THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



There was the usual display of a great variety of flowers, in- 

 cluding orchids, bulbs, azaleas, primulas, amaryllis, rhododen- 

 drons, heaths, and large displays of foliage plants, in which palms 

 and ferns were conspicuous. Cut flowers were largely repre- 

 sented — orchids, roses, carnations, snapdragons, stocks, violets, 

 Schizanthus, and sweet peas. 



FLOWER EXHIBITIONS 



An exhibition v.-as held on Saturday and Sunday, January 19 

 and 20, at the American Museum of Natural History. Premiums 

 were oft"ered for orchids, carnations, sweet peas, Schizanthus, 

 snapdragons, Buddleia, and Euphorbia. 



For a vase of fifty carnation blooms, in the open-to-all class, 

 Mrs. J. C. Brady, of Gladstone, N. J., John J. Walker, gardener, 

 won first. The same exhibitor won first prizes also, in the non- 

 commercial classes, for twelve each white, enchantress shade, 

 crimson, variegated, and scarlet, ]\Ir. D. E. Oppenheimer, of 

 Yonkers, N. Y., A. Macdonald, gardener, winning second in the 

 last. For a vase of fifty blooms Mrs. Brady won first, Mr. Op- 

 penheimer, second. Mrs. Brady also won first prize for sweet 

 peas and Buddleia. 



For a collection of orchids Messrs. Lager & Hurrell were 

 awarded first prize. 



The following special prizes were awarded : Mrs. J. C. Brady, 

 for a vase of carnations "Old Gold"; ^Ivs. L. U. Skidmore, 

 Great Neck, N. Y., Louis Piantin, gardener, for vases of cut 

 flowers. 



The May exhibition was held on Saturday and Sunday, the 

 eleventh and twelfth, in the Museum building. New York Botan- 

 ical Garden. In the open-to-all classes premiums were offered 

 for cut flowers of herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees, tulips. 

 Narcissus, and orchids. In the non-commercial classes prizes 

 were offered for cut blooms of tulips. Narcissus, orchids, sweet 

 peas, and snapdragons, and for plants of Pelargonium and Cal- 

 ceolaria. 



In the open-to-all classes a collection of shrubs and trees 

 brought the first prize to Cedar Hill Nursery, Glen Head, N. Y., 



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