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HORTICULTURE 



March 28, 1008 



SPRING SHOW AT BOSTON. 



Boston's great spriii;; fhow is now a 

 thing of the past, but it will long live 

 in the memory of those who were 

 privileged to see it. When T\'e say it 

 was a great show we know we are but 

 repeating what has always been said 

 by somebody about all spring shows, 

 but in this case the phrase means all 

 it suggests, for it was in respect to 

 quality in most lines, attendance an^l 

 more distinctly in brilliancy, finish 

 and quantity it excelled anything m 

 the spring show line for a long time. 



The F.vKijrHAR (Jrodp. 



Whether we take into consideration 

 the exriulsit,e sweet pea display of Wm. 

 Sim. the superb rambler roses of M. 

 \h ^^'alsh, the beautiful array of over 

 two hundred vases of rare orchids from 

 .!. E. Rothwell, the gorgeous collection 

 of seedling amaryllises from T. D. J-tat- 

 field, the comprehensive display of nar- 

 cissi from Wm. Whitman, or the won- 

 derful cyclanvens shown by Dr. Weld, 

 W. A. Riggs or E. J. Mitton, the high 

 ([uality of the show is evidenced by 

 either of these individual factors, and 



Uuori- OK Orchids From Skth .\. liuunKN. 



when we recall the grand massing of 

 white, purple, yellow and green in the 

 iinpredeccnted group of spring flower- 

 ing plants from K. and .1. Farquhar & 

 Co , which is shown in the above il- 

 lustration, and which won the rare 

 honor of a gold medal, it tells the 

 story of spring's exuberance in no un- 

 certain language. In fact the large ex- 

 hibition hall was a riot of color, in 

 azaleas, acacias, genest.is, lilies, rho- 

 dodendrons, lilacs and primroses in a 

 setting of palms and ferns; the small 

 jali was equally brilliant with orchids 

 11 nd thousands of narcissi and the 

 large lecture hall with its ranks and 

 lanks of carnations, roses, sweet peas 

 and collections of bulbous material 

 was a scene of floral beauty not soon 

 to be forgotten. 



Among the things worthy of special 

 mention in addition to those above 

 ;<.lluded to were the following: A nne 

 sroui) of palms and Easter flowering 

 plants, effect! v'ely arranged, from Ed- 

 ward MacMulkin: a group of rare 

 i;alms, arranged with ferns, primroses, 

 acacias and gencstas from the Har- 

 vard Botanic Garden, .ittesting to the 

 rare skill and taste of Robert Camer- 

 on; specimen ericas and acacias trorn 

 Mrs. Fred Ayer; cinerarias, stellata 

 ;ind florists' varieties, from Wm. Whit- 

 man; W. A. Riggs' big array of nar- 

 cissi and other bulb flowers, which 

 won the Rawson silver cup; schiz- 

 anthuses amaryllises and bulb flowers 

 from Mrs. .1. L. Gardner; orchids from 



