THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



a collection of Narcissus. Mr. E. B. Southwick made an interest- 

 ing exhibit of wild flowers, for which he received first prize; he 

 was also awarded a special prize for a collection of the English 

 daisy, Bellis perennis. Special prizes were awarded as follows : 

 Lager & Hurrell, for orchids; Jas. A. McDonald, Richard 

 Hughes, gardener, for gloxinias ; L. C. Tiffany, John Miller, 

 gardener, for four plants of self-colored calceolarias; Adolph 

 Lewisohn, John Canning, gardener, for three excellent plants of 

 Calceolaria hyhrida. 



At the exhibition of May 25 and 26 the main feature was a 

 large display of lilacs, over sixty kinds, exhibited by Mr. T. A. 

 Havemeyer, who has a large collection of these delightful shrubs 

 at his place at Glen Head, Long Island. The gem of this display 

 was Mad. Antoine Buchner, the lavender buds, opening white, 

 daintily flushed with rose. The clusters of flowers are large and 

 well-formed, the color clear and crisp, and the foliage perfect. 

 The following were also noteworthy : Dame Blanche and Miss 

 Ellen Willmott, pure white, double ; Montaigne, white flushed with 

 lilac ; Sieboldi, with creamy white buds, opening almost white, 

 with just a faint indication of cream ; Montgolfier, dull lilac, the 

 involute margins exposing the paler outer surface, giving to the 

 flowers a pale margin ; Cristophe Colomb, pale lavender, large 

 clusters ; Edmund Boissier, large flowers of deep bright lilac ; 

 Reaumer, bright lilac, full clusters; Milton, deep lilac; Pasteur, 

 deep bright lilac ; Monument Carnot, almost a light blue ; Volcan, 

 full clusters of deep bright lilac ; and Negro, deep red purple. 

 Mr. Havemeyer also made a large exhibit of the flowers of shrubs 

 and trees, azaleas, and of tree peonies. An unusual exhibit of 

 his was a seedling hybrid of the tree peony, Paeonia Moutan, 

 with Paeonia hitea, the flowers very double, the yellow petals ruby 

 at the base. 



An attractive vase of Gladiolus Panama was exhibited by Mr. 

 John Lewis Childs, the flowers a bright pink ; also vases of Silver 

 Sheen and Niagara, of the same genus. A display of the flowers 

 of trees and shrubs, herbaceous plants, and tulips was made by 

 the New York Botanical Garden. 



The largest summer exhibition ever held by the society occurred 

 on June 8 and 9. The largest exhibitor was Mr. T. A. Have- 

 meyer. The most attractive feature here was a large and magni- 



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