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exhibits a large specimen of the "Bull 

 Moose" fern. 



E. E. Fry's collection includes a fine 

 lot of hardy chrysanthemums and some 

 fine specimens of holly were effectively 

 used among the lighter greens of ferns 

 and palms. 



George Crook Co. shows some well- 

 done palms, ferns and a collection of 

 chrysanthemums. 



H. C. Salmon also shows a collection 

 of mixed chrysanthemums. 



A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., 

 shows a fine vase of Milady rose, which 

 attracts a great deal of attention. Some 

 fine Beauties and specimen ferns are 

 also included in the exhibit. S. A. 



N£W TOBK. 



The annual autumn exhibition of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 opened for a private view for the mem- 

 bers on the evening of Friday, Novem- 

 ber 1, and on Saturday, Sunday, Mon- 

 day and Tuesday attracted the largest 

 attendance of the general public ever 

 known at a flower show in New York. 

 It was the largest exhibition thus far 

 given by the society, and the quality 

 of the exhibits excelled anything here- 

 tofore seen in New York, if not in the 

 country. The show was staged in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 at Central Park West and Seventy- 

 seventh street, and was free. The exhi- 

 bition occupied the lower floor of the 

 great building, affording ample room 

 for the exhibits and their comfortable 

 examination by the crowds. The record 

 of the attendance is as follows: 



Saturday, November 2 15,800 



Sunday, November 3 90,679 



Monday, November 4 15,000 



Tuesday, November 5 30,000 



Total 151,479 



The exhibitors in the classes for 

 chrysanthemum plants were the garden- 

 ers on leading private estates. The 

 quality of all the exhibits was of the 

 best, but the three large plants, yellow, 

 white and pink, shown by John Can- 

 ning, gardener for A. Lewisohn, were 

 notable. It is asserted by those whose 

 opinions are of value that the quality 

 of those three plants never has been 

 excelled in this country. The pink 

 specimen won the sweepstakes for the 

 best plant in the exhibition. W. H. 

 Waite, gardener for Samuel Untermyer, 

 was Mr. Canning's principal competitor. 

 Other good exhibits came from W. B. 

 Thompson, Geo. Schlagle, C. Hathaway, 

 Mrs. Borg and H. M. Tilford. 



In the classes for cut chrysanthe- 

 mums open to commercial growers, 

 Traendly & Schenck were first for 

 twelve white, twelve pink, twelve any 

 other color and for twenty-five ar- 

 ranged for effect. C. H. Totty was 

 second on twelve any other color. Mr. 

 Totty captured the silver medal for 

 six new varieties, one bloom of each. 

 For collection of thirty varieties Scott 

 Bros, were first and Mr. Totty second. 

 For collection of pompons and also for 

 collection of singles C. H. Totty was 

 first and C. H. Eice second. The quality 

 of all the cut blooms was excellent. 



In the classes open only to non- 

 commercial growers there was the keen- 

 est competition ever seen in a New 

 York show. For six varieties, one 

 bloom of each, there were fifteen en- 

 tries. For collection of pompons there 

 were nine entries and for collection of 

 singles there were thirteen entries. The 

 premiums were divided among the gar- 



deners for Miss Cockcroft, Mrs. Gris- 

 wold, W. B. Thompson, Miss Bliss, Mra. 

 Constable, Percy Chubb, H. L. Pratt, 

 Miss Potter, C. Mallory and F. Sturges. 



L. A. Noe was first for fifty Ameri- 

 can Beauties, F. E. Pierson Co. second. 

 For White Killarney, F. E. Pierson 

 Co. was first and L. B. Coddington 

 second. For Eichmond, Mr. Coddington 

 was first. For fifty Killarney, Traend- 

 ly & Schenck were first and L. A. Noe 

 second. For yellow roses Traendly & 

 Schenck were first and L. B. Codding- 

 ton second. C. H. Totty secured the 

 silver medal for new rose, with a splen- 

 did vase of Mrs. George Shawyer. 



The premiums in the rose classes 

 open only to non-commercial growers 

 went to the gardeners for H. M. Til- 

 ford, Mrs. Constable, W. B. Thompson 

 and Samuel Untermyer. 



In the classes for carnations open to 

 commercial growers Traendly & Schenck 

 were first for fifty white, fifty Winsor 

 shade, fifty Enchantress shade and fifty 

 Lawson shade. The latter entry also 

 captured the sweepstakes silver medal. 

 They were second for fifty scarlet. 

 Scott Bros, were first for fifty scarlet, 

 with Wm. Eccles, and second for white 

 and for Enchantress shade. Cottage 

 Gardens Co. received a diploma for va- 

 riety not in commerce. J. D. Cock- 

 croft was second for fifty Lawson 

 shade. 



There also were some fine carnations 

 among the numerous entries in the non- 

 commercial classes. The premiums went 

 to the gardeners for Miss Bliss, H. M. 

 Tilford, F. E. Newbold, Mrs. Griswold, 

 J. A. McDonald and W. W. Heroy. 



The display of foliage and decorative 

 plants was excellent, the prizes going 

 to the same private gardeners who had 

 been successful in the cut flower classes, 

 except that Julius Eoehrs Co. was first 

 for display of bay trees and F. E. Pier- 

 son Co. was first for collection of neph- 

 rolepis. 



