THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



bush plant with yellow flowers was the variety known as R. F. 

 Felton. This had a diameter of 14 feet, 7 inches, with about 1,600 

 flowers. The third plant of the trio had white flowers, and was 

 the variety known as Lady Lydia. This in its perfection of in- 

 dividual bloom was superb. Its diameter was 10 feet, 8 inches, 

 and the number of flowers about 1,000. 



Mr. Samuel Untermyer captured the second prize for a speci- 

 men bush, W'hite, with the same variety, Lady Lydia. For a 

 specimen bush, any other color than yellow, pink or white, Mr. 

 L^ntermyer took first prize with The Bard, the second going to 

 Mr. Lewisohn for Bronze Beauty. 



For a specimen bush, anemone or single, the first prize was 

 secured by Mr. Untermyer with a seedling variety, the second 

 by ]\Irs. W. D. Guthrie, Locust \'alley, N. Y.. Wm. T. Ross, 

 gardener, with Garza. 



The display of chrysanthemum cut blooms was large and the 

 quality of the flowers excellent. In the classes for commercial 

 growers, twelve blooms, stems not less than three feet long, Mr. 

 Chas. H. Totty took first prizes in the white, pink, yellow, red, 

 and any other color. The silver medal oitered for six new varie- 

 ties, not in commerce, one bloom of each, was awarded to Mr. 

 Totty. For a collection of twenty-five varieties, one of each, 

 stems not over fifteen inches long, all named varieties, Scott 

 Bros, took first, Mr. Chas. H. Totty second. For a collection of 

 pompons, twenty-five varieties, Mr. Chas. H. Rice was awarded 

 first, Mr. Thos. W. Head, second. The first prize for a collection 

 of singles and anemones, or either, went to Scott Bros., the second 

 to Mr. Chas. H. Totty. 



In the classes for non-commercial growers the following were 

 prize w-inners. For six white blooms, stems not less than two 

 feet, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie first, with Wm. Turner, Miss M. T. 

 Cockcroft, Saugatuck, Ct., Adam Paterson, gardener, second. 

 For six pink, Mr. J. T. Pratt, Glen Cove, N. Y.. J. W. Everitt, 

 gardener, won first with Wells' Late Pink, ]\Irs. F. A. Constable, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y., Jas. Stuart, gardener, second. Six yellow 

 brought the first prize to Mr. J. T. Pratt, the second to Miss M. 

 T. Cockcroft. ^Irs. S. Xeustadt, Chappaqua, N. Y., David Gor- 

 don, gardener, took first for six red, Miss Cockcroft second. 



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