THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



man won first for a vase of fifty freesias, Mr. T. D. Leonard, 

 Morris Plains, N. J., E. Yeandle, gardener, second. First prize 

 for narcissus was won by Mrs. H. Darlington. 



The following special prizes were awarded : Bobbink & Atkins, 

 display of miscellaneous flowering plants, silver medal; Adrian 

 Iselin, Jr., New Rochelle, N. Y., Jos. Tiernan, gardener, cash ; Mr. 

 Clement Moore, for new and rare cattleyas and hybrids, silver 

 medal ; Hamilton Farm, Gladstone, N. J., for vase of rose " Hoosier 

 Beauty," cash ; Mr. D. G. Reid, miscellaneous cut flowers, cash ; 

 Lager & Hurrell, collection cut orchids, cash ; Mr. F. E. Lewis, 

 vase of carnations, cash ; Mrs. H. Darlington, display of bulbous 

 flowers, cash ; Mrs. F. A. Constable, display of Bnddleia asiatica 

 and Lilimn spcciosiim magnificum, cash; Mrs. Frederick Freling- 

 huysen, vase of Narcissus King Alfred, cash. 



The judges were : A. J. Manda and Thos. J. Morris. 



March 



An exhibition was held on Wednesday, the 15th, at the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. Premiums were offered for 

 cut blooms of orchids, roses, carnations, sweet peas, antirrhinums, 

 narcissus, tulips and lilies. 



Mrs. H. L Pratt Avon first prize for a collection of orchid 

 blooms. In the class for roses, non-commercial growers, Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable took first for a vase of twenty-five, one or more 

 varieties, Mrs. H. Darlington, second. In the carnation classes, 

 non-commercial growers, the first prize was awarded to Mrs. F. 

 A. Constable for a vase of fifty, one or more varieties, the second 

 to Hamilton Farm. Mr. Wm. Shillaber was the winner of the 

 first prize for a vase of one hundred sweet peas, Mrs. J. H. 

 Flagler, Greenwich, Ct., Wm. Whitton, gardener, second. A 

 vase of ten spikes of antirrhinums brought the first prize to Mr. 

 Henry Goldman, the second to Hamilton Farm. 



In the class for three vases of narcissus, three varieties, eighteen 

 blooms of each, the first prize was awarded to Mrs. H. Darling- 

 ton. For three vases of tulips, three varieties, twelve of each, 

 Mrs. J. H. Flagler was awarded first, Mrs. H. Darlington second. 

 For a vase of ten stems of Lilium speciosum magnificum Mrs, F. 



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