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HORTICULTURE 



March 31, 1906 



second, Francis Skinner, Jr. (180) Crimson 

 Rambler— Herman C. SteinhofE. 



Division H, Special Prizes for Pot 

 Plants:- (182) Specimen riant, winning A. 

 II. Hews Co. Cup— Col. Charles PfaflE. 

 llS4t Specimen Plants of Lady Hay ami 

 Wedding Bells— T. Roland. (1870 Best 

 Mantel and Mirror Decoration, winning A. 

 F. Estabrook Cup — Houghton & Clark. 

 (18S) Best Dinner Table Decoration ol 

 Roses, winning Houghton & Duttpnj Cup— 

 Houghton & Clark. 



The exhibits of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society occupied the 

 main hall and the small hall adjoining. 

 It was a remarkable display of the 

 expert gardener's art. The commer- 

 cial growers were better represented 

 than heretofore. R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co. placed an immense group of spring 

 flowering material, superbly arranged; 

 \V. W. Rawson filled the centre of the 

 big vestibule with a striking oval bed 

 of tulips Ophir d'Or, bordered with a 

 wide margin of dark leaved shamrock; 

 Thomas Roland surprised every one 

 with a sensational group of Easter 

 flowering plants, novelties among 

 which were splendid specimens of 

 Canterbury Bells and Japan lilies; he 

 also showed a group of Mahernia 

 odorata, an old favorite so long ne- 

 glected as to be practically a novelty 

 now. Edward MacMulkin also had a 

 showy group. F. R. Pierson Company 

 had a fine display of the Tarrytown 

 fern and carnation Winsor. H. H. 

 Barrows & Son had a glorious group 

 of Nephrolepis Whitman!! Another 

 novelty was Adiantum Edgari, shown 

 by W. W. Edgar. The best descrip- 

 tion of it is to say that it looks well 

 able to give Crowianum a hard strug- 

 gle to maintain its pre-eminence. The 

 carnation growers were well repre- 

 sented by about fifty large vases, in 

 which all the prominent varieties of 

 the present time were shown in per- 

 fection. Julius Roehrs Company 

 showed a very interesting collection 

 of novelties in decorative store and 

 greenhouse plants, including many 

 new and rare things, also orchids. 

 Lager & Hurrell staged a great group 

 of orchids, among them being a plant 

 in flower of Cattleya Sehroederae. 

 From John T. Gale and Malcolm Orr 

 came sweet peas of highest quality, 

 and James Anderson showed a fine 

 vase of stock Beauty of Nice. 



From the Bussey Institution and 

 many private gardeners came a be- 

 wildering array of bulbous stock, li- 

 lacs, genestas, rhododendrons, azaleas, 

 viburnums, laburnums, trilliums, kal- 

 mias, andromedas, etc., and an ele- 

 gant group of acacias, ericaceous ma- 

 terial and other hardwooded plants. 

 Among the sensational exhibits were 

 M. H. Walsh's magnificent group of 

 rambler roses — plants up to eight or 

 ten feet high, and five to six feet 

 through, loaded with bloom; the cy- 

 clamens from George F. Fabyan, Dr. 

 C. G. Weld and E. J. Mitton's con- 

 servatories — plants such as can be 

 seen nowhere in the world outside of 

 Boston; the gorgeous amaryllises from 

 George F. Fabyan; orchids from J. E. 

 Rothwell and others. The cinerarias, 

 primroses and polyanthuses were also 

 shown in great, perfection and profu- 

 sion. Awards were made as follows: 



Awards by Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. 

 Silver Gilt Medals.— Henry H Barrows; 



Willi ileil.ii. 



Silver Mi cl il-. Mrs B i < len- 



drobium superbum Dearei; E. Orpet, 



Cattleya Tha 



Bronze Medals.— Thomas Roland: Supe- 

 rior cultivation of Mahernia odorata. 



First-class Certificates of Merit. — M. II. 

 W. ...... seedling Kamli.er, Delight; I'. R. 



Pierson Co., Specimen Azalea, Carnation 

 Winsor; Lager & Hurrell. Cattleya Sehroe- 

 derae; Ant. C. Zvelanek, Seedling winter 

 flowering Sweet Peas. 



Honorable Mention.— Peter Fisher, Car- 

 nation Beacon; Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears, 

 S lling Amaryllis"; Peter Fisher, Carna- 

 tion Seedling No. 500; .lames Crawshaw, 

 New Asparagus; Pierce Bros., Seedling Car- 

 nation. Gov. Guild; W. W. Edgar. Adian- 

 tum Edgarii. 



