THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



pressed because through the fault of the express company these 

 materials reached the Grand Central Palace too late for the judg- 

 ing but the exhibit was awarded a special prize by the committee. 



Suburban Planting 



This proved to be one of the great successes of the show. The 

 problem was given thus : 



A. A house and garage to be placed on an interior lot with a frontage 

 of 75 feet and a depth of 150 feet and grounds practically and attractively 

 planted. Model to be built on tray 20 inches by 40 inches. Scale — One- 

 quarter inch to one foot. 



Each exhibitor started with a little white plaster house and 

 garage, all the same, supplied by the office. The results which 

 were returned in these little plantings were truly surprising. 

 Thirty-eight in Class 3A (amateurs), and two in Class 3B (pro- 

 fessional) of these little plantings were finished and placed on 

 exhibition. To stand behind and "listen in" to the various re- 

 marks of all classes of people was an education in itself and one 

 can safely say that many ideas and much inspiration were carried 

 from the Palace after seeing what was accomplished in these 

 classes. 



Prize No. i — Mrs. Henry W. Chappell, Garden Club of New 

 Canaan. 



Broad side of house toward the street, porch back toward the 

 garden. House cream colored stucco with light blue blinds and 

 gray roof. The front of this lot is a paved courtyard with high 

 cement fence almost even with house, leaving a path on extreme 

 left running back to vegetable garden. Large flower garden in 

 centre of lot shaded by trees, and a second garden in back raised 

 with two pairs of stairs. A large portion of this second garden 

 is given to roses, a pergola running through covered with them. 

 The vegetable garden in the back runs the entire width, surrounded 

 by an old-fashioned fence painted an attractive green, the remain- 

 der of the sides having the same cement fence as across the front. 



Second Prize— Mrs. William H. Gary, Garden Club of New 

 Canaan. This was a green stucco house with bright green cement 

 walls filled with hollow tile, very pretty little iron gates, and a 

 brick path entirely encircling the house. Garage several feet from 

 left rear, covered with Wistaria. The whole centre of this lot is 



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