THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



tion of twenty-fonr vases of cut orchids gave the first prize to 

 Lager & Hurrell. 



Mrs. F. A. Constable, JMamaroneck, N. Y., Jas. Stuart, gar- 

 dener, secured first prize for six pots of pelargoniums, and also 

 first prize for six pots of calceolarias, the second for calceolarias 

 going to Mr. L. C. Tiffany, Oyster Bay, N. Y., John Miller, 

 gardener. 



Special prizes were awarded as follows : Miss M. T. Cockcroft, 

 Saugatuck, Conn., Adam Paterson, gardener, silver medal, for 

 twelve vases of sweet peas; Mr. Wm. B. Thompson, Yonkers, N. 

 Y., R. M. Johnston, gardener, for a fine plant of calceolaria, cash. 



The judges were J. A. Manda, Wm. Tricker, and E. S. Miller. 



June 



This exhibition was held on the 6 and 7. It was primarily 

 for peonies. Prizes were also offered for hardy roses, the flowers 

 of shrubs and trees, rhododendrons and azaleas, herbaceous plants, 

 irises cut orchids, and for orchid plants. 



Among the peonies, the Cottage Gardens Co, took first prizes 

 for three white, three light pink, three rose, three crimson, and a 

 collection of singles. For the largest and best collection, not less 

 than six flowers of each variety, the first prize was awarded to 

 Cedar Hill, A. Lahodny, gardener. The first prize for a collec- 

 tion of irises went to John Lewis Childs. 



Mr. Clement Moore, Hackensack, N. J., J. P. Mossman, gar- 

 slener, won first prizes for six, three and one orchid plants. He 

 also won second prize for a collection of cut orchid blooms. Lager 

 & Hurrell first. 



A special cash prize was awarded to Messrs. Siebrecht ^ Son 

 for a fine plant of Bougainviliaea. 



The New York Botanical Garden made displays, not for com- 

 petition, of the flowers of hardy herbaceous plants, irises, shrubs 

 and trees, and peonies. 



Owing to the lateness of the season there were no exhibits of 

 roses. The peonies for the same reason were late, so the exhibi- 

 tion was not as large as that of last season. 



The judges were Leonard Barron and George V. Nash. 



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