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HORTICULTURi: 



March 6, 1909 



THE BOSTON FLOWER MARKET EXHIBITION 



The commercial growers of Boston 

 and their co-workers from far and 

 near are entitled to great credit for 

 the splendid show they put un at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Boston, on Saturday 

 and Sunday, February 27 and 28. 

 HORTICULTURE felt safe in predict- 

 ing a sensational success for this un- 

 dertaking, as there was an unmistak- 

 able enthusiasm in the air which said 

 that the local growers would do their 

 best and, that being the fact, the out- 

 look was full of big things. 



As might be expected from a trade 

 show at this time of the year, carna- 

 tions predominated, and there w'as a 

 vast and inspiring display of these 

 which for quality and beauty has 

 rarely, if ever, been equalled any- 

 where. The tables with vases of hun- 

 dreds, fifties and twenty -fives filled the 

 entire centre area of the main hall. 

 Roses were displayed in only moderate 

 quantity, the product running very 

 short at the present time. Violets and 

 sweet peas w-ere seen in large numbers 

 and there were some fine groups oi 

 flowering and foliage plants in mar- 

 ketable si/es which, together with the 

 promiscuous flower groups and th" in- 

 teresting contributions of the ever- 

 willing private gardeners sufficed to 

 fill the hall to repletion and make a 

 picture of rare brilliancy. 



In the smaller adjoining hall were 

 displayed the "made up" exhibits of 

 ite local flower stores. The number 

 of exhibits in this department was un- 

 usually large and in every one of them 

 good taste was displayed. The unsat- 

 isfactory results of exhibiting this 

 class of work in a competitive way in 

 the usual exhibition hall style was 

 demonstrated here as elsewhere. Floral 

 baskets of varying pattern and size, 

 each a beautiful object in itself, can 

 never be made to form an attractive 

 picture when arranged in a row on 

 an exhibition table, and the effect is 

 bound to be incongruous no matter 

 how meritorious the individual com- 

 I)onents may be. 



The scoring for certificates of merit 

 resulted as follows; Seedling No. 9 

 (white), by G. E. Buxton, 85 points; 

 Shasta, by Baur «fe Smith, 87 points (a 

 big record after 1000-mile trip); crim- 

 son seedling by Sam Kinder & Bros., 

 SO points; yellow seedling by N. D. 

 Pierce, 74 points; seedling, 50x20, by 

 Leonard Cousins, 72 points. - J. D.- 

 Cockcroft's Georgia arrived in dam- 

 aged condition, having got overheated 

 by some means on the way, and O. V. 

 Zangen's Mrs. Pfeuffer was also seen 

 under unfavorable conditions. 



For the T. 3. Grey prizes for vase 

 of 100 one color, novelty or standard, 

 which the veracious Boston Herald re- 

 porter described as "100 blooms of the 

 zTP.y trophy variety," the only competi- 

 tor that had the courage to face Roper 

 with his invincible Bay State was Cot- 

 tage Gardens with Alma Ward, but it 

 was doomed to defeat and Bay State 

 still holds the belt. 



In quite a number of the carnation 

 classes the first and second prize fell 

 to the same variety. In the fifties, ac- 

 cording to color. White Perfection, En- 



chantress, Winsor, Beacon and Fenn 

 held this distinction, and in the twen- 

 ty-fives it was Enchantress, Winsor, 

 Afterglow and P^enn. In the fifties 

 Afterglow bad Helen Goddard and Mrs. 

 Patten had Variegated Lawson as sec- 

 onds, and in the twenty-fives Pres. 

 Seelye had to take second place t3 

 White Perfection, and Beacon had to 

 follow Victory. 



