New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-05
ADMIRING THE FLOWERS.
BEAUTIFUL CHRYSANTHEMUAfS SHOWN.
THE CROWDS IN THE BIG GARDEN BUILDING
FIND MUCH LONELINESS THERE.

The ChOW Us IN IHE uARDEN DolLDANp
FIND MUCH LONELINESS THERE.
Stately and tall, and lovely, the chrysanthemum
stll reigns queen Of the flower show. and fills the
place with wonderful varied colors. Though yester-
day was the third day OF the exhibition, few OF tho
flowers showed signs Of fading whitening, and rs
many new plants have been added the array Is more
picturesque than Lovely as tho sight Is, how
ever in the day time, It IS when night comes that all
the suite wtchery OF the stll place Is brought out
The white light OF day is too hard too crude for those
glowing masses Of coors and shaded hues The greens
seem marked and the eye wearies OF the varegted
patches of color But when darkness falls, and th,
daylight which streams through the great skynghts Is
suppaned by the glow and softened tnts OF the thou
sand japanese lanterns enchantment begins. and what
was a mere exhibition In the daytime. becomes
veritabe land Of flowers, where only they reign, and
human beings seem interOpers. IL Is at evening,
too that the greatest crowd comes although the place
has been well filled all day since the exhibit began
II is pleasant to watch the crowd and see how mxy
there are who seem filed with ver1tabe love Tor
the plants as II they children. Many Of The ex
hibitors hover over their flowers all day, ana thor
faces show their pride when visitor admires any
particularly beautiful specimen. They handle the
blossoms as II they animate, and never Dire OF
telling how they we're raised and cultivated.
Yesterday was devoted In measure to the exhibition
OF seedlings that Is flowers raised ron seeds ana not
from cuttings Many new and fine varities were
shown of which had never before been exhibited
One beautiful chryssnthemum was the new Ada
Mcvlckar variety, fulpetilled large flower, OF
delicate white color, which was beautiful enough
TO deserve It's name. great improved Mrs. AlpheuS
Hardy with hairy white petals, also attracted mich
attention Pitcher & Manda, who showed these two
vartties also exhibited a bronze yellow Henry May,
and a brilliant bright pink Miss Frances Tarbox
Chrysanthemum. This firm also shows handsome
group of tall yellow hairy type chrysanthemums which
are over six feet high. and their Mary wheeler
flower OF a delicate pink color like seasheil
In the middle of the hghthand side as one enters
is the display of orchids which Is the largest In the
hall Of those plants and though they are not season
able Just now, some charming plants are SHOWN, ana
they always have crowd around thein. hnlohs
them Is the valuable and rare Wanda sanderana. Inc
group looks unlike IN ordinary flower group ~
looks more as hundreds OF gorgeous butterflies were
lowering over a mass Of quaint leaves. one orchld
in particular might deceive one. Is the apty named
butterfly orchid and It's petals are exactly Ike the
extended Quvertng wings OF that inseco Then there
is the Cypnpedium Regae, beautiful striped odolty
Another specimen is the Insegne AmcSlanus' anu
next to II is bright golden flower the Mrs CarhuH
A wonderful white orchid, the spicerianum cyprpe
dunn the arthurianum, the aristocrat among the
orcb,ds the cardinaIe so named from It's bright color
the Depdrobium formosum giganteum, and the rare
yexlllarium with dozen Others quaint as curious
and as lovely, vie for attention. In the Japanese
pagoda also there is splendid mass OF orchlds III
basket shown By Siebrecht & wadley. Some other
rare vartes will DO added to this collection today'
among them being the odontoglossum roezln, ousl-
dium papilo augraecum le0niS and the cattleya In
perlaus.
Mr. Ladenburg shoyed magnificent crimson seed
ling chrysan themum and 1t the Oelrichs prize,
cup worth Sa5 for the best variety Of that color.
On the left hand, enters the hall, is a fiery
mass OF red plants, which look much like gladlon
They are called French cannas, are shown by James
Dean of Bay Ridge, and wonderful example OF
how lovely and valuable flower may be evolved from
weed for that Is the way this variety was cultivated
by successive steps The weed from which they sprang
il known as Indian shot Grouped around this patch Of
red are dark green ferns and palms, among them
aocasia tluidantianum, huge leaf with SNOWY white
stripes crossing surface also the starthngy curious
antherum andreanum, queer feshy red leaf, with
long white growth extending from its centre, making
Il look for all the world like red face with long
pale nose 49,, ~, . l.. NJ,
Further on on the same side OF the hall next to MI
Ladenburg's admired tuberous beg0nias, theIe ID q
mail orange tree bearing fruit 1t Is specimen OF
lie Otaheite orange from the South sea Islands, ana
has been In one family In this city for forty years. ana
still bears fruit, remarkably fragrant, shaii HSht
Az the other en- dof the hall, In front OF Siebrecht
& Wsdeys miniature tropical forest, stands wonder
fll Chinese Kiosk made OF flowers. 1t Is exhibited by
ames fiddle and apart from its beauty it is reGarka
be through the fact that almost every known Hover
anfpd N It's ID.