THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



as in some former years, nor the size as great, there were some 

 excellent examples of the art of the horticulturist. For a 

 specimen bush any color, the first prize went to Mrs. Wm. D. 

 Guthrie, Locust Valley, N. Y., Jos. A. Winsock, gardener, for 

 a fine specimen of Mrs. H. R. Pearson, 9 feet in diameter. A 

 plant of the same variety, 8 feet in diameter, secured the second 

 prize for Miss A. De Lamar, Glen Cove, N. Y., Jas. McManus, 

 gardener. A plant of Lady Lydia, unusually convex, 5 feet 

 in diameter, gave the third prize to Mr. Wm. B. Thompson, 

 Yonkers, N. Y., Andrew Strachan, gardener. In the class for 

 a bush plant, anemone or single, the first prize was awarded 

 to Miss De Lamar, for a plant 5 feet in diameter, the second 

 going to Mr. Thompson, for a specimen about 4>^ feet in dia- 

 meter. A superb standard plant of Mrs. H. R. Pearson won 

 for Miss De Lamar the first prize in that class; this plant was 

 a little over 5 feet tall and had a diameter of about 6^4 feet. 

 Mrs. Guthrie won the second prize in this class for a plant of 

 The Bard nearly 6 feet high and with a spread of a little over 

 5 feet. Mrs. Guthrie also won first prize for a fine plant of 

 The Bard, in the class for an odd-shaped bush; this specimen 

 was 9 feet wide and 6 feet high. 



In the classes for cut chrysanthemum blooms, non-commercial 

 growers, the following awards were made. In the classes for 

 stems not less than 2 feet: for 6 white, Mrs. Guthrie, first. Miss 

 De Lamar, second, both exhibiting Laura Pockett; for 6 pink, 

 Miss De Lamar, first, with Wells' Late Pink; for six yellow. 

 Miss De Lamar, first, with Jas. Fraser, Mrs. F. A. Constable, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y., Jas. Stuart, gardener, second; for six red. 

 Miss De Lamar, with Wm. Mease; for six any other color. Miss 

 De Lamar with Mrs. H. S. Firestone. A fine vase of one or 

 more varieties, arranged for efifect, other foliage permitted, 

 secured the first prize for Mrs. Payne Whitney, Manhasset, 

 N. Y., George Ferguson, gardener. 



For ten vases, ten varieties, three blooms of each, Mrs. 

 Guthrie won the first prize with: Pres. Everitt, Yellow Turner, 

 Louisa Pockett, Mary Mason, Mendon, Wm. Waite, Wm. 

 Turner, Firestone, and Odessa. For a collection of twenty 

 varieties, one of each, Mrs. Payne Whitney was awarded the 



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