New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
GREAT FLOWER SHOW.
1T WILL OPEN IN MADISON SQUARD
GARDEN TO-MORROW-HOW INTER-
EST IN HORTICULTURE HAS
GROWN IN RECENT
YEARS.

ton of the New-YOrk Florists Club, which or
ganization will give $1,000 in premiums to the
exhibitors of superior and plants and
flowers. Flower shows take place in and
New-York frequently but this one will have
features which previous show couli lay
claim to. While flowers raised by men who
make flower culture a business will be exhibited
in large quantities, the larger part Of the exhibit
tion will be devoted to flowers raised on private
grounds by people who never sell plant.
'The finest flowers in this part of the world"
said II. a. Bunyard who handles great quanti-
ties of plants and flowers for the market. are
raised by lovers of flowers who maintain ex-
pensive greenhouses and have no return for their
money except the satisfaction of owning su-
perior collections"
The exhibition which will be opened to-mor-
row will give such owners opportunity to
compare notes. and will bring together the gar
deners of the vicinity who have charge Of the
notable greenhouses. Among the exhibitors will
be the National Botanic Gardens. Washington:
the New-York Botanical Garden. Prospect Park.
Brooklyn; III. Mckay Twombly. Madison n. j.;
d. Willis James. Madison. n. j.; Samuel Thorn,
MillbroOk. ~ j.; Samuel Untermyer YonkerS.
N. Y; Talbot j. Taylor. Cedarhurst. Long ISL
and; G. d. Adams. Seabrisht n. j.; Theodore
a. Havemeyer. Hampstead. Long Island; Joha
Crosby Brown. Orange. n. j.: c. F. Dietrich.
MiilbrOok. n. j.: ]. C. Eastman Tarryt0wn -
Y: j. c. Bovine. Oakdale. Long Island: II. I.
Terrell. Seabrght. n. j.: W. Rockefeller Tarry-
town. n. Y. and w. III. Wood, Greenwich, y. :.
Aside from the display of orchids. roses. cana
tions. chrysanthemums and vioets. which will
be prominent features of the show. there will
be special exhibitions of cut flowers and of set
pieces made from ferns leaves and flowers
Among these exhibits will be table and room
decorations for weddings and receptions. in the
composition of which palms, orchids and rc.e
foreign plants will be used.
The Flower Show and Horticultural Exhiti-
tion it is called officially. will give the public
a good opportunity to see how much attention
owners of large estates pay to Horticulture. and
its promoters hope that the show will also slim
ulate activity in the various branches. and that
the friendly rivalry will lead to discoveries
in the art of raising flowers. The commercial
florist is usually too busy to make experiments
He leaves the labor and the expense of creatr;
new combinations and colors to the ''gentleman
florist" When experiments successful the
florist makes of the discovery.
and raises the improved plant for the market
and names it for the whose experiments
made it possible The chrysanthemum was IN
flower a few years ago but Eng
lish florists improved il successfully that lis
sale has become one of the best sources of reve-
nue. to the flower seller. more than S.,ooon
worth having been sold in the United States
last year.
other flowers show similar records of popu-
arity, and, while the amateur derives pleasure
from his flowers the commercial florist receives
good prices for his contributions the flower
market. The specialists in roses have been
active in the last few years, with
the result that the finest specimens of that
family of flowers now raised in the United
States. This refers to roses grown in winter
Golden Gate and Pearl roses are
among the best examples OF American progress
in the flower world. and many specimens of
hese flowers will be shown at the coming en-
hibition.
1T pays to put good stock the market" saie
flower dealer. because the New-Yorker appre
.iates handsome flowers. More flowers are sold
N New-York than in any other city in the world:
here flower shops in the world like ours.
and the prices realized are better than in any
,ther city. OF course the time of the year
regulates the prices to a great extent. and
American Beauty roses range all the way from
Il 80 to $50 a dozen. Orchids valuable in
keeping with their rarity A shade tint
,r general forma ton may be produced by
,ident. but the flower becomes valuable, and its
market price depends entirely the owner
If he is rich and thinks much of orchids the
lew specimen will be put down among the
priceless flowers. The orchids sale at the
lorist shops in NewYork bring from $l2 to $l5