THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



a degree and extent quite unexpected, resulting in an array of 

 Tulips, Narcissi and Hyacinths, the like of which has never before 

 been brought together. True, these splendid exhibits were 

 crowded to an extent that diminished their outstanding merit, but 

 the management could not foresee that they would come of such 

 stature as to be inadequately provided for in the allotted space. 

 It is no small task to assemble and properly provide for these 

 smaller exhibits of which the management has little knowledge 

 until they arrive a few hours previous to the opening of the show, 

 but experience teaches and we may reasonably hope that ap- 

 parent defects of this kind will be remedied in the next show. 



The Orchid section was very weak. Perhaps the Orchid men 

 were holding their best in reserve for the Boston great special May 

 show of this flower. They will surely do better another year and 

 present a more adequate display of this important group. 



While, perhaps, the Show as a whole deteriorated a little, this 

 cannot be said of the Garden Club of America section which was 

 on the mezzanine floor. 



There seems to be few things in recent years which have had 

 such an appeal as the little gardens and houses entered in these 

 classes.' Class la — A house with adjustable dormer windows to 

 be placed on lot 50x125 feet. These little ^samples of what might 

 be done with a small piece of ground and a slim purse gave inspira- 

 tion to hundreds of people, in fact one meets the result of the 

 lessons learned at every flower show. A very interested member 

 of the Society came to the Secretary at the Rose Show on June 

 20th at the American Museum of Natural History to say that he 

 had duplicated one of these little miniatures with such gratifying 

 results that he wanted us to know of his success. To Mrs. William 

 A. Lockwood, Chairman of the Exhibition Committee of the Gar- 

 den Club of America and a valued member of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York, must go the credit, as well as to her com- 

 mittee who stood "at attention" all through the months of prepara- 

 tion and actual show time. 



A word must also be said of Section 5, Class i. — "A Niche in a 

 Garden Wall" which was open to member clubs of the Garden 

 Club of America. These were indeed enterprising in the extreme, 



