New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
orchids RECEIVE
Al At FLOWER SHOW
naughty Blooms Don Their
long Family Names as
Mayor Appears.
ooSES WILL RULE
EXHIBIT TO-DAY
u..;sts Show Rare Specimens
and Awards Are Made
10 Exhibitors.

- rsttlcva. Senorits Odonto-
- Nine. Cypripcdium and Mile.
.,,,.nopsis received yesterday at the
- Of the Flower Show at the
- Central Palace. In everyday
,..s-sv speech these illustrious per-
-, are known as orchids, but they
:, vivid hues and startling shapes
=, ere better suited by their fan
81, seientic names.
=, and Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell
,,.o nresent. The Mayor not only
W the exhibit, but also hied him,
W "a the Red Cross Tea Garden and
:. tine Joined IN dancing.
- specics of bloom known TO
-, and a few newly invented ones,
W. !. ',,s,,n'resented at the Palace, from the
~ sweetpea and the modest sham
~. 60 the sristocratic orchid. In these
~ especially. are there seen de-
- ...s,ss from the established forms.
,Irhr;d Of this type, recently grown
!. Element Moore. of Hackensack, and
~ after the Queen Of Belgium, is
.s.r,d for sale, the price paid for it
80 10 the Red Cross. Miss Frances
go vss visitor at the show yester-
sT and was especially interested in
:. marie Od,le.' new pink and
~, blossom which has been named
,h,r her play by ". A. Wanda, Of
| S,.h Orange, IFS grover.
While YESTERDAY the shamrock was
,-,no,ed TO rule supreme and was sold
: various workers for the Red Cross.
Z, exhibition which attracted the most
,-sn,on was the orchid display by
sig, Roehrs. Of rutherford, y. j.
-.,v are OF al forms and colorS, and
| ;, rather grisly exhibit shows a dainty
r,tie springing from the crown of 4
tgrsn skull.
Gather We rosebuds while We may"
,,st have been perfectly practicable
,Njss in Shakespeare tine, but the
russe New Yorker rarely has oppor-
--i,T 10 follow this admonition. To-
q, he can al least view more roses
l,n he ever saw before in one
a-hring By calling at the Palace.
larly a million individual specimens
VII be displayed. Chief in interest in
~, exhibit will he the two models for
r,,ic gardens. shown by A. y. Pier
rs, Of Cromwell. Conn. and +. K. Pier
vr former Mayor of Tarrytown, the
',Esrs in which are nearly all rambler
/ uses
Fer the benefit OF those upon whom
v'icul,ure pals, tea garden, the
w0:eeis OF which 90 to the Red Cross,
d. been placed al one corner of the
alony Here number of society
,oren clad in the costume Of Red
Gross nurses, serve refreshments and
4 .side the footsteps Of the unchaperoned
-sle who ventures therein through the
-,rcaties OF the fox trot
Today IS rose day, and awards will
q made 70 exhibitors of this type of
FOYER Tomorrow carnations will be
..gtd, and a number Of exhibits of
aas aeeorat,ou for hotels will be dis
TiItl On Friday sweepstakes will rule.
ah' ca Monday y,OletS, together with
ts'IIs Of table decoration foe the
i9rt
Arong the winners Yesterday were
M. 4 ". Booth. who scored a first
VI hel hyacDths and tulips; Mrs. II.
l'A Ivomby and John Wanamaker,
NO we're awarded blue ribbons in the
ZEN class; Mrs. J. Hood Wright also
Meyed q first in this event. Mrs. II.
.afhngion, Of Namaroueck. y. Y, won
special prize for the best basket of
gi flowers.
Some who visited the show yesterday
re Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt. Mrs.
'sceriek Vanderbilt. Mrs. Ogden L..
,,l,4s' Miss Anne Morgan, Mrs. o. II. z.
tnont Mrs. A. b. Boardman, Miss
1na Sands, Mr.. and Mrs. Cabot Ward,
hJohn A. Alexandra, Mrs. F. l.. Win
l9h Mrs. James Speyer, Miss Ger
,'ae Robinson Smith, Mrs. James b.
,iAs' Mrs Brayton Ives. Mrs. A. S.
Saaadre, Miss Mabel Gerry, Miss
Hy hoyt Wiborg, Mr.. Don Barber,
Il William Woodward. Mrs. +. Win