April 10, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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CLOSING EVENTS OF THE BOS- 

 TON SPRING EXHIBITION. 



The spring exhibition at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. Boston, closed on Sunday 

 night. April 3. after a phenomenal run 

 of 11 days. The door receipts amounted 

 to nearly $7,000. and the treasury of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be enriched by fully $5,000. 

 On Saturday fully 2.000 school chil- 

 dren attended the show on special in- 

 vitation. Extra prizes for new ex- 

 hibits were bestowed on S. .1. Goddard 

 for carnations. R. D. Kimball, Edw. 

 JIacMulkin. Miss S. B. Fay, Thomas 

 Roland, John Barr, Mrs. E. M. Gill, 

 Harvard Botanic Garden and others. 

 Wm. Sim got a silver medal for 

 sweet peas and two certificates of 

 merit for violets and James F. M. 

 Farquhar had conferred upon him 

 the unusual honor of a special diplo- 

 ma for distinguished service in 

 the artistic landscape skill shown in 

 the construction and arrangement of 

 the Japanese Garden, which was so 

 important a factor in the success ot 

 the exhibition. This is the second in- 

 stance of the bestowal ot such an 

 award during the eighty years of ex- 

 istence of the society, the only other 

 similar award having been made to 

 the late Marshall P. Wilder many 



years ago. 



FLORIST CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA. 

 The monthly meeting of this club, 

 held on the 6th inst.. was rather 

 slimly attended, most of the members 

 being busy with Easter work. John 

 Westcott gave an interesting talk on 

 his recent trip to the Isle of Pines. 

 For a winter resort, Mr. Westcott 

 thinks the island par excellence, and 

 has serious thoughts of making it an 

 auxiliary to Barnegat Bay. William P. 

 Craig threw rather a damper on the 

 subject from a business standpoint, 

 and was corroborated by Messrs. Graef 

 and Coleman who had spent eight days 

 with him on the island investigating. 

 The mosquitos are fierce, the jiggers 

 ferocious and .the heat and drouth very 

 trj'ing. Transportation poor and ex- 

 pensive. No harbors and no deep 

 water. The gentlemen mentioned 

 stated that they were glad they had 

 made the trip, glad they went and still 

 gladder to get away again. Robert 

 Craig's real estate speculation at this 

 Caribbean paradise is accordingly 

 knocked on the head. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club was held at the 

 Union restaurant. April 1st. 



— Ten new members were accepted. 



\ Considerable time was taken up with 

 a discussion of the by-laws and copies 

 of the proposed changes will be 

 printed and circulated at the next 

 meeting. Andrew Benson, rose grow- 

 er for Bassett & Washburn gave a 

 talk on the rose show in Buffalo. 

 Four new names were proposed for 



membership. 



Wm. G. Badgley is to lecture on the 

 Rose before the Morris Co. Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society on April 14. 

 "Rose Night" is a big night with this 

 club. Usually quite a number of 

 novelties are shown. The club is 

 making efforts to get as many as pos- 

 sible this year. Madison and Cliat- 

 hani are expected to do their part in 

 standard varieties. 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TION SOCIETY. 

 The cultivation ot the winter flower- 

 ing carnation is extending in Great 

 Britain rapidly, especially in the south; 

 and nothing fosters it more than the 

 fine displays to be observed at the ex- 

 hibitions of the Perpetual Flowering 

 Carnation Society and those 'of the R. 

 H. S. The much older tree carnations 

 still find cultivators among the craft, 

 but their heydey is over, for, although 

 the colors of the blooms are in many 

 instances admirable, and the forms 

 good, the plants are as a whole lack- 

 ing in vigor, length of tlower stems, 

 and size of the blooms. And gardeners 

 prefer the new strains with their 

 larger blooms, fine distinct colors, 

 great vigor of growth, and the florists 

 prefer them as general decorative ma- 

 terial. We are still inclined to value 

 the non-serrated blooms of the carna- 

 tion of all sections and endeavors a; e 

 being put forth to impart this smooth- 

 ness to the new varieties, and doubtless 

 will result in the desired end being at- 

 tained; and we shall then have the 

 looked for perfection of form, together 

 with large size of bloom and the glo- 

 rious tints now getting so common on 

 the American and English strains. 

 The show held on March 24 at R. H. S. 

 Hall was of great extent and largely 

 consisted of amateurs' contributions; 

 the trade contributed also to some ex- 

 tent and had held over their exhibits 

 from the Royal Horticultural Society's 

 meeting on the previous day, thus 

 adding to the interest of the show. 

 The blooms were of higher quality 

 than at any previous show. 



The American Carnation Society 

 offered a challenge cup for three vases 

 containing new varieties put into com- 

 merce by Americans in 1906, and two 

 following years. Messrs. Bell & Shel- 

 don, carnation specialists of Guernsey, 

 were awarded this cup for the varie- 

 ties .Afterglow, Aristocrat and Winsor; 

 2nd, Mr. A. Ft Button, who showed 

 Winsor, Afterglow and "Victory. Mr. C. 

