New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
FACTORY: is4 AND I56 WEST I9"srReEr
CITY HALL FLOWER SHOW.
A GAY DISPLAY OF BLOOM AND PLANTS FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILLRE
AND THE HOSPITALS.

A GAY DISPLAY OF BLOOM AND PLANTS FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN
AND THE HOSPITALS.
The annual flower show OF the New-forK Car
deners' Society was held yesterday in the Alder
mems chamber In the City Hall. The room pre-
sented a far different appearance to It's ordinary
businesslike aspect the Aldermens desks and those
OF the president and clerks being covered with
blossoms In rose-glasses, while against the walls
were placed larger specimens in pots. The show
was for the benefit Of the poor children and hospl-
tails OF New-York City. The children OF the pubic
schools In the neighborhood were Invited and the
ST. Joseph's Home Band provided music. Al the
close of the show the flowers were given to repre-
sentatives of the city hospitals. Besides the flowers
there were some fine specimens Of vegetables ana
fruit.
Mayor Strong opened the show at o'clock In a
short speech he complimented the gardeners on
their exhibits and said that the Adermen's cham
her had never looked attractive BEFORE he
hoped that the show would be an annual occur
renee at the City Hall. Park Commissioner Stiles,
who spoke and John Shaw president OF the society.
thanked the Mayor for the privilege OF holding the
exhibition in the City Hail. Then after few
words from Mr.. Hunter. secretary OF the society, a
vote of thanks 10 the Mayor was passed, and the
doors opened to about three hundred children
who had been waiting outside.
Among the prize winners were
For orchid.-Frrst prize c. Reilly gardener for Will
s am fOr IL MCKAY rwomSy
E Gns5 for prizes Sssss r
For herbaceous pIsntsnsPscaI prizes T. E febn sa
Childs Floral Park: other prizes to W; A. Mands'
c gay" Monroe. n Il James Kirby gardener for
Mrs S D. Ripley Hampstead. Long Island John g.
Mnn snSrse s sarene for o. NJ
oneck y Harrington gardener for Mckay iay
Tw9mb Mnd s j. Won;ad ssrds ssra.n nor
FOR the Osborne estate Mamaroneck N Y. and Fred
erick Mangold. gardener for Miss Helen Could
Mathieson r4inson for hybrid perpetuals and Tor
roses Grerson. gardener Tor Hicks Arnold. Rye. T.
s sSf ssabrsh J Kennedy cup to H. Harvey
gardener for obert Parks Rye ~ r. for hybrids; other
prizes. F. Boulon, sesclin \. j., and John Aikin
Taane, gardener for Miss Mathisson Of Iryngton and
Bay Ridge Long Island. Taare won the greatest num-
Der OF miscellaneous prizes William Anderson gardener
Marshal gardener for j. T. pIchsr Piw,ins H
Robert Marks. gardener FOR Mrs De La yergne Mama
ronsck so sardener for Mrs IT. Eastman rarry.
town n. Y. and F. r. Poirkovsky. gardener for Mrs.
Reynai white Plains.
The display said by the members TO be the
best that the society has ever held. +. Mongold.
gardener for Miss Helen Gould. at Irvington
showed a new culture of orchid: for which he OBJ
varieties of orchids were shown, and there was
also an excellent display OF roses, Childs: the
florist. Of Floral Park. Long Island. exhibited a
remarkable plant-yinatoxicum acumnatum. or
mosquito catcher. When a mosquito inserts his
prohoscis into the flower TO get the honey between
the stamens and the pistls II Is held by 6a ,,
draw IT, It struggles until 1t dies. and then the
petals close upon IL.