March 7, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



295 



MARKET EXHIBITION AT BOSTON 



The Park Street Market Exhibition 

 at Boston on Saturday, February 29, 

 was all that its promoters had prom- 

 ised and a great deal more. In extent 

 and quality of exhibits it far excelleu 

 any of its predecessors. During the 

 entire day the room was thronged and 

 for most of the time the crush was so 

 great that it was with the greatest 

 difficulty that the judges performed 

 their duties. Rarely is a more per- 

 plexing job given to a set of judges 

 than was here presented, the entries 

 being so numerous and the excellence 

 being so general, and the work was 

 not completed uutil well along into 

 • the afternoon. It became apparent 

 early in the day that the market room 

 would be entirely inadequate to prop- 

 erly display the flowers or to accom- 

 modate the crowd of visitors, and much 

 regret was expressed that the com- 

 mittee had not accepted the invita- 

 tion extended by the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society to occupy Horti- 

 cultural Hall for the show. Apprehen- 

 sion that change of location might tend 

 to a loss of individuality was the ex- 

 planation given by the committee for 

 their decision to remain in their own 

 quarters but it is likely that next year 

 the need of larger space will be im- 

 perative. 



As the list appended will show, the 

 entries from outside of New England 

 territory were not numerous, although 

 all of conspicuous interest, but the 

 home growers were certainly out in 

 force and it was the universal verdict 

 of visitors from afar that New England 

 growers of roses, carnations, violets 

 and sweet peas are well in the lead. 



Among the sensational exhibits 

 none came in for more astonished ad- 

 miration than W. H. Elliott's Rich- 

 mond and Killarney roses. S. J. God- 

 dard's Priscilla is generally recognized 

 as a carnation with a big future. 3. 

 J. Goddard's Victory was beaten by 

 Beacon but no better Victory has ever 

 been seen. On the other hand Helen 

 Goddard beat Lawson. Altogether, 

 S. J. G., with seven first and six sec- 

 onds, and a silver cup, had nothing to 

 find fault with. Fisher's winning six 

 in the Hews cup competition, were 

 Evangeline, Winsor, White Perfection. 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward, Enchantress and 

 Beacon. The display of violets was 

 the best on record in Boston. C. Cum- 

 mings, Wm. Spillsbury, E. Bingham, 

 Paul Richwagen, Kidder Bros., W. E. 

 Turner, C. E. Streamburg, Esty Bros., 

 E. A. Richards, H. W. Field, H. F. 

 Woods and Wm. Sim were all in the 

 running. Worthy of special mention 

 also were F. W. Fletcher's niyosotis, 

 R. T. McGorum's candytuft, F. C. 



White's wallflower, A. C. Zvolanek's 

 new lavender pea. Mrs. Chas. Totty, 

 R. D. Kimball's and Paul Richwagen's 

 snap-dragon and H. M. Robinson & 

 Co.'s gardenias. J. Fuller's handsome 

 double blue lobelia caught all eyes. 

 Mr. Fuller says that this variety en- 

 joys starvation and gives best results 

 as a bedding plant when plunged in 

 the beds, in small pots. 



THE AWARDS. 

 Carnations. 



Ill cliiss A tor vases of lift.v oarniitious. 

 (lisseuiin.'itcd varieties, the winners were 

 as follows: 



Dark Ked, 1st., Edw. Winkler, Harry 

 l''L'nii; 2nd., S. J. Goddard, Octoroon. 



Dail; I'inli, 1st., S. J. Goddard, Helen 

 Goddard, 2iid.. I'lerfa Bros., Lawson. 



T.iglit rink, 1st., S. J. Goddard, Enchan- 

 tress; 2nd., Peter Fisher, Winsor. 



Scarlet, 1st., I'eter Fisher, Beacon; 2nd., 

 S. J. Goddard, Victory. 



Wliile. 1st., Patten & Co., White Per- 

 fection; Jiid., S. J. Goddard, White Perfec- 

 tion. 



Variegated, tst.. Leonard Conslus, Jr., 

 Variegated Lawson. 



Class B. for vases of twenty-flve carna- 

 tions, disseminated varieties: 



Darl; Red, 1st., S. J. Goddard, Harry 

 Fenn; 2nd.. Littletiold & Wyman, Octo 

 roon. 



Dark Pink, 1st.. Littlefleld & Wyman. 

 Lawson: 2nd.. S. J. (ioddard, Helen God- 

 dard. . 



Light Pink, 1st.. Chas S. Strout, En- 

 chantress: L'nd.. Littlefleld & Wyman, Win- 

 sor. 



Scarlet. 1st.. S. .1. Goddard, Victory; 

 2nd.. Littlefleld & Wvman. Robert Craig. 



White. 1st.. Patten & Co., White Per- 

 fection; 2ud.. S. J. Goddard, Lad.v Bounti- 

 ful. 



Variegated. 1st., PeiVce Bros., Mrs. M. 

 A. Patten, 2nd., J5acker & Co., Mrs. M. 

 A. Patten. 



Class C. 100 blooms in one vase, not 

 less than six disseminated varieties. Silver 

 cups. 



1st., S. J. Goddaid; 2ud., Peirce Bros. 



Class D. Vase of 100 blooms one variety, 

 new or standard. Silver cup. Peter 

 Fisher, White Perfection. 



Vase of new striped variety, 1st., S. J. 

 Goddard, Priscilla; 2nd., New Hampshire 

 College, LJurham, N. H., Seedling. 



