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NEW YORK FLOWER AND SCULPTURE SHOW. 
The combined flower and sculpture show held in 
Madison Square Garden, New York, under the aus- 
pices of the New York Florists’ Club and the Na- 
tional Sculpture Society, came to a close 
Nov. 6, after an eight days’ exhibit that 
was generally agreed to have been a 
spectacle of unusual beauty. 
The joint exhibition was inaugurated 
for the purpose of enhancing the effect 
of the individual shows of the two or- 
ganizations, and was eminently success- 
ful from this point of view. The flow- 
ers served as a natural and attractive 
background for the works of sculpture, 
and the latter gave added meaning to 
the different groups of plants and flow- 
ers. 
The chief groups of statuary were 
placed at the ends of the building, and 
the flowers extending along the sides 
and center of the spacious hall, dotted 
here and there with single pieces of 
sculpture, formed avenues along which 
the visitors passed. Arches and trellises 
covered with vines were freely used, one 
of the chief of these being a promenade formed by 
trellis work covered with wild smilax near the east 
end of the garden. 
Near this were arranged the exhibitions of private 
gardening from the estates of D. W. James, Samuel 
Untermeyer and E. D. Adams, and decorative shrubs 
from the firm of Bobbink & Atkins, of Rutherford, 
N. J., which included many evergreens. 
One of the most effective of the combined groups 
was that which centered around the colossal eques- 
trian statue of Washington, by sculptors French and 
Potter, around which was arranged a display of ever- 
greens. 
At the opposite end of the hall Barnard’s statue 
“The Hewer,” furnished a background for an exhibit 
of chrysanthemums, and from a front and distant 
view seemed to be resting on a pedestal of these au- 
tumn favorites. 
Viewed in general, the show was a brilliant and sat- 
isfying spectacle, and the general public who went to 
see a beautiful picture was amply repaid. 
As the first attempt to make an artistic whole of 
a flower show, and to arrange the different exhibits 
with a definite decorative purpose, the New York 
exhibition must be classed as a step in the right direc- 
tion, and will furnish a valuable lesson for future dis- 
plays. 
From the standpoint of the flower trade as viewed 
by the leading florists’ journals, much dissatisfaction 
has been expressed in the individual exhibits, and the 
general verdict from them seems to be that the show 
did not bring forth the best that could be produced 
by the co-operation of all of the florists and grow- 
ers of New York and its vicinity. 
The exhibit of statuary included works of most of ' 
the prominent xA.merican sculptors. 
THE CHICAGO FLOWER SHOW. 
The flower show in Chicago, which is in progress 
as we go to press, served to dedicate the new Statuary 
Hall of the Art Institute, but no sculpture was used 
in connection with the exhibit. 
Groups of palms and evergreens around the hall, 
and vines, trailing over the balcony and windows, 
served as a background for the special exhibits of 
flowers, which changed each day. 
The first day was devoted to chrysanthemums, the 
second to roses, the third to carnations, the fourth to 
unique varieties of all flowers, and the fifth to miscel- 
laneous specimens. Although the surroundings were 
not as impressive as in former years when the show 
was held in the Auditorium, the display was fine and 
included many varieties superior to any shown in the 
past. The attendance was good, despite the unfavor- 
able weather. 
The Pierson fern, which received a gold medal 
from the Society of American Florists, and a collec- 
tion of palms and ferns shown by Mrs. Geo. M. Pull- 
man, occupy prominent places in the exhibit. 
The show was under the joint management of the 
Chicago Horticultural Society and the American 
Chrysanthemum Society. The initial convention of 
the latter society was held in Fullerton Hall, in the Art 
Institute during the flower show. 
The annual shows at the park conservatories are 
unusually fine this year, and greatly appreciated. 
Courlesv Florists’ Review, 
STATUARY AMID FLOWERS AND EVERGREENS AT NEW YORK SHOW. 
