March 27, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The great sprirg esliibition at Hor- 

 ticultu:al Hall, Boston, long planned 

 £.Dd talked about and involving an im- 

 mense amount of work for many 

 during the imst weeks and months is 

 on and the town is full of florist vis- 

 itors from far and near. The 'e.xliibi- 

 tion is not only the most pretentious 

 ever undertaken here but is pro- 

 nounced by all observei-s to be the 

 most complete and pleasing they have 

 ever seen. The variety, quality and 

 profusion of the exhibits are 

 grand and bewildering and the public 

 are certainly given full value for their 

 money in the glory of color and ver- 

 dvre, the music and the brilliancy of 

 electrical effect. 



The large exhibiiion hall has never 

 presented so impressive a spectacle. 

 Th'e stupendous effort of the Messrs. 

 Farquhar — the Japanese garden which 

 is verj- inadequately depicted on our 

 cover page — is the great centre of at- 

 traction and the visitors troop in sinu- 

 ous lines continuously up and down its 

 winding paths, over bamboo bridges, 

 under rocky growths and around pools 

 and cascades overhung with purple 

 and white wistarias and quaint con- 

 torted maples and thuyas, among great 

 m£-.!ses of blooming azaleas, lilies, 

 peonies, magnolias, forsythias, spiraeas 

 and a thousand and one species and 

 varieti'« of shi-ubbtry and rock garden 

 n aterial. The work of arrangement 

 is finished to perfection, even to the 

 crevices of the rocks which buttress 

 the winding walks, which are tijled 

 here and there with feras and mosses 

 and other appropriate things. 



M. H. Walsh's great collection of 

 over fifty trained Rambler roses on 

 cne side and magnificent group of 

 greenluuse plants from the Harvard 

 Botanical Garden on the other fornved 

 an impresFive setting for the approach 

 to the" bamboo gates which opened 

 into the Japanese garden. Mr. Walsh's 

 roses included quite a number of new 

 comers, both single and double, and 

 the size of fiowers is, in many of them, 

 confciderably increased ever that of 

 his earlier introductions. He was the 

 winner of a silver and a bronze medal 

 in addition to the cash prizes in this 

 class. The big palms in the Botanical 

 Garden exhibit partially screened the 

 orchestra of young ladies in the bal- 

 cony, so tall were they. 



The lecture hall was a Veritable 

 blaze of color. The stage end was 

 filled with an enormous group of 

 ElE^ter flowering and faliago pLants 

 from Thomas Roland and the opposite 

 end was correspondingly filled by Ed. 

 MacMulkin. Either one of these 

 groups must have contained more than 

 a tho-'.sand dollars' worth of plants. 

 Lesser groups occupied the sides of 

 the hall and alternating between them 

 Wf re the mantels decorated by retail 

 florists. The winrin^ raantel was by 

 MccMulkin; the decorations v/ere yel- 

 low and green, acaria, daffodils and 

 pansies being daintily used. Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill with a tasteful arrangement of 

 pink carnations, pink ramblers and 

 green was second and S. Hoffman 

 with masse.T of Killf.rney and pink 



rambler loses v. as third. The hall 

 was filled with tables and plant groups 

 with a wealth of floral beauty such as 

 has rarely been gathered together. 

 Great masses of feathery Cineraria 

 stellata, brilliant amaryllises, cycla- 

 mens of wonderful beauty, pot roses, 

 stately ericas, azaleas, acacias, long 

 ranks of hyacinths and tulips and 

 thousands of daffodils made a scene 

 not soon forgotten. Especially inter- 

 esting to the craft was a balloon 

 trained specimen of Gloriosa Roths- 

 childianum beaming over fifty blooms, 

 brought by Arthur Griffin of Newport. 

 The small hall was i-adiant with a 

 beautiful displa.y of orchids, carna- 

 tions, roses, sweet peas, violets and 

 schizanthuses. Rtises Were effectively 

 shown by F. R. Pierson Co., Waban 

 Rc>se Conservatories, W. H. Elliot and 

 Montrose Greenhouses, the White Kil- 

 larney by the first two named i>eing 

 the .sensational attraction. Sweet peas 

 by Wm. Sim were in his usual high 

 quality and great variety and Norris 

 F. Comley also staged two \ases of 

 peas of phenomenal quality. Patten 

 & Co.'s white Genevieve was a prime 

 aflraction among the carnations. In 

 the vestibule John Streiferd & Co., had 

 a brilliant group of genistas and 

 standard variegated abutilous. 