Vase of 25 blooms unnamed seedlings, 

 1st., Patten & Co.. Ciimson, 5024: 2nd.. 

 Patten & Co., Yellow. 213; 3rd., Patten & 

 Co.. White, 4C205. 



Class E. A. H. Hews cup for six va- 

 rieties ill vases of fifty each, 1st., Peter 

 Fisher. 



F. R. Pierson Company prizes for twen- 

 ty-flve Winsor, 1st., Peter Fisher; 2nd., 

 I'eirce Bros. 



I*et«?r Fisher prizes for fifty Beacon, 

 1st., S. J. Goddard. 



Ditto for twenty-flve Beacon, 1st., Chas. 

 S. Strout. 



Roses. 



Twenty-flve American Beauty, 1st., Wa- 

 Iinn Rose Conservatories. 



Twenty-five Killarnev, 1st., W. H. p:i- 

 liott. 



Twenty-five Richmond, 1st., W. H. El- 

 liott; 2nd.. Waban Rose Conservatories. 



'I'wentv-five Bridesmaid, 1st., Montrose 

 Gicenboiises; 2nd., W. H. Elliott. 



Twenty-five, any other color, W. H. El- 

 liott, Safrano. 



Park Street Flower Market 'prize for 

 liej.t ne.v rose to be disseminated in 1908, 

 silver cup, to W. P. Craig for Mrs. Jardine. 



W. E. Doyle cup for 25 Killarney, to 

 W. H. Elliott. 



Sweet Peas. 



One hundred White, 1st., Wm. Sim; 

 2nd., H. M. Sanderson. 



One liundred Pink, Ist., Wm. Sim; 2nd., 

 H. M. Sanderson. 



A. C. Zvolanek Tro[ihy tor two vases of 

 200 each, Florence Denzer and Christmas 

 Pink sweet peas, Wm. Sim. 



Violets. 



One hundred Ladv Campbell, 1st., H. 

 F. Calder; 2nd., H. F. Wood. 

 One hundred an.v other double, 1st., Paul 



Thompson, Imperial; 2nd., H. M. San- 

 derson, Farquhar. 



One hundred Princess, 1st., Esty Bros.; 

 2iid., Wm. Sim. 



One huiidiod any other single, 1st., Wm. 

 Sim, Boston; 2nd., H. F. Woods, No. 7. 



.lames Wlicdrr Trophy for best New Vio- 

 let, 2(KI blooms, silver cup, Wm. Sim, Bos- 

 ton. 



Miscellaneous. 



Collection of Bulbs, 1st., Mann Bros. 



Fifty Lily of the Valley, 1st., H. M. 

 Koliinsou & Co. 



Twenty-flve .Mignonette, 1st., Wm. Nich- 

 olson. 



< ne hnndrcd Pansies, 1st., W. C. Ward. 



Lilium speciosum, F. T. White. 



Collection of jrot plants, 1st., Mann Bros. 



A certifi<'ate of merit and special prize 

 for CKcellence of cultivation was a^warded 

 to W. H. Elliott, whose roses were of re- 

 markable quality. 



K.xhibit from .Music Hall Market Growers, 

 1st., Albert Katley & Son; 2iid., Wyman & 

 l.itllcHcld. 



A first class eertiflcate was awarded to 

 Jolm -Mai-shall, Newport, R. I., for red 

 seedling carnation and honorable mention 

 to Backer & Co., for seedling carnation. 

 S. J. Renter, Westerly, R. I.; Thos. 

 Roland, Nahant : Elijah A. Wood. West 

 Newton, and A, H. Fewkes, Newton 

 Highlands, othciated as judges. 



ROSES FROIVl SAND ARE "CUT- 

 TINGS." NOT "PLANTS." 



United States vs. American Express 

 Company. 



U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Second 

 Circuit. Febrnary 11, 1908. (No. 124 

 suit 1800.) 



Rose Cuttings — Plants. 



Rose cuttings that have been put 

 in sand in preparation for shipment, 

 but have never in fact been in soil, 

 are not dutiable as "rose plants" 

 under paragraph 252, tariff act of 

 1S97, but as cuttings of * * * 

 shrubs, plants * * * commonly 

 known as nursery or greenhouse 

 stock," under the same paragraph. 

 Appeal from the Circuit Court of the 

 United States for the Western Dis- 

 trict of New York. 



(Decision adverse to the Government.) 



For decision below see T. D. 28206, 

 in which the circuit court affirmed a 

 decision of the Board of United States 

 General Appraisers, reported as Ab- 

 stract 9G55 (T. D. 2C997), which had 

 sustained the importers' protest 

 against the assessment of duty by the 

 collector of customs at the port of 

 Buffalo. 



The import in dispute consisted of 

 rose cuttings that had been put in sand 

 in preparation for shipment but had 

 never in fact been in soil. The Gov- 

 ernment contended that the Board and 

 the circuit court had erred in holding 

 them dutiable under the provision in 

 paragraph 252, tariff act of 1897, for 

 "cuttings of * * * shrubs, plants, 

 * * * commonly known as nursery 

 or greenhouse stock," and that they 

 had been properly classified by the 

 collector under the provision in the 

 same paragraph for "rose plants." 



Lyman M. Bass, United States attor- 

 ney, for the United States. 



Before Lacombe, Coxe, and Ward, 

 Circuit Judges. 

 Per Curiam: .Judgment affirmed. 



