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HORTICULTURE 



August 14, 1909 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



New varieties of phloxes were the 

 feature of the exhibitiou, Saturday, 

 August 7, at Horticultural Hall. There 

 were other flowers, but phloxes pre- 

 dominated, and beside the displays of 

 new seedling varieties of phlox there 

 were several new gladioli. The spe- 

 cial competition tor the best five con- 

 secutive exhibits of hardy herbaceous 

 flowers and plants continues with un- 



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abated interest, and played no small 

 part in making this exhibition a showj' 

 one. In the latter class R. & J. Far- 

 (juhar had a fine collection, in which 

 phloxes were shown as the central fea- 

 ture, red and purple varieties predomi- 

 nating. These were backed by her- 

 baceous flowers, and in front was a 

 border of roses, including handsome 

 Killarney. A novelty in this collection 

 was a new species of lily from north- 

 ern China. George Hollis showed a 

 fine collection of named phloxes. B. 

 P. Tracy was represented by some 

 stunning seedling gladioli. Phloxes, 

 gladioli and dahlias were shown by W. 

 W. Rawson & Co., phloxes and other 

 hardy herbaceous flowers by Bellevue 

 Nurseries, Old Town Nurseries and J. 

 F. Flood & Co. Among the private con- 

 tributors were Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. 

 Whitman and Walter Hunnewell. Mr. 

 Whitman's exhibit was quite extensive. 



a generous donation from Mrs. T. J. 

 Emery. Dahlias will be the main fea- 

 ture of the show and as they never 

 looked belter in this locality, it is safe 

 to predict that the show will be a 

 record-breaker. 



NEWPORT (R. I) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At a regular meeting of this society, 

 held on the evening of August 10, an- 

 other important addition was made to 

 the premium list tor the September 

 show in the shape of a valuable silver 

 cup offered by Rickards Bros, of Bridg- 

 man's Seed House, New York. This 

 cup is placed for a table decoration to 

 be competed for on the third day by 

 Newport county gardeners; and Mr. 

 S. G. Harris of Tarrytown, who was 

 present at the meeting, also offered a 

 liberal money prize for a vase of 50 

 H. T. roses. There is still another 

 class added since the schedules were 

 distributed, which is for a miniature 

 flower border, and is provided for by 



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