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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[December, 



bottom thickly perforated, and in that, covering service. The • York and Lancaster ' Rose is very- 

 all the openings, set the cans of slips I wished to common here. People call it the Calico Rose. I 

 root. I thought the bottom heat thus obtained of am very glad of a better name. F. E. B." 



Horticultural Societies. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



BY G. L. B. 



The annual exhibitionof Chrysanthemums by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, on the 1 2th 

 and 13th of Novembsr, was in many respects the 

 most successful ever given in Boston ; and that is 

 saying a great deal, as these exhibitions have taken 

 place for years, and do not depend upon a mere 

 fanciful craze among society people for their popu- 

 larity or completeness. The horticultural taste in 

 Boston is too deep and sincere to be eddied here 

 and there by the whims of fashion, and that is the 

 reason for the unvarying progress and popularity of 

 the Boston Flower Shows. Over ten thousand 

 people attended this exhibition, and had it been 

 kept open another day, not less than 15.000 would 

 have attended. Some of the principal growers 

 did not exhibit, owing to various vicissitudes, 

 among them Marshal P. Wilder and C. M. Atkin- 

 son. Last year the latter staged some of the most 

 remarkable specimens of single stem Chrysanthe- 

 mums ever shown in this country, and it was re- 

 gretted that he could not compete this year. 



The upper hall of the Society, comprising 5.000 

 square feet, was devoted to Chrysanthemums in 

 pots and the Orchid displ.iy ; while the lower hall 

 was given over to cut blooms, and fruit and vege- 

 tables. Even both of these large halls were inad- 

 equate to hold the various collections. 



The first prize for the 6 Chinese Chrysanthe- 

 mums was taken by Dr. H P. Walcott, of Cam 

 bridge, with the following varieties — Mrs. Forsythe, 

 Bruce Finlay, Baron Buest, King of Crimsons, 

 Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Shipman. These were mag- 

 nificent plants, in twelve-inch pots, grown naturally, 

 the blooms not tied down, and each plant between 

 4 and 5 feet high, and averaging 5 feet across. The 

 same may be said of all this grower's plants, which 

 were admitted to be the best grown plants ever 

 shown in one lot in this country. 



Dr. Walcott was also first for 3 Chinese — Mrs. 



Dixon, Christine and Alfred Salter. He was also 

 first for 6 Japanese, with glorious plants of La 

 Charmense, Flambeaux, Nevada, Bouquet Fait, 

 Golden Dragon and President Parkman. For 3 

 Japanese, Dr. Walcott came first with Fair Maid 

 of Guernsey, Moussillac, and Belle Valantinan. 



For 4 pompons. Dr. Walcott was first with 

 Salamon, La Vozne, Mdlle Marthe and Golden 

 Mdlle Marthe. The specimen Chinese Chrysan- 

 themum, Gladstone, offered by Dr. Walcott, took 

 the first prize, and the latter took first prize for 

 specimen Japanese Chrysanthemum, with Fernand 

 Feral. 



Dr. Walcott's only competitor in these classes 

 was a new grower, Mr. Edwin Fewkes, of New- 

 ton, whose plants, while smaller, were yet well 

 grown and very clean and perfectly flowered. He 

 took all the second prizes for specimens. The 

 first prize for forty specimens, not less than 10 

 varieties, was awarded to E. W. Wood, who 

 staged handsome plants of the following — Annis, 

 Bouquet Fait, Citronella, Damio, Dr. Sharpe, 

 Elaine, Fremy, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Golder> 

 Circle, Golden George Glenny, Golden Dragon, 

 Gray's Golden Be verly, Mabel Wood, Johr» 

 Salter, Madame B. Rendatler, M. Plauchinan, 

 Mr. Geo. Glenny, Mr. Geo. Rundle, Prince .Alfred, 

 Prince of Wales, Semiramis, Snowball, Souvenir 

 de Mercedes, Seur Melanie, Temple of Solomon, 

 and White Eve. 



Edwin Fewkes was second in this class and 

 Patrick Mai ley third. The first for anemone flow- 

 ered Chrysanthemum was taken by Dr. Walcott 

 with a grand specimen of Timbale argent. Other 

 collections were shown by Norton Brothers, Hovey 

 & Co., Warren Heustisand Mrs. Francis B. Hayes. 

 Among the collections and specimens many new 

 varieties were shown, the Japanese class predomi- 

 nating. 



The display of cut blooms was very large, and 

 hundreds of seedlings were shown. It is evident 

 that while the tendency to grow these is laudable, 

 and should be encouraged, that on the other hand 

 there is a tendency to flood the field with varieties 

 wliich are not distinct or remarkable. Many 



