New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-19
LOVELY FLORA EXHIBITED
WILD FLOWERS ARTIsTICALLY DIS.
PLAYED AT THE STORM KING CLUB.
THE CLUBS HOME SITUATED IN AN ENHANCING
SPOT ON THE HuDsoN-THosE WHO VS.
TIED THE FLOWER SHOW

SPOT ON THE HUDsoN-rHosE WHO VS.
TIED THE FLOWER SHOW.
The doors OF the beautiful clubhouse of the Storm
King Club. at Cornwall-on- Hudson. were thrown
wide open yesterday to receive the friends OF the
club who came 10 the annual wIIdhower show. and
those who were favored with invitation to the
unique exhibition Will not forget the treat
which prepared for them and which was doubly
enjoyable because OF the perfect weather.
The trip to Cornwall IL In Itself n delight and
many who made It yesterday for the first time and
who saw the beautiful panorama OF the Hudson
from the west side will make the trip again. even
II wldnower show Is offered an extra In
ducement. The guests OF the club were met at the
Cornwall station by mountain conveyances in which
they were taken. by winding. well-kept road, to
the clubhouse. which stands in the shadow OF
Storm King overlooking the picturesque Newburg
Bay. There Is a popular superstition In cornwall
to the effect that the clubhouse Is one and half
miles from the station. but OF the guests who
walked the greater part Of the way, because their
horse seemed the point OF giving up his equine
ghost have serious doubts as to the correctness OK
the estimated distance.
An orchestra was stationed on the lawn In 'front.'
OF the clubhouse. gayly dressed women and chill
dren added life to the pretty picture and excama-
tons Of delight were heard from the guests as they
arrived before they had yet seen the snow "hich
was the object OF their visit
The whole interior OF the clubhouse was deco
rated artstically with wild flowers. producing
Kaleidoscope effect Not shrub nor a flower was
TO be that had been cultivated. member
of the club explained that the organization does
not devote any time to botany nor are botanical
exhibitions among the objects OF he club. but the
country around offers so much that Is beautiful
in that line that some members who have knowl-
edge In that direction and skill In reproducing
natural effects and taste In decorating prepare
this treat for the members and their friends an
nually.
The vestibule OF the house was profusely dec
Grated with azaa and dogwood. and these to-
gether with many varieties OF ferns. were used
most extensively In the decoration The dra"ihs-
ROOM reception-room aud the staircases were also
decorated, and wherever 1t was possible to place
them, a sprg o, n bunch OF some wild hover was
artstically placed. In one room the walls were
completely covered with collection OF water-color
pictures OF the natural flora OF the region All the
flowers which were on exhibition were reproduced
In the collection. which contained also many speci-
mems which are not In bloom at present. ms
contribution 20 the display was the work OF H. G.
Lee.
The chief feature OF the show was confined 10
the reading and wring-room This had been
cleared of all Its furniture and on the floor was re-
produced tamarack swamp. rich with flora. IL
was not the creation OF a landscape gardener nor
OF a decorator but a faithful reproduction Of a
swamp which was known to many VINO visited tne
show The rocks which formed the boundary mad
been brought from the swamp and 20 were the moss
and the earth. and even the frogs With r croaked
In b.lssful ignorance OF their translation. This ex,
hibit resembed nower-covercd grotto on ana
psn Soen reaG sheep aure royal fern
rack blue spruce snap marigold, cranberry, cotton
grass. the wild purple clematis and other Towering
plants. Besides the swamp exhibit the room con.
tained a collection OF nnetysx distinct species OF
T ns Of the ad that
varieties OF orchids had been found within five
miles of the club but that only seven were now
in bloom. There was ten varieties OF vioets. be-
Sides many varieties OF wild pansIes geraniums.
lady. slippers. red trum, parsnps. buttercups'
Most of those w.o came to the flower show Went
to the balconies Of the clubhouse, from when
cafsklI Mo , The scene from the clubhouse
the md m M Se rSaa to dS S' puf the
May-day sun. was picture which VIII De long
The storm King Club was organized for the pro,
motion Of osa 10 Its .ns
president. Edward l.. Partridge; vice president
powers powers secretary car.os ii. stone Board OF
Trustee James s!m2n James " smih E a.
John NJ Cornell! Edward w Foster, Edward L.
Partridge Carlos H. Stone. George +. Hodgman
= ' Roe' q Van VorSi powers AMI Joseph s stout
Among those who came to the Hover snow snow yes
and Mrs Murdoch. ": Japan, Il X s. Sheldon s,.Ldo'
Miss T "P BIaSem Kern Miss Van vaikenbuTrh and
son %i' Merrill Il, Mrs. H. carey Weir Miss Weir Mr.
and Mrs, r. X Dana Mrs Frank Dana Mr. Mr. a., End
IL G Perkins. Mrs. BENJAMIN. Mrs, " oatman,
r r AND AND Mrs Mrs 6 Leners, Dr. Francis pelaael
Mrs J. Wells Miss Russns Mss N Ienkns j.
sf G and ar M &n' s Ut + Hodsman Mr. and Mrs g. f.
odsmsn the Misses mr. and nnd Mrs oSn
McKesson. Mrs. Lawson Vaeeptlne, Mr., and Mrs;
4. r. Ledoux, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. V. Powers and