THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



fruit; the F. R. Pierson Co., for lemon tree in fruit; Miss B. 

 Potter, for collection of eighteen vegetables. 



Mr. F. R. Newbold was awarded the certificate for a chrysan- 

 themum not yet in commerce. 



There was a fine display of orchids, under the direction of the 

 Orchid Section. Lager & Hurrell took first prize for a collection 

 of orchids, and also first for a novelty not before exhibited before 

 the society, with Cattleya maxima alba. Mr. Clement Moore was 

 awarded first prize for three hybrid orchids, the second going to 

 Lager & Hurrell, who took first for one hybrid orchid. Mr. J. 

 A. Manda received first prize for a collection of cut orchid blooms, 

 and Lager & Hurrell first for a collection of cut cypripedium 

 blooms. Lager & Hurrell also won six other first prizes, and 

 Mr. J. A. Manda three. Mr. F. V. Burton won first prize for 

 two orchid plants showing excellence of cultivation ; for six 

 orchid plants, six varieties, in bloom ; for three plants of Cattleya 

 labiata, in bloom ; and sweepstakes, a silver medal, for the best 

 plant exhibited. The spray of Oncidhim exhibited by the Wil- 

 liam Ziegler Estate took first prize, and the Osborn Estate won 

 the first prize for three orchid plants, three varieties, in bloom. 



A number of special prizes were awarded. Among these were: 

 a bronze medal to Mr. James Stuart for an exceptional vase of 

 Nerine Fothergilli major; a silver medal to Mrs. Harold Irving 

 Pratt, for a collection of crotons ; a silver medal to the William 

 Ziegler Estate, A. Bieschke, gardener, for a fine pair of Phoenix 

 Roehelinii; and to Mr. W. P. Clyde, LL J. Osterhaudt, gardener, a 

 certificate for a collection of seedling single chrysanthemums. 



Three silver medals of the Society of American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists were awarded, as follows : to Lager 

 & Hurrell, for Cypripedium insignc Hiirrellianum; to The F, R. 

 Pierson Co., for Nephrolcpis viridissima, and for a new form of 

 Nephrolcpis superbissima. 



The judges were : L L. Powell, Millbrook, N. Y. ; William Reid, 

 Orange, N. J.; Alex. Mackenzie, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Chas. H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J. ; Robert Stobo, Great Neck, N. Y. ; Robert 

 Angus, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



It was necessary to secure a special fund to meet the expenses 

 of the exhibition, and to the appeal issued for this purpose the 



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