THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



Mr. Wm. Shillaber Airs. French Vanderbilt 



Mr. Pierre J. Smith Mr. F. W. Vanderbilt 



Miss Mary O. Stevens Mrs. Edward H. Van Ingen 



Miss Ellen J. Stone Mr. Henry F. Walker 



Mrs. James Sullivan Mr. Paul M. Warburg 



Mr. James Talcott Mrs. Lila Osgood Webb 



]\Ir. Chas. G. Thompson Mrs. John E. Weeks 



Mr. Wm. B. Thompson Mr. F. S. Witherbee 



Mr. Samuel Thorne Mrs. Antoinette E. Wood 



Mr. J. H. Troy Mr. James Wood 



THE DAHLIA EXHIBITION 



On September 26 and 27 a very successful exhibition, in co- 

 operation with the New York Botanical Garden, was held in the 

 Museum building of that institution. This was devoted to dah- 

 lias, and there was a large display of this flower, becoming increas- 

 ingly more popular, in all its forms, from the little pompons to the 

 large-flowered showy ones. As usual, the exhibition opened at 

 two on Saturday, closing at five, and on the following day was 

 open from ten to five. The attendance was large and apprecia- 

 tive, and it is to be hoped that a dahlia show may become a per- 

 manent feature of the autumn. 



A most attractive feature was a display, not for competition, 

 made by Mr. O. P. Chapman, Jr., of Westerly, R. I., on two 

 tables, each about sixteen by three feet. One of these, attracting 

 unusual attention, was arranged in a color scheme of autumn 

 tints, producing a most harmonious and pleasing efifect, and clear- 

 ly demonstrating how much more efifectively the dahlia may be 

 shown in this way than in the ordinary formal one. Mrs. Chap- 

 man, who personally arranged the display, is to be congratulated 

 upon the charming result. This display was awarded a silver 

 medal, and a special cash premium was also awarded to it by the 

 New York Botanical Garden. 



The following premiums, offered by the New York Botanical 

 Garden, to be awarded by the Exhibition Committee of the Council 

 of The Horticultural Society of New York were awarded. In 

 the open-to-all classes for the largest and best collection of not 



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