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were well represented. Palms and spring bulbs were 

 displayed in profusion, over 40,000 tulips, hyacinths, 

 narcissus, etc., being on exhibition in the borders and 

 parterres. The whole collection comprised about 75,000 

 plants. 



The exhibitors, aside from Siebrecht & Wadley, were : 

 William S. Kimball, of Rochester, who exhibited a fine 

 collection of or- 

 chids, a m o ng 

 which was a 

 good plant of 

 CypripL'diiiin ar- 

 gicswdiX. inaxiiiin, 

 the only one in 

 thi.s country, and 

 whose collection 

 was awarded the 

 Madison Square 

 Garden prize of 

 |[5o; Mrs. Good- 

 ridge, of River- 

 dale, N. Y., to 

 whom was given 

 the Siebrecht & 

 Wadley prize ; 

 Hicks Arnold, 

 N. Y. ; Charles 

 J. Carpenter, 

 New Brunswick, 

 N. J. ; Essex 

 Heights Floral 

 Co., Belleville, 

 N. J., and col- 

 lections from 

 William Math- 

 ews, Utica, N. 

 Y., and John 

 Eyerman, Eas- 

 ton, Pa. 



The arrange- 

 ment of the ex- 

 hibits was under 

 the direction of 

 N. F. Barrett, 

 of R o c h e 1 1 e 

 Park. The vis- 

 i t o r was intro- 

 duced through a 

 maze of topiary 

 work and was 

 c onducted 

 among parterres 

 of bulbs, ericas, 



marguerites, lilies of the valley, azaleas and cinerarias ; 

 amongst banks of odd and blazing orchids, to an Italian 

 terrace and pavilion at the farther end, where, from 

 out the evergreen, a waterfall fell into a tank of Ponte- 

 deria crassipes and papyrus. The orchids were in their 

 full glory. Cattleya Triancc was probably the most im- 



At the Orchid Show. 



portant single contributor to the display. The plants 

 were numerous and in good condition. An interesting 

 port of this species was exhibited by Siebrecht & Wad- 

 ley, but was bought by Mr. Kimball. It is somewhat 

 intermediate between the species and var. Baiklwiiseaiia , 

 but instead of having the stripe of that variety it bears 

 a red blotch upon the end of the petal. Mr. Arnold 



exhibited a 

 white variety of 

 C. Triiiinv. On- 

 lii/iiiin splendcns 

 attracted much 

 attention; as did 

 also Miltonia 

 Rcczlii and Epi- 

 dettdruiii Stani- 

 foi'dianuin. I f 

 one were asked 

 for the best 

 twelve classes of 

 orchids for gen- 

 eral purposes, 

 this exhibition 

 would seem to 

 answer the ques- 

 tion in about the 

 following order : 

 P h a 1 ae n op sis, 

 cattleya, cypri- 

 pedium, odonto- 

 glossum.dendro- 

 bium, oncidium, 

 Iffilia, ccelogyne, 

 lycaste, milto- 

 nia, cymbidium 

 and vanda. The 

 Essex Heights 

 Floral Co. ex- 

 hibited a couple 

 dozen varieties 

 o f carnations, 

 some of them 

 new. Among 

 them was a pure white Grace Wil- 

 der, and a new mottled pink called 

 G. C. Tyler. 



A good many specimen plants 

 were unusually interesting, espec- 

 ially among the palms, in which 

 Siebrecht & Wadley are probably 

 the largest dealers in the country. 

 A number of large specimens of 

 Florida plants were transported 

 for the occasion. The cocoanut palm was in fruit. 

 Salmi iiiiu roiarpa was represented by large specimens. 

 A fine plant of Zaniia pinigens, fifty or sixty yeais old, 

 stood near the center of the hall. A good pair of 

 Pritchardia grandis, one of them from the Morgan col- 

 lection, was particularly conspicuous. Ravenala xMada- 



