January 27. 190b' 



HORTICULTURE 



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carnations, 50 blooms to a vase.— Wil- 

 liam Nicholson, Franiingham, Mass. 



Silver cup, offered by R. & J. Far- 

 quhar Company. Boston, for the 

 best 12 blooms of a carnation (one va- 

 riety), open to private gardeners only. 

 -f-W. Kleinheinz, Philadelphia, with 

 Lady Bountiful. 



Filteen dollars cash by the Schlegel 

 & Fottler Seed Company. Boston, for 

 the best vase of 100 blooms, dark pink 

 carnations. — Patten & Co., Tewksbury, 

 Mass. 



Ten dollars cash by William Nichol- 

 son, Franiingham, Mass.. for the best 

 vase of 50 blooms, dark pink carna- 

 tions. — D. Carmichael, Wellesley, Mass. 



Ten dollars cash by Patten & Co., 

 Tewksbury, Mass., for the best vase of 

 100 blooms, variegated carnations, Mrs. 

 M. A. Patten type.— Peter Fisher. Ellis. 

 Mass. 



Two prizes. $15 and $10, by the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club, Boston, 

 open to private gardeners only, for the 

 best three vases of carnations (three 

 varieties), 25 blooms to each vase. — 

 First. L. W. Kleinheinz, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; second, H. P. Belmont, Newport. 



The awards in the regular schedule 

 list were as follows: 



Vase 100 blooms, daybreak shade of pink 

 —First prize, Peter Fisher, Ellis. Mass., 

 witli Enchantress; second, F. It. Plerson & 

 Co., Tarrytown, N. Y\, with Enchantress. 



Vase 100 blooms, Lawson shade of pink 



First prize, Peter Fisher. Ellis, Mass. 

 with Nelson Fisher; second. Pierce Bros., 

 Waltham, Mass., with Mrs. T. W. Lawson. 



Vase 100 blooms, Scott shade of pink— 

 First prize, S. J. Goddard, Framingham, 

 Mass., with Helen Goddard; second prize, 

 Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. v.. with Mrs. 

 W. B. Mershont. 



Vase 100 blooms, scarlet- First prize, Cot- 

 tage Gardens. Queens, N. V.. with Kobert 

 Craig; second. Pierce Bros., Waltham, with 

 Beacon. 



Vase 100 blooms, crimson— First prize, 

 Cottage Gardens. Queens, X. Y.. with The 

 Preshjeut; second. Dailledouza Bros., Flat- 

 bushVN. Y.. with Crimson Glow. 



Vase 100 blooms, white variegated -First 

 prize. F. K. Pierson & Co., Tarrytown, 

 N. Y.. with M. A. Patten; second. Peter 

 Fisher. Ellis, Mass . with M. A. Fatten. 



Vase 100 blooms, any other color— First 

 prize. \Y. Nicholson, Framingham, with 

 Prosperity; second, Fatten & Co., Tewks- 

 hnry. with Mikado. 



Class P.. open in all varieties disserni- 

 nated prior to .Inly 1, 1905. 



Vase all blooms, white— First prize. Pat- 

 h'li A: i.'n.. Tewksbury, with Lady Bounti- 

 ful: second, Peter Fisher, Ellis, -Mass., with 

 Lady Bountiful. 



Vase ail bloonis, daybreak, shade of pink 

 — Patten & Co.. Tewksbury. with En- 

 chantress: second, Thomas F. Mathews, 

 Dorchester, with Enchantress, 



Vase 50 i»l ns. Lawson shade of pink — 



First prize, Guttman & Weber, Lyubrook, 

 N. Y'., with Mrs. T. W. Lawson; second. 

 Pierce Bros.. Waltham, with Mrs. T. W. 

 Lawson. 



Vase 50 blooms, scarlet— First prize. F. 

 R. Pierson & Co., Tarrytown. N. v.. with 

 Bed Lawson: second, Fatten & Co., Tewks- 

 bury, with Mauley 



Vase 50 blooms, crimson— First prize. 

 Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y'., with Oc- 

 toroon; second. Bowker & Co., Cambridge, 

 with Harry Fenn. 



Vase ,"i" blooms yellow variegated — First 

 prize. Patten & Co., Billerica. with Eldo- 

 rado, 



Best vase 50 blooms, white variegated- 

 First prize, Patten & Co.. Tewksbury. with 

 M. A. Patten; second, F. R. Pierson & Co.. 

 Tarrytown. N. Y\, with variegated Lawson. 

 i 'lass i', ..pen to all varieties disseminated 

 prior to July 1. 1904. 



Vase of 25 blooms, white — First prize. 

 Charles S. Grant, Biddeford, Me., with 

 Lady Bountiful; second. Patten & Co., 

 Tewksbury. Mass.. with the Belle. 



Vase of 25 blooms, daybreak shade of 

 pink— First prize, George E. Buxton. 

 Nashua. X. II., with Enchantress; second, 

 F. R. Pierson & Co.. Tarrytown, X. Y".. 

 with Enchantress. 



Vase 25 blooms. Lawson shade of pink- 

 First prize. Pierce Bros.. Waltham. with 

 Mrs. T. W. Lawson. 



Vase of 25 blooms, scarlet— First prize, 

 George E. Buxton. Xashua. X. H.. with 

 ■Cardinal: second. F. R. Pierson & Co.. Tar- 

 rytown. X. Y . with Red Lawson. 



Vase of oo lil.ii.ins. crimson— First prize, 

 Backer & Co.", Billerica, Mass., with Harry 

 Fenn. 



Prize of 25 blooms, yellow variegated — 

 First prize, Backer & Co., with Eldorado. 



Vase of 25 blooms, white variegated- 

 First prize. Pierce Bros., Waltham, with 

 M. -V. Fatten; second. Backer & Co., 

 Billerica, with M. A. Fatten. 



Best general display of commercial carna- 

 tions, with no restrictions as to color, va 

 riety disseminated prim- to April 1. L905, 

 .".ii blooms shown to a vase, display not in 

 exceed 20 varieties; vases from this collec- 

 tion not allowed to compete in any of the 

 other classes— First prize, .foil. The Nob- 

 si. .ii Greenhouse Company, South Sudbury; 

 s ml. $30, 'the Chicago Carnation Com- 

 pany, Joliet, III; third. $20. 



Special mention was given to Backer & 

 i'.i Cor seedling, 101m Court Farm for Fla- 

 mingo, II. W. Field for Prospector, Daille 

 douze Bros, for Rob Roy, H. R. Carlton 

 for violet Gov. Herrick, William Sim for 

 sweet peas, and violet Princess of Wales, 

 John T. Gale for sweet peas, F. R. Pier- 

 sou Co. for Xcphrolepis elegantissnna. 

 James CrawsnaW fur new asparagus. F. H. 

 Kramer was present with a vase of his rose 

 Queen Beatrice. A number of special trade 

 exhibits were located at the west end of 

 the large hall. Among them were Kroe- 

 schell Bros., with greenhouse heating 

 specialties under charge of Fred Laiti.n 

 schlager; II. M. Robinson & Co., florists' 

 greens; Cleveland Cut Flower Co., everlast- 

 ing greenhouse bench; Gove Bros., zinc 

 capes for glazing; 1-'. T. Buxtou, greenhouse 

 bracket; G. B. Anderson, ventilating ap- 

 pliance. 



In the small exhibition hall a very 

 choice display of primulas, — sinensis 

 and obconica — orchids, violets, carna- 

 tions, etc., was made under the 

 auspices of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. Prizes were awarded 

 in this department as follows: 



Awards for plants and flowers— Primula 

 Sinensis, six plants in not less than six-inch 

 pots— First. Edward J. Mittou; second. Wil- 

 liam Whitman; third, Mrs. J. L Gardner. 

