THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



single plant in the non-commercial classes. In the classes for 

 commercial growers Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., secured 

 first prize for a collection of 64 plants. The Jos. Manda Co., 

 West Orange, N. J., won first for three plants in three varieties. 

 They also won the sweepstakes prize for the best orchid plant 

 exhibited, with a fine specimen of Arachnanthe Lowii. Lager 

 & Hurrell won the silver medal for a new variety not yet in 

 commerce. The Jos. Manda Co. won first prize for a collection 

 of 45 vases of cut orchids. 



The vegetable exhibits attracted much attention. For 

 Brussels sprouts, i qt., Miss M. Valentine, New Canaan, Ct., 

 A. V. Carver, gardener, won first, and Mrs. Payne Whitney 

 second with Long Island Improved. For cauliflower, three 

 heads. Miss Valentine won first. For celery, six heads. Miss 

 Valentine won first, Mr. H. F. Kean, Elberon, N. J., David 

 Gustafson, gardener, second. For lettuce, three heads, Mr. 

 Kean secured first prize, Mrs Payne Whitney second, with 

 Black-seeded Butter. For twelve onions Mrs. Payne Whitney 

 won first with Yellow Globe. Mrs. Payne Whitney was awarded 

 first prize for six parsnips, exhibiting Hollow Crown, and Miss 

 Valentine second. Twelve tomatoes. Carters Sunrise, won the 

 first prize for Mrs. Payne Whitney, who also won first prize 

 for three varieties of potatoes, twelve of each, with Green Moun- 

 tain, Rural New Yorker, and Irish Cobbler. In the open for 

 all classes for the largest and best collection, not less than thirty 

 kinds, arranged for effect, Miss M. Valentine won first, with 

 thirty two kinds, and Mrs. Payne Whitney second with, thirty 

 kinds. 



For a collection of apples, six varieties, five of each, S. M. & A. 

 Colgate, Orange, N. J., Wm. Reid, gardener, won first; the 

 kinds shown were Northern Spy, Falswater, Twenty Ounce, 

 Delicious, and N. W. Greening. Two bunches of black green- 

 house grapes, Barbarossa, secured the first prize for Mr. Chas. 

 S. Smith, Stamford, Ct., Anton Pedersen, gardener. 



The following special prizes were awarded: 



Mrs. F. A. Constable, for a collection of Nerines in pots, 

 gold medal. 



Carmelo Baiano, of the Convalescent Soldiers Garden School, 



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