New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-13
THE GREAT FLOWER OHO".
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH VI
RARE PLANTS EXHIBITED.
SOCIETY COMES TO THE AID OF PUN O'
srMprIvEs AND TURNS THE ASTORIA
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BALLROOM INTO A FARMLAND.
The grand ballroom in the new Astoria Hotter
looked like fairyland yesterday afternoon ana ,he
,~onress,on deeDened when one examined the dis
NAV and found green roses potatoes and buAches
~ cranes Weighing four five pounds apiece
ohrysanthemums with one-haf OF the blossom req
and the other pure white full-biown roses 'i"'
we're scarcely bigger than peas, ana ch'!sdh'He
NUNS that were as big as hydrangeas. Inc oc-
oas,on was the New-York Gardeners Floral EX-
h,ttion given for the benefit Of the LOOMS SAM
,arilm for Consumptves. and. though II was
known that the display would be fine one 'he
reality has surpassed the expectation. Inc sho"
Is almost entirely an amateur one onIy d S" rra
nuuhcr OF exhibitors being In the trade Inc
efvers entirely filed the great ballroom ana over
Aowed on 10 the stairs and Into tho west ioyer' 'he
conservatory and the corridors
MRS. LADUE WINS A FIRST PRIZE
Almost the first thing one notices on entering ''e
ballroom sya curious plant called the pfQ-ol'pai"
disc flower It Is from the conservatory OF MIS-
e, r.. Ladue OF Glen Cove. and won hrst prize
The plant Is a native Of South America anu Iedi'I
bears a striking resemblance TO Dlrd.
: On. tho centre of the room are three towering
naIn,s from the Colgate greenhouses IN ionKers
srt sths south end raised on the oa1s IS mass u
decorative flowers from Mrs. Ladue's conserva-
tories covering one hundred square feet Ihls COL
lection won the silver cup offered by Mrs Nliliam
G. Whitney for the best group OF decorative pants
chrysanthemums excluded
Another 100 square feet were covered by MIS-
Charles Pratt. Of Brooklyn. On the north slue
were rs square feet OF greenhouse plants from Mr.
Co,ss.. ard a similar collection Of the same ex-
tent from D. Willis James Mr.. Cogates collec-
t,on won the silver cup offered by Elbrldse J.
. Gerry and Mr.. James won silver medal
Other exhibits Of Mrs. Ladue's are orchids ana
rare palms. One Of the latter pears the p!e's"i,'
name Of Auracarie- Rulei-C ACCOMPLISHMENTS IL
q is an extremely rare plant. and there are only
three in existence. Mrs. Ladues Is the only one
in America.
Mrs Ledues exhibit was one OF the largest on
the floor She spent some time at the show In the
afternoon Her favorite flowers orchids and
. chrysanthemurns and she Is constantly going about
her greenhouses to how her pets are flourish
ing. Mrs. Laduo gowned in black velvet
trimmed with wide bands Of Jet, and wore fur
, neckpiece and black velvet toquc.
The green roses and also the tiny midget roses
were exhibited by James W. Elwell Of Brooklyn.
The former flowers look more like carnations than
roses but their leaves establish their claim 10 the
name Of rose.
FOUR-POUND POTATO.
The four-pound potato comes from the dollhouse
OF william Crawford, OF Monroe y. Y punches Of
grapes weighing six pounds apiece have been sent
by William Rockefeller and Mrs. +. c. Eastman. OF
Tarrytown.
Orchids are shown IN great numbers. among them
being exhibits by Charles Rocbling. Of Trenton H.
Nick Twombly Mrs. J. Hood Wright. J. i. Col
gate Mrs. Ladue J. Crosby Brown and General H.
F. Terrill.
The Roebllng exhibit contains a modest little
blossom. and Mr.. Roebling has jus; refused to sell
It for 1850 10 Frank Hardy, an English orchid cx-
pert. The flower Is known as the cypFipendium in
signe sander.a and is just TIE ordinary orchid
which one can buy for 81, with the brown clint
mated. These leaves lovely pale green shad-
ing into yellow in the centre and to white at the
edge Of the upper petal. Another rare cyprpedium
in the same collection IS called the Henry Graves,
jr 1t is purple. with chocolate Sp9itis Nj
Roeblng won the silver cup offered by william J..
Dodge Tor the most beautiful arrangement OF Or
chids in flower r.,,.. .o,oo.,or e tho
cattieva Iabeata. II has $50 blossoms growing
from a single root, and is worth about 81"
COLLECTION OF CARNATIONS.
Perhaps the finest collection Of carnations IN the
United states is that shown by c. W. Ward. Of
Queens Long Island. ono Of them In n beautiful
maroon color is known the General Maceo, "
and lovely pale pink is the Mrs James Dean"
fine collection OF chrysan thomums Is exhibited
BY Mrs. Eastman. and has won two prizes. one. a
silver medal, for the best twenty-lour blooms in
twenty-four varieties, and the other. also silver
medal. for tho best thirty-siX blooms in thirty-s!X
varieties. Mrs. Eastman also won Il silver medal
for the best six cyclamens as well as several other
number OF interesting freak !chrysanthemums
are exhibited by l.. W. Chllds OF Floral Park.
clared TO be one exhibited by j. CROSBY Brown u
Orange. 1t won silver media and several other
chrysanthemum prizes also awarded 10 Mr..
Brown.
Mrs j. Hood Wright won a silver medal for the
best specimen croton. and another Tor tho best
three crotons In distinct varieties
20. SOME PRIzE-WINNERS.
Among other prize-winners are c. f. Dleterch.
Of Mnlbrook, y. Y; William Rockefeller OF larry
town; J. G. McNicol. Of Lawrence, Long Island;
Commodore Smith, OF Stamford. Conn: Charles
Graef. of Tarrytown a Luber. of Stamford;
General H. L. Terrell. OF Seabright; William Craw-
4ord. OF Monroe: G. b. Winslade. gardener on the
OSBORNE estate. Memarons,k; J. b. butcher and j..
Crosby Brown.
The judges Of the show are Mrs. Aston Mrs l.
1nXyWnsend Burden. Mrs William Dnsmore. Mrs.
william p. Douglas, Mrs. A. l.. Loomls. Mrs. Levi
z. Morton, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs. Mrs. John d.
Frlnce and Airs. Storrs Wells.
The patronessss Mrs Aston. Mrs. j. j. Astor.
Sirs J. II. Aldrich. Mrs. f. L. Baylies. Mrs. John
/, y. beekman, Mrs Frederic Bronson. Mrs. James
4: Burden Mrs. l. Townsend Burden Mrs William
Chandler Carey. Mrs. John Coster Mrs. Cottenet.
Mre. 1ayard Cutting Mrs. William Dnsmore. Mrs.