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HORTICULTURE 



February 22, 1308 



THE BOSTON MARKET EXHIBITION 



This annual affair, regarded with so 

 much favor by the New England flor- 

 ist trade, will be held at the Park 

 Street Market, Boston, on Saturday, 

 February 29, from 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. 

 As will be seen by consulting the fol- 

 lowing list of regular and special pre- 

 miums, the inducements for a large 

 display are tempting and will doubt- 

 less draw out a notable line ot ex- 

 hibits. 



CARNATIONS. 



Class A 



1st. 2nd. 



50 Crimson $5.00 $3.00 



50 Dark Pink 5.00 3.00 



50 Light Pink 5 00 3.00 



50 Scarlet 5.00 3.0U 



50 White 5.00 3.00 



50 Any other color 5.00 AM^ 



Class B 



25 Crimson $3.00 $2.00 



25 Dark Pink 3.00 2.00 



25 Light Pink 3.00 2.00 



25 Scarlet 3.00 2.00 



25 White 3.(10 2.00 



25 Any other color 3.00 i.OO 



Class C 

 100 blooms In one vase, not less 

 than 6 varieties. 1st, Solid Silver 

 Cup, valued at $25.00; 2nd, Solid Sil- 

 ver Cup, ?7.50. 



In classes A, B and C only standard 

 or disseminated varieties can com- 

 pete. 



Class D 

 Vase of 100 blooms one variety, 

 new or standard. Cup valued at 

 ?25.00. 



Vase of 25 new striped variety. 

 First, $5.00; second, $3.00. 



Vase of 25 blooms unnamed seed- 

 lings. First, $8.00; second, $6.00; 

 third, $4.00. 



Class E 

 Special premiums offered by firms 

 or individuals: 



A. H. Hews & Co., cup valued at 

 $25.00 for 6 varieties of carnations, 50 

 blooms in a vase. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 prizes for 25 blooms ot Winsor; first, 

 $6.00; second, $4.00 



Peter Fisher, prizes for best 50 

 blooms of Beacon. $G.00. best 25 blooms 

 of Beacon, $3.00 



■ ROSES. 



1st 2nd 



25 American Beauty. .. .$10.00 $5.00 



25 Pink 30.00 5.00 



25 Red 10.00 5.00 



25 White 1000 5.00 



25 Any other color 10.00 5.00 



Park Street Flower Market, prize 

 for best new rose to be disseminated 

 in 1908, silver cup valued at $25.00. 



Wm. E. Doyle, for the best 25 Kil- 

 larneys, silver cup. value $25.00. 



A special prize of solid silver cup 

 and certificate ot merit will be award- 

 ed to the exhibit showing the highest 

 cultivation. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Collection of cut Bulbous 



stock, not more than 



25 Ota variety 12.00 8.00 



Best 50 Lily ot the 



Valley ^-OO 



Best 50 Marguerites.... 2.00 



Best 25 Mignonette 3.00 



Best 100 Pansies 2.00 



Best 25 Antirrhinum 3.00 



Display of novelty not _ 



otherwise classified. 5.00 o.w 



SWEET PEAS. 



1st. 2nd. 



Vase of 1 00 White $3.00 $2.00 



Vase of 100 Pink 3.00 2.00 



Vase ot 100 any other 



color 3.00 2.00 



A C Zvolanek Trophy valued at 

 $25.00 for two vases of 200 each, Flor- 

 ence Denzer and Christmas Pink 

 sweet peas. 



VIOLETS. 



Only foliage of the variety exhibited 



can be used. 



1st. 2nd. 



100 Campbell $3.00 $2.00 



100 any other double 3.00 2.00 



100 Princess 3.00 2.00 



100 any other single 3.00 :^.00 



James Wheeler Trophy for best 

 New Violet, 200 l)looms. Silver Cuii 

 valued at $25.0ti. 



SPECIAL PREMIUM. 

 Best exhibition from any grower 

 selling his product at Music Hall Mar- 

 ket: ist, $10.00; 2nd, $5.00. 

 POT PLANTS. 

