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HOETICULTUEE 



Marcb 22, 1913 



SPRING EXHIBITION AT BOSTON 



The advent of spring was very au- 

 spiciously celebrated by the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society on March 

 14, 15 and 16, when the three halls 

 in Horticultural Building, Boston, were 

 transformed into a great, radiant gar- 

 den. Boston society turned out in 

 throngs to admire the wondrous dis- 

 play of the florists' and gardeners' art. 

 It certainly was an inspiring scene 

 and it required only the music of the 

 Cadet orchestra to complete the il- 

 lusion of an enchanted land. There 

 were great plateaus of brilliant tulips 

 daffodils, cyclamen and cinerarias, 

 golden groves ot acacias and genistas, 

 banks of palms, and tropical verdure, 

 beds of lillies and roses in the main 

 hall, thousands of splendid carnations 

 with roses, violets, pansies, and or- 

 chids in the lecture hall, and the small 

 hall was redolent with the perfume of 

 hyacinths, tulips and other sweet- 

 smelling things. We cannot describe 

 it all here — only some of the more 

 notable exhibits. 



Prof. C. S. Sargent, showed a most 

 sensational group of seedling azaleas, 

 hybrids of Hinodegeri with other 

 small flowering varieties. These showed 

 a great variety of colors. Duncan 

 Finlayson arranged a great central 

 group of flowering and foliage p'ants 

 in which effective use was made of 

 Primula malacoides and other pro- 

 fuse flowering subjects, including 

 some fine acacias. Mrs. Fred'k Ayer, 

 showed an unusually extensive col- 

 lection of acacias and numerous speci- 

 mens of Erica melanthera. From W. 

 W. Edgar Co. came a group of roses, 

 H. P. and H. T. and Ramblers such as 

 are rarely seen so early in the season. 

 A large group of Schizanthus Wise- 

 tonensis, of the most improved strains. 

 plants measuring four to five feet 

 across, was an object of admiration 

 and the cyclamen of which there were 

 several large displays were up to the 

 well-known Boston standard for this 

 specialty. 



The finest specimens of Erica mel- 

 anthera ever seen here were staged 

 by Walter Hunnewell, T. D. Hatfielri, 

 gardener. These were a revelation of 

 the possibilities with this useful heath- 

 er. There was a little group of un- 

 common hard-wooded plants from 

 Knight & Struck which attracted much 

 attention. Gnidia pinifolia. several 

 rare and beautiful ericas and "Cape 

 plants" were in this collection. Thoa. 

 T. Watt, gardener at Wellesley Col- 

 lege had a nice collection of odd 

 things Including the white Strelitzia, 

 Veltheimea viridifolia, camellias, etc. 

 In the large group from Ed. Mc- 

 Mulkin which filled the stage in the 

 lecture hall a specimen of the new 

 Daybreak azalea was a conspicuous 

 object. A. N. Pierson was represented 

 by some magnificent specimen Adi- 

 antum Farleyense and a vase of 

 Milady rose which contained some 

 wonderfully full and symmetrical 

 blooms. An interesting collection of 

 hard-wooded plants from Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner, a group of choice conifers in 

 tubs from Breck-Robinson Co., and 

 some perfect diminutive specimens of 

 genista from W. W. Edgar Co., and 



Specimen Phalaenopsis Schillebiana 

 By W. A. Manda, Winner of First Prize. 



Jasminum primulinum from R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. were all worthy of 

 mention. 



The bulb collections in pots and pans 

 were very extensive and the flowers 

 have never been finer. This was 

 particularly the case with the hya- 

 cinths which were by far the best 

 we have seen at any exhibition in re- 

 cent years. One display, that of the 

 Breck-Robinson Co. contained thirty 

 new varieties of bulbs, especially at- 

 tractive being tulips President Taft, 

 single early, very large crimson and 

 white petals; Sarah Bernhardt single 

 early, "crushed strawberry;" Rose ot 

 Holland, single early, white with 

 bright pink flushed tips; Wm. Pitt, Dar- 

 win tulip, vermilion; Narcisscus Lu- 

 cifer, pale with short bright cup; Van 

 Waveren's Giant Trumpet and Olym- 

 pia, trumpet. Mr. McKenzie, gardener 

 for C. B. Dane showed a very valuable 

 collection of orchids in bloom. Among 



them were sev- 

 eral superb novel- 

 ties, among these 

 being B r a s s o - 

 Catlealia Rowena 

 (Brassavola Dig- 

 byana x L. C. 

 Doris), Brasso- 

 Cattleya L e e - 

 manii (Brassa- 

 vola Djgbyana x 

 C. Schroed e r a e 

 alba), and Cyprl- 

 pedlum Maudlae 

 Magniflcum. W. 

 A. Manda showed 

 a small group ot 

 choice new 

 things including 

 Nephrolepis t u - 

 berosa plumrsa 

 and Begonia Mrs. 

 W. S. Kimball 

 and took the 

 prize for speci- 

 men orchid with 

 a fine Phalae- 

 nopsis S c h i 1 - 

 leriana. 

 The carnation display was very ex- 

 tensive. All the popular varieties of 

 the day were shown in elegant condi- 

 tion. Among the most noticeable were 

 vases of Rosette, Gloriosa, Benora and 

 White Wonder from A. A. Pembroke, 

 who proved himself a wonder in his 

 cultural abilities; Mrs. C. W. Barron 

 and Princess Dagmar from Patten & 

 Co.; Wm. Eccles and British Triumph 

 from Scott Bros.; a seedling of glow- 

 ing wine red from S. J. Goddard: 

 Eleanor, a remarkably pure soft pink 

 seedling from H. A. Stevens; Gorgeous 

 from Peter Fisher; The Herald (hurt 

 in transit), from Chicago Carnation 

 Co.; Pocahontas from W. R. Nichol- 

 son, and Matchless and Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward (two days on way), from Cot- 

 tage Gardens. 



The cut flower section was further 

 enriched by a fine vase of Mrs. Chas. 

 Russell from Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories; extensive displays of pansies, 

 violets and sweet peas, all of superb 

 quality, from Wm. Sim; gardenias and 

 cattleyas from F. J. Dolansky, and 

 snapdragons from F. W. Fletcher and 

 G. E. Buxton. 



The decorated dinner tables were as 

 usual a prime attraction. First prize 

 went to Mrs. Duncan Finlayson for a 

 very simple decoration of sweet peas 

 in a slender vase, corsages of Coel- 

 ogj'ne cristata, bouttoniere a single 

 flower of Cymbidium. Wax Bros.' de- 

 sign, which won second, was com- 

 posed of yellow daisies and blue corn- 

 flowers. Third went to Henry N. Com- 

 ley for Sunburst roses, yellow pansies 

 and Adiantum Farleyense. Other en- 

 tries were Edw. MacMulkin, with sin- 

 gle-flowered pink rambler roses; F. H. 

 Houghton with Taft roses and myoao- 

 tis; Boston Cut Flower Co., with two 

 tables — one of Killarney Queen and 

 lilacs, the other of Sunburst and Far- 

 leyense, and Harry Quint who used 

 Sunburst roses and lilacs. 



The list of awards was a lengthy 

 one. and we are obliged to condense It 

 somewhat. Winners of first prizes 



