THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



themums, first prize to Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, and second prize 

 to Mrs. Richard Colt. 



Miss Alice DeLamar, Glen Cove, L. I., carried ofif all but 

 one of the first prizes for Specimen bush Chrysanthmums — -the 

 first prize in Class A, i, being awarded to W, B. Thompson, 

 Yonkers, N. Y., who took second prize in the three other classes, 

 Miss DeLamar taking second in Class A, i. 



In the Classes for large cut blooms, the principal exhibitors 

 were: Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney, H. L. Parson, Mrs. F. A. Constable, Miss Alice 

 DeLamar, Mrs. W. Redmond Cross, and Howard Cole. Some 

 wonderful specimens were exhibited, notably Louise Pockett, 

 white, and Vermont, pink, both specimens of the Japanese 

 incurving type. 



The Single Anemone and Pompon types were exceedingly well 

 represented by the following exhibitors: 



Non-Commercial 



Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Harold L Pratt, and Mrs. Charles 

 Mallory. 



Commercial 

 Charles H. Totty and The Springfield Floral Co. 



The group of Cut Blooms arranged for effect, covering loo 

 square feet, and provided for by the William Barr Memorial 

 Fund, brought out two splendid exhibits, Mrs. F. E. Lewis 

 winning first prize, and Mrs. Payne Whitney the second. 



The prize of $50 offered by the President of the Garden Club 

 of America for a new meritorious variety of Chrysanthemum 

 not in cultivation, was won by Clarence Mackay, with a seedling 

 of Robert Pulling x Golden Champion. 



The Class for Table Decoration brought out three exhibitors, 

 Wm. Boyce Thompson taking first prize, Mrs. Payne Whitney 

 second, and Mrs. S. D. Brewster third. 



Although there was nothing different or new in these arrange- 

 ments, all three being nearly alike, they were tastefully arranged, 

 and different flowers were used in each exhibit. 



Cut roses and carnations were strongly represented, especially 



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