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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 31, 1904. 



THE SPRING SHOW AT BOSTON. 



Till- aiuiual >|.riM,L; rxliiLiitiuii vi t\w 

 Massacliusetls Huiticultural Society, 

 which closed on Jlareh 27, was one of the 

 btst tlie society has ever held. Tlie ar- 

 ran{,'enient was excellent and that the 

 •leneial public appreciated the improve- 

 nient shown was evidenced by the large 

 attendance on all fair days. 



The cut llowers were displayed in the 

 lecture hall and made a fine showing. 

 Roses were shown by only a few exhibi- 

 tors, but the quality was superb. W:i- 

 ban Rose Conservatories were first for 

 American Beauties, F. R. Pierson Co. 

 being second. In the "any other variety" 

 class Waban Rose Conservatories took 

 first and second with splendid vase's of 

 Golden Gate and Ivory. John N. May 

 showed his new rose. General JIacArthur. 

 of very pleasing color, but not in the 

 estimation of the judges equal to Liberty. 

 ■ For hybrids Col. Charles Pfaff won all 

 the prizes. 



Carnations made a superb show and th.- 

 quality was first-class. For vase of lOn 

 blooms, six varieties, Wni. Nicholson won 

 with a magnificent vase, M. A. Patten be- 

 ing second and Wilfred Wheeler third. 

 For light pink Wm. Nicholson was first 

 with Enchantress and M. A. Patten sec- 

 ond, with the same variety. For third 

 place J. W. Foote won with Fair Maids 

 which beat half a dozen other entries 

 of Enchantress. In crimson Harry Fenn 

 took all the prizes, M. A. Patten, S. J. 

 Goddard and Wilfred Wheeler winning 

 in the order named. Mrs. Lawson mo 

 nopolized the dark pink class, Mr. Pat- 

 ten taking first place, followed by L. E. 

 Small and E. A. & W. K. Wood. In 

 scarlets M. A. Patten won first and sec- 

 ond with Adonis and J. H. Manley, L. 

 E. Small being third also with Manley. 

 In a good class of whites Wm.^ Nichol- 

 son won with his fine Governor Wolcott. 

 H. A. Stevens being second with the 

 same variety and M. A. Patten, third, 

 with Boston Market. For yellow Pat- 

 ten was first with Dorotliy. Wiitney. 

 Backer & Co. being second with Eldo- 

 rado. E. A. & W. K. Wood, won on 

 \ariegated with Gaiety. 



For pansies Mrs. E. M. Gill and J. 

 R. Comley won. Violets we're not so 

 . well shown as usual. For 100 Campbells 

 N. F. Comley, Malcolm Qrr, and George 

 Melvin won. N. F. Comley, and J. A. 

 Beebe had the best Marie Louis?. For 

 any other double N. F. Comley took first 

 and second with Neapolitan jind. Swan- 

 ley White. For 100 singles Wm. Sim 

 was easily first, N. F. Comley second and 

 Geo. Melvin third, all showing Princess 

 of Wales. 



For the best display of cut orchids. 

 Peter Murray, gardener to W. P. Win- 

 ter, won the Appleton silver gilt medal 

 with a fine display of 120 bottles. Geo. 

 Melvin, gardener to Col. Chas Pfafi', won 

 the silver medal. . , 



Tliero Were numerous miscellaneous 

 exhibits. A few of the best were : Ches- 

 ter Roper carnation from A. Roper, the 

 raiser of the popular Fair Maid, a beau- 

 tiful variegated variety of pleasing form, 

 awarded a certificate of merit. White 

 La'wson from F. R. -Pierson Co. received 

 a similar award. This is not as pure a 

 white as could be desired, but it will 

 doubtless sell well, thanks in a. large 

 part to its name. John X. M.ay's.new 

 variety, The Bride, received honorable 

 mention. It is not equal to L. E. Small's 

 seedling white. No. .3. which received 

 the same award. S. J. Goddard's seed- 



ling. Helen Goddard. received honorable 

 mention. It is just I he iiieal carnation 

 in form, of good size and is a fine rosy 

 pink color. This variety, as well as Mr. 

 Small's seedling, will no doubt receive 

 a higher award at some future show. 

 Other seedlings were shown by A. Roper 

 and Miss E. J. Clark, John Ash, gar- 

 dener. 



Peter Fisher showed large vases of 

 Mrs. M. A. Patten and Nelson Fisher of 

 liis usual high quality. M. A. Patten 

 also showed 100 handsome Mrs. M. A. 

 Patten. Tlie same exhibitor showed some 

 tine zonale pelargoniums. William Sim 

 had large vases of magnificent sweet 

 ])eas, Mont Blanc and Blanche Ferry, re- 

 leiving a cultural commendation for the 

 same, also splendid Princess of Wales 

 \iolets. Mrs. S. M. Sears showed Gar- 

 denia florida and Mrs. E. M. Gill a mis- 

 cellaneous display. 



The display of pot plants was quite 

 extensive, entirely filling the large ex- 

 hibition hall as well as part of the loggia 

 and lecture hall. In the classes for bulb- 

 cius plants the most successful competi- 

 trirs were E. A. Clark, Wm. Riggs, gar- 

 dener; the Bussey Institution and Mrs.' 

 J. L. Gardner, Wm. Thatcher, gardener. 

 Cyclamens were again up to Boston's 

 high standard, plants in 10-inch pots 

 carrying 150 to 200 blooms each. Cin- 

 erarias were also of splendid quality. 

