The sun., 1916-11-12
C~HRYsANTHEMUM SHOW.
Prize winners at the Annual Event
Of the Americas Institute.

Prize winners At the Annual Event
Of Americas Institute.
The annual chrysanthemum show Of
the American Institute a held at the
Engineers Building November 8 TO 10.
The exhibition was considerably larger
than last year inc superior to II In
many ways.
Percy Chubb, Glen Cove. n. T.,
Robert Jones gardener, received first
prize for twelve cut blooms and for
six cut blooms. In the pen to all
class. first prize for ten blooms white.
six blooms pink. ten blooms bronze and
ten blooms in variety and for six
blooms japanese reflex crimson.
Mrs. Hamilton Nick. Twombly. Con-
vent Station, N. j.. Robert E.. Tyson
gardener. received many irst prizes.
Ralph Pulitzer, Manhasset, n. Y.
Frederick 'Hitchman gardener. re-
ccived first prize on specimen bush
white. second on six blooms crimson.
In the open to all. second on eighteen
g blDOT1S, three Varieties cdCu, anu utSt
on specimen bush: second on ten
blooms in variety. first on collection
of vegetables. first on six Japanese in
curved pink. second on six Japanese
reflex bronze. and first on violets.
Howard Gould, Port Washington.
y. V. w. W. Vert gardener. received
second prize on ten blooms bronze.
first on ten blooms crimson. first on ten
blooms yellow, first on specimen bush
white. second on six japanese in
curved pink. second on six japanese
reflex crimson. first on fifteen white.
first on fifteen crimson, second on hf-
teen any other color. second on six
blooms yellow, second on v~iolets. first
on rex h~cgon!as. first on collection
lowering begonias, first on begonia
Lorraine.
Mrs. Morton F. Plant, Groton. Conn.
f. Robinson gardener. received first
on six blooms bronze, second on ten
blooms white, second on six Japanese
incurved yellow. first on six blooms
japanese inverted bronze, first on six
Japanese reflex yellow. first on six
Japanese reflex pink. second or twen-
ty-four blooms n variety. long stems.
Mrs. John Crosby Brown. Orange, y.
j.. Peter Duff gardener. frst on speci-
men bush yellow. first on stand
ard white, first on specimen bush
pink and first on standard bush pink.
second on standard bush yellow. spe-
cial prize for a specimen bush and
second on specimen bush white.
Clarence L. Chapman. Oakland. y.
J.. Frank Black gardener. frst prize
on six Japanese incurred white, frs,
on six crimson.
Thomas y. McCarter. Rumson, y. J..
J. Cameron gardener. second prize on
six blooms bronze.
Mrs. j. s. S,raus. Mount Kisco. y
Y. Charles Young gardener. second
! on six blooms japanese incurred
, bronze, first on six blooms anemone
l Powered bronze. first on vase OF
anemone Powered and first on twelve
r bush plants.
Mrs, Payne whitney, Manhasset. y
Y, George Ferguson gardener. frs,
Oh six blooms Japanese incurvcd Grim
son. second on fifteen yellow INC sec
. ond on fifteen pink. second on 81,
anemone lowered yellow and secono
= on six white.
, Daniel Guggenheim. Elberon, y. J.
William Lackey gardener. first on cut
roses fifteen yellow blooms.
d. Z. Oppenheimer. Yonkers, n. Y.
4. Macdonald gardener. second prize
on six blooms new variety.
William r. Coe. Oyster Bay. y. Y.
Joseph Robinson gardener. won Tho
Alphano Humus Company silver
trophy for best collection Of vegetables
william r. Coe received second
prize on collection Of vegetables. and a
special prize was awarded to Mrs. y
T. Cockcroft. Saugatuck. Conn, Adam
Peterson gardener. for a lot OF excep.
~tionally well grown vegetables. Spe.
p clal prize was also awarded to Mrs
William Arnold. Babylon. James Stew.
( ems gardener. for a collection OF vege.
tables.
Peter Hauck, Jr., East Orange. ". ].
I Max Schneider gardener. received nrs'
for a specimen standard plant pink
W. p. Thompson, Yonkers. n. T.. re.
ceivcd first for a standard chrysanthe,
mum yellow.
In the commercial exhibits A. y
Person. Inc. and Charles A.. Tott,
r made large displays.
z Louis A. Noe received first prize or
Z roses, twenty-five white blooms, ant
= second for twenty-five yellow. twenty.
. five pink and twenty-five any Other
color.
= Charles A.. Totty received first prize
. fT twenty-five blooms yellow, alsC
: first for t~wenty-four blooms. twenty,
four varieties Of chrysanthemums
Scott Bros. received second prize II
these classes.
. Wilmer d. Smith 4 Co. exhibited
. Little Gem pompon. very small, whit,
. centre. outer petals shaded lilac, nea
oval shape,
j. Cool and r. Vincent, Jr,, 4 Son,
'. Co. also made trade exhibits.