The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-10

tered BY Morris Warehouse for II. J..
Hickman q Co.
EIGHTH CLASS. Best case Indiana
seed leaf, $50 in gold. Entered by Bod
mann Warehouse for -. Second best,
$50 In gold. Entered Ly Miami Ware.
house for Jacob Young Germantown,
Indiana.
| To-day the first exhibition OF cut flow-
ers Will take place, beginning at half.
past two, and continuing throughout the
afternoon and evening. The awards in
this department will Be made by the fol.
lowing Jurors: Clement Olhaber, John J.
| Hooker and Thomas Sherlock.
| MIR. 81. w. Stephenson 10 the Exeou.
tive Oflcer for to-day.
Mr.. James Dale will probably be the
Executive for tomorrow.
HORTICULTURAL HALL-THK AWARDS.
Probably in no department Of our Ex.
position has more substantial progress
In the right direction been made than In
the horticultural display. Every year
adds to the interest as we'll as the ex.
cellence, both Of the collections and oi
the individual specimens shown. When
our big show was first undertaken, Hor.
ticultural Hall was dreary sea of in
different plants, arranged apparently
more with view to surprise the public
with the vastness of the numbers
huddled into the space assigned to the
plant display and to picturesque effect,
than for any intrinsic excellence which
they possessed. Now, while it is true
that some of the collections need
much that is Indifferent, If not indeed
| W orthless. Still there are some collec-
tions Of plants in Horticultural Hall to-
day, exhibited both by professional gar
deners and by amateurs, that merit the
very highest encomiums. Any one ac-
I.Quainted with rare and curious plants
may find subjects of the liveliest inter-
est and of continued interest in a visit
| there. The competition among the gar
deners to excel each other has led them
to ransack the best collections attaina-
BILE in this country, and in many cases to
import from Europe.
The desire to excel the gardeners has
led our cultivated amateurs to gather
from every attainable source the
choicest specimens to be found either at
home or abroad. So that Cincinnati,
through the directinfuence Of her Expo
sition, bids fair at no distant day to
achieve that distinction in horticulture
which has been accorded her in art. We
had intend to particularize some of the
plants and collections Of plants most in
teresting to examine. The number Of
rare specimens are so numerous that we
could only do SO by list as long
as catalogue, while the jury that
has made the awards seem to have
done their duty faithfully and fully, and
to point the general public where to look
for what is most interesting among the
large collections than anything we might
suggest.
The jury consisted OF Lewis GuerI-
neau, formerly connected with the Botan-
ical Gardens of Harvard College, but
now Of Boston; Mr.. Gotleib Grauel, for
many years gardener for the late Nicho-
las L0ngWorth, and more recently of
Larz Anderson's garden, and j. B. Chad
wick, Of Newport and No. 3 East Fourth
street, city.
The display in Horticultural Hall
might be made finer if the collections
were very materially cut down. There
are a great many plants put in that
should not be: they are entered SEEM
-ingly to fill up space. If in the collec-
tion there were put in one or two fine
more interesting TO persons who 60 to
rally from year to year.
Some Of the amateur collections are
superb. There is Mr.. DaYie, of College
Hill, and Mr.. Fisher, of Cincinnatj, who
ues5rvs especial mention for merit IN
this direction. Also, some OF the Gollec.
tions of the gardeners are very fine, it
might be said, extraordinary. 1t is
amazing what vast impro, ,<ements have
been made in the last lew years, and it
is very gratifying t4,those who are fond
of plants.
In som. of the sections the plants and
col. .ections of plants entered are 30 In
! different that the jury declined to make
any award, which was in accordance
with Rule 10, which provides that ''nO
article exhibited will be entitled to an
periOrity." We think that this ruling
| on the part Of the jury will have bene-
| fetal effect on future exhibitions of this
nature.
Best display in variety and finest ar
rangement, first premium. gold medal
and $l60, A. Sunderbruch; second best
dis play in variety and finest arrange
ment, second premium $l00. Charles j..
Jones; third best display in variety and
I arrangement, third premium $50, B. p.
Critchell.
| Best single specimen IN or out OF bloom,
first premium $50, B. P. Critchell; second
best single specimen in or out OF bloom,
| second premium $50, j. S. Cook & Co. |;
third best single specimen in OF out OF
bloom, third premium SIS, A. sunder-
bruch.
| Best one hundred specimens in variety,
premium $75, j. s. Cook & Co.
Best display In variegated foliage in
variety and arrangement, first premium
500, G. B. Wingate; second best display
Of yariegated foliage in variety and ar
rangcment, second premium $25, A. Sum-
der6ruch.
Best single specimen variegated foli-
age, premium $40, A. Sunderbruch.
Best display of evergreens, premium
$76, j. J. jackson.
Best single specimen Of evergreen,
premium $40, J. 8. Cook & Co.
Best single specimen OF tub plant, pre-
MUM, $40, A AASunderbruch. =
Best display and variety Of caladiums,
first premium, $50, b. p. Critchell; sec-
ond best display and variety of calad.
iums, second premium, SIS, S. g. Cobb g.
Go.
Best specimen caladium esculentum
(open to amateurs), $40, s. q. Cobb u