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For further information on this subject, the reader is referred 
to an article on local edible mushrooms in the JouRNAL for 
December, 1908; and to one on poisonous mushrooms in My- 
coLocia for November, 1910. 
W. A. Murri_t. 
THE GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION. 
The August exhibition of The Horticultural Society of New 
York was held in codperation with the Garden on Saturday and 
Sunday, the 26th and 27th. The premiums offered were for 
gladioluses and water-lilies. Two large tables, fifty feet long, 
one in each of the central aisles of the fossil hall, were necessary 
for the exhibits, with three igen supplementary tables to ac- 
commodate the overflow. able in the west end of the hall, 
fully one half of the table in = east end, and part of the supple- 
mentary tables were devoted to gladioluses, so the preponderance 
of this popular flower was evident, making it primarily a gladiolus 
exhibit. Without seeing this large display; one could hardly 
realize that there were so many forms of this beautiful flower, 
all the colors of the rainbow being represented in many combina- 
tions 
There were other exhibits besides gladioluses. <A collection of 
water-lilies, rich in color and fragrance, was one of the attractions. 
Mr. Wilbour S. Boyer, of Bedford Park, exhibited some peaches 
grown within a short distance of the Garden. Mr. John Lewis 
Childs, in addition to his fine exhibit of gladioluses, had an 
attractive group, containing Lycoris squamigera, Calla Elliottiana, 
Montbretia, in three varieties, and Tritoma Pfitzeri, one of the 
“red-hot pokers.”” Mr. C. H. Werner exhibited a large vase of 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. The New York Botanical 
Garden made a display of flowers and fruits of herbaceous plants 
and of trees and shrubs; this collection attracted much attention. 
eather conditions during the exhibit were unfortunate, 
interfering much with the attendance. This is especially to be 
regretted in this case, for a finer display of gladioluses is rarely 
seen than was assembled at this exhibition. 
