New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-25
LOOKING AT FINE FLOWERS
OPENING OF THE SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN.
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Observation-Disclosures IN GREAT


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Observation-Disclosures IN GREAT
y,p1rry-A LARGE ATTENDANCE.
,, .,o hon, came for opening the flower SHOW
| In Madison square Garden yes'eruas az nt ,ho air
| n,esepted the appearance oil iais'' -. -,
Va laden with the perfume OF great 49, -,
eowers The exhibition Is sad " 'oP'SS T., shIs
aOs n,ros, assortment OF plants ever SHOWN y, '.'
anu Is'0'' IT, ,ro,ectors of the enterprise, Mcssrs
,, ,,ansa have spared no expense OF iaoor "
~, :. succcss and visit to the uarueh = al
.' 1, o.ded to prove that their ehor's H"'' wv"
successful ,.o onnearance from the
outside with its roof decorated WIN .no no onters
n.,io,s and long lines of bnntlhs' o"' - w ', .no
,"'o nh,tbeatre the first reallzatloh Vi ufo
'''o Ara ovhibitIon is received. Rare ana cos'S
LIE and ferns line the avenues anu -,
r,,h flowers and plants III ar'i'.''' t TN
.o,ors are everywhere 'o'0 = ror,.d
- ore enormous, and were uanspo'',u
ana io' s,mc,,,v Most of them were bronsh'
WIN g. go, with the branches bunched ush''s
70 .no .a t,ed with ropes Then holes were aug
'os.,n' r,h and they were planted ana ai'er ."''
M .ones were cut the branches sprihghs o"' ''''
,her natural positions ,,ur, from
"', -. are specimcns OF trees ana pants "o.
o,u,os, every country the globe Al 'ne
d nj the amphithcatre stands ran PAM "
| Af
i"'i, I'D ,ro;ghs over 5000 pounds. In the ecn'0
:. 9no Garden is fishta palm, thirty iee' n'e', "
tic of Brazil A magnificent New-@eah'nu pm
,o.rs the centre of a crescent maze UP Vi '',"
osses OF varieties of tropical loiiaso' o' 49, o
:, .ho crescent are groups OF cnrysah.'e"''N'' ~"
IA, co,orcd from white to pink ana INC o'"'' L.,
"a % yellow with all intermediate coio'S' 80
rtu ~ or,ors nvranid Of screw pine. from the
e.. ,,a,es All about banks OF palms ''"o
other foliage plants, in great aNcrSi's " -,
Dd coIors Along the avenues are many 'p
., ,be Australian tree fern, besides seVe''"
polms twenty -fvc feet high. ,vs.,
r"N "-,,o Tho Nedscn.ave. entrance the chrys'n
,bcmums are grouped in endless variety ,,I,srino
nor Of shapes sizes and colorS Is pc"i'u' 10
~ ,homums are not classified according 10 ,,nA
oo,or and size but according to the shape Vi ,"o"
,a,s The small ones are called pomPons' =,
With long petals. anemoncs: those WIFI .'o uA
curved petals Chinese; while tie hises. ''V ,nau
1o,onese The latest kind IS the feathery NIB
Hardy This variety is the most rare anu ~ ,,,o'
and pitcher a. Manda paid 81 500 ior 'ho p'."
u lowered 1t IS the finest OF all chrS
nrrc white perfectly incurved and feathery. H..
rho disnIoy of orchids Is large anu ino'0o
~, - ev1s are nrized for their delicate ana Deau'iiu
bloom strange shape and rich perfume. a. ,ho
most rare and valuable specimens Is hno"" - la
cvuripedium tesselatum porphyreum ine'U or -.
20 be not more than six OF these plains !" =, t, hv
ate az
pthor & Mapda to comprise the largest coiie''o -
those flowers in the world -. cor,,
The display of dlning-room ana si'''ns ,oo" -
aecor,tons is magnificent. one table, SET ~, " go
curse with low table decorations, Is hheiy
wien orchids Another table set for high taOc
with fine display of sllverware, cut glass anu e'n'
decorated with a great variety of flowers. Is ~,
tended TO change these table decorations HUH u's "
day. - ,ror Than the pro-
moters of the enterprise had expected on 'e n's A.
DC tho middle of the afternoon the avenue. aoVa an,n
a ny were we'll filled with Gengn.eu ptmpna
az % hnoth dozen pretty girls sofa mowers ,oiav
The many people who visited the cXn i,, NJ and
INC ,bn foilownc J. G. Abbott. OF Mohtrea MI IiiEs
Mr. N +. Wharton, Mrs. King, W. ah9 Goncn Mrs
1 Ho,T 1;eneral and Mrs. Winsor H. fIcnc, .hc
Jenrv Graves the Rev. Frank L; HH n,
,i Ryrd Mrs Lawrence smith. Mrs Muller pan!
alarsson George Sanford Wyhe MIS- SaeS lanes
iews Mrs W. b. Hodson, Miss DreNei, . III Io,mes Of
tSs Misses IIoyt and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert honeS u
Of those present last evening were Mr anu
Mrs holm d. Townsend, Miss Margaret iow S ,ni
Irsse Williams T. H. French H. r. na"sDi' S San,nh
Colgste Sanford White, David H. Ming, jr; MGoPd
fodenbnra Creighton Webb, Mrs. Benson shcrmV V
e~ Ind e Beniamin H. Field, Charles s. Pelnaul nt
Co,one Lawrence Klpp z. c. Rice. Evan Ihomas 'rS'
Schasd d. o. Mills and John Mason