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Vol. I, No. 16 



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JULY, 1913 



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THE SUMMER EXHIBITIONS 



The summer exhibitions are being held monthly, Saturdays and 

 Sundays, in cooperation with the New York Botanical Garden, in 

 the halls devoted to paleobotany, on the ground floor of the 

 Museum building. The prizes for these exhibitions are offered 

 by the New York Botanical Garden, and are awarded through 

 the exhibition committee of the council of The Horticultural 

 Society of New York. As has been the custom in the past, the 

 flowers, at the conclusion of the exhibitions, are donated to 

 hospitals and other similar institutions, bringing pleasure and a 

 breath of the outdoor world to the less fortunate. 



The May Exhibition was held on the tenth and eleventh, with 

 a large attendance on both days. The center table in each end 

 of the hall together with a number of smaller tables were filled 

 with exhibits. Large collections of the flowers of shrubs and 

 trees, tulips, and wild flowers were exhibited. The collection of 

 lilacs exhibited by Mr. T. A. Havemeyer, forming a part of his 

 entry of flowers of shrubs and trees, was much admired. There 

 were some striking forms among these, perhaps the most notable 

 being Pasteur, with flowers of the deepest red-purple, fully one 

 and a quarter inches in diameter. The New York Botanical Gar- 

 den made a large display of the flowers of herbaceous plants, and 

 also of shrubs and trees. 



The display of calceolarias was excellent, and a fine group of 

 pelargoniums added a touch of dainty color. The sweet peas 

 shown by Mr. John I. Downey were of unusual merit and exhib- 

 ited great skill in cultivation. The display of hybrids between 



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