March 2S, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



405 



Seth A. Borden, especially rich in den- 

 drobiums; rcses from Waban Rose 

 Conservatories and W. K. Elliott, the 

 former beating on Killarney and the 

 latter on Richmond; also the roses 

 from Monti'ose Greenhouses including 

 Brides, which won first piize: a gorse- 

 ous group of Chorizei;;a glauca from 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, plants four feet 

 through; a very effective group of ge- 

 nestas in trained forms from Thomas 

 Roland; auchusas from W. W. Raw- 

 son & (-0., and enough carnations to 

 mak3 an excellent exhibition all by 

 themseh'es contributed by S. J. God- 

 dard, M. A. Patten, Wni. Whitman, 

 Mrs. J. C. Phillips, RUen A. Mansheld, 

 Backer & Co . K. D. Kimball, Chiis. 

 Strout and others whost names will 

 appear in the following special men- 

 tion. A. Roper"s leviathan Bay State. 

 which makes a sensation wherever 

 shown, got a silver medal; W. A. 

 Manda's seedling Number 20 was 

 given honorable mention; Afterglow, 

 shown by Wm. Nicholson & Son, won 

 a silver medal; E. A. Wood's new car- 

 nation, Mrs. (Jeo. A. Frost, was 

 awarded a certificate. Among seed- 

 ling carnations shown were Ruth 

 Hayes, a crimson from H. A. Stevens, 

 a white and a scarlet from Backer & 

 Co., Edward, a pink from W H. Shum- 

 way, a crimson from M. A. Patten and 

 Priscilla, S. J. Goddard's handsome 

 variegated. Helen Goddard stood out 

 well among the standard varieties. 



Certificates of merit were given to 

 Wm. Siin for the following varietie-i 

 of sweet peas: W. AV . Smalley, pale 

 salmon: .Mrs. .\lex. Wallace, lavender, 

 Le Marqu'se, purple and blue. Among 

 the ramhler roses shown by M. H. 

 Walsh wore Arcadia, a densely double 

 dark crimson, which received a silver 

 medal; Excelsa, a large petalled 

 double crimson, the, progeny of Gen. 

 Jacqueminot and Crimson Rambler, 

 which won a certificale of merit, Ce- 

 leste, which got honorable mention, 

 Posey, double pink, lucnnda, single 

 pink, Jewel, single light pink. Lady 

 Gay, Hiawatha, La P'lamma and De- 



Generai. View or Part ok Mais Hall. 



light. J. L. Smith, gardener for Mrs 

 A. W. F.Iake, received a cultural ceiti- 

 ficate for an enormous specimen of 

 Nephrolepis Barrowsii. which was 

 commented upon as one of the most 

 striking specimens shown in many 

 J ears. Wm. Downs aiso received .i 

 cultuial cerfincate for a vase of hand- 

 some yellow snapdragon. Honorable 

 mention was rivti; to F. C. Green for 

 rJnk Roman hyacinth Excelsior: to V,'. 

 .\ Manda for Asparagus elongatus: W. 

 ■^V. Rawson for Lobelia Kath'een Mal- 

 lard: H. A. Dreer for Blush Queen 

 .Alexandra marguerite, and Walter 

 HunneW'.-!l for annual chrysKnthemiVin 

 Evening Star. Violets were well 

 shown by Wm. Sim, 11. F. Woods, H. 

 F. Calder and Estey Bros. 

 The lecture hall stage was filled with 



a fine plant group by Gen. S. M. Weld. 

 In the vegetable classes a silver medal 

 lor superior cultivation was given to 

 F. E. Cole. V. Buitta showed some 

 novelties in salad greens. 



THE PERKINS' SEEDLINGS TO BE 

 PROPAGATED. 



Our readers will be interested to 

 know that Mr. T. E. Perkins, of Red 

 \\Mng, the originator and owner of the 

 famous collection of seedling apples 

 known as the "Perkins' Seedlings", 

 has disposed of a number of the best 

 of them to some of the nurserymen of 

 the State, by whom they will bs propa- 

 gated, and as .soon as possible put up- 

 on the market. There are in this not- 

 ed collection many long-keeping va- 

 rieties, and some of excellent quality. 

 Probably no seedling orchard in this 

 country has aroused more inter3st 

 than the one referred to. Since it 

 came into bearing, some ten years ago, 

 the fruit from this orchard has been 

 exhibited repeatedly at our state fairs. 

 100 and more varieties, and the inter- 

 est in this exhibit is fully maintained, 

 notwithstanding it has been now so 

 many times repeated. A very full ex- 

 hibit of the collection, made by Mr. 

 Wyman Elliot, at the American Pomo- 

 logical Society meeting in Boston 

 some jears since, received in recogni- 

 tion the Wilder medal, and was looked 

 upon with astonishment by our broth- 

 ers in the east. Grown as they are 

 from the seed of one lot of Malinda 

 apples, evidently crossed with a num- 

 ber of other varieties, there is such 

 a uniform hardiness, freedom from 

 blight, and other good qualities in the 

 coliection as to mark this orchard as 

 one of the remarkable horticiUtural 

 phenomena of the times. — Minnesota 

 Horticulturist. 



MacMi'lkin Guoup and Part or Walsh Kxhuiit. 



Wiuter Is past; the heart of Nature warms 

 Beneath the wrecks of unresisted storms; 

 DonOtfuI at first, suspected more than seen. 

 The southern slopes are fringed with ten- 

 der green. — Holmes. 