Lager & Hurrell were the principal 

 exhibitors in the orchid classes for com- 

 mercial growers. In the eight classes 

 they took seven firsts, there being no 

 second. For six cypripediums, Julius 

 Eoehrs Co. was first and Lager & Hur- 

 rell second. In the orchid classes for 

 non-commercial growers Samuel Unter- 

 myer, Miss Cockcroft and G. C. Graves 

 exhibited. 



In cut blooms of orchids J. A. Manda 

 was first for collection arranged for 

 effect, and Lager & Hurrell were first 

 for cypripediums. The cut blooms for 

 orchids from non-commercial growers 

 came from Samuel Untermyer, Miss 

 Cockcroft, Mrs. Constable, S. & A. Col- 

 gate and Mrs. Tuttle. 



Among special prizes were a silver 

 medal to Mrs. Tuttle for an odonto- 

 glossum, a special to Geo. Schlagel for 

 standard chrysanthemum plants and to 

 H. Darlington for dahlias. 



J. A. Manda, president of the New 

 York Florists' Club, was manager of 

 the show. F. E. Pierson was chairman 

 of the exhibition committee, which had 

 among its members I. S. Hendrickson 

 and John E. Lager. 



Rockford, HI.— Leake & Offord, of 

 Belvidere, who purchased the green- 

 house in the 1000 block on Corbin 

 street some time ago, have sold out to 

 W. C. Burroughs, of 2005 South Main 

 street, who conducts a greenhouse at 

 his home. Mr. Burroughs will take 

 charge of the Corbin street greenhouse 

 and will conduct both places. 



SAN FBANCISCO. 



The fall exhibition given by the 

 Pacific Coast Horticultural Society in 

 the Fairmount hotel, October 23 to 26, 

 was probably the most successful ever 

 held in San Francisco. Both from the 

 standpoint of quality of the individual 

 exhibits and from the point of attend- 

 ance by the public, it was second to 

 none. The weather, except on the clos- 

 ing evening, was all in favor of the 

 show and the interest shown by flower 

 lovers from local and interior towns 

 demonstrated the fact that the efforts 

 of those having the affair in charge 

 were greatly appreciated. Too much 

 praise cannot be given to the officers 

 and members of the society for the 

 way the entire undertaking was 

 handled. 



Although it was primarily a chrysan- 

 themum show, the exhibits of other 

 classes of stock were large and com- 

 plete. Of orchids in variety, inter- 

 spersed with tree ferns and other stove 

 and hardy plants, the MacEorie-Mc- 

 Laren Co. had the largest showing and 

 received the silver cup. J. A. Carbone 

 also had a fine display of over seventy 

 varieties, which attracted much atten- 

 tion. * 



With chrysanthemums it is hard to 

 tell where to start in describing them. 

 Great mounds of Bonnaffon, Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones and dozens of other sorts 

 from all the principal growers made 

 the hall a sight not soon to be for- 

 gotten. E. W. McLellan & Co., Henry 

 Maier, Eedwood City Nursery, Fred 

 Agari, U. Yamaguchi, Shibuya & Ishuda 

 and several other growers took the 

 prizes on mums. There was a collec- 

 tion of varieties in pots from A. B. 

 Spreckles, which was awarded first 

 prize. 



The display of roses was good. E. W. 

 McLellan & Co., Domoto Bros, and 

 J. A. Carbone all showed indoor stock 

 to • good advantage and the outdoor 

 flowers, while not numerous, were good. 



In carnations the showings made by 

 Domoto Bros., E. W. McLellan & Co., 

 Henry Maier, U. Yamaguchi, Z. Shibata 

 and others all drew prizes. 



H. Plath had a well arranged exhibit 

 of ferns. It occupied a large space and 

 he took many first prizes. On specimen 

 nephrolepis his showing would be hard 

 to equal and impossible to improve on. 

 S. E. Slade also made a good showing 

 of ferns and stove plants and captured 

 several prizes. Golden Gate park had 

 a good collection of palms, ferns, cro- 

 tons, pandanus, etc., artistically ar- 

 ranged. 



Of garden flowers Messrs. Crocker 

 and De Sabla had several tables well 

 arranged. H. Hayashi & Co. had the 

 largest and finest cyclamens in the hall. 

 Many new colors, all of the highest 

 quality, were shown. E. De Sabla also 

 had good exhibits of cyclamens. In 

 dahlias, even with the lateness of the 

 season, the blooms were beautiful. Thos. 

 Munro, E. De Sabla and E. Lohrmann 

 all took prizes. The tables devoted to 

 tuberous begonias were much admired 

 and were fully up to former standards. 

 Henry E. Bothin and C. S. Crocker ex- 

 hibited these and lifted the premiums. 



The department de^'oted to table 

 decorations, original designs, brides' 

 and bridesmaids' bouquets, best ar- 

 ranged baskets of flowers and foliage 

 plants was the center of attraction for 

 many visitors. A large representation 

 of a liberty bell, made by Pelicano, 



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