THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



flowering plants and bulbs, a charming introduction to a beau- 

 tiful show. This was exhibited by Mr. Adolph Lewisohn, Ards- 

 ley, N. Y., and was staged under the direction of John Canning, 

 superintendent, to whom great credit and compliments are due 

 for the delicacy and charm of the arrangement and color har- 

 mony. It was the winner of the first prize in this class. In the 

 background and along the sides were fine specimens of acacias, 

 Buddleia osiatica, Tausendschon and American Pillar roses, 

 lilacs, Cihothmi Schiedei, chorizema, Easter lilies, and other 

 plants. In the centre was a statue, with a pool and streams of 

 water; in the foreground a bed of Begonia Cincinnati, outlined 

 with Primula malacoidcs alba. Among other plants adding color 

 and charm to the group were nemesias, calendulas, heuchera. 

 Primula malacoidcs, sweet alyssum, dafifodils, larkspurs, Darwin 

 tulips, white hydrangeas. Iris tingitania, columbines, cinerarias, 

 lupines and genistas. 



Further on, obstructing the lateral aisles, were the two rose 

 gardens, one on each side of the hall. That in the right was ex- 

 hibited by A. N. Pierson, Inc., winner of the first prize. A broad 

 walk down the centre of this terminated in a round pergola. The 

 roses in the beds were of the dwarf polyantha type ; the rose on 

 the pergola and fence was Newport Fairy. 



Quite in contrast to this, and of a lighter and more airy de- 

 sign, was the rose garden of IMr. F. R. Pierson, the winner of the 

 second prize. There was considerable controversy as to the 

 merits of the awards. In the rear was a semicircular pergola, on 

 which and on the enclosing fence was the climbing rose Tausends- 

 chon. In the pergola was a seat, facing a sun dial in. the rear- 

 center of the garden, dwarf polyantha roses forming the bed 

 back of the seat. There was a more varied display of roses in 

 the beds than in the other garden. Here, in addition to the dwarf 

 polyanthas already referred to, were the following hybrid tea 

 roses : Prince de Bulgarie. Mrs. T. Hillas, H. V. Machin, Geo. C. 

 Waud, Ophelia, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Lady Alice Stanley, Col. 

 Leclerc, Radiance, Columbia, Mme. Leon Pain, Mrs. Wakefield 

 Christie-Miller, Mme. Edouard Herriot, Marie Adelaide, Car- 

 dinal, and Florence Pemberton. The beds, as in the other gar- 

 den, were surrounded by green turf. 



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