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Prize Wioniog Rose Gardens at the New York Flower Show, April 5 to 12, t9I6. 



Display of foliage plants, covering 100 square 

 feet — R. M. Johnson, first. 



Miscellaneous Cut Flowers, Etc. 



COMMBECIAL GROWERS. 



Double violets — Frank Lown & Son, Rhlnebeck, 

 N. Y., first. 



Violets arranged for efTect — Richard Langle, 

 White Plains, N. Y., first. 



PRIVATE GROWERS. 



Antirrhinum, twenty-five spikes pink — Robert 

 Jones, gardenpr to Percy Chubb, Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 first; Wm. Graham, gardener at Convers Manor, 

 Greenwich, Conn., second. 



Antirrhinum, twenty-five spikes white — John 

 Canning, gardener to Adolph Lewlsohn, Ardsley, 

 N. Y., first. 



Antirrhinum, twenty-fire spikes assorted — Mr. 

 Wlgnhart, superintendent for Governor Beeck- 

 man, Newport, R. I., first; Robert Jones, second. 



Mignonette, twelve spikes — F. Hltchman. ear- 

 dener to Ralph Pulitzer, Manhasset, N. Y., first; 

 Robert Grnnert, gardener to W. E. Reiss, Green- 

 wich, Conn., second. 



Single violets — Mrs. Ida E. Bliss, Great Neck, 

 L. I., first; Mrs. E. L. Meyer, Huntington, L. I., 

 second. 



Display of eat pansles, covering ten square 

 feet— A. M. Goldlng, gardener to D. G. Reld. 

 Irvlngton, N. Y., first; Wm. Whitton, gardener 

 to Mrs. J. H. Flagler, Greenwich. Conn., second. 



Stocks, twelve spikes, pink — Jos. Tansey. gar- 

 dener to H. M. Tllford, Tuxedo P^rk, N. Y., 

 first; Wm. Whitton, second. 



Stocks, twelve spikes, any other color — Jos. 

 Tansey, first; Robert Gruners, second. 



Wallflower, twelve spikes, any color — Chas. 

 Ruthorn, gardener to Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Jr., 

 Mt. Kisco, N. Y., first; A. J. Loveless, gardener 

 to Wm. Griswold, Lenox, Mass., second. 



Hotel Tables. 



Only three hotels competed for the 

 silver cup for best hotel table decora- 

 tion. Hotel Manhattan won, but a sil- 

 ver medal was awarded Hotel Vander- 

 bilt and a third prize to Hotel Biltmore. 



Special Awards. 



The following special awards were 

 made to meritorious exhibits not pro- 

 vided for in the schedule: 



To R. D. Foote, Morristown. N. J., gold medal 

 for plant of Cattleya Mossise carrying 186 flowers. 



To F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., silver 

 trophy for the best exhibit in the show. 



To Secaucus Exotic Nursery, certificate of merit 

 for two box trees. 



To R. G. Wilson, Brooklyn, certificate of merit 

 and silver medal for pterls. 



To Max Schling, certificate of merit aud silver 

 medal for Rose Creta Klius. 



To Nippon Gardens, certificate of merit for 

 flgure of ivy and euonymus. 



To Mrs. Oliver Hoyt, certificate of merit for 

 Asparagus -Sprengeri. 



To Mrs. H. Darlington, Mamaroneck, N. Y., 

 honorable mention for basket of lily of the valley. 



To Ralph Pulitzer, Manhasset, N. Y.. honor- 

 able mention for Iris Germanica. 



To Wm. Schlllaber, honorable mention for 

 Gazanla longiscapa. 



To Clement Moore, Hackensack, N. J:, honor- 

 able mention for an exhibit of ways In which 

 orchids are raised. 



To Louis Strauss, Bay Ridge. N. Y., honorable 

 mention for cactus plant in flower. 



To Florer Gardens, North Wales, Pa., honor- 

 able mention for George Elger and Cecile Brun- 

 ner roses. 



To A. N. Pearson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., hon- 

 orable mention for Rose Newport Fairy. 



To Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell. Tuxedo Park, 

 N. Y., silver medal for Amaryllis Hippeastrum. 



To John Scheeper ft Co., New York, silver 

 medal for narcissi in variety. 



To Ernest Roepke, Highlands. N. Y., silver 

 medal for six standard geraniums. 



To Geo. J. Gould, Lakewood, N. J., silver medal 

 for fifty plants gloxinias. 



To Wm. Zlegler, Jr., silver medal for group 

 of hydrangeas. 



To W. E. Griswold, Lenox, Mass., silver medal 

 for vase of annual lupines. 



To Clement Moore, Hackensack, N. J., sliver 

 medal for new hybrid cattleya. 



To Mrs. H. Darlington, silver medal for dis- 

 play of hardy English primroses. 



To Mrs. A. M. Booth, Great Neck. N. Y., sil- 

 ver medal for new tulip Mrs. A. M. Booth. 



To Arthur N. Cooley, Pittsfleld, Mass., sliver 

 medal for new Cattleya Olvmpus. 



To W. B. Duke, SomervlUe, N. J., sliver medal 

 for orange trees. 



To Mrs. Pauline Boegher. Rlverdale. N. Y., 

 special meirtion for Pterls Rivertoniensis. 



To Geo. Schlegel, Bay Ridge, N. Y., special 

 mention for Euphorbia jacquinireflora. 



To Wm. Zeigler, Jr., special mention for San 

 sevieria Zeylanlca and for new rose Elizabeth 

 Zeigler. 



To A. L. Miller, Jamaica, N. Y.. special men- 

 tion for double-flowering orange in bloom and for 

 Ponderoea lemons in fruit. 



To Bobbink ft Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., spe- 

 cial mention for collection of fifty dwarf ever- 

 greens. 



The Management. 



The success of the show was due to 



the efforts of the following committee 



of management: 



F. R. Plerson, chairman. 

 T. A. Haveme.ver, vice-chairman. 



John Young, secretary. 



Frederick R. Newbold, treasurer. 



Arthur Herrington, manager. 



George V. Nash, 

 Prof. N. L. Britton, 

 James Stuart, 

 Jos. A. Manda, 

 M. C. Ebel, 

 W. H. Slebrecht, 

 John Canning, 

 R. G. HoUaman, 

 A. L. Miller, 



Wm. H. Duckham, 

 C. H. Totty. 

 Frank H. Traendly, 

 Julius Roehrs, 

 W. R. Plerson, 



F. L. Atkins, 



G. E. M. Stumpp, 

 Leonard Barron, 

 Harry A. Bunyard. 



The Dinner to the Jurors. 



April 5 the annual dinner in honor of 

 the judges and guests of the flower 

 show societies took place at the Hotel 

 Manhattan. It was a most enj(^able 

 affair, Charles H. Totty presiding. Con- 

 gratulatory addresses were made and a 

 spirit of good fellowship prevailed. 

 About sixty were present, including 

 nearly all the judges appointed, who 

 were: 



John T. Alben, Newport, R. I. 

 Geo. Asnoai, Chicago, 111. 

 Leonard Hirron. Garden City, N. Y. 

 S. Prenties Baldwin, Cleveland, O. 

 Jas. Ballentyne, RIdgefleld, Conn. 

 Wm. Brock, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. 

 N. Butterbach, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Ix)uis Burk, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 E. Beckett, Purchase, N. Y. 

 Robert Cameron, Cambridge, Mass. 

 George H. Cooke, Cambridge, Mass. 

 W. N. Craig, Brookline, Mass. 

 W. Downs, Chestnut Hill. Mass. 

 Eugene Dailledouze, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Petter Duff, Orange, N. J. 

 H. W. De Graaff, I.elden, Holland. 

 J. H. Dunlop, Toronto, Canada. 

 H. A. Deal, RockvUle, Conn. 

 Wm. Eccles, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 

 Geo. Foulsham, Lenox, Mass. 

 Jas. Eraser, Morristown, N. J. 

 Wm. F. Gude, Washington, D. C. 

 Joseph H. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 

 Joseph Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



