The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-05
AMONG THE FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
The Beautiful Display Made by the New
York horticultural Society.

An exceedingly choice and beautiful col
lection Of flowers and huge strawberries was
displayed by the New York Horticultural So
ccty yesterday. in the socicty's rooms 1t was
the last exhibition by the society before the
great annual spring exhibition in Gilmores
Garden ON the 10Th. goth, and 2lst Inst Tho
visitors were both cuhivators and students, and
also lovers Of the blossoms. Tables at one end
Of the hall were burdencd with flowers, and the
sombre colorcd chint2 on which they were dis
played was n foil 10 the Kaleidoscope collec-
ton.
Two plates OF Smiths President Lincoln"
strawberries. grown by C. d. Dickey OF Hunts
Point. Morrisania. attracted attention One
berry measured nine inches around. and
weighed ounces drachms and 80 grains.
Only half dozen bites would have consumed
the pondcrous specimen. They are so sweet
variety that they can be eaten without sugar.
They were quite ripe.
ripe. two Of which the Pioneer" and Beauty"
varieties were first shown last season. Tho
others were Monarch Of the West and " seth
Boyden." Hc had also some trumpet shaped.
beautifully vnriegated gloNinas. His pansles,
color running through the entire scale. from
pale lemon yellow, through blue. orange. and
A flush Of crImsons pinks, pale yellows and
pearly whites was the bed of roses shown by
W. A. Burgess of Glen Cove. L. l; OF, delicate
moss roses alone there were nearly dozen va
rieties. the choicest Of VIII ch were the Angelica
priced for its deicacy Provence. or Old Eng
fish; gloria de mousses moss Laneii or beard
ed moss moss crestatn white cluster and Anna
d. Diesbach. The cultivator especially prded
rose native seeding. which he will match
with amy foreign variety lie showed also n
small white rose, the Parluette. which. he pre-
wrcaths as 1t grows In numbers along the
branch and almost forms a wreath in itself In
Souvenir de William Wood. Beauty OF waltham
/ Robin Hood. and William Orlnth. The COM
| Breunus. Leon de Combat, Madam A. Leroy,
! sydonie. Blanche FIeur and Marechal Valiant
Beach. Son I Company. Barclay street. ex-
hibted NOISY bank covered with rare rhodo-
! dendrons. including Lees purple. the White
Queen. the bright pink Charles Dickens. new
| lcaved variety new to America. There were
also many-hued azaleas. one new one with fra
! grant Odor, whence named OdOratum. They
! also showed huge scarlet vermilon peoples.
! swect-scenied Scotch Cytisus, liburnum like.
/ Native to California and new here was the Cy-
! cloooihra Utica. An Improvement IN the OLD
snowhulls was the Lyburnum picatum. This
firm showed the only native plant-Vaccineum
c. l.. Allen & Company Of Queens showed a
beautiful variety Of Beaumontia erandifi9ra.
| son, the most show flowers on exhibition. the
| Mrs Mary Jane Morgan OF this city showed.
| through her gardener. Arthur Wayne, a delicate
dendrobium. Spierardii atifolium a pitcher
! plant, and some peculiar odont9gl9ssi, Koeglii.
! and vcorlllartum. George such OF South Am
! boy. Nd. had a fine Lillian aurutum and hra-
President James NJ. Paterson. IN announcing
the spring exhibition in Gllmorcs Garden, SAID
| that the exhibition would Ice somewhat later
| than usual, and that, therefore. Il would suner
| In its display Of roses and strawberries. How.
! ever. by that time other species OF fruits and
| flowers would come on the stage, and would
| make ny la AttraetlNeness.
Thor Mr., p. r. Quinn Of Newark. \. j.. deliv,
! cred an address on the summer management OF
| large fruits. The fruit grover who would sue
| coed nowadays, he said, must he wide awake. a
! student and close observer. Twenty years agc
| there WAS ltt. competition, and little intelli-
| gence was needed 10 make money in the lruil
| growing business. deep rich loam; he
grow fruit, from Strawberries up TO mp
| pies. as soil in good heart and well dram
| ed whatever be lis quality. The grover must
| select good trees for planting. he continued
| Fruit tree vendors travel about with coiored
| photographs OF fruits, and inNeigle the farmers
| into buying; but, he said. there are no more un,
nrncplsd pnchrlsllan scaniawags on me iac, o.
the earth. Applause Then. don't plant too
many fruit trees: they die out, Dwarf trees
| also. may bear fruit earlier than large varieties
but that IS not what growers want Ear boar,
orchards 10 run to grass the fruit becomes
small. Juicees-, and knoity, Last, never allow
practice Is killing trees all over the country. Is,
merciless in plnching on iruit from an over
burlrned bough, and. in the fall. the iruit VII
be finer and larger. and VIII weigh AZ much a.
| ii would II all that had started in spring hat
been allowed 10 remain. Don tallow small tree'
Then Secretary w. ]. Davidson announce,
that the only diploma for the day had beeI
awarded to W. 4 burgess OF Glen Cove. J.. |,
for his roses. and that certificates had beeI
given to Arthur Mayne tor Mary Jane Morgan
| 10 Beach Son X Co. for hardy shrubs and herb
aceous plants. and TO Charles Krick. Brooklyn
for a new Bouvardia, the ROsaline.