the horticultural society of new york 



August 



This exhibition was held on the 15th and i6th. It was planned 

 for gladioli mainly, with a few prizes for montbretias. 



For the largest and best collection of gladioli the first prize was 

 awarded to Mr. T. A. Havemeyer, Glen Head, N. Y., A. Lahodny, 

 gardener, for a collection of fifty-seven kinds in fifty-two vases, 

 John Lewis Childs taking the second with a collection of forty- 

 six vases. For a collection of twelve varieties, three spikes of 

 each, John Lewis Childs secured first prize. He also won the first 

 prize for a vase of twenty-five white, with Snow King, and second 

 for a vase of twenty-five pink, with Fascinator, the first for this 

 class going to Mrs. De Lancy Kane, New Rochelle, N. Y., Hugh 

 Lyons, gardener, for a vase of America. The above prizes were 

 all in the open-to-all classes. 



In the non-commercial classes Mr. T. A. Havemeyer won first 

 prize for the best six kinds, two spikes of each, with, among 

 others, Schwaeken, Mme. Monnet Sully, Gross furstin Elizabeth, 

 Niagara, and Bardenia. He also took first prize for the best vase 

 of white, six spikes, with Zephelin, and for the best vase of pink, 

 with Panama. 



A special cash prize was awarded to Mrs. F. A. Constable, Jas. 

 Stuart, gardener, for a vase of cut blooms of Helianthus rigidus 

 Miss Willmott. 



The New York Botanical Garden made exhibits of the flowers, 

 not for competition, of shrubs, thirty-three kinds, and hardy her- 

 baceous plants, nineteen kinds. Also a collection of shrubs in 

 fruit, sixty kinds, which attracted much attention. A collection 

 of orchid plants was also exhibited by the same institution. 



The judges were Jas. Stuart and George V. Nash. 



CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN ASSO- 

 CIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



The Sixteenth Annual Convention of the American Association 

 of Park Superintendents was held at Newburgh, N. Y., and New 

 York City, August 24 to 27, inclusive. It was one of the most 

 successful conventions in the history of the association, the at- 



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