THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



following figures: Wednesday, 2,085; Thursday, 3,384; Friday, 

 5,679; Saturday, 8,358; Sunday, 11,228; total, 30,734. The 

 attendance in 1908 was 8,411, that of this year therefore being 

 over three and a half times as great. The average daily attend- 

 ance this year was 6,146, and the attendance on Sunday was at 

 the rate of 2,807 per hour. Last year the exhibition was open 

 three days and four evenings, and this year one day more. 

 Making a deduction of this extra day, a Sunday, still leaves the 

 attendance about two and a third times as great as the previous 

 year. 



In the schedule there were 142 classes. Of these 90 were 

 represented, there being 156 entries, representing 33 exhibitors. 

 There were in addition 16 special entries, not provided for in 

 the schedule. The details of the schedule and entries appear in 

 the following table : 



Classes in Classes Rep- Number of 



Group Schedule resented Entries 



Chrysanthemums 33 27 47 



Roses 18 II 18 



Carnations 17 10 12 



Decorations and floral pieces.... 911 



Foliage and decorative plants.... 30 20 35 



Fruits and vegetables 6 3 7 



New plants i i 2 



Orchids 28 17 34 



142 90 156 



It will be seen from the above that, in the groups devoted to 

 flowers and plants, the greatest number of exhibitors in propor- 

 tion to the entries made was in the orchids, with an average of 

 two to each class represented. This was undoubtedly due to the 

 great interest taken in the exhibition by the newly established 

 orchid section of the society. In the estimation of many the 

 display of orchids was the finest ever seen in New York City. 

 It was undoubtedly one of the most admired of the exhibits and 

 a crowd was always to be found about it. The success attained 

 by the orchid section can easily be extended along other lines, 

 and the society would like very much to have additional sections 

 established, devoted to other features in the horticultural world. 

 Why should not the rose, the carnation, the chrysanthemum, and 

 other flowers and plants, follow the lead of the orchid lovers in 

 the society? The orchid section holds an evening meeting on 



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