The Gardeneis' and Florists' Club 

 prize for most meritorious exhibit was 

 worthily awarded to Thomas Roland's 

 cyclamens. These were splendid speci- 

 mens of yearling stock and the varie- 

 ties were of highest strain, including 

 the new feathered Bush Hill type and 

 the salmon pink colors. The groups 

 of foliage and flowering plants from 

 W. W. Edgar Co. and A. Leuthy were 

 excellent. !<'. R Pierson Co. was rep- 

 resented by a fine table of carnations 

 and the two fern novelties, Nephrolepis 

 superbissima and improved elegantis- 

 sima. 



The number of varieties of carna- 

 tions in evidence was not large, and it 

 is worthy of notice that they were con- 

 fined mainly to tlie more recent intro- 

 ductions. Even the great Lawson was 

 represented by but two vases in the 

 entire exhibition. Of the varieties 

 that impressed us most forcibly we 

 might mention Beacon, President 

 .Seelye, Helen Goddard, Winsor, Ruby, 

 Gov. Guild, Lady Bountiful, Winona 

 (for color), Genevieve and Pierson's 

 Flesh Pink Winsor, Prosperity Law- 

 son, white seedling No. 30 and crimson 

 seedling No. 60. 



In roses W. H. Elliott made an in- 

 teresting display of the old-fashioned 

 favorites, such as Perle, Safrano, Isa- 

 bella Sprunt and Bonsilene. The vases 

 of My Maryland from S. J. Renter & 

 Son and A. N. Pierson (not for com- 

 petition) were a centre of interest. 

 The display of violets was large and 

 drew a crowd. The sweet pea tables 

 were lovely. Among the newer varie- 

 ties Greenbrook, white tinged with lav- 

 ender, was looked upon as the fore- 

 runner of a different type of flower 

 from the ordinary. Among the gems 

 of the show were the orchids from 

 Julius Roehrs Co., W, A. JIanda and 

 Thos. Watt, gardener for Mrs. H. F. 

 Durant, and cinerarias from Martin 

 Sullivan, gardener for Wm. Whitman. 



The contributors in the retail flor- 

 ists' decorative classes were S. Hoff- 

 man, The Rosary, Kensington Flower 

 Shop. Penn the Florist, F. H. Hough- 

 ton and J. J. McCarthy. W. N. Craig 

 showed in this department a beautiful 

 mound of schizanthus and Wm. Sim 

 a mound of sweet peas of exquisite 

 beauty. 



Dan Iliffe was in evidence v. ith a 

 section of a greenhouse, displaying his 

 qualifications as a builder and fitter. 

 Buxton & AUard of Nashua. N. H.had 

 samples of their Economy Bracktt for 

 greenhouse use on exhibition; this de- 

 vice has met with an enormous sale 

 among growers, especially the plant 

 growers, who use it as a quickly ad- 

 justed and reliable shelf supporter. 



Among the trade visitors from out- 

 side the forty-mile limit were the fol- 

 lowing: New York State — F. R. Pier- 

 son and J. R. Fotheringham, Tarry- 

 town: O. V. Zan.gen, A. C. Zvolanek, 

 Winfried Rolker, A. Goldenberg, C. W. 



Scott. Chas. Schwake, .lohn Scheepers, 

 New York City; E. P. Tracey, Albany; 

 Philip Warner, Newtonville; M. W. 

 Gary and W. N. Taylor, Northport. 



New Jersey— W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange; Ed. Roehrs, Rutherford. 



Connecticut — Wallace R. Pierson, 

 Crcinwell. 



Rhode Island— Mr. and Mrs. S. J. 

 Reuter, Miss Renter and L. J. Renter, 

 Westerly; John Gibson and John Mar- 

 shall, Newport; Peter S. Byrnes, Wick- 

 ford; N. D. Pierce, Norwood. 



New Hampshire — Geo. B. Buxton, 

 Nashua. 



Pennsylvania — S. S. Skidelsky, Rob- 

 ert Kilt, Paul Berkowitz, Philadelphia. 



Main(^H. R. Mitchell, Waterville; 

 Alex. Wallace, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. 

