THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



awards were made. In the classes for fifty blooms: for red, 

 Mr. F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y., first; for dark pink, Mr. 

 Pierson, first, Mr. L. B. Coddington, Murray Hill, N. J., second; 

 for flesh or light pink, Mr. Coddington first, Chas. H. Totty 

 Co., second. For a new meritorious rose not in commerce 

 Mr. Pierson received a silver medal. 



The classes for carnations were all for non-commercial growers. 

 The prizes awarded were as follows, for vases of eighteen. Mrs. 

 Payne Whitrey won first prizes for white with Matchless, for 

 Enchantress shade with Laddie, for scarlet^with Belle Washburn, 

 for crimson with Princess Dagmar, for yellow with Yellow 

 Prince, and for variegated with Benora. A silver medal was 

 won by the Chas. H. Totty Co. for a new variety not in com- 

 merce. 



Mr. Wm. B. Thompson won first prize for a group of green- 

 house foliage and flowering plants, arranged for artistic effect, 

 to occupy 150 square feet. Crotons were used on the back and 

 sides, with a Cocos on each back corner and a dracaena in each 

 front corner. In the background were chrysanthemum plants 

 and some magnificent specimens of Clerodendron fallax, with 

 a band of variegated Stevia in front of this. Other plants used 

 were pink begonias, small crotons, small plants of Clerodendron, 

 Adiantum, Begonia rex, variegated pine-apple, Gladiolus primu- 

 linus, Lilium auratum. Phoenix Roebelenii. The only discord- 

 ant notes were two tall plants of magenta Celosia, the color 

 not harmonizing with the general color scheme. The Society's 

 silver cup, valued at $100, was part of the first prize. 



Mr. F. R. Pierson set up a fine display of the varieties of 

 Nephrolepis exaltata, which won the first prize. The varieties 

 represented were: elegantissima, viridissima, superbissima, 

 elegantissima compacta, a sport of superbissima, Scottii, Vic- 

 toria, muscosa, Elmsfordi, Verona, a sport of Victoria, a sport 

 of muscosa, Scholzeli, a sport' of viridissima, and Piersoni. 



Mr. Pierson exhibited a fine plant of Cibotium Schiedei for 

 which he received the first prize. For a specimen of any other 

 fern Mr. Thompson won first, Mr. Pierson second. 



There were some excellent orchids shown. Mrs Paul Moore, 

 Convent, N J., Jas. T. Sisley, gardener, won first prize for a 



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