for the best vases of 150 blooms shown 

 by private growers, were won by P. A. 

 B. Widener of Ogontz, Penn.; Thomas 

 Aitchison of Mamaroneck, and George 

 Masson of Tuxedo Park. 



Display of cut Roses, covering 200 

 square feet of space, and to contain 

 not less than 500, nor more than 1,000 

 blooms. Quality of blooms, artistic 

 arrangement, and general effect to be 

 considered in making awards. Dec- 

 orative green of any kind, including 

 plants, permitted. 1st A. N. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn., 2nd F. R. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Table Decoration, private growers — 

 1st Adolph Lewishon, gardener J. Can- 

 ning. 2nd Thomas Aitchison, Mamaro- 

 neck. 