Among the visitors were W. F. Gude 

 and A. Gude, Washington, D. C; 

 Henry Wild, Greenwich, Conn.; Frank 

 McMahon, Seabright, N. J.; Ed. 

 Roehrs. Rutherford, N. J.; Chas. 

 Loechner, Max O. Jordan, J M. Keller, 

 Geo. F Struck, New York; W A. 

 Manda. South Orange, N. J.; J. F. 

 Huss, Hartford, Conn.; Timothy Mc- 

 Carthy, Providence, R. I.; R. W. 

 Green, Warwick, R. I.; Wm. Eccles, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y.; Richard Gardner 

 and Arthur Grifiin, Newport, R. I.; C. 

 S. Strout, Biddeford, Me.; Robt. Bal- 

 lantyne. Canandaigua, N. Y. ; Jos. 

 Manda, ^\■est Orange, N. J.; . E. W. 

 Newbrand, Tarrytown, N. Y.; and a 

 whole swaim of North Shore, South 

 Shore and inland New England gar- 

 deners and florists. 



Special Awards. 



K. & J. Farquhar were awarded a 

 gold medal for Japanese garden. Sil- 

 ver medals were given to Mrs. A. W. 

 Blake (J. L. Smith, gardener), for 

 Nephrolepis Piersoni; Mrs. J. M. Sears, 

 Amaryllis; Arthur Griffin. Gloriosa 

 Rothschildiana; Harvard Botanic Gar- 

 den, artistic display. 



Fiist-class certificates of merit were 

 awarded to W. W. Rawson & Co., for 

 Narcissus King Alfred; W. A. Riggs. 

 Rose Tausendschon; Larz Anderson. 

 Laelia elegans; E. O. Orpet, Brasso- 

 Cattleya Susannae (Cattleya Thayeri- 

 ana X Brassavola Digbyana) ; Julius 

 Roehrs Co., Odontoglossumcrispumvar. 

 E. B Dane; Julius Roehrs Co., Cattle- 

 ya Schroederae var. Surprise; E. B. 

 Dane, Cypripedium Mandii; M. H. 

 Walsh. Rambler Rose Maid Marion. 



Cultural certificates to Thomas Ro- 

 land for Cytisus racemosus; Wm. Mc- 

 Gillivray tor Dracaena Godseffiana. 



Honorable mention to Robert Bal- 

 lantine, Dwarf Blue Cinerarias; New 

 Hampshire Agricultural College, seed- 

 ling carnations. 



Vote of thanks to E. O. Orpet for col- 

 lection of cut orchids. 



Regular Prizes. 



-Azalea Indiea — Eight plants: 1st, Edward 

 Mm. Jfulliin; 2d, E. W. Breed. Three plants 

 {t^->v pri\ate growei'S only): 1st, "Wm. Whlt- 

 iiMii. 2d. Wm. Wliitman. Palms — Pair: 

 l!^t. lidward MacJIulliin: 2d, Mrs. Freder- 

 ick Ayer; 3d, William Whitman. Ericas — 

 1st, .Mrs. Fredciicii Ayer; 2d. Mrs. Freder- 

 ick Ayer. Hard- Wooded Greenhouse Plants — 

 2d, J. R. Leeson. Ramljler Roses — (for 

 private growers ouly^: 1st, Miss S. B. Fay, 

 Gronp of Roses — All classes admissible 

 (open to commercial growers oulv): 1st, M. 

 H. Walsh; 2d, M. H. Walsh. Forced Hardy 

 Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, arranged 

 for effect — 1st, Eellevje Greenhouses. Cy- 

 clamens — Twelve plants, in not over seven- 

 inch pots: 1st, Dr. C. G. Weld; 2d, J. S. 

 liailoy; 3d, Dr. C. G. Weld. Six plants, in 

 not over ten-inch pots: 1st, E. J. Mitton; 

 2d, Mrs. Frederick Ayer; 3d, Mrs. Freder- 

 ick .4.yer. Cinerarias-"Grandiflora type: 

 1st, W. A. Biggs; 2d, Dr. C. G. Weld; 3d, 

 J. S. Bailey. Schizanthus — 1st, Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner; 2d, J. S. Bailey; 3d, Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner. Cinerarias— Stellata type: 1st, 

 Wm. Whitman: 2d, Wm.. Whitman; 3d, Mrs. 

