THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



The Horticultural Society of New York desires to express its pleasure 

 and appreciation of your presence with us on this occasion, by presenting 

 you with a collection of chrysanthemums, and to convey to you, and to 

 your people, the feeling of the same good will that you have expressed 

 toward us to-night. 



A large bunch of yellow chrysanthemums was then presented 

 by Constance Devereaux Nash, the little eight-year-old daughter 

 of the secretary of the society. 



This gift was graciously acknowledged by the Consul General. 

 He was then shown some of the principal exhibits, and was 

 much struck by the size of the chrysanthemum blooms and their 

 wonderful perfection, remarking that they could not produce such 

 perfect flowers in Japan. He admired exceedingly the large bush 

 chrysanthemum plants. Just before his departure a photograph 

 of the party was taken, standing in front of the large yellow 

 chrysanthemum bush plant exhibited by Mr. Adolph Lewisohn, 

 the first prize winner for this color. This photograph is here 

 reproduced. 



The attendance far exceeded that of any other exhibition ever 

 held in the American Museum of Natural History. During the 

 four days and five nights 167,503 visited the exhibition, dis- 

 tributed as follows: Friday evening, the private view, 1,488; 

 Saturday, 18,695 i Sunday, 97,953 ; Monday, 25,065 ; Tuesday, 

 24,302. This great total means that over 40,000 people a day 

 visited this flower exhibition. 



The attendance for Sunday was extraordinary, being about 

 8,000 more than for the same day last fall. For a great part of 

 the time a solid line, four people wide, extended all the way from 

 Eighth Avenue through Seventy-seventh Street to the museum 

 doors. A similar line from Columbus Avenue merged with this 

 at the museum approach. 



This vast crowd was handled without a mishap of any kind. 

 They Avent in an orderly line around the museum, following the 

 way indicated by the arrows on the signs. This result was brought 

 about by the foresight and care of Mr. J. B. Foulke, superintend- 

 ent of the museum, aided in the execution of his plans by a corps 

 of able assistants. The arrangement of the exhibits was planned 

 to allow ample pathway, in anticipation of the crowds, all devious 

 lines being eliminated. Think what it means to handle a crowd of 



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