Indian azaleas, first. Edward MaeMulkm; 

 second. Mrs. Jobu L. Gardner: third. E. W. 

 Breed. 



Palms, pair, first, William Whitman; 

 second, George 1'. Fabyan; third, Mrs. J. 

 L. Gardner. Ericas, first, Edward MacMul- 

 kin: second, Dr. C. G. Weld. Orchids, first, 

 George F. Fabyan; second, J. E. Rothwell; 

 third, Edmund W. Converse. Hard-wooded 

 greenhouse plants, first, Dr. C. G. Weld; 

 se.. mil, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Acacia, first, 

 Mrs. Frederick Ayer; second. Dr. C. G. 

 Weld; third. Mrs. Frederick Ayer. Climb- 

 ing rose, specimen plant, in bloom, first, 

 second and third, M. H. "Walsh. Collec- 

 tion of rambler and other roses, suitable 

 for landscape aud decorative purposes grown 

 in pots, first, second and third. M. H. 

 Walsh. Hardy primroses and polyanthus's. 

 1st, William Whitman; 2d, ditto; 3d, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner. Cyclamens, 10 plants. 1st. 

 George F. Fabyan; 2d. E. J. Mitton; 3d. 

 George F. Fabyan. Ten plants in not over 

 seven-inch pots. 1st. George F. Fabyan; 2d. 

 Dr. G. C. Weld; 3d, E. J. Mitton. Single 

 plant, 1st. Dr. C. G. Weld; 2d. E. W. Con- 

 verse. Cinerarias, six varieties, 1st, George 

 F. Fabyan; 2d. E. J. Mitton: 3d, Mrs. J. 

 L. Gardner. Specimen plant. 1st, Dr. C. G. 

 Weld; 2d. Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Cineraria 

 stellata. six plants, 1st. William Whitman; 

 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Specimen plant, 

 1st, William Whitman; 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner; oil, William Whitman. Hyacinths, 

 twelve, one in each pot, 1st, William Whit- 

 man; 2d. Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 3d. Bussey 

 Institution. Six, 1st. William Whitman; 

 2.1. William Whitman; 3d, Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner. Three pans, to bulbs of one variety 

 in each, 1st, William Whitman; 2d, George 

 F. Fabyan; 3d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Single 

 pan. 1st, William Whitman; 2d, William 

 Whitman; 3d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 4th, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner. Tulips, six pans, nine bulbs 

 of one variety in each. 1st. William Whit- 

 man. 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 3d. Bussey 

 Institution. Three pans, 1st, Dr. C. G. 

 Weld; 2d, William Whitman: 3d. William 

 Whitman. Three pans, 12 bulbs of one 

 variety in each. 1st. William Whitman; 2d, 

 William Whitman; 3d, Bussey Iustitution. 

 Polyanthus narcissus, four pots, five bulbs 

 in each. 1st. Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Jouquils, 

 six pots, 1st. William Whitman; 2d, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner: 3d. Bussey Institution. Nar- 

 cissuses, six pots, single or double. 1st, 

 William Whitman; 2d. Bussey Institution; 

 3d, Mrs. .1. L. Gardner. Three pots. 1st, 

 William Whitman; second, William Whit- 

 man; 3d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Lily of the 

 valley, six pots, 1st, William Whitman; 

 2d, Lowthorpe school of horticulture. Ro- 

 man hyacinths, six pans, 1st. William Whit- 

 man : second, Bussey Institution. Amaryl- 

 lises, six pots, 1st, George F. Fabyan. Col- 

 lection of herbaceous spiraeas, first, Wil- 

 liam Whitman. Display of Easter plants, 

 1st, Thomas Roland. General display of 

 spring bulbous plants. 1st, William Whit- 

 man; 2d, Bussey Institution. Hybrid per- 

 petual roses, 12 blooms 1st, Col. 

 Charles Pfaff; 2d. Mrs. C. C. Converse aud 

 Mrs. Lester Leland. Twelve blooms of 

 Orich Brunner, 2d prize to J. McFarland. 

 Twelve American Beauty, 2d prize to W. 

 H. Elliott. Twenty five Bride. 1st. William 

 II. Elliott. Bridesmaid. 1st. William H. 

 Elliott. Liberty, 1st, William H. Elliott. 