 Tlie leading prize winners in these classes 

 were Geo. F. Fabyan, James Stuart, gar- 

 dener; E. A. Ciark, Wm. Riggs, gar- 

 dener; E. J. Mitton, J. Lawson, garden- 

 er, and Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm'. Thatcli- 

 er. gardener. For si.x Azalea indica 

 prizes went to E. W. Breed, E. MoMul- 

 kin and J. A. Beebe. For six ericas. 

 rx)uis Doipuy was first. M. H. Walsh 

 \vas first and second for specimen rose 

 with large, grandly flowered specimens 

 of his new ramblers. Sweetheart and 

 Lady Gay. T. D. Hatfield, gardener 

 to Walter Hunnewell, had a superb dis- 

 |ilay of amaryllises, filling a long table. 

 He secured first for ten plants. 



For specimen orchid, W. P. Winsor 

 wbn with a piece of Odontoglossum 

 Rossii majus. carrvins fortv flowers. Col. 

 Chas. Pfatl' and E. J. Mitton followed, 

 each showing Dendrobium nobile. For 

 general display of spring bulbs and 

 jilants the Bussey Institution was first 

 with a capital assortment well grown. 

 The same exhibitors had ten large tables 

 filled with a display of forced shrubs, 

 native plants and plants in bloom which 

 was extrc^iely interesting. R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. had an extensive, beau- 

 tifully arranged bank of bulbous plants 

 intermixed with palms. Isolepis gracilis, 

 panicum and lycopodium. Robert Cam- 

 eron, from the Harvard Botanical Gar- 

 dens, put up a fine group of palms. Pri- 

 mula obconica. some 200 plants of the 

 latter; imantophyllums. etc. Included 

 was a big specimen of Echinocactus Vis- 

 naga which received a botanical certifi- 

 cate. T. D. Hatfield had a similar award 

 for Amorphophallus Rivieri, a mammoth 

 aroid. 



■Tulius Roehrs had a circular group of 

 p.ilms, orchids, anthuriums. etc. A 

 rather scarce palm Livistona Woodwardii 

 received honorable mention. Louis Du- 

 puy had a well-grown group of ericas, 

 marguerites, hydrangeas, genistas, etc. 

 Hydrangea Hortensis rosea received a 

 eertifieate of nierit. If it holds its bright 

 pink color for any length of time it will 

 he a decided acquisition. E. W. Con- 

 verse, TTolierl ^l.u shall, gardener, had a 



line group of palms, cyclamens and Pri- 

 juula obconica. 



1". R. Pierson Co. showed for the first 

 lime their new sport from Nephrolepis 

 I'iersoni, which was greatly admired. 

 Mr. Pierson thinks bipinnatifida would 

 be a good name to describe the plant, but 

 a shorter and more catch}- one would be 

 better. The plant received a certificate 

 of merit and may score higher if shown 

 again. The general opinion was that it 

 was a better thing than N. Piersoni but 

 that it was perhaps too dense to please 

 some. 



J. E. Rothwell had a fine display of 

 orchids, including odontoglossums, onci- 

 diums, cypripediums, etc., arranged with 

 adiantums. Lager & Hurrell had an ex- 

 tra good display of orchids, which com- 

 ]u-ised most of the seasonable varieties. 

 Their dendrobiums were extra good and 

 the quality throughout up to the firm's 

 usual excellence. E. O. Orpet, gardenei' 

 to E. V. R. Thayer, showed several seed- 

 ling orchids, one of which Cattleya x 

 Katherinae (C. Warneri x C. Schroe- 

 devx alba) received a certificate of merit. 

 J. S. Bailey, J. Nylan, gardener, con- 

 tributed a group of dendrobiums. 



Last but by no means least, M. H. 

 Walsh put up a magnificent group of 

 beautifully flowered specimens oi his 

 new seedling rambler roses, covering 

 nearly 1,000 square feet of space. Many 

 of these plants were in tubs, six feet 

 high and as much across, and it must 

 have been a considerable task to trans- 

 jwrt them from Woods Hole in such fine 

 condition. Certificates of merit were 

 awarded to the varieties Wedding Bells 

 and Babette. Other varieties shown in- 

 eluded Sweetheart, ilinnehaha. Lady Gay. 

 La Fiama, Debutante and Hiawatha. 

 Tliese have already received recognition 

 from the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. It is a pity the American Rose 

 Society could not have enjoyed this 

 unique exhibit. W. N. Cbaig. 



BUFFALO. 



Various Items. 



March came in like a lion and accord- 

 ina to the old saw should go out like a 

 lamb. But it has been more like a polar 

 bear throughout the month and at this 

 moment reminds one of a sea lion bask- 

 ing or barking in the sunshine on top of 

 a slowly melting iceberg. Sunday a 

 snowstorm and the mercury down to 10 

 degress above, yet ''Hope springs eternal 

 in the human breast, Man never is, but 

 always to be, blest." Those immortal 

 words were written about 160 years ago 

 and human nature is just the same as 

 it was then. Behavior may be better? 

 When hope vanishes we are lost and gone 

 and life worth living is extinct. We are 

 creatures of the climate we live in and 

 while the rigors and vicissitudes of our 

 northern clime are trying to comforts, 

 as we look upon them, it makes hardv. 

 vigorous, industrious, ambitious men that 

 dominate the world for its betterment, 

 only don't go much farther north than 

 the wheat fields of Manitoba or you will 

 become a musk ox or blubber eatincr 

 Eskimo. 



Hope is springing verv lively just 

 now that Easter will be a good, rich har- 

 vest and if the elements favor us I be- 

 lieve' ft will. Tliere are a great number 

 of good plants, home grown, to supii'v 

 the expected call and, if they are not snf 

 ticient. Mr. Kasting has gathered together 

 an enormous stock of evervthing desir- 



