New-York tribune., 1901-11-17
MANY FLOWER SHOWS.
,,1T1oNS IN PARK AND PRIVATE
GREENHOUSES OPEN TO THE
PTBLIC THIS WEEK

o,1a who failed visit the flower show
. a-as held at Madison Square Garden recent
- who are interested In flowers have an
= Hr+,,rt-y 10 see several fine collections this
opf viss Helen Miller Gould's greenhouses at
-sh,,rs- are open TO the public. and contain
-, ~ chrysantheuums of rare beauty.
- are more than two thousand specimens
-, ,f them being rare varieties
.,o-t4r hne collection Of chrysanthemums Is now
-. ;, the middle house Of the Prospect Park
-,-s.ories This collection contains eighty va
- The flowers are OF ali coIors. and many
:. .rsr, are 10 be seen only in this collection. The
,-ro,se Of the conservatory has been artistically
ros4 and besides many interesting tropical
---s including rare species Of palms and banana
- ,,-+af1s . miniature waterfall and brook
-s7ne5 bv a tiny rustic bridge, giving the whole
cfos,rre the appearance of japanese garden
= a-o-t,e- house IS the cactus collection. which
,.;,-d the first prize al the recent flower show
-. s-e bout one hundred varieties in this col
-, f-7--uEing the crown OF thorns, with its
- red bloom. and the old man" a strange
.,,idsI plant covered with white hairy sub
stance. ,,.
.at~s- handling the plants. This warning may
-.-..-7.5 once" said an attendant. but
- AGAIN Sometimes an inquisitive person
.rsnEs he would ike 10 feel Of the thorns, but he
s,sr,y r4-rets it. and when ne turns away with an
--strc hand be- blames the greenhouse for having
---F nasty things around WHere people can MANURE
-heTn.~
,-o-s,a- flower show NAV be seen in the green
80 aa;or,g5ng 10 the horticultural department OF
= T,soarrnlent Ct Public Parks, near the LoriiiaTd
,s;,7 in Bronx Park This is the place where
= eoz-7rs rslarts and shrubs for the public parks
= >-v-y-~L are raised During the winter and
o. ---7-r- The pIantS housed IN three green
90, r57=r7 there ar many me Skrtl-
hOAsl-r -5-y-s The first Cf these houses contains
~ --1-f-aI plants including forty Slecl'S - %
- oi--,- --grr-v species Of baTaDas. slet,Htl L. -
- -r-~. varieties Of climbing plants N late
@.N,r5 Ho-lSe are plants from more ttHi3ye-s q
s-C3Ic 4lsrs arc blooming flowers from japan,
fTs=ti 80 81 Good Hope and Australia oralEsS
o-a FaS I~5ia and pretty dwarf ps4fllS IlIL u
TTsnsvaal The third house cI'ilaiilS ms . =; elsr
af erehi5s. and another. sIIaalIeF MUS - 9
over 70 sucCulaDt plants e-- ~ this
61a ~ the most interesting iealNIts % - 80
,-e- -o-,a eating esta hIiShn1ent IS me -ALEll
- head gardener This plot OF efolisd ef,!L =,a-s
n,ref in ridges and terraces. on HIhtL ~: >
.es--,o-s 10 high attitudes are CultlNe Gu -
l.Se: o---af-s about three thousand sfeclts.
eo!;;es. eSe1v-siss priraroses. gintiana- monk 5
5oo5 yfal4rs solGanellas. cyciSTfen anu . =
r. Aoyzers in this collection are aIioPto 20 ~
--af7 in the Alpine garden al winter 80 -
41s-1ctar saws they viii be good as lie" IeA
spring
~. ,-,-sa-7-ber7yr7 show Of the American lnstl-
80 TOOK Mace at the Berkeley IyceuIl laSt
- fLe-a lovers OF flowers had a good oIporl'1t. -
- seeing many rare and woncerIu! -.
-, ot zaZ-s-s There was one chrySaIl le1iuIh
-! ,z.er7-a5 r-rv-f1ye inches IN Circlilillt q
e,ca There have been larger eNhinlIolls.- 80 s g
- T-sy-io7ls show the average slle ~ '-'''@
= rarpa IS Al rhe recent eNhlbllofl ---.,--
80 -.o-p nc exhibitors We're H Mch I"C-lL.-is
= = s5s-,e Mrs John E. Trevor, John ttospg
Brown William Rockefeller Corneilus y DiIS ~
Charles DieTrick.