THE HORTICUI/rURAL SOCIliTY OF NEW YORK 



On Friday there were staged smaller vases of roses by com- 

 mercial growers, which brought out some good exhil)ils, notably 

 those of American Beauties by Paul Pierson, Briar Cliff, New 

 York. The Bedford Flower Co. took first prize with 50 Pil- 

 grims in the class for undisseminated pink, A. N. Pierson first 

 with Double White Killarney for 100 undisseminated white, 

 and L. B. Coddington, Murray Hill, N. J., first for 100 Hadley. 



In the private classes, Mrs. H. McK. Twombly carried off 

 first prizes in all the five classes entered. Countess Mildred 

 Holnstein was awarded a silver medal for a deep yellow seedling. 



Carnations 



The first prize for Display of Carnations covering 150 square 

 feet, was won by the Springfield Floral Co., which took many 

 other prizes also. Other prize winners were LeCluse and Le 

 Cluse, Harry O. May, Scott Brothers, Strouts Inc., S. J. God- 

 dard, and Wm. C. Haas, and in the classes for private growers, 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney, Manhasset, L. I., Mrs. Arnold Schlaet, 

 Saugatuck, Conn., Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, Locust Valley, L. I., 

 Mrs. L. L. Dunham, Madison, N. J., Mrs. Robert Mallory, 

 Port Chester, N. Y., Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, N. 

 Y., and Mrs. F. E. Lewis, Ridgefield, Conn., were all prize 

 winners. 



The prize for 150 blooms was won by Joseph E. Widener, 

 Elkins Park, Pa., William Kleinheinz, Supt. 



Orchids 



The display of orchids was perhaps the finest ever seen in New 

 York, both in variety and quality. The display would have been 

 better, perhaps, from an artistic standpoint, with a little more 

 foliag£ of some kind as a background, however "good wine needs 

 no bush." A. N. Cooley, Pittsfield, Mass., took first prize, in 

 the class for cut orchids covering 50 square feet, with a wonderful 

 group of Cymbidiums, Cattleyas, Cypripediums, etc., James E. 

 Widener, Elkins Park, Pa., taking second prize. A. N. Cooley 

 also won in the classes for six and twelve orchid plants, respec- 

 tively, besides showing some wonderful single plants such as 

 Cattleya Chiftoni Magnificent and General Pershing, the latter 



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