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NOVEMBER 10, 1898. 



of the "Queen of Autumn" in the best 

 stage of its growth. So on Thursday, 

 the 3d inst.. an aggregation number- 

 ing in the neighborhood of seventy- 

 five, toolc the 11 o'clocli a. m. train 

 from Boston to Natick, where in an 

 liour's time the party was greeted with 

 a grand exhibition of clirysanthe- 

 munis and roses the equal of which it 

 would be hard to find. 



Mr. Wood has about 175.000 square 

 feet of glass almost entirely devoted 

 to roses, of which he grows some of 

 every variety which are popular 

 among the buying public. His able 

 assistant, Mr. Montgomery, who has 

 the entire charge of the growing, does 

 not believe in ever being out of the 

 market, and has perfected his meth- 

 ods so that he can at any time supply 

 without the least difficulty any de- 

 mand for any variety of roses. .The 

 majority of this stock is budded on to 

 the manetti. and Mr. Montgomery has 

 this year entirely discarded bench 

 growing; everything is in solid beds. 

 He claims that with the budding of 

 tea roses he increases his percentage 

 of the best quality of blooms, and does 

 not, as is claimed by some, reduce his 

 quantity. Mr. Montgomery is a be- 

 liever in chemicals and uses them to 

 good advantage. Nitrate of soda and 

 bone are his principal ingredients. 



Besides roses, chrysanthemums have 

 now for a few years formed an impor- 

 tant crop at this establishment and 

 one could travel all over the country, 

 and I might say, the world, and not 

 find their equal. The blooms are 

 strictly high grade and have for years 

 taken the leading prizes at the an- 

 nual chrysanthemum exhibitions of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. 



The cuttings of these are made early 

 and are not allowed to receive the 

 least set back. They are planted di- 

 rect from small pots into benches, 

 with about six inches of soil, and al- 

 lowed from ten to twelve inches ot 

 space, grown to single stems, and 

 most of them flowering from the 

 crown bud. 



Outside of these crops, a house of 

 Adiantum Farleyeuse looks very nice. 

 and goes to show the forethought of 

 Mr. Montgomery in growing a crop 

 of a staple of which there is never 

 known to be enough. 



After spending a couple of very en- 

 joyable hours at the conservatories, 

 the entire party were photographed 

 and invited to again enter the car- 

 riages, whereupon they were trans- 

 ferred to the famous Bailey hotel at 

 South Natick. Here Mr. Wood and 

 his capable manager, Mr. Montgom- 

 ery, both of whom are kings among 

 rose growers, proved themselves to be 

 princes among entertainers, and the 

 company sat down to a repast at 

 which there was nothing needed to 

 make it a success. 



After an hour spent in enjoying the 



good things of life the host, Mr, Wood, 

 called the guests to order and in his 

 own inimitable way welcomed them 

 to Natick and the Waban conserva- 

 tories, also introducing the only Law- 

 rence Cotter as toastraaster. With so 

 much talent around the table it was 

 hard to make a beginning, but Mr. 

 Cotter was equal to the occasion and 

 called upon Col. H. A. Thomas, post- 

 master of Boston, who at once called 

 for three cheers for the host and 

 congratulated him and his able assis- 

 tant upon the degree of perfection to 

 which they had brought the rose and 

 the chrysanthemum. President Fran- 

 cis H. Appleton. of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, was the next 

 speaker, followed by Mr. B. F, Keith, 

 of Keith's Theatre, of Boston, who 

 said that his hobbies were grand flow- 

 ers and grand music. 



Mr. John Galvin. the oldest com- 

 mercial florist in Boston, made a few 

 remarks in his own unequalled way 

 and gave way to Mr. P. O'Mara, of P. 

 Henderson & Co., of New York, whose 

 capability as an after dinner enter- 

 tainer is unexcelled. The ever pop- 

 ular city clerk of Boston, Mr. J. 

 Mitchell Galvin, then sang a patriotic 

 song, which was very well received. 



The toastmaster then called upon 

 the entire company to drink to the 

 health of the king of rose growers. 

 Mr. Alex. Montgomery, after which 

 the veteran gardener, Mr. Fred L. 

 Harris, ot the famous Hunnewell 

 place, was introduced, and who re- 

 marked on the great improvement 

 which had taken place in the growing 

 of roses and chrysanthemums during 

 the past few years. 



The toastmaster next introduced 

 Mr. Jackson Dawson, the tree and 

 shrub expert, from the world re- 

 nowned Arnold Arboretum. who 

 heartily recommended the "Multiflora 

 Japonica" as more preferable for bud- 

 ding tea roses on than the Manetti. 



Judge C. W. Hoitt. of Nashua, N. 

 H., Messrs. A. P. Calder. Warren 

 Ewell and M. Norton, of Dorchester, 

 Mr. A. N. Pierce, ot Waverly, J. Tail- 

 by, of W^ellesley, Fred Matthison, of 



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