THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



by Mrs. H. I. Pratt, Brooklyn, A. J. Manda, gardener, in the class 

 for any other palm. It took first prize. For a specimen of 

 Davallia Fijiensis, Mrs. J. Hood Wright, N. Y. City, Chas. 

 Webber, gardener, secured first, Mrs. H. I. Pratt second. A fine 

 specimen of the Boston fern brought the first prize to the F. R. 

 Pierson Co., the second to Mrs. H. I. Pratt. The F. R. Pierson 

 Co. made their usual fine display of Nephrolepis exaltata and its 

 varieties, taking the first prize. Mr. Adolph Lewisohn won first 

 prize for a trained specimen of English ivy. 



The silver medal for a new plant not yet in commerce was 

 awarded to Mr. George Giatras for a new fern, Nephrolepis 

 New York. 



The display of orchids was superb, far exceeding in quality and 

 quantity the exhibits at any previous exhibition. ]\Iany valuable 

 individual plants were shown. The value of the display was vari- 

 ously estimated at from fifteen to twenty-five thousand dollars. 

 An exceedingly interesting and valuable plant was Laelio-cattleya 

 Golden Oriole, exhibited by the Julius Roehrs Co. The display 

 of yellow forms of Cypripedium insigne by ]Mrs. Henry Graves 

 could not be duplicated in this country. The collection of generic 

 and bi-generic hybrids shown by Mr. Clement Moore was excep- 

 tional. This may also be said of a group of cattleya hybrids 

 raised and grown by him. Some of the forms were exquisite. 



In the commercial classes for plants the Julius Roehrs Co. took 

 first for a collection of twenty-five species and varieties, covering 

 fifty square feet of table space; Lager & Hurrell took second 

 for a similar group. There were a number of unusual plants in 

 the group winning the first prize. One of the most valuable was 

 Dendrobiiim Phalaenopsis album. Another was Laelio-cattleya 

 Cranstonnae, and still another was Laelio-cattleya Rothschild, 

 with the sepals and petals lilac, the lip deeply bordered with 

 magenta-purple. One of the gems of this collection was a 

 fine plant of the rare Vanda Lon'ii in full flower. A hybrid, 

 Laelio-cattleya Golden Oriole, exhibited by the Julius Roehrs Co., 

 took the silver medal ofl:"ered for a novelty not before exhibited 

 before this society. For six varieties, one of each, the first prize 

 was awarded to Lager & Hurrell. The Julius Roehrs Co. secured 

 first for six cypripediums, in six varieties. Lager & Hurrell 

 second. Three plants of Cattleya labiata gave the first prize to 



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