NOVEMBER 17, lf9S. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



629 



THE EXHIBITIONS. 



BOSTON. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society, this week, has been up 

 to its usual standard of excellence, 

 and although in former years there 

 has been a laiger number of exhibi- 

 tors of both plants and flowers, the in- 

 •dlvidual excellence of the specimens 

 has never beea fui passed. 



As usual the lower hall was devoted 

 to cut blooms, with competition in 26 

 numbers, which brought out some ele- 

 gant specimens, prominent among 

 which were iiie magnificent blooms 

 from the W.ibar. Hose Conservatories, 

 of Natick; Mrs. David Nevins, of 

 Framingham. Alex. McKay, gardener; 

 Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Wellesley, John 

 Barr. gardener; Robert Laurie, of 

 Newport. R. I., and others. There 

 were quite a few of last year's intro- 

 duction shc"vN n, among them Frank 

 Hardy, a great prize winner, with 

 some fine blooms of Autumn Glory, 

 Mrs. H. Weeks and Pennsjlvania. 

 Among the old varieties, that grand 

 commercial variety. Major Bonnaffon. 

 was very much in evidence, with Vivi- 

 and-Morel, Jeannie Falconer, Inter 

 Ocean and Mrs. John Shrimpton. lead- 

 ers in their special classes. 



The plants were not in such profu- 

 sion as in former years, but the speci- 

 mens wer'^ simply grand and showed 

 very careful cultivation. Dr. C. G. 

 Weld, Mrs. B. P. Cheney, E. S. Con- 

 verse and Jas. L. Little were the prin- 

 cipal exhibitors, capturing several 

 prizes, but with varieties that had 

 been well tried and were winners at 

 former shows. Mixed with the vari- 

 ouF groups of chrysanthemum plants. 

 Mr. W. W. Edgar, of Waverly. made a 

 fine exhibit of that elegant winter 

 hlooming begonia. Glory de Lorraine, 

 interspersed with fine specimen plants 

 of different varieties of ferns. The 

 :<ocie;y awarded him a gratuity of 

 S20, which was well deserved. 



Among other exhibits were some 

 fine blooms of some of the coming 

 commercial flowers, prominent among 

 which was a vase of carnation Melba. 

 from Mr. John N. May. of a soft pink 

 shade similar to Sweetbriar. and the 

 new rose, Lady Dorothea, from John 



H. Dunlop, Toronto, a reminder of 

 the old favorite Sunset. John H. Tay- 

 lor, of Bayside, L. I., had a vase of 

 an entirely new color in roses which 

 is named Admiral Dewey, a rose with 

 good foliage and stem, color some- 

 what similar to that of a Daybreak 

 carnation, and which should be one 

 that will take among lovers of roses. 



It remained, however, for Mr. E. G. 

 Asmus. of W. Hobokeu. N. J., to at- 

 tract a crowd of admiring florists, and 

 he will have his hands full of business 

 when he offers for sale the stock of 

 that beautiful new crimson rose, orig- 

 inated by the Dicksons, of Belfast, 

 Ire., and which is named Liberty. The 

 vase of blooms shown by Mr. Asmus 

 were elegant specimens and proved a 

 drawing card to all commercial grow- 

 ers. 



Mr. P. Fisher, of Ellis, Mass., 

 showed a vase of nice blooms of his 

 grand carnation. Mrs. Thos. W. Law- 

 son, and S. J. Goddard, of Framing- 

 ham, a vase of specimens of different 

 varieties. 



Awards. 



The committee on plants awarded 

 prizes as follows: 



On plants, for display of twelve 

 named plants, distinct varieties, first, 

 J. S. Bailey; 2d, Mrs. B. P. Cheney; 

 3d, E. S. Converse. 



Best three plants. Jap. inc., 1st, Mrs. 

 B. P. Cheney; 2d, J. S. Bailey. 



Three plants, reflexed. 1st, Mrs. B. 

 P. Cheney; 2d. J. S. Bailey; 3d, Mrs. 

 B. P. Cheney. 



Specimen, incurved, named, 1st, Jas. 

 Garthley, for Pink Ivory; 2d, J. S. 

 Bailey, for Major Bonnaffon; 3d, J. S. 

 Bailey, for Mutual Friend. 



Specimen, reflexed. 1st, Mrs. B. P. 

 Cheney, for The Bard; 2d, J. S. Bailey, 

 for Symphonia. 



Specimen "anemone, 1st, J. S. Bai- 

 ley, for Garza; 3d, to Mrs. Cheney, for 

 Mizpah. 



Specimen pompon, 1st, Mrs. Che- 

 ney, for Savannah; 2d, same with 

 Bouquet. 



For 12 plants, pot grown, single 



Some Specimen Plants at the Boston Show. 



