November 14, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Boston's annual chrysanthemum 

 show, which was held on Nov. 6-9, was 

 fully up to the record of its predeces- 

 sors in variety, quality and attractive- 

 ness. The attendance was good, es- 

 pecially on Sunday, when the halls 

 were uncomfortably crowded during 

 the afternoon and evening concert. 



The disposition, plainly evidenced 

 ' last year, to widen the scope of the 

 exhibition and make it something more 

 than merely a display of chrysanthe- 

 mums, was reflected in the schedule 

 and carried out in the show, which 

 embraced gigantic groups of flowering 

 and foliage plants from which chrysan- 

 themums were excluded, groups of or- 

 chids for which very liberal prizes 

 were given, vegetables and fruit in 

 extensive array and carnations for 

 which the prizes were unprecedentedly 

 large. 



Taking up the chrysamHemums first, 

 we do not find much of unusual im- 

 portance to chronicle. The enormous 

 trained plants that formerly gave dis- 

 tinction to the Boston shows were 

 missing and those displayed were small 

 but well grown and one of them, a 

 specimen of Garza from Dr. C. G. 

 Wild, was awarded the prize for best 

 plant in the hall, an honor worthily 

 bestowed. The number of plants of 

 the now popular single and semi- 

 double varieties was quite large and 

 these, together with the small neat 

 "commercial" plants of which W. H. 

 Elliott has a good display every year, 

 contributed much to the color effect 

 although their value might be greatly 

 enhanced by the adoption of some 

 more artistic and original method of 

 arranging them other than in regular 

 rows on the level floor. S. Hoffman 

 had one group of Garza arranged in 

 pyramid form with palms against the 

 wall among which boughs of copper 

 beech were used with good effect. 



The classes for long-stemmed 

 blooms in vases of ten were not so 

 numerous and seemed less sensational 



Vase of Timothy Eaton, at Boston show 



By W. W. Edgar Co. 



than formerly. The limit of possibili- 

 ties in this line has probably been 

 reached and flowers which are merely 

 large no longer excite wonder. The 



Mkrza, Best Specimen 

 Exhibited by 



Plant in Boston Show 



Dr. C. G. Weld. 



big china vases of one Hundred long- 

 stemmed blooms arranged for effect 

 were admired as much as ever and 

 filled an indespensable place in the 

 impressiveness of the exhibition in the 

 grand hall as a whole. The W. W. 

 Edgar Co. again won first in this 

 class with Major Bonnaffon, the same 

 variety as last year. Second was won 

 by the Morton F. Plant Estate with 

 mixed colors; third by Edgar Co. with 

 Timothy Eaton and fourth by Edgar 

 Bros, with Dr. Enguehard. Again the 

 Gane Memorial Prize for Mrs. Jerome 

 .lones was won by James Nicol with a 

 superb exhibit. 



In the class for twenty-five blooms 

 of twenty-five varieties, always an ob- 

 ject of engrossing interest for the 

 gardeners, there were four entries. 

 First was awarded to .Morton F. Plant 

 Estate, gardener Thomas W. Head, 

 and second to W, A. Riggs. So close 

 were they in quality that sentiment 

 was pretty well divided as to the cor- 

 rectness of the verdict and it certainly 

 must have been a difficult task for the 

 judges to come to a decision. The 

 varieties shown were recent introduc- 

 tions in the main and in both sets the 

 exhibitors had taken advantage of 

 every little point in uniformity and 

 color arrangement. The ptize for six 

 best introductions of current year went 

 to the Plant Estate; the varieties 

 shown being Harold Wells white re- 

 flexed. Touring Club tawny yellow in- 

 curved, W. M. Moir white Jap. in- 