 Engel was 3rd. 



For a group of not fewer than twelve 

 varieties shown on a table 10 feet by 

 3 feet, and any kind of foliage allowed 

 for a decorative purpose, only one ex- 

 hibitor appeared — Mr. Hayward Ma- 

 thias. This group consisted of Gladwys 

 — a dark crimson bloom, smooth pet- 

 ailed, and of the perfection of form; 

 excellent blooms were observed of 

 Winsor, Britannia, Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. 

 H. Burnett, White Perfection, White 

 Lawson, Enchantress, Robert Craig, 

 etc. The exhibitor was awarded the 

 1st prize. 



In the color classes the best 36 

 blooms, white, W. H. Lancashire was 

 1st; and in the IS blooms class, white, 

 Bell & Sheldon took the 1st prize with 

 Lady Bountiful. In the blush class, 

 W. H. Lancashire was 1st with Enchan- 

 tress; in the larger class, that for 36 

 blooms, Bell & Sheldon took the 1st 

 prize in the class for light pink, sal- 

 mon, or rose colored varieties, with 

 Winsor in the 36 blooms class: and Mr. 

 Dutton was the winner in the IS blooms 

 class with Rose White Enchantress. For 

 36 blooms, deep pink, W. H. Lancashire 

 was 1st for grand blooms of Mrs. T. 

 W. Lawson. and Bell & Sheldon for 

 the best IS blooms, with Afterglow. C. 

 Engelmann took 1st for Carola. a 

 bloom of a deep crimson tint of good 



substance in the petals, which are ser- 

 rated; Bell & Sheldon were the 1st in 

 the class for IS blooms of the same 

 color, with President. The best in the 

 larger class for scarlet blooms was 

 Victory, shown by the Newport Carna- 

 tion Nursery, and the best IS blooms 

 of the same color were shown by Bell 

 & Sheldon, viz., Britannia. In the 

 class for IS blooms of any other, Jes- 

 sica, shown by the Newport Carnation 

 Nursery, was 1st; and Mr. C. Engel- 

 mann, 1st, was the exhibitor of 12 

 blooms of any variety not yet sent out 

 with Carola. 



There were some "decorative class- 

 es" in which bouquets, vases of varie- 

 ties, baskets of market carnations, la- 

 dies' sprays and button-hole bouquets, 

 entered for prizes. 



The trade exhibits consisted ot 

 groups of cut blooms and Mr. H. Bur- 

 nett was the recipient of a gold medal 

 for an excellent group of the finest 

 varieties. A silver gilt medal was 

 awarded to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 

 for a capital and lavish exhibit ar- 

 ranged in a sort of temple. In this dis- 

 play Black Chief was noted— a flower 

 in color and shape like the old Clove 

 carnation, and very free flowering. C. 

 Engelmann received a gold medal for 

 a big display. No awards were made 

 to any new carnations. 



The show was an undoubted success, 

 and the attendance of the pulilic par- 

 ticularly gratifying to the proniotors. 

 FREDERICK MOORE. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The contract for erecting the new 

 building for the New Hampshire Hor- 

 ticultural Society at Dover, has been 

 awarded to the Central Building Co., 

 of Worcester. Mass. 



The annual meeting of the Albany 

 Florist Club was held April 1st and 

 largely attended. Two new members 

 were admitted. The coming floral show 

 was discussed. The next meeting will 

 be held May 6 at the store of W. C. 

 King 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore were favored with a talk hy 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., at their meeting 

 on March 22, and a superb exhibit of 

 sreianiums from his extensive stock at 

 White Marsh including over 150 vari- 

 eties. Ulrich Brunner roses were ex- 

 liibited by M. Hannigan. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



Sabine Botton succeeds Robert Mar- 

 shall as gardener at Peter B. Bradley's, 

 Hingham, Mass. 



John Fraser is reported to have re- 

 signed his position as gardener to 

 Philip Kearney, Columbia Road, Mor- 

 ristown, N. Y. 



Rohert Marshall has left Bradley 

 Hill, Hingham, Mass., and has taken 

 charge of the J. R. de Lamar estate 

 at Glen Cove, N. Y. 



Roland H. Messenger has resigned 

 his position at the Bradley green- 

 houses, Brattleboro, Vt., and taken a 

 position with C. W. Dunham. 



Wm. H. Thomas, for the past twelve 

 years gardener to F. C. Blanchard, 

 Convent, N. J., has given up his situa- 

 tion. Mr. Blanchard does not expect 

 to keep up the place this year, but will 

 rent it if possible. Mr. Thomas was 

 the first secretary of the Morris Coun- 

 ty Gardeners' and Florists' Society. 



