New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-03
FLOWERS AND FRUITS IN RICH VARIETY.

Tl,roe br.ed tables running the length Of llorti-
cultural Hall were ablaze with color Yesterday
afternoon. The New-YorE horticulture society
was holding its September meeting and displaying
lis usual show of flowers and fruits: he centre
table especially was surrounded by the florists ana
their friends, for there were displayed me ilIosI
glad oil, orchids and grasses. Some new vaIltles OF
the first were shown and received much attention.
Prominent among them were three varieties Oh lgeT
lilies fgyid1 G,dldGOTG. tqIidd c0RcbW0fd ana
tdyi3id graUdidOrd Gibd The first named was OF 4
rich rcd. streaked and spotted with yellow ana
purulc: the second OF iustrous orange, daSIeu
with crimson and the third and last 2 Gazing
white hccked with royal purple and yellow, Inc
well in contrast while the peculiar grasses IbeIdIy
iutcTsperscd among the 1OWer5 pIostn eel every
variety Of graceful form and color. jpon one OF
the side tables was magnlncent array Ol uaDudS'
including over fifty rev varieties ana embracing
every shade and every combination ~ color, from
the deepest. black purple to tie dehcate creamy
white. Not less striking was the range Oh form,
from the spherical 10 ihe nearly hat
Nor were the fruits far bchindhand IN interest,",
the dollhouse grapes especially beng extremely
choice. Some of the lunches exhibited weighed
five pounds each. Peaches and neciarhes grown
under glass were also large III SIZE some OF tDem
weighing no less Than ten ounces each tomatoes
were numerous and of hugo SIZE. some cholce
greenhouse plants and palms helped 10 give variety
10 the exhibition, while those oddities OF Nature,
the orchids. drew groups OF curious gazcIs through
out the afternoon.
GAMBLING Of OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
Said one Of the passengers by the steamship CITY
Of Rome to 70 ItuBJNE reporter yesterday; M"Nt
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IN the fact hat ono OF TIE passengers was PIoI'
.oual gambler. ITO was from Australia, and ~ s3id
90 be worth 100000. lie made about > 1000 ON
the trip from Liverpool and gave great impetus
o. gambling Mr.. tuderhill, Of the 6ulOn me-
hald IN reference 20 The subject OF faihbIlhE on
ocean steamers: IT viii 90 on. You cannot help
g. Coop 400 or 800 people mp together, ana
what arc they gong 10 d0Y sung ptallnhf Noi
much; thcy'l gamble. There is not IA ship that
comes into this port which there Is not more or
less gambling Passengers bet ON the runs Of the
ship they play poker, they gamble ~ any way they
please. As far rs i can see there was nOehng so
very outrageous Ia the gambling on the CIiy Ol
Rome. They played cards III the two smoking
rooms and if people did not want to gamble they
need not have done so.
were rules to gambling board the vessels OF
the line 1t IS thing that every one knows
exists" said Nr. Adams, the cashier, DuI we nave
had no trouble on any OF our ships" Al the lhman
Office il stated that there were no rules against
gambling on the ships of that line but that II II
should become as rampant as 1t seemed 10 nave
been on the City of Rome, 10 doubt the captain
would feel called upon TO enforce an unWrltten
law"
DIR. JOHN GLOVER ADAMS's REQUESTS.
Dr. John Glover Adams by his will dated June
81 1851 has left $5, OO0to the Presbyterian Hos
pital for free bed TOR the sick poor OF the Brick
of the debt on the building No. ~ West Thirty
6rst-st., if that be cancelled. as fund for an
annual course of lectures 90 9 hn DeqIe't IS rs
the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan ASYLUM
and Hospital; $1,000 each 10 the Chill
drens Aid Society, the Mission School of the
Brick Church. the American Bible and the Amerl
can Tract Societies $500 each TO the Home for
Friendless Women. the Womens Aid Society aud
Home for Training Young Girls, the Physicians
Mutual Aid Association, the State Charity AID
Association and the Training School for Nurses.
The testators medical library goes TO the New-York
Academy Of Medicine, and bis misce llaneous library
mainly TO the Free Circulating Library Tie exc
cutors are John Henry Glover, stephen Merrihew
and Thomas MOnahan.
BAD PLUMBING IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL.
The Board OF Health three months ago was re-
quested TO examine the plumbing in Bellevue Hos
pita, death there having been attributed To
ferer gas poisoning. Engineer Nealis reported on
June % that sewer gas escaped into rooms occupied
by nurses and physicians. lie recommended That
The waste pipes leading from those rooms should
be ventilated and trapped. Yesterday the Board
received another report from him stating that he
made another inspection on August II, aud found
that the sewer gas still escaped. No steps had
been taken to improve the plumbing, although
proper notice had been sent TO the Commissioners
III Charities and Correction. IL was said that the
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