THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



heimer, Yonkers, N. Y., A. Macdonald, gardener, second. Law- 

 son shade had five entries. Mr. H. M. Tilford winning first prize, 

 Mr. F, Heeremans second. Mr. Heeremans was also winner of 

 the first prize in the scarlet class, Mrs. E. C. Converse taking 

 second ; there were seven entries. In the crimson class Mrs. J. C. 

 Brady, Gladstone, N. J., J. G. Walker, gardener, won first, Mrs. 

 Bayer second. Mrs. Payne Whitney was winner of the first prize 

 in the yellow class, Mr. J. B. Schley second. In the class for 

 variegated carnations Mr. Aitchison won first, Mrs. Brady, sec- 

 ond ; there were six entries. 



There was a welcome addition to the displays this year in the 

 groups of greenhouse foliage and flowering plants. There were 

 four entries and they added much to the attractiveness of the ex- 

 hibition. Mr. W. B. Thompson won the first prize which included 

 the silver cup of the society, valued at one hundred dollars ; Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable won the second prize. An exhibit of bay trees, 

 adding much to the decorations of Memorial Hall, was made by 

 the Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J. ; they received first prize 

 for it. The prizes offered for begonias of the Lorraine type 

 brought eight entries : Mr. Thompson was awarded first, Mr. J. 

 B. Schley second. There were more palms than usual, adding a 

 relieving touch of green to the great masses of color in Memo- 

 rial Hall. Mrs. Constable was awarded firsts for specimens of 

 Chrysalidocarpus (Areca) lutescens, Howea (Kentia) Forster- 

 iana, Rhapis flabelliformis, and for any other palm, Mrs. Pauline 

 Boettger receiving seconds for specimens of Howea and any other 

 palm. A fine specimen of Cibotium Schiedei won for Mrs. Con- 

 stable the first prize, Mrs. Boettger winning the second. The first 

 prize was awarded to the F. R. Pierson Co. for a fine plant of the 

 Boston fern, and the first prize also for a large dispay of Nephro- 

 lepis exaltata and its varieties. 



There was a good display of orchids, though not quite so large 

 as in some former years. In the classes for commercial growers 

 the Julius Roehrs Co. took first for a collection of orchids, twenty- 

 five species and varieties, covering fifty square feet. For a nov- 

 elty not before exhibited before this society the same firm received 

 a silver medal for a plant of Paphiopedilum (Cypripedium) Ger- 

 vaet, a hybrid between P. Mandiae and P. Lazvrenceanum. For 



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