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1896 Third Horticultural Hall. Exterior
1896 Third Horticultural Hall. Exterior
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Day, Frank Miles, 1861-1918
PHS's third Horticultural Hall opened in 1896. Designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Miles Day, this hall was patterned after a Florentine Renaissance palace. Its interior was ornate, with a large foyer, stained glass windows, and a grand staircase to the main hall brilliantly lit by electric light. An inability to make a profit on shows or hall rentals forced PHS to sell this building in 1917. It was demolished that year.
1896 Scene at the Chrysanthemum Show in the Horticultural Hall
1896 Scene at the Chrysanthemum Show in the Horticultural Hall
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Day, Frank Miles, 1861-1918, Chrysanthemums, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Chrysanthemum Show (1895), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Newspaper clippings
The 1896 Chrysanthemum Show and Exhibition of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables was a five-day event and the first major show held in PHS's new Horticultural Hall on Broad Street. The exhibition included chrysanthemums, orchids, foliage plants, palms, ferns, Japanese evergreens, ornamental grasses and bamboos, berry-bearing plants, crotons, dracaenas, carnations, caladiums, and roses. Awarded premiums totaled $1,491. This illustration, showing the interior of the new hall, appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on November 11, 1896.
1908 Schedule of Prizes Offered by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
1908 Schedule of Prizes Offered by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show (1908 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wealthy estate owners, called "private growers," and commercial growers such as florists and seed and nursery businesses offered prize money, called a "premium," to winners. Private growers competed with other private growers; commercial growers did likewise. Premiums would be for a specific class, such as "cut flowers, chrysanthemums, or, group of foliage and flowering plants, arranged for effect." At the 1908 exhibition, prize money amounted to $1,152, roughly $30,000 today.