THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



Primula polyantha and vulgaris, exhibited by Airs. A. M. Booth, 

 was one of the attractions. 



Following is a list of the prize-winners: 



The first prize for a collection of the flowers of shrubs and 

 trees went to Mr. T. A. Havemeyer, A. Lahodny, gardener, the 

 second to the F. R. Rierson Co. Mrs. A. M. Booth, E. Fardel, 

 gardener, secured first prize for a collection of tulips, Mr. Have- 

 meyer taking the second. An interesting collection of wild 

 flowers gave Mr. E. B. Southwick the first prize, the second going 

 to Mr. John Hartling. Mrs. F. A. Constable, James Stuart, gar- 

 dener, won the first prize with six pots of fine pelargoniums. 

 This exhibitor also took the first prize for six pots of calceolarias, 

 the second going to Mr. Louis C. Tififany, John Miller, gardener. 



Special prizes were awarded as follows : Wm. Kleinheinz, 

 for six excellent plants of Calceolaria Steivartii; John I. Downey, 

 Thos. Ryan, gardener, for a collection of Spencer sweet peas ; 

 Mrs. F. A. Constable, for six pots of Calceolaria Stewartii; Sie- 

 brecht & Son, for a hybrid of Laelia purpiirata X Cattleya Laiv- 

 renceana, certificate of merit ; Mrs. A. M. Booth, for a collection 

 of hybrids of Primula polyantha X vulgaris. 



The judges were F. R. Pierson, J. H. Troy, and George V. 

 Nash. 



The June exhibition was held on the seventh and eighth. 

 There was a large attendance, especially on the afternon of Sun- 

 day. The prizes offered were mainly for peonies and roses, re- 

 sulting in a fine display of these flowers. The competition in 

 the rose classes was keen, there being nearly three hundred vases 

 of this popular flower on exhibition. There were also large dis- 

 plays of the flowers of hardy shrubs and trees, irises, rhododen- 

 drons and azaleas, and herbaceous plants. Many firte orchid 

 plants added much to the interest of the exhibition. The display 

 of peonies was very efifective. In the classes for three varieties 

 of white, light pink, and rose, six flowers of each, the first prize 

 was won by the Cottage Gardens Co., the second by Mr. T. A. 

 Havemeyer, A. Lahodny, gardener. In the class for three crim- 

 son varieties, Mr. Havemeyer took first, the Cottage Gardens Co. 

 second. A fine group of single peonies brought to Mr. Have- 

 meyer the first prize, the second to the F. R. Pierson Co. In the 



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