 C. S. SI rout, Biddeford. 



Massachusetts — E. A. Rich- 

 ards, Greenfield; G. H. Sinclair, North- 

 ampton; A. H. Lange and A. A. Hixon, 

 Worcester; Jos. Fuller, Leominster; E. 

 O. Orpet, So. Lancaster; Henry Barton, 

 Westfield, and about everybody of any 

 account within the forty-mile limit of 

 the Hub: also quite a delegation cf 

 Dutch bulb salesmen from Holland 

 and Paul Kaese of Hamburg. 



LIST OF AWARDS. 

 Carnations. 



CLASS A. Vase of 50. White, F. K. 

 Pierscn Co., first, Wm. Nicholson, secoad; 

 Fle.sli Pink, Peter Fisher, S. J. Goddard; 

 Light Pink, F. K. Piei-son Co., Patten & 

 Co.; Dark Pink, F. U. Pierson Co., S. J. 

 Goddard; Red, Cottage Gardens, I'atten & 

 Co.; Crimson, Wm. Kiebolson, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler; Variegated, Wm. Nicholson, Pat- 

 ten *: Co. 



CLASS E. Vase of 25. White. Lemoine 

 Bros., F. R. Pierson Co.; Flesh Piak, Le- 

 moine Bios., Patten & Co.; Light I'iuk, 

 Lemoine Bros., F. R. Pierson Co.; Dark 

 Pink, Patteu & Co., C. S. ?troiit; Red, 

 Lemoine Bros., A. Batley & Son; Crimson, 

 Ed. Winkler, Lemoine Bros.; Variegated, 

 Patten & Co. 



CLASS C. Vase of 100 assorted. Peirce 

 Bros., first; F. R. Pierson Co., second. 



CLASS D. Vase of 100, one variety: 

 T. J. Grey cup to A. Roper for Bay State; 

 cut glass vase to Cottage Gardens for 

 Alma Ward. Six vases of 50 each: A. H. 

 Hews cup to Cottage Gardens. Fifty 

 Beceon: Peter Fisher prize, Wm. Nichol- 

 son. Twenty-five Beacon: Peter Fi-sher 

 prize, Chas. S. Strout. Fifty Beacon: 

 Cottage Gardens prize, S. J. Goddard. 

 Fifty Afterglow R. Wirterstattter prizes, 

 F. R. Pierson Co., flr.'it, Wm. Nicliolso:i, 

 second. Fifty Winsor: F. R. Pierson Co. 

 prizes. Peirce Bros., first, C. S. Stro:it, 

 second. 



CLASS E. Twelve blooms unnamed 

 seedUngs: Peter Fisher, No. 409, scarlet, 

 first; Peirce Bros., dark sport of Winsor, 

 s«ond; Peirce Bros., No. 60, crimson, 

 third. 



CLASS F. Best single Moom in the 

 diCfeient colors: Various winners. 



Roses. 



CLASS G. Vase of American Beanty, 

 Waban Rose Conservatories. 25 pink, 

 Moutiose Greenhouses, first with Brides- 

 maid. 25 red, W. H. Elllotl, first wit!i 

 Richmond. 25 white, Montrose Greon- 

 hoi:s£S. first mith. Bride; W. H. Elliott, 

 second with Bride. 25 anv other color, 

 W. n. Ellintt, first with Perle. 



CL.4SS H. VEse of 50 mixed roses: A. 

 N. PitjsoTi, first; Jlontrose Greenhouses, 

 j-.ocond. 



CLASS I. Premiums to be compoted 

 for by growers having not over 30,000 feet 

 of gl!i;s: No entries. 



CLASS J. Vase of'btst new rose ua- 

 di: seminal td before 1909: Park Street 

 Flower Market priza to Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories for White KilU'rney. 



Sweet Peas. 



CLASSES K, L, M 100 white: Wm. 

 Sim, first with Florence Denzer: Passaic 

 Ave. Greenhouses, second. 100 pink: Sim 



