Tells the varieties of flowers, herbs, vegetables, plants and trees Pendergrast is cultivating.
Bronson van Wyck decorated the tables with green orchids and many different varieties of flowers, all red.
Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers.
More than 30,000 varieties of flowers, plants and trees will decorate Macy's main floor and mezzanine during the annual flower show, from Sunday through April 29.
Hallmark, which sells fresh flowers by telephone and online, has unearthed an entire vocabulary from the Victorian era that assigns specific meanings to varieties of flowers.
"We have 148 varieties of flowers and 1,000 plants here," said Mrs. Yates, a septuagenarian who loves gardening and Simsbury with equal doses of zest and gratitude.
His van was filling up with varieties of flowers: the agapanthus from California, the eucharis lily, the hydrangea and the amaryllis from the Netherlands.
Behind the clock rooms were glass-walled research centers where new varieties of flowers are tested for shelf life, and buyers can examine the latest floral trends.
The fact that gardeners are willing to devote space to flowering quince -- and often to several varieties of flowering quince -- is a tip-off to how spectacular those spring flowers are.
Indeed, he said, since the trust suspended Mr. Darlington's lease this year, preventing him from intensive management of the river and banks, "there are many varieties of flowers and insects that are there now and weren't there previously".
