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NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
The Horticultural Society of New York, in codperation with 
the Garden, gave a Gladiolus oe in the Museum on 
Saturday and Sunday, August 15 an ere was a large 
display of gladioli, Mr. T. A. eerie made his usual 
extensive exhibit of superb blooms of this popular flower. 
ollection shown by Mr. T. A. Havemeyer of fifty-seven 
kinds, secured the first prize for the largest and best collection. 
A second prize went to Mr. John Lewis Childs for a collection of 
forty-six kinds. Mr. Childs also secured the first prize for a col- 
lection of twelve varieties, three spikes of each; and likewise 
first prize for a vase of eee eh white with ‘Snow King,” 
and second for a vase of twenty-five pink with ‘‘Fascinator,” 
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New Rochelle with a vase of ‘“America.” These prizes were in 
the open-to-all classes. 
Mr. Havemeyer was also a winner in the non-commercial 
classes, securing first prize for the best six kinds, two spikes of 
each; and also first prize for the best vase of white, six spikes, 
with ‘‘Zephelin,” and for the best vase of pink with ‘‘Panama.” 
A special cash prize was awarded to Mrs. F. A. Constable for a 
vase of Helianthus rigidus Miss Willmott. 
The Garden made exhibits of the flowers, not for competition, 
of thirty-th shrubs and of nineteen kinds of herbaceous 
plants. A collection of shrubs in fruit, including sixty kinds, was 
also made and attracted much attention. A collection of orchid 
plants was also shown. 
The report of the Bronx Parkway Commission for 1914, 
recently received, records great activity during the year past, 
including the purchase of 392 parcels of real estate, the reclama- 
tion of considerable areas within the Parkway, the cutting out 
of over 1,300 dead trees, and the pruning of over 6,000 with 
tree surgery to over 1,600, the planting of 5,000 shrubs and 
saplings, and the planting of 20,000 cuttings in the nursery. 
The report also gives the history of the project, the commission 
