THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



arrangement that shown by the same exhibitor the previous year. 

 That to the left, the winner of the first prize, ofifered by mem- 

 bers of The Horticultural Society of New York, was exhibited 

 by the F. R. Pierson Co., also winner of the first prize in 1916; 

 it was airy and delicate in conception. That to the right, the ex- 

 hibit of A. N. Pierson, Inc., the second prize winner, was 

 stronger in its lines and made on a more robust form. Both 

 were excellent in their difTerent ways, were much admired, and 

 were the talk of the show. 



Another of the features, much in the public appreciation, was 

 the bulb garden exhibited by John Scheepers & Co., Inc., winner 

 of the first prize, offered by members of The Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York. This garden, enclosed in a white picket 

 fence, had a circular fountain in the center. Four corner beds, 

 planted with rose and white hyacinths, were separated from this 

 by a circular path; these four beds in turn were separated from 

 the marginal beds by rectilinear paths; The border bed, broken 

 on one side by the garden entrance, and on the opposite side by 

 an arch, a shelter to the stone bench beneath, was filled with 

 tulips, hyacinths, and narcissus, the colors artistically blended. 

 Groups of red tulips, flanked with masses of white, in diagonally 

 opposite corners, added to the efifectiveness. The paths were 

 outlined with dwarf boxwood, and a few pyramidal and globular 

 boxwoods in the border bed gave added character. 



There were three table decoration displays, to the general pub- 

 lic always an attractive exhibit. The first of these was on Fri- 

 day, the i6th, and was for sweet peas, restricted to private gar- 

 deners. The winner of the first prize was Mrs. Clias. Bradley, 

 of the second Mr. W. B. Thompson, and of the third Mr. D. G. 

 Reid. On ]Monday, the 19th, was the competition in table dec- 

 orations for hotels. The first prize was won by the Vanderbilt 

 Hotel. The final display of table decorations was for private 

 gardeners only, sweet peas debarred, and was held on Wednes- 

 day, the 2 1 St. There w^ere seven in this competition. Mrs. H. 

 Darlington, P. W. Popp, gardener, secured the first prize, offered 

 by members of The Horticultural Society of New York. It was 

 a unique design in which the colors were gold, yellow, orange, 



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