The sun., 1878-04-03
FLOWERs SHOWN IN .tPRTL.
Some Interesting Features OF the New York
HORTICULTURAL Society. ExhIbItIon.

The rooms Of the New York horticultural
Society at Broadway and Thirty-third street
were ablaze yesterday with rare plants and cut
flowers Many visitors admired the collection.
The display was at one end Of the hall. while
seats for the listeners to Peter Hendcrson's $ adj
dress on " CITY and Suburban Gardens were
n front OF the dnis At the other end. pecu-
clinging g sea shells suspended from the chan
deliers. They are orchids OF an orange tint
and were shown by Mr. Charles Morgan OF
Mr. Henderson said that the art OF suburban
gardening is NJ a low chh here, compared even
with Boston Philadelphia and other American
towns and European cities. He ridiculed igno-
rant mndscapers. rs they call themselves.
scrcw walks. Such landscape gardeners. he
said. do not follow tho common sense rule that
IN laying ont walk. straight line should be
used unless 10 avoid an obstacle. and. in that
case. let the curve be graceful. A n rule also
he continued. fruit and vegetables should be
shrubs in front-at any rate. no not mix these
Mr.. Henderson warned his hearers against
blue rose men. as florists call them. who nj this
lme IN INC year. open stores In Broadway and
OFFER 10 sell imported cherry trees that will pro-
duce cherries as large as apples. strawberry trees
tat hear lrut big a. cucumber. and. most
wonderful Of all. blue moss roses. tea roses
dahlasa and peculiar rainbow eoored, i'm
Of his brother florists were bitten by such men
II served them right. As TO city gardens. the
stance was when a man bought from him n
saliva cieanta and put il in n seven by nino
piece Of ground. The purchaser did not know
10 what extent the plant grew. nor did Mr. Hen
d"rson know that II WIS to bc put into dminu-
tive spot ofground. By and by the purchaser
went 10 him full OF wrath. saying mean prac-
tical Joke had been pcrpctratod. The plant had
grown ana grown. and taken up all the ground,
had pushed his other flowers 10 the wall. and
vet hadn't lowered. Tho frost one night re-
Neved the city gardener. Mr.. Henderson adj
Niscd for city gardens honcysu"kles on
trrls,s: grapnvines, such as the Concord.
Iona Rogers. fl. 22, and A borders with close
growing flowers. Flowers should not be- eN-
pcctrd To grow In continual shade. Pansios.
loh'lias, forget -me-nots, and other herbaceous
plants. however, may live In IT,
Tn" premiums. certificates. or honorable
mentions are as follows:
Bst .iX clurraras. Gilmore clark New York So
Twelve azaleas. distinct varieties, H. B. Parsons Co,
Flushing J. l. so
SIX axilra-. distinct varieties same 80
Hest native plants. 4 Il trNamer. Newcastle, 50
Btst collection Of cut flowers George suchs, South Am
N,Nt h',t ; Ilcnshaw, New Brighton staten Island.
certificate.
Rc.onas and fcrn. ? Roenacck. Bayonno N J 81
stove and house plants william Bennett Flushing,
Long island. g
Certificates went to John Jones Madison. n 3 for
twenty hne 10 Thomas A-rutt. atlush. for
Akiens and Iolargonilms tn j buchanan for seeduug
alacas, william buuni White carnations: Peter Hen
lps and To Nr llenshaw Tor mushrooms and a eucunA
twcntysx inches long
Mrs. Fisher How OF Brooklyn exhibited two
fine azaleas and a Seeding camea A pink
Seeding camellia from japan. shown by VII
linn Bennett was admired hut the gem Of tho
collection, said the florists was a single bloom
OF rhodouendron vitchianum.