 Any other variety. 1st, William H. Elliott. 

 Killarney, 2d, R. T. McGorum, Souvenir du 

 President Carnot, 3d, .1. McFarland. Sou- 

 venir du President Carnot Carnations, 2.". 

 crimson, 1st, M. A. Patten; 2d. S. J. God 

 dard; 3d, Backer & Co. Hark pink, 1st, 

 Thomas 1'. Mathews; 2d, Elijah A. Wood; 

 3d, II. A. Stevens company. Light pink, 

 1st, William Nicholson; 2d, George E. 

 Buxton; 3d, M. A. Patten. Scarlet, 1st, 

 H. A. Stevens company; 2d, S. J. Goddard; 

 3d, William Nicholson. Yellow variegated, 

 1st. Backer & Co.: 2d, Backer & Co. White 

 variegated, 1st, M. A. Patten; 2d, F. R. 

 Pierson company: 3d, William Nicholson. 

 Pansies, 48 blooms. 1st. Mrs. E. M. Gill. 

 Violets, Lady Hume Campbell, first. Mal- 

 colm Orr; 2d. I'.. Brigham; 3d, II. F. i alder. 

 Any oiler double variety, 1st, H. F. Woods, 



Swanley White; 2d. II. F. W is. Marie 



Louise; third, Norris F. Comley, Swanley 

 White. Princess of Wales. 1st, William 

 Sim; 2d, Norris F. Comley; 3d, E. Bing- 

 ham. Any other single variety, 1st, Wil- 



liam Sim, Gov. Herrick; 2d, Mrs. Fred 

 Aver, California; 3d. II. F. Woods, Califor- 

 nia. Orchids, J. E. Rothwell, the Appleton 

 silver gilt medal. 



In a space generously set apart for 

 trade exhibitors were interesting dis- 

 plays of their specialties by Robinson 

 & Co., florists' supplies and greens; 

 Holly-Castle Co., electric circulator; 

 Kroeschell Bros., boilers, wrenches, 

 etc.; E. H. & E. J. Gove, adjustable 

 carnation support; D. Iliffe, green- 

 house piping and fittings. 



On Saturday evening and on Sunday 

 afternoon and evening the Brookline 

 Band of 25 pieces gave a musical con- 

 cert in the main hall. On Saturday 

 forenoon the children from the Little 

 Wanderers' Home were admitted and 

 escorted through the show. Grouped 

 in the centre of the hall, they sang a 

 couple of songs listened to with de- 

 light, mingled with not a few tears 

 by a vast throng of people. The inci- 

 dent was commented upon as one of 

 the most impressive connected with 

 the exhibition. The roses left at the 

 close were in remarkably good condi- 

 tion, and were sent by the American 

 Rose Society to the Children's Hos- 

 pital. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Rose Society was called to order in the 

 committee room, Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, on Friday, March 23, at 8 p. m., 

 by President Alexander Montgomery, 

 with about sixty members in at- 

 tendance. 



President's Address. 



The president read his address as 



follows: 



Ladies and gentlemen and members 

 of the American Rose Society, for the 

 second time I have the honor to re- 

 port to you on the progress made by 

 this Society. During the year the com- 

 mendable encouragement which we 

 have received from all over the country 

 is evidence that the rose men are 

 gradually becoming interested in our 

 work. This interest is in a large 

 measure due to the excellent work of 

 our secretary, and also to the introduc- 

 tion of several new roses that give 

 good promise of being valuable addi- 

 tions to our list of winter flowers. 

 This branch of our business is worthy 

 of all the encouragement our members 

 can give it, as the future success of 

 our Society depends to a great ex- 

 tent upon the interest created by their 

 introduction. While we cannot expect 

 to have a Richmond every year, yet 

 there is evidence of other valuable 

 varieties in sight that will help to 

 whet the curiosity and consequently 

 the interest of our rose growers. We 

 cannot hope to compete with the carna- 

 tion men in this respect, as they are 

 fortunate in having a flower that re- 

 sponds readily to their efforts toward 

 improvement, while with the rose, even 

 the most expert hybridizer finds it slow 

 work to get anything that is an im- 

 provement. However, when one is 

 offered for sale, both large and small 

 growers should buy it and test it for 

 themselves, if you don't succeed at 

 first don't be in too great a hurry to 

 cendemn, but remember the Liberty 

 and how few had good success with it 

 at first, yet it became one of our 

 most valuable varieties. 



The rose of the future will un- 



