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PRIZE WINNING GLOXINIAS. 



Charles Webber for three crotons, to Wm. 

 Duckham for specimen Dracaena Sandcri- 

 iana, to Wm. Scott, gardener to Mrs. T. 

 C. Eastman, for three pans of lycnpodiuni 

 and for best six cyclamens; to Wm. An- 

 derson, gardener to Mrs. F. E. Constable 

 for Eueharis amazonica; to J. MeKenzie 

 for berried plants to A. L. Marshall for 

 Rex begonias; to G. B. Winslade for three 

 chrysanthemum plants; forgroupot pom- 

 pons and for one specimen each ot crim- 

 son and yellow; to Peter Duff for speci- 

 men pink and for best specimen chrysan- 

 themum plant in the show. Robert 

 Whyte got the J. Pierpont Morgan cup 

 lor group of chrysanthemums. 



Of chrysanthemum blooms there were 

 some wonderlul exhibits by Peter Duff, 

 W. C. Russell and others. G. B. Winslade 

 took the Speyer cup for best collection 

 and S. A. Leuba was second. Peter Duff 

 took the Loomis cup for best six varieties 

 of six blooms each, W. C. Russell second, 

 silver medals being the second prize in 

 each case. Mr. Duff's Viviand Morel, 

 Mrs. Geo. West, Mutual Friend, Minerva 

 and Jeannie Falconer were all notable 

 flowers. Silver medals were also won by 

 W. Scott for 36 blooms in 36 varieties 

 and 24 varieties; by Peter Duff for vase of 

 12 white and vase of 12 pink; by W. C. 

 Russell for 12 yellow and forthe 6 largest 

 blooms (Viviand-Morel) and by G. B. 

 Winslade for best crimson; T. Harvey, 

 William Hunter, J. G. McNicoll, Wm. An- 

 derson and Robert Angus received certifi- 

 cates in these classes. 



In cut roses, Wm. Turner, Owen J. 

 Owen, A. A. Taaffe and A. J. Wengerter 

 won certificates, and the Aldrich cup for 

 winner of the largest namber of certifi- 



cates went to Mr. Turner. Incarnations 

 certificates went to Wm. Turner, Owen J 

 Owen, A. A. Taaffe and Wm. Cowan 

 Mr. Turner getting the Trevor cup. J 

 M. Hunter got the Trevor cup for garde 

 nias and Wm. Duckham the Trevor cup 

 for violets. W. Scott took three silver 

 medals and G. B. Winslade one, for green- 

 house grapes. 



The orchid displays from H. Clinka- 

 berry, gardener to C. G. Roebling and 

 A. Herrington, gardener to H. McK. 

 Twomblv, were beautiful. Mr. Herring- 

 ton took the silver medal for a group 

 composed mainly of cattleyas and cypri- 

 pediums and his big pan of Cattleya 

 labiata with 75 blooms was much ad- 

 mired. Mr. Clinkaberry won the Dodge 

 cup for arrangement of orchids with a 

 most beautiful basket of rare blooms. A 

 prettv cocos graced the center and the 

 square handle, four feet high, was hung 

 with sprays of oncidium, Dendrobium 

 pbalxnopsis and asparagus. The Irving 

 cup for best collection of orchids also 

 went to Mr. Clinkaberry. This group 

 comprised many gems, such as Cypripe- 

 dium insigne Sanderiie, Cypridedium 

 Thayeranum. Cypripedium Henry Gra res, 

 Jr., and <-£rides Lawrencx. Adjoining it 

 was a fine group not for competition, 

 from Lager & Hurrell. 



Trade exhibitors were assigned to the 

 foyer. Here were some fine groups of 

 araucarias and pandanuses from John 

 Scott and F. R. Pierson Company, Mr. 

 Scott winning first prize in both classes, 

 and a collection of decorative plants from 

 Siebrecht & Son, not forcompetition. A. 

 Schultheis took a silvei medal for ericas, 

 Hugh Graham, forchrysanthemum Penn- 



sylvania, C. L. Trauth, for group of cycla- 

 mens and W. A. Manda for fifty varieties 

 of fancy caladiums. A group of orchids 

 in the form of a graceful mantel decora- 

 tion oy W. A. Manda was much admired 

 for its artistic arrangement. 



C. W. Ward made a very large exhibit 

 of carnations. It included many hand- 

 some novelties, such as White Cloud, Bon 

 Ton, Gold Nugget, Maceo, New York, 

 Blush, John Young, C. A. Dana, Flame 

 and Mrs. James Dean, the latter being 

 the prize winner at the Philadelphia exhi- 

 bition as best American seedling not yet 

 disseminated. A smaller displayof carna- 

 tions was made by C. Besold. The new 

 pink variety Francis Joost in this collec- 

 tion looked very promising. Wm. Rock- 

 efeller also showed seedling carnations 

 and Robert MacMillan a vase of fine 

 mignonette. A. P. 



HALF STANDARD GHRySANTHEMUIH-GROWN 

 BY J. REARDON. 



Of the many beautiful specimens of 

 chrysanthemums shown at the late exhi- 

 bition of the Horticultural Society of Chi- 

 cago few had more admirers than the 

 class embracing standards and half 

 standards. We herewith present an illus- 

 tration ofa specimen exhibited by J. Rear- 

 don, gardener to Mr. Martin A. Ryerson, 

 of Chicago. 



Those who saw and admired the mon- 

 strous blooms displayed in vases and on 

 single- stemmed plants, may not all 

 know why these blooms are so large 

 when compared with those shown in our 

 illustration. If the life history of the 

 plants were known, the difference in size 

 is easily understood. 



