The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-09
ulBBfNoERs or SPRING.


ooohv one the members Of tho New York
u,,,..n.tural Society stopped their vehicles on
'.lq. In front of thcirrooms So West Thirty
1trtstr,ct. and took from the beds Of straw tall
ror.es wrapped in newspapers. and carried
t, ,nrnf,l liz up stairs to the exhibition tables
=, rn eo.eiv Tasting of the newspapers. the
,,,,ll. were placed on three tables. and
r,oncd into n Kaleidoscope parterre. II
.raa the first spring meeting OF the
s,.ietv. For the display OF new. rare.
ami curious specimens OF Horticulture. tho cx-
L,itt.n has ncvct been cXccllcd in the city, So
,,opv visitors aud admirers Of flowers crowded
around the tahl IS that the Committee in making
uraI,-t of pr rs had to elbow their way vaor-
ou-ly thr v ncrahic Isaac buchanan leading.
A now dwarf evergreen, tho plant imported
rim Jauau and named Rhynospcrmuul. was
shown by Parsons sons Company Of Flush.
,iInt propugtt,d from 1t 10y MIR. Parsons. 1t
rarely crows more than two feet high. Peter
henderson showed "A new roso named tho
"Amrri.au Is inner" which WIS so new tlat IL
WIS only bud Three pots ot u beautifully
soitr gray iris iucri"h. that were much admired.
were shown ty th. Bellevue Nursery Company.
T,t.rs %. MI. The saiun company showed Il
nv, tnt (. So. Madam Welsh and the Alne
S.0v Madam Camille Souvenir dune Annie.
anal NIc. VI lr-urr,t' ST. Aruaud. all tea roses.
In tlr display ut orrhids there was strong
c.mpatr.gn. Mrs. Mary Janc Morgan 81
: iI~t TWruty-siNth street showed both
ell, bloom, and growing plants. the lat
Ter arpur.nty drawing nourishmcnt from
a s'au vi cork. Isaac Buchanan of 0
W. Seventeenth street had orchids too.
Ct lnuiruW mhcrucnylum, dtndrobiGm pull
c'a Ium Und odgntoglp~sum kosii; aud Will
liam Bennett OF FHtbush showed glowing
tuttlror'uId called phaUnppsis SrhillcriauH,
Sorr lmw"us' Nrlycty pansirs were displayed
/, &. J.. Alien of Queens. and next to them were
some OF o." roses that have become iaNorites.
su .l IA uirtu-. Sprunt. Douglass, Jacquc-
T., ..t. AMI Bon Sil"nc. Then came some tow
ei u-. atd";,s ia pojs. holding up their burning
an = N. "A
booming mod i'. and. nearly touching the cell
iu- un Uwria ulGicgns, with It's vivid yellow
4. uu~. shown ly l.. NJ. Drlamater OF Flushing.
IN their shadow nestled dozen pots ot the old
+ -l.Hncd yellow nrimros"s. Ernest Asmus Of
rtI Bergen. ~ j.. exhibited a new cHrnAtiun
naD"i Founding. aud william Biount OF
J r~cv CITY hybrid dwarf carnation.
In" blush Of the caulcllia season bad gone by.
hai q lnrE' space was taken up 10y H. ). Parsons
81 Flushing ia display OF the waNy blooms,
/ q "ut and growing IN pots. Among III. VA
rlrtl"s were Madame Piccolumini, JHhnii. as
Il, rubons. Fanny Martell. Jules Fnyre Laiy
hume's Blush. ,Du,hcsse d'Orleans. Imbrieatn.
anil Fra Amaldo I'll Brrs"hia. Ernest Kisoll
q. BROOKLYN had Also the multiOlla. the pinkish
Snowflake and the red and Waite doukrlartl.
v. c. Wilson showed more cut camellias. A
Horny Foddy OF Brookyn A single lilac
lulm was lapellcd with the mr. stprrutic name.
"Cnari-s n" Blu; freshest and hr.gnt"st of AL
the blooms were the hvaciuths SHOWN 10y j.
l,lrhrs %, Jersey City Heights. Some OF the
rare varieties of thcm were the las. anica
IT." tnhilis. Mrs B"cchcr stowe. bouquet ten
dr' prnc.sse d'Oreans. and Latour dAu-
v.rsne. More delicate ty contrast 10y their side
W'r. some sl"nder-growins stems OF lily OF the
valley. Il. b. Parsons showed three Paul heron
-"s that were 50 large that they suggested
carbases TO the visitors thoughts The pro-
f,ssiundl gardeners. however. admired tbs new
scarlet authurium : 'herzrrlunum pulmerii OF
Mrs Mary Jane Morgan. Robert Reynolds of
ntiu~h stood 10y his thirtv-siN cut grraniuns,
running through the whole scale 81 red tiutS,
aud had their long Latin names at his tongue
end. A specimen II the flower Of the Sage
palm was passed from hand to hand. At the
close II the meeting the rooms were Hooded 10y
little army II children who had broken loose
from school and "a raid wis made 10y them on
the tables of flowers. In few minutes they
hat stripped the place clean OF all bat what the
florists hai hastily rescued. The list Of prizes
j. t- follows:
Furthc d, st twelve hyacinths in pots named
dist net varieties j. Roehrs. So; for the best six
hya'Intls IN pots named. distinct varieties. j
E'chr- 50; for the b. ST six pots OF lily % tho
valley. J. koehrs 50; tor the best six nzslleAs IN
pots dlsNuct varieties. Il. H. Parsons. Flushing
s.. for the best twelve camellas. cut blooms
distinct varieties, H. Il. Parsons, 80 for the hes
twelve punches of azaleas. distinct varieties
cut blooms. 50.