THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



Resolved, That the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals of the society be 

 offered at the National Flower Show, to be held in New York City in 

 the spring of 1913, for exhibits of unusual merit, the exhibits to be judged 

 and the awards made by The Horticultural Society of. New York. 



Acting in accordance with this resolution, the Exhibition Com- 

 mittee devoted considerable time to a careful examination of the 

 many exhibits. After due consideration medals were awarded to 

 the following exhibits : 



Gold Medals 



Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass., for a collection of acacias. 

 This was a superb group, containing, among others, ^caa'o pnhes- 

 cens, A. longifolia floribiinda, A. armata, A. hispidissima, A. 

 spiralis, A. par ad 0. r a petidula, and A. cor data. This display prob- 

 ably could not have been duplicated anywhere in the country. 

 The specimens were large and showed greatest excellence of cul- 

 tivation. The group was of very unusual merit. 



A. N. Pierson Inc., for the extent and unusual excellence of 

 rose exhibits. The vase of magnificent Killarney Queen and the 

 large rose group, together with the excellence of the many other 

 competitive vases exhibited by this company, brought them into 

 the class of unusual merit. 



Silver Medals 



R. and J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass., for a group of about 

 fifty pots of the new lily, Lilium myriophyllum, discovered in 

 Qiina recently by Mr. E. H. Wilson. This is a superb lily, de- 

 lightfully fragrant, and said to be hardy in the neighborhood of 

 Boston. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Gatton Park, England, for a fine orchid 

 plant, showing a high state of cultivation and unusual merit, 

 Odontoglossum Queen of Gatton, a hybrid between Odontoglos- 

 sum trinmphans and Odontoglossum percultum. 



Knight & Struck, New York City, for an unusual exhibit of 

 young heather and other hard-wooded plants. These plants are 

 unusual in cultivation and their further cultivation should be 

 encouraged. 



A. C. Zvolanek, Bound i'.rook, N. J., for exhibit of winter- 



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