The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-03

Chester Griswold, Mrs. Charles r.
Henderson, Mrs. Charles G. Franck-
lyn, Mrs. F. Burial Hoffman, Miss
Rosina S. Hoyt. Mrs. c. B. Macdonald
Mrs. Rufus L. Patterson. Mrs. Henry
K. Porter. Mrs. H. H. Rogers, Mrs
Horace Russell, Mrs. Frederick O.
Snow, Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson. Mrs
Howard Townsend. Mrs. Henry G.
Trevor, Mrs. Robert Waller, Mrs. Peter
b, Wyckoff.
The show committee consisted of
Stanley r. Gambler, chairman; H. H.
Wells, secretary; Frank Marshall.
treasurer. and o. C. Gardner, George
Anderson, James Dickson, Frank
Smith, Charles Frankenbach, George
Campbell, q, G. Ager, Robert Melrose.
The judges for the general displays
were William Turner OF Oceanic, N. J.:
Robert Jones of Glen Cove and John
Melrose of Cold Spring Harbor.
The judges of the special prizes,
which included table decorations, bas
kets and vases, on Wednesday after
noon were Mrs. II. II. Rogers, Mrs.
Albert GaNatin and Mrs. John Cross,
and on Thursday Mrs. III. H. Rogers,
Mrs. Robert Breese and Miss Elizabeth
Barry.
The exhibition was held in a tent
un the shore of Lake Agawam.
Outside OF the main entrance there
were rows of bay trees, tubs of hy-
drangeas in flower, evergreen trees
and other ornamental plants.
At the right of the entrance @. E
NJ. Stump had an attractive display
of cut flowers, vases and ornamental
ware.
The show was very credltable, the
large display of annual and peren-
NAL flowers was unusually good. A
large centre table was devoted to rex
begonias built up in pyramid form by
! arranging the tall plants in the cen
tire surrounded by the lower grow
ing varieties. The feature OF this ex-
hibit was that there were no two
plants of the same variety.
Another handsome exhibit was a
large table of ferns. This also was
in pyramid form.
There was a large and beautiful dis
play Of perennial phlox, gladioli,, dahl
las, roses, etc.
Mrs. Samuel Thorne. Southampton,
James Dowlen. gardener. took first on
unnamed seeding gladioli and dis
played some very creditabie flowers.
The feature of John Lewis Childs's
gladioi exhibit was an unnamed seed
ling, No. 81 light ground, crimson
faxed. La Couronne, a Lemoni type
with white under petals. splashed red
and yellow, was conspicuous on &C.
count of size, form and beautiful color
Mrs. II. Z. Coe, Southampton, John
Con. gardener, captured first prize
on four vases OF perennial phlox.
Mrs. Goodhue Livingston, South
ampton. George Campbell. gardener
took first on twelve show ldahlias and
second on decorative dahlias. Mrs
Stephen Peabody scored second on
show dahlias.
On twelve named perennials. Mrs
G. w. Schuman, ]. G.. Cassidy, gar
dener, won first; Meadow Club. Frank
". Smith, gardener. second. and Mrs,
r. NJ. Thompson, o. G. Owen, gar
dener, third.
Mrs. A. w. Krech won first on four
blooms of hydrangea hortensis.
Mrs. r. NJ. Thompson. Owen G.
Owen, gardener, took first on twelve
asters. .-,
Twenty vases Of ANIMALS was award
ed to Stephen Peabody. On fifteen
vases of ANIMALS Mrs. Rufus Patter-
son was awarded first: Mrs. q. w.
Schuman, second; Meadow Club, third.
Fourteen, vases Of ANIMALS went 10
Stephen Peabody for first and Meadow
Club, second.
Mrs. Albert Herter, East Hampton,
John Easer, gardener, secured first on
largest display of vegetables; Mrs.
Rufus Patterson. 8. r. Gambler. gar
dener, second, and Mrs. e. w. Horne,
u. G.. Ager. gardener, third.
On the collection Of twelve kinds
of vegetables Mrs. J. Hakle, George
Ripple, gardener, was first; Mrs. C.
y. Macdonald. George Anderson. gar
dener, second; Mrs. Rufus Patterson.
8. r. Gambler. gardener. third.
On the fifteen kinds OF vegetables
the prizes were divided as follows
Meadow Club, first: Stephen Peabody
second; Mrs. Albert Herter. titSfd.
The prizes for the best twelve ears
of corn went to Mrs. H. r, Coe, frst
Mrs. A. Herter, second.
On the eighteen kinds OF vegetables
first was taken by to Meadow Club,