New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21

were no mere boutonnieres Of hun
bred or two hundred blooms, such as
visitors to the Grand Central Palaces
flower show have become used 10 this
last week. Their area had to be COM
puted in terms Of square feet.
Twenty-Five of these square feet, ra-
diant with more than one thousand
flowers, took first prize for Daniel o..
Reid, or lvington, in the private grow
ers' competition.
The stern sweetpea judges in
awarding this prize. considered the
quality Of bloom, artistic arrangement
and the effect as a whole before they
proclaimed Mr.. Reid winner. He also
took blue ribbon for collection OF
six varieties of twenty-five sprays each.
and Alexander Geddes, of Stamford,
Conn, was in first place, with lou
sprays of variegated blooms.
But il was after the sweetpea ANA
tours had been judged that the crowd
got its first conception of what flowers
EN- masse are like. The professionals
all roses on whose color or arrange
ment hung the reputation of the big
trade growers-became the centre OF
interest.
Like Mr.. Wordsworth's daffodils,
they stretched in never ending line"
but they didn't confne themselves to
lines. They spread out into companies
and battalions. Altogether, they made
a good sized army corps of flowers.
Two competitors came TO the fire in
this "war of the roses" They were
+. r. Pierson, of Tarrytown, and II. y.
Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn. They had
FLASHED before on Thursday, the larry
town man coming off best with his
American Beauties and the Connecticut
entrant sweeping the field with Kill
larneys. Yesterday Tarrytown's for
mer Mayor was taking no chances on
the quantity, no more than the quality.
Of his exhibit.
A solid mass of cut roses, covering
two hundred square feet, was his bid
for the honors. More than 1,OOO
flowers, the aristocracy of his gardens,
were there, among them famous varle-
ties known to growers as Ophella,
Francis Scott Key, Crimson Queen,
American Beauty, Killarney Queen and
Richmond Mignon. The Connecticut
roses equalled in extent and number
that of the New York man, but after
more than an hour of inspection the
Judges gave first prize TO the ex-Mayor
of Tarrytown.
To 90 back to the sweetpess, COM
mercial grower class. August Contram,
of Holmesburg, Penn, almost cleared
the board of prizes. In the. competi-
ton for 100 sprays in each OF the
classes he took six first prizes and one
second out of nine entries. John NJ.
Barker, Of Morristown, \. j.. took two
first prizes. A. Harvey e. Sons were IN
first place, but Mr.. Barker came back
in the competition for the finest dis
play of sweetpeas, covering plot 100
feet square, arranged for effect, and
went to first place. Charles A. Zvo-
lanek, of Bound Brook, y. j.. famous
for his work in developing winter
towering sweetpeas in this country, got
second place
Sweetpcas as sweetpeas gave way
Cor while yesterday TO sweetpeas
as dinner table decorations. Thee "ere
half a dozen sets OF exquisite arrange
mcnts. each table work of art in the
truest sense. David Francis. Of Con-
vent Station, y. j., won first prize, a
silver plate, given by Frederick K.
Newbold, treasurer of the Horticultu-
raj Society of New York. Second prize