The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-07
FINE FLORAL EXHIBITION
GIVEN BY NEW HAVEN COUNTY
 HORTICULIURAL SOCIETY.
Prizes Awarded In Many Glasses Last Night-Large Attendance at the First Days sshowing-specini Music.

The floral exhibition of the New Haven I County Horticultural society at the polo
 rink on Chapel street is one or the finest eX- | hlDitions in that line ever given in this city. ! The show opened yesterday afternoon and | continued through the evening. It will be
 continued to-day and tomorrow, and be- 1 tween the hours of and ,, [ and 10, Men | ge'S orchestra will render fine programme of music. The following numbers will be
 given thls afternoon and evening: | March-S Semper Paratus" ....... .Gulford Selection-"lne Casino Girl' .Englander Wultz-"Wine, Women and Song" Strauss Danse Antique-"La Morsaria" ... Marse Selection Hoity-Toity ..... Stromberg Flute solo-Selected ........F Fred Guitoru Intermezzo Arabian-' Sesame ..... King Waltz-"rhe Strollers" ........ Englander Selecton-"The Ameer". .... ... Herbert CBy request)
 March-"The Daisy and the Butterfly.
 The interior of the rink has been 't4in trans formed into a veritable garden of flowers and the scene is q very striking one. Hun dreds of chrysanthemums of all colors, car nations roses, begonias, palms and other varieties of flowers are placed around in n tasteful manner and the whole looks like a
 flower garden. Near the entrance Is large and beautiful collection of eyergreens and among them is collection of the rare. ly found species. In the center of the hall in booth covered with smilaX there $ showing of cut flowers that is attracting great deal of attention, and radiating from lHlS center are lOut -Uu-1OOt groups UI HOW ering and foliage plants. All of these groups are entered for competition. Al though this is chrysanthemum season there will be no attempt to make them the feat ure of the show. At one end of the hall is a fine collection of gold fish aquariumS, jardinieres and Japanese plants which is an attractive part of the show.
 A large number of premiums were award ed last night by the following judges: John Bridgeport, J. Nj. Mcdonald of Hartford, and J. F. Huss of Hartford
 The following were the most important awards made: Section A, best group of decorative and Towering plants, not to oc- cupy over fifty square feet of floor space, to be arranged and judges by quality and general effect; silver coup valued at $10, for Joel A. Sperry; second prize, silver cup, valued at $5 won by Robert Patton, gard ner for Thomas G. Bennett, The first prize was offered by Champion, and the second by Moore, the florists.
 Section B, group of greenhouse, Lowering or decorative plants not to occupy over POO feet of floor space: First prize, a silver cup valued at $2o, won by William Gardi- ner gardner for Professor Henry Earnam; by Robert Patton.
 Six specimens of geraniums, John Dough ty, first prize; begonias, Lorraine, first prize, won by John Doughty; second prize, won by John de Greve.
 For the best group of twenty-ti five chrys- anthemums in pots: First prize, won by Gustave Ginter; second prize, won by Max Krauss.
 Prizes in all classes of roses were won by Robert Burns Angus, In the carnation class the first prizes were won by E. J. Morse.