THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



ficent display of herbaceous peonies made by him. Over twelve 

 hundred blooms, in over two hundred vases, were shown. Many 

 delightful things were among these, ranging all the way from the 

 purest white, through pink and rose, to the deepest crimson, and 

 in every form, from the single, with its center of yellow stamens, 

 to the large fully double ones. This collection entirely filled one 

 of the center tables and also considerable floor space. 



To ]\Ir. Havemeyer w^as awarded the first prize for the largest 

 and best collection of these flowers, not less than six flowers of 

 each variety ; his display contained about one hundred and ninety 

 vases. He also won the first prize for the best six flowers each 

 of white, light pink, rose, and crimson varieties, and for the 

 best collection of singles, three flowers of each. The F. R. Pierson 

 Co. took second in all of these. 



Being a little too early, only three entries were made in the 

 rose class. A choice collection of sixty-five varieties secured the 

 first prize for Gen. E. A. McAlpin, J. Woodcock, gardener, the 

 second going to Mr. H. Darlington, P. W. Popp, gardener, with 

 a collection of fifty-nine varieties. A large collection of flowers 

 of shrubs and trees made Mr. Havemeyer, A. Lahodny, gardener, 

 the winner of the first prize, the second going to Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, Jas. Stuart, gardener. Among the notable things in the 

 collection of Air. Havemeyer were some charming forms of the 

 genus Philadelphus, commonly known as mock orange or syringa : 

 Lemoine's Glory, with large striking flowers ; Mer de Glace ; 

 Coquet; jManteau d'Hermine, very graceful and fioriferous. An- 

 other pleasing plant was an azalea, unfortunately without a label, 

 resembling in its pure white delightfully fragrant flowers a com- 

 pact form of Azalea viscosa. 



The prize for the best collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, 

 or either, was secured by the F. R. Pierson Co., for a fine display 

 of rhododendrons, the second going to I\Ir. Havemeyer. Herba- 

 ceous plants were not well represented, the single collection taking 

 the first prize for Air. Henry Siegel, Thos. Aitchison, gardener. 

 There were several entries for irises. The large collection of fine 

 flowers, some ninety odd vases, gave the first prize to Mr. Have- 

 meyer; a smaller collection of twenty-seven vases of fine flowers 

 secured the second prize for Mrs. F. A. Constable. 



There was not a large exhibit of orchids, but a number of the 



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