The Eighth International Flower Show 
March 14 to 20, 1921 
The New York Flower Show this year surpassed anything that 
we have ever had of its kind. Indeed, in the main floor exhibit it 
was epoch making in American flower shows. At the head of the 
entrance stairs a wide aisle led up to Mrs. Whitney's statue sur- 
rounded by feathery Mimosa. Across the wide path at intervals, 
were flung white lattice arches covered with Dorothy Perkins roses 
in perfection of bloom. The four central spaces were taken by 
the contestants for the Special Prize offered for the best develop- 
ment of a garden covering one thousand square feet. The Sweepstakes 
Prize for this was awarded to John Scheepers for his perfect Formal 
Garden, in which he used as a background cedars twenty-eight feet 
high, with a flickering of taU white Dogwood trees against them. 
The side shrubberies were of white Plum and white Hawthorne 
and Evergreen shrubs. Grass of finest texture and pleasant brown 
gravel paths framed the sunken garden, which with its well-shaped 
fountain, formed a restful central panel surrounded by blue Hya- 
cinths and Pansies and yellow Narcissus. The main color was con- 
TuLTPS centrated on a long, wide planting of pink and mauve Darwin TuKps 
along the side paths; these were of marvelous quahty and in great 
profusion. It was a garden capable of exact reproduction in many 
situations, preferably near the Hving rooms of a house where its long 
vistas could be enjoyed at aU times of the day. The bulb-filled beds 
could so easily be fiUed, later, with pale-toned Stock, Antirrhinum, 
friUed Petunia and feathery white bedding plants which would carry 
the color scheme right up into the autumn without ruining its 
individuaHty and charm. The whole exhibit showed the utmost 
taste, skiU, and a blessed restraint which is usually lacking in American 
exhibits. 
BoBBiNK Opposite was a brilHant Garden Exhibit by Bobbink and Atkins, 
A>fD the background shrub planting of which was one of the loveHest 
Atkins things in the show. On one side stood a pergola covered with a blue 
and a white Wisteria which called forth a great deal of admiration. 
Brilliant beds of Azaleas and Roses glowed in the velvety grass — 
one especially lovely bed was of aU the paler shades of hardy Azaleas. 
A most interesting low border of choice shrubs, Andromeda and 
Enkianthus, etc., surrounded the whole exhibit. This popular firm 
always is thoughtful enough to put the names on the rarer plants 
that are within reading distance — a detail which makes their exhibits 
beloved by amateur gardeners. 
PiERSON The third of the "Great Four" exhibits was a masterpiece of 
OF technique in planting skill. It consisted of an entire surburban place. 
Tarrytown a drop curtain was used as background, with a weU proportioned 
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