September 19, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The autumn exhibition, which was 

 held on September 11, 12 and 13, was 

 a surprise in the quantity and notable 

 quality of the dahlias shown. Espe- 

 cially was this true of the remarkable 

 exhibit by R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 said to have contained 20,000 blooms. 

 It was arranged in a sort of parterre 

 with formal lines and scroll work in 

 which the colors were contrasted anil 

 blended in an artistic pattern, and re- 

 lieved by vases and clusters of a sin- 

 gle color, palms and foliage plants. It 

 was a most sensational innovation and 

 attracted the public accordingly. 

 Among the varieties especially promi- 

 nent were Chas. Lanier, Semiramis, 

 Queen Wilhelmina, Hollandia and oth 

 er gems of recent introduction in all 

 the classes. 



Other dahlia exhibitors were the 

 well-known specialists, J. K. Alexan- 

 der, who staged about 750 blooms of 

 superb quality, W. H. Symonds with 

 400, W. D. Hathaway, Mrs. H. A. Jahn, 

 Towle's Dahlia Gardens, Dorchester 

 Dahlia Gardens, P. L. Tinkham and W. 

 C. Winter. Altogether these enthusi- 

 astic dahlia lovers put up a show of 

 unprecedented extent and interest, and 

 the public took full advantage of the 

 opportunity to admire and learn. 



ft A. Dreer showed a tank of fine 

 aquatics, including Victoria Regia, 

 many rare and beautiful nymphaeas, 

 nelumbiums and papyrus. Very ex- 

 tensive collections of hardy border 

 plants were staged by Blue Hill Nur- 

 sery and Harvard Botanic Garden, a 

 group of cockscombs from the latter 

 attracting especial admiration. A very 



comprehensive display of garden ma- 

 terial was also contributed by Wm. 

 Whitman, gardener Martin Sullivan, 

 and the Bellevue Greenhouses were 

 represented by a particularly attrac- 

 tive and instructive collection in the 

 same line. 



F. W. Fletcher showed a large bunch 

 of the new early-flowering single vio- 

 let Baronne Rothschild, which appears 

 to be about a month earlier in bloom- 

 ing than the usual sorts. The display 

 of hothouse grapes from Mrs. J. C. 

 Whitin, gardener George McWilliam, 

 was a most luscious one, including 

 Madrasville Court, Mrs. Prince, Gros 

 Guillaume, Lady Downs, Black Alli- 

 cante and Muscat of Alexandria. Of 

 fruits and vegetables the display was 

 fully up to the traditions or this So- 

 ciety in its autumn shows. 



The prize list was a long one. Among 

 the special awards were the following: 

 The W. W. Rawson silver cup for larg- 

 est collection of cactus dahlias exhib- 

 ited by a private gardener was won 

 by W. A. Riggs; Peirce Bros., certi- 

 cate of merit for chrysanthemum 

 Golden Glow; L. W. Goodell, certificate 

 of merit for collection of verbenas; 

 honorable mention to H. A. Dreer for 

 aquatic plants; F. W. Fletcher for 

 Marguerite asters, for Violet Baronne 

 Rothschild, and for Physostegia vir- 

 ginca var. grandiflora. . 



The West Virginia Horticultural As- 

 sociation met at Romney, W. Va., on 

 September 3 and 4. Dr. W. M. Mun- 

 son and J. H. Stewart of Morgantown, 

 S. W. Moore of Elwell, and H. W. 

 Miller of Paw Paw were among the 

 speakers. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The first meeting of this club for the 

 fall season ot 1908 was held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall on Tuesday evening, Sep- 

 tember 15, about 75 members being in 

 attendance. Resolutions of condolence 

 and sympathy on the death of two 

 members of the club, W. W. Rawson 

 and Fmil Johansen, were adopted, sev- 

 eral members making remarks in eu- 

 logy of these useful men. 



Interesting vacation reminiscences 

 were given by Kenneth Finlayson and 

 M. A. Patten, the former telling about 

 the gardens and natural beauties of 

 Bar Harbor and the hospitable wel- 

 come extended there, and the latter de- 

 scribing vividly the attractions of the 

 Niagara Falls Convention and mildly 

 criticising the local members for their 

 absence from the convention. Mr. But- 

 terworth told of what he had seen in 

 London and other European cities and 

 the bulb growing districts of Holland. 

 Robert Cameron and W. N. Craig add- 

 ed their testimony to that of Mr. Fin- 

 layson regarding their trip to Bar Har- 

 bor, and Mr. Cameron, who had ex- 

 tended his visit to Nova Scotia, spoke 

 glowingly of the horticultural progress 

 1 1 ad noted there. Vice-president 

 Downs recapitulated the pleasant out- 

 ing enjoyed by about twenty-five mem- 

 bers at Amherst and expressed grate- 

 ful appreciation of the courtesies ex- 

 tended by the College officials. 



On the exhibition table were violets 

 and daisies from F. W. Fletcher and 

 orchids from Duncan Finlayson 



