THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



The large group of chrysanthemum plants exhibited by the 

 late Capt. De Lamar has already been referred to. He received 

 the first prize for the following specimen bushes : yellow, Mrs. 

 R. H. Pearson ; white, Miss Elvia Scoville ; pink, Wells' Late 

 Pink ; any other color, Greystone ; anemone, Emma. The first 

 prize was also awarded to him for a standard plant of Mrs. R. H. 

 Pearson; the second prize went to Mr. Peter Hauck, Jr., of 

 East Orange, N, J., Max Schneider, gardener. For a specimen, 

 odd-shaped, Capt. De Lamar received the first prize for a fan- 

 shaped plant of Lady Lydia. 



Mr. C. H. Totty won first prizes for the following in the com- 

 mercial classes for chrysanthemums : a vase of twenty blooms ; a 

 collection of twenty-five varieties, one of each variety, stems not 

 over fifteen inches long; a collection of pompons, twenty-five 

 varieties ; a collection of singles, twenty-five varieties. 



In the non-commercial classes for cut chrysanthemum blooms 

 were the following prize winners : 



For six white: Mr. Percy Chubb, Glen Cove, N. Y., Robt. 

 Jones, gardener, first; Capt. J. R. De Lamar, second. For six 

 pink : Mr. Chubb, first. For six yellow : Mr. Chubb, first. For 

 six any other color: Mr. Chubb, first; Capt. J. R. De Lamar 

 second. 



For twelve vases, in twelve varieties, three blooms of each, 

 stems eighteen inches long: Mr. Chubb, first. For six vases, in 

 six varieties, three blooms of each, stems eighteen inches long: 

 Mr. Chubb, first. For a collection of twelve varieties, one of 

 each, stems not over fifteen inches long: Mr. Chubb, first. For a 

 collection of six varieties, one of each, stems not over fifteen 

 inches long: Mr. D. E. Oppenheimer, Yonkers, N. Y., A. Mac- 

 donald, gardener, first; this class was restricted to growers with 

 not over 2,500 square feet of glass. For a collection of singles, 

 twelve varieties : Mrs. Payne Whitney, Manhasset, N. Y., Geo. 

 Ferguson, gardener, first; Mr. Thomas R. Hoyt, Stamford, Ct., 

 Jas. Foster, gardener, second. For a collection of twelve pom- 

 pons, twelve varieties: Mrs. Whitney, first. For a collection of 

 twelve anemones : Mrs. Whitney, first. 



The competition for dinner table decorations was on Saturday. 

 The table was to be set for eight persons, the flowers to be re- 



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