 Primula Stellata, six plants in not less than 

 six-inch puts First. William Whitman; sec- 

 ond, Mis. J. 1.. Gardner; third. Mrs. C. C. 

 Converse and Mrs Lester Leland. Primula 

 Obconica varieties, six plants in not tess 

 than six-inch puts— First. Mrs J. 1.. Gard 

 ucr: sec. mil. George F. Fabyan; third. 

 George F. Fabyan. Violets, best bunch, 

 I'll) lil.iiiiiis, iliinlile First. J. T. Gale; sec- 

 i.ntl. Malcolm Orr; third, A. F. ('alder. 

 Besl bunch, ion blooms, single First. Dr. 

 i'. i: w.hl: second, Harry F. Woods; 

 third, G. w. Aver. Carnations, besl vase, 

 2.. Mi... ins. white— First. H. A. Stevens 

 Company. Best vase, scarlet— First, II. A. 

 Stevens Company. Best vase, light pink — 

 First. I, E. Small; second, R. I'. Kimball. 

 Fist vase, any named daybreak-colored va 

 riety First. Becker & Co.,; sec.. ml, Elijah 

 A. Wood; third, II. A. Stevens Compauy. 

 Best vase, dark pink- First. II. A. Stevens 

 Company; second, II. A. Stevens Company; 

 third. Backer & Co. Besl vase, crimson- 

 First, Backer & I'u ; second, II. A. Stevens 

 Company. Best vase, striped— First. Wil- 

 liam Nicholson; second, II. A. Stevens Com 

 pany: third. Backer .V ( '. - Best vase, \ ,.| 

 low— First. Backer & Co.; second, ditto; 

 third, ditto. 



Gratuities— H. A. Stevens Company, dis- 

 play el carnations; II. A. Jahn. display of 

 carnations; William Xicholson. carnations; 

 J. E. Rothwell. vase of cut orchids; Mrs. 

 W. A. Blake, laelia superbiens ami cypri- 

 pedium nitens; William Whitman. Primula 

 obconica; Mrs. Frederick Ayer, Chorizema 

 ilicifolia; Harvard Botanic Garden, calen- 



I lies ami primulas; Th as Stock, vase of 



liiniv inlia and cenl aurea ; Julius Roehrs 

 Company, vase of unci. limns and phalae- 

 uopsis; Harvard Botanic Gardens, display 

 uf Btrobilanthes. cyclamen ami lachenalias: 

 Julius Roehrs Company, display of forced 

 lilacs. 



Silver medal— Oakes .Vines, rare orchids 

 of botanical value; J. E Rothwell. Laelio- 

 cattleya. Gen. French (C. trianae. L. ciu- 

 iialiarinai. 



First class certificate "f merit— Alexan- 

 der Ogg, amaryllis uf remarkable growth; 

 Lowthorpe school of horticulture, Groton, 

 Mass.. Mahernia odorata. 



Honorable mention— H. A. Jahn. seedling 

 carnation. No. 49. 



Awards for vegetables— Cauliflowers, four 

 specimens, first, E. 1: Teele; second, C. M. 

 Handley estate; third, W. H. Teele, 

 Celcrv, four roots, first, A. E. Hartshorn; 

 second. W. Heustis & Son; third, W. H. 

 Teele. Lettuce;, four heads, first. George 

 D. Moore; second. A. E. Hartshorn: 

 Mushrooms, 24 specimens, first. H. A. Ste- 

 vens Company. Parsley, two quarts, first, 

 A. E. Hartshorn: second. Mrs. C. C. Con- 

 verse and Mrs. Lester Leland. Radishes. 



tour bunch s, first. A. 



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■Hartshorn. Sat- 

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THE CLOSING SESSION. 



A i Thursday afternoon's session Vice- 

 1'iesident l'unlop occupied the chair. On 

 the question of location for next year's 

 convention he informed the society that 

 arrangements would be made whereby all 

 (towers intended for exhibition purposes 

 would be admitted free of duty, whereupon 

 li'iiiito, Out., was selected as the loca- 

 tion for the convention of 1907. A. J. 

