THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF, NEW YORK 



Next to the chrysanthemum, the greatest amount of premiums is 

 offered for foUage and decorative plants, including palms, ferns, 

 bay-trees, crotons, begonias, and stove and greenhouse plants. 

 More prizes have been allotted this year to fruits and vegetables, 

 which include a banana plant in fruit, bunches of grapes, both 

 black and white, melons, cucumbers, and a collection of eighteen 

 different vegetables. 



A large number of premiums are provided for orchids, includ- 

 ing collections, novelties, hybrids, individual plants in bloom, and 

 cut flowers. These delightful flowers are always one of the most 

 attractive features of the exhibitions, owing to their great variety 

 in color and form. 



Prizes have been offered in nearly all cases for an open-to-all 

 class and for non-commercial growers. This provides a fair 

 chance for all. 



The exhibition is entirely free, and will be open to the public 

 on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, the fourth, sixth and seventh, 

 from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. and from 7 to 10 P. M.. and on Sunday, 

 the fifth, from I to q P. AI. 



THE GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION 



The August exhibition was held, in cooperation with the New 

 York Botanical Garden, in the Museum building of the Garden, 

 on Saturday and Sunday, the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh. 

 The premiums were offered by the Garden, and were for gladio- 

 luses and water-lilies. The exhibition was given in the fossil 

 hall, the exhibits occupying two large tables fifty feet long and 

 three supplementary tables. The table in the west end of the hall, 

 fully one half of the table in the east end, and part of the sup- 

 plementary tables were devoted to gladioluses, making it primarily 

 an exhibition of these flowers, as was intended. It was a large 

 and excellent display of this attractive flower, and one could 

 hardly realize, without actually seeing them, that there were 

 so many colors and shades. There were exhibits of other flowers, 

 besides gladioluses. A collection of water-lilies, rich in color and 

 fragrance, was an attraction. A plate of peaches, grown within 



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