THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



seed through a series of plants of different ages up to six years 

 old, when the orchid hybrid visually comes into flower, the first 

 indication which the experimenter has as to whether he is to get 

 a reward for his labors or not. A gold medal was awarded to 

 this exhibit by The Horticultural Society of New York. 



The competition in the groups of flowering plants and bulbs, 

 to cover three hundred square feet, was keen. To Mr. Adolph 

 Lewisohn, John Canning superintendent, was awarded the first 

 prize for a group as airy, delightful and spring-like as could be 

 imagined. This was to the right at the head of the stairs, the 

 first greeting to the show. It made one feel that spring was 

 really here. A graceful figure in the background with the tink- 

 ling waters of the fountain added to this feeling of spring. 

 The massing of light-colored primulas and bulbous flowers made 

 one think of the fields of spring with their mantle of bloom. 

 Mr. F. E. Lewis received the second prize in this class, and Mr. 

 W. N. Thompson the third. 



All of the many exhibits cannot be referred to here, only 

 such as were extraordinary or of striking appearance. There 

 were large displays of foliage plants, palms, azaleas, rhododen- 

 drons, hydrangeas. Great masses of flowering bulbs, lilies, lily- 

 of-the-valley, tulips, narcissus, hyacinths. There were cyclamens 

 in fine examples. Schizanthus plants, finer than ever before 

 exhibited, those of Mr. C. K. G. Billings taking the first prize. 

 Fine collections of hippeastrum hybrids, erroneously referred to 

 usually as amaryllis, formed groups of bright color. Acacias, 

 cinerarias, wistarias, and Bougainvilleas were other plants to be 

 seen. Snapdragons, mignonette, pansies, stocks, wall-flowers, 

 violets and many others brightened the exhibits. 



The Red Cross Tea Garden, as last year, was a leading feature 

 of the exhibition. It was conducted on a much larger scale and 

 the funds derived for the benefit of this organization and its 

 affiliations were much larger. An illustration and an account 

 of the Tea Garden were given in this Journal for February. 

 Mrs. W. K. Draper and Mrs. Belmont Tiffany were indefatig- 

 able in their exertions to make it go and the great success of the 

 Tea Garden should be their reward. The Tea Garden was de- 

 signed by Mr. Lawrence G. White and i\Ir. Frederic R. King, 



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