 Guttman of New York then read his 

 paper mi "The Carnation from the Stand- 

 point uf the Wholesaler." This excellent 

 pallet will appear in our issue of next 



B '''I, 



Election of officers was then held and 

 i he following gentlemen were each unani- 

 mously elected: President, J. H. Duiilup, 

 Toronto, Out.; vice-president. W. J. 

 Palmer, Buffalo, N. Y. ; secretary, A. M. 

 llerr. Lancaster. Fa.; treasurer, F. E. 

 Dorner, Lafayette, lml ; trustee, Eugene 

 Dailledouze, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; judge, W. 

 X. Uudd, Chicago. 



The proposed new by-laws of the society 

 were I hen taken up and after a free dis- 

 cussion on each clause and a number of 

 amendments were finally adopted. The 

 committee on final resolutions. Messrs. 

 1'. J. Hauswirth, F. o'Mara and W. F. 

 Kasiing presented the following report, 

 which was unanimously adopted, after 

 which the convention adjourned: 



"Your committee mi final resolutions 

 desires to record for the American Carna- 

 tion Society their high appreciation of the 

 unstinted welcome extended to us by the 

 city uf Boston through its honored ' chief 

 magistrate, Hon. John F. Fitzgerald, It is 

 with feelings of heartfelt gratitude that 

 we acknowledge the generous hospitality 

 ext muled to us by the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, aud the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston, whose guests we 

 were; this coupled with the unvarying 

 courtesy and uniform kindness shown us 

 will keep forever green in our memory the 

 Boston convention of 19UU. To the "daily 

 puss of Boston we express our pleas- 

 ure ami appreciation fur the full accounts 

 and friendly notices presented in its col- 

 umns. Therefore be it 



Resolved, That we extend to His Honor 

 tin- Mayor, the .Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Sneieiy and the Gardeners' aud Flor- 

 ists i lull of Boston our appreciative thanks 

 for the kindly and generous welcome ac- 

 corded tu us, and also to the daily press 

 uf Boston for its friendly uotiees. We 

 wish in assure all who have iu any way 

 contributed tu the success of the conven- 

 tion uf lout;, that their efforts are appre- 

 ciated and we extend to them our warm- 

 est thanks." 



THE BANQUET. 



'the visitors were entertained on Thurs- 

 day evening in the banquet hall of the 

 Copley Square Hotel a.- quests uf the allied 

 horticultural interests uf Boston, Presi- 

 ded Wheeler uf the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' (lull presided and Judge C. W. 

 Hoitt uf Xashua. X. II., filled the position 

 of tuastinaster with characteristic ability 

 and wit. Letters were read from the 

 mayor and from W. K. Smith of Washing- 

 tun. D. C, expressing good wishes and re- 

 great at inability tu be present. 



The first toast, u. the ladies, was re- 

 sponded to by L. E. Marquisee uf Syracuse, 

 X, Y., who told some amusing stories as 

 a starter and finished with due eloquence. 

 Prof. L. C. Elson, being the next called 

 upon, gave an interesting account of the 

 association uf flowers with banquets in the 

 festivities uf the ancient Egyptians. Ro- 

 mans and Greeks ami closed with the fol- 

 lowing clever original lines which wen 

 vociferously cheered: 



Let others sing the blushing rose 

 Wiih fervent agitation, 

 I'll praise as wonderful a flower, 

 The florist's pet Carnation. 



We've had them here of every sort, 

 This is no mere bravado, 

 There's been a great "Enchantress" who 

 Entranced the brave "Mikado." 



And there was pretty "Alma Ward," 

 ' Wins. mie" as a fairy. 



"Victory" and "Winsor" too 

 With graces light and airy. 



Ami since this is Ladies' Night, 



I'd call to your attention. 



That there were ladies mid the pinks 



Too numerous to mention. 