 Thirty square feet of space will be 

 allotted to any exhibitor of pot plants. 

 Suitable awards will be made for any 

 exhibit of especial interest or merit. 

 IMPORTANT. 

 All exhibits must be staged by 10.30 

 o'clock A. M. It is very important that 

 this rule should be observed as the ex- 

 hibition is of short duration. Judges 

 to be allowed to call for any informa- 

 tion or assistance .necessary. 



Brighton; Alex. Montgomery, NaUck; 

 Eber Holmes, Montrose; Harry Bud- 

 long, Providence, R. I. 



Violets. Sweet Peas and Miscella- 

 neous.— Wm. Sim, Cliftondale; Wm. 

 Spilsburv, Woburn; Thos. Pegler, Park 

 street Boston; H. F. Calder, Norwood. 



Plants and Bulbs.— L. W. Mann, 

 Randolph; E. Sutermeister, ReadviUe; 

 Thos. Roland, Nahant; Frank T. 

 White, Holbrook. 



A. F. J. BAUR. 

 A F. J. Baur, the young and ener- 

 getic Vice President of the American 

 Carnation Society, is a native of Pitts- 

 burg. Pa., and is 32 years of age. 

 When a boy of 13 he began his horti- 

 cultural training with F. Morat's 

 Sons at Louisville. Ky.. since which 

 time he has been five years with the 

 E. G. Hill Co.. one year with Stuart 

 & Haugh, two years as foreman for 

 H. A. Niemeyer of Erie, Pa., and in 

 1S99 started in business with F. S. 

 Smith under the firm name ot Baur & 

 Smith, where he lias made carnations 



Vase of 50 Tulips.. 

 Vase of 50 Narcissi . . 



1st 2nd 



. . $5.00 $3.00 



. 5.00 ;;.oo 



RULES FOR JUDGES. 

 Carnation Scale of Points. 

 This scale shall be employed in 

 judging all seedlings for Certificate of 

 Merit, or for any special prize, and, 

 in all classes where competition is 

 close, it shall be used to arrive at a 

 decision. 



Color 25 Substance . . 10 



Sizg 20 Form 15 



Calyx 5 Fragrance .. 5 



Stem 20 — - 



Total 100 



LIST OF COMMITTEES. 

 Arrangements.— W. H. Elliott, chair- 

 man Brighton: Geo. Cartwright, sec- 

 rptarv. Park street, Boston; E. Allan 

 PeircV, treasurer, Park street, Boston; 

 S. J. Goddard. Framingham: Wra. Sim, 

 Cliftondale. 



Judges.— S. J. Renter, Westerly, 

 R. I.: Thos. Roland, Nahant; A. H. 

 Fewkes, Newton Highlands; E. A. 

 AVood. West Newton. 



Carnation Committee.— E. Allan 

 Peirce. Wallhani; S. J. Goddard. 

 Praniingham; Wm. Nicholson, Fram- 

 inghani; M. A. Patten. Tewksbiiry; 

 Peter Fisher, Ellis. 



Rose Committee.— W. H. Elliott. 



A. F. J. B-4LU ? 



a specialty and raised many seedlings, 

 some of which have made a good 

 record on the market. He was elected 

 Secretary of the State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation ot Indiana last year and Vice 

 President ot the American Carnation 

 Society at the Washington meeting. 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTU- 

 RAL EXPOSITION AT GHENT. 

 The centennial exposition of the 

 'Societe Royale d'Agriculture et de Bo- 

 tanique" of Ghent, Belgium, will be 

 held in the gardens ot the Casino from 

 April 23 to May 3, 1908. This exposi- 

 tion is held regularly every five years, 

 and the coming one being the centen- 

 nial, the display promises to be excep 

 tional in extent and interest. 



"THE PRIVATE GARDENER." 



This is the title of the lecture which 

 Rohen Craig of Philadelphia will de- 

 liver before the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society on Saturday, February 

 29th. Mr. Craig is a forcible speaker, 

 understands his subject and will un- 

 doubtedly draw a large audience. 



