THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



exhibited by Mr. Lewisohn were cultivated in specially con- 

 structed houses and were transported, each on a separate truck. 

 The protecting framework and covering over the largest plant 

 was something over 17 feet across. This made the transporta- 

 tion of this plant unusually difficult, and precautions had to be 

 taken to safeguard it from injury from other traffic. Mr. 

 Lewisohn made arrangements with the authorities here in the 

 city and two mounted policemen were detailed to meet the plants 

 at the northern line of the city and convoy them to the American 

 Museum of Natural History, clearing the way for them through 

 the ordinary traffic. They left Ardsley about 11 o'clock in the 

 morning of the third, arriving at the American Museum about 

 6 o'clock of the same day. Each of the large plants was trans- 

 ferred from the truck to a specially built carriage and conveyed 

 to their place in the Hall of Fame. It was necessary to remove 

 the fan-light over the entrance door of the Museum in order to 

 get the plant into the building, and it required the most careful 

 management to pass the plant through one of the arches on the 

 way to the foyer, there being but an inch to spare on each side, 

 the plant being taken through the opening diagonally. Mr. 

 Lewisohn exhibited four of these large plants in competition and 

 also displayed two others, one of them in the shape of a pillar 

 about 12 feet high. 



The society offered its silver cup, valued at one hundred 

 dollars, as a sweepstakes prize for the finest and best bush 

 chrysanthemum plant exhibited. This was won by Mr. Lewisohn 

 with the plant of R. F. Felton referred to above. 



Mr. Samuel Untermyer, of Yonkers, New York, exhibited 

 three bush chrysanthemum plants in the class to be grown in 

 pots not over 14 inches in diameter. 



For plants in pots not less than 14 inches in diameter, Mr. 

 Adolph Lewisohn took the first prize for a yellow, with R. F. 

 Felton. This plant, as stated above, won the sweepstakes prize 

 for the largest plant exhibited. Mr. Lewisohn also won first 

 prize for a white plant, with a superb example of Lady Lydia. 

 This plant, while not as large as the yellow one, was one of the 

 most perfect specimens ever exhibited. The flowers were prac- 

 tically all alike, and the plant was superb in detail, showing 

 wonderful judgment and skill in training. For a bush of any 



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