THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



large collection, not less than six flowers of each, Mr. Havemeyer 

 was again the first prize winner, the F. R. Pierson Co. second. 



There were four competitors in the rose classes, resulting in 

 the finest display of hardy kinds ever seen at any of the society's 

 exhibitions. The first prize was won by Mrs. Benj. Stern, W. 

 D. Robertson, gardener, with an excellent collection of ninety- 

 three vases, the flowers of fine quality. The judges had consid- 

 erable difficulty in deciding upon the winner of the second prize, 

 finally awarding it to Gen. E. A. McAlpin, J. Woodcock, gar- 

 dener, for a display of seventy-three vases, over Mr. H. Darling- 

 ton, P. W. Popp, gardener, with a collection of sixty-three kinds. 



The collection of the flowers of hardy shrubs and trees dis- 

 played by Mr. Havemeyer contained many fine things and won the 

 first prize. The large semi-double flowers of Philadelphus Vir- 

 ginal made a fine display. Others of this genus were : Conquette ; 

 Bouquet Blanc ; and erecta. Branches of Styrax japonica made 

 a dainty efi:'ect with their graceful bells of white. Deutsia cre- 

 nata magnifica, a late production of Lemoine, was striking in its 

 large trusses of white flowers. Kalmia latifoUa superha has 

 flowers larger than in the common type, and the variety Pavardi 

 of this same shrub has flowers of a deep rosy pink, especially 

 marked in bud-form. The second prize in this class went to Mr. 

 H. Darlington. Mr. Havemeyer also took first prize in the class 

 for hardy rhododendrons and azaleas, the F. R. Pierson Co. 

 securing second. 



The first prize for a collection of hardy herbaceous plants went 

 to Miss B. Potter, Geo. Wittlinger, gardener. A fine group of 

 Spanish irises won the first prize for Mr. H. Darlington. The 

 flowers were excellent, fresh and clean. The following were 

 especially striking: Cajanus, bright yellow, shaded with orange; 

 Leonida, indigo, shaded with orange ; Louise, white, with a 

 faint lavender tinge, the falls shaded with yellow and spotted 

 orange; Thunderbolt, the falls dark greenish-yellow, spotted 

 orange, the standards dark purple ; British Queen, white, the 

 falls spotted orange. The second prize for irises went to Mr. 

 John Lewis Childs. 



Mr. Clement Moore, J. P. Mossman, gardener, was the winner 

 of the first prize in the class for six orchid plants, six varieties, 



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