 J. I.. Gardner. H.vacin'ths — Six pans, six 

 bnlt^s of one variety in each pan: 1st, W. 

 A. RiiTgs: 2d, Will. Whitman. Single pan, 

 with ten bulbs of one variety: 1st, Mrs. J. 

 I.. Gardner: 2d, ditto; 3d, ditto. Early Tu- 

 lips— 1st. Wm. Whitman: 2d, W. A. Riggs; 

 ■',(\. Mr^. J. M. Sears. Late Tulips— 1st, W. 

 \ Kig.;.s; 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Narcis- 

 suses — f'ullection of Large Trumpet varie- 

 ties: 1st, Wm. Whitman; 2d, W. A. Riggs; 

 3d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Collection of Short 

 Trumpet varieties: 1st, Wm. Whitman; 2d, 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Amaryllises — 1st, Mrs. 

 J. M. Sears: 2d, Mrs. J. M. Sears. Group 

 of Easter Flowering Plants — Arranged for 

 eilc' t with palms or other foliage: 1st, 

 Thou. as Roland; 2d, Edward MacMulkin. 

 General Display of Spring Bulbous Plants — 

 All classes, arranged with foliage plants: 

 1st, Wm. >Vlutman. Orchids — Group of 

 plants arranged tor effect with ferns or 

 otiier foliage plants: 1st, E. B. Dane; 2d, 

 Seth A. BordeT; 3d, E. J. Mitton. Speci- 

 men ;ilant— 1st. Mrs. A. W. Blake; 2d, Seth 

 A. Biirden. Roses — American Beauty: 1st, 

 Waban Rose Conservatories: 2d, F. R. Pier- 

 son Co. The Bride: 1st, Montrose Green- 

 houses. Bridesmaid. 1st, Montrose Green- 

 houses. Rich.uond: 1st. Montrose Green- 

 houses; 2d, W. H. Elliott. Killarnev: 1st, 

 W. H. Elliott. Any other Pink variety: 2d, 

 W. H. Elliott. .\ny other variety: 3d, W. 

 H. Elliott. Any new^ named variet.v not in 

 commerce: 1st, F. R. Pierson & Co. Car- 

 nations — Vase of 100 of one variety: 1st, 

 M. A. Patten. 25 Crimson: 1st, M. A. Pat- 

 ten; 2d, Wilfrid Wheeler; 3d, Edward 

 Winkler. 25 Dark Pink: 1st, C. S. Stront. 

 Any Winsor-shade variety: 1st, C. S. 

 Strout: 2d, M. A. Pattea; 3d, Backer & Co. 

 Enihantress-shade variety: 1st, R. D. 

 Kinili.ill: 2d. M. A. Patten: 3d, M. A. Pat- 

 ten. .Scarlet: 1st, ,7ohn Barr; 2d. M. A. 

 lMtt.>ii: 3d, B. P. Winch. White: 1st, M. 

 A. Pntten; 2d. C. S. Strout. White Varie- 

 sated. 1st, M. A. Patten; 2d, R. D. Kim- 

 ball. Yellow Variegated: 1st, M. A. Pat- 

 ton. Violets — Single: 1st, Estev Bros.; 2d, 

 Wm. Sim; 3d, U. M. Howard. 100 Double: 

 1st, L. S. Small; 2d, H. M. Sanderson; 3d, 

 Norris P. Comley. Sweet Peas — Two vases, 

 distinct varieties, ItX) blooms in each: 1st, 

 Wni. Slni; 2d, Norris F. Comley; 3d. Wm. 

 Sim. Antirrhinums — 1st, R. D. Kimball. 

 Mantel Decorations— 1st. Edw. MacMulkin; 

 2d. Mrs. B. M. Gill; 3d, Sidney Hoffman. 



SPRING SHOW AT PHILADELPHIA. 



This annual event occupied three 

 days of the weiek — Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day and Thursday. Although smaller, 

 as to bulk and variety, than most of 

 its predecessors, the quality of the ex- 

 hibits was never better. Hyacinths, 

 tulips and daffodils, wer? a leading 

 feature, the competition for the prizes 

 tut up by the seedsm-^i being keen. 

 Azaleas were conspicuous by their ab- 

 sence — the only notable showing in 

 these being three magnificent plants 

 fron' the Newbold place, with a six- 

 fcot spread, occupying a place of honor 



