November 8, 1913 



HOETICULTURE 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



THE BOSTON SHOW. 

 The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety put up a very creditable exhibi- 

 tion, opening Oct. 31st and closing 

 Nov. 2, and well worthy by reason of 

 extent and quality, of a big public 

 patronage, but for some unexplainable 

 reason the attendance was quite disap- 

 pointing, gate receipts sliowing a very 

 decided falling off from last year's 

 record. There was fine music each af- 

 ternoon and evening, Sunday after- 

 noon saw a fine crowd but the other 

 days were bad. School children were 

 admitted free on Saturday forenoon. 



The park department of the City of 

 Boston contributed a gigantic group of 

 decorative plants that towered 25 feet 

 and produced a fine effect. W. W. 

 Edgar's 300 sq. ft, group of foliage and 

 flowering plants whiclt took 1st prize 

 was also good as was one of foliage 

 plants and chrysanthemums by Ed. 

 MacMulkin and one by A, Leutliy. 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, gard. W. Thatcher, 

 had a stately 150 sq. ft. group which 

 won 1st. Competition in orchids was 

 very keen. The winning tables, in or- 

 der of prizes, were by Mrs. Gardner. 

 F. J. Dolansky and Mrs. C. G. Weld, 

 but J. T. Butterworth also had a table 

 full of gems. Dolansky had the best 

 specimen cattleya. Mrs. Gardner the 

 best cypripedium. Wm. Whitman the 

 best kentias and arecas, and E. A. 

 Clark, gard. Alex McKay, and A. F. 

 Estabrook were 1st in the begonia 

 classes. 



Coming to the chrysanthemums it 

 must be acknowledged that, in the 

 main, they did not size up — either the 

 trained plants or the cut blooms — with 

 those shown here in former years. 

 The prizes for the 300 ft. groups of 

 chrysanthemums with palms and ferns 

 were awarded to Thos. E. Proctor, 

 gard. J. Marlborough ; Walter Hunne- 

 well, gard. T. D. Hatfield, and W. H. 

 Elliott. N. F. Comley won 1st on speci- 

 men yellow and J. S. Bailey captured 

 the rest. W. H. Elliott took every- 

 thing on commercial size plants and 

 his exhibits were excellent as to qual- 

 ity. Thos. E. Proctor won out on 6- 

 stem plants. The Appleton silver med- 

 al for best chrysanthemum plant on 

 exhibition was awarded to J, S. Bailey. 



In the cutflower section H. E. Con- 

 verse, gard. D. P. Roy, was 1st in the 

 great class for 25 blooms, 25 varieties; 

 Ernest Townsend 2nd. James Nicol 

 won both the Mrs. Jerome Jones prizes 

 as usual and also beat everything in 

 sight with his vases of Miriam Hankey 

 and Merza, E. A. Clark's Leslie Morri- 

 son being equally fine. The other cut- 

 flower classes were only sparsely filled, 

 A. D. Jordan. H. E. Converse and E. K. 

 Butler holding winning hands. The 

 vegetable exhibits were excellent. 



Among the special awards were the 

 followine; Thos. E. Proctor, certifi- 

 cate of merit for Adiantum Farleyense 

 Gloriosa. a remarkable specimen: Mrs. 

 .T. L. Gardner, honorable mention for 

 Begonia elatior: Breck-Robinson Co. 

 honorable mention for group of hardy 

 shrubs and trees: Norris F. Comley, 

 silver medal for a very rich group of 



new hardy yellow chrysanthemum 

 Terrace Hall arranged with oak foli- 

 age; Peter Fisher, certificate of merit 

 for new carnation Alice; N. P. Comley, 

 honorable mention for new cucumber 

 Lexington (marked White Spine x 

 Telephone); Penn, the Florist, bronze 

 medal for bud bouquets, baskets, etc., 

 tastefully displayed on purple velvet. 

 Other worthy exhibits were a long 

 table of fruiting shrubs from Arnold 

 Arboretum; Gardenia Veitchii from F. 

 J. Dolansky; white seedling carnation. 

 No. 235. from Peter Fisher; seedling 

 carnation Eleanor from H. A. Stevens; 

 group of Erica regerminans ovata from 

 Knight & Struck Co.; Yellow Prince 

 carnation from S. J. Goddard; display 

 of single chrysanthemums gracefully 

 displayed in vases, the whole a model 

 of neatne-s and fine labeling from 

 F. P. Putnam ; handsome specimen on- 

 cidiums from J. T. Butterworth. 



THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW. 



The exhibition is one of the best 

 ever. The bi.e chrysanthemum plants 

 are fine and the cut flower section is 

 beyond criticism. .^ grander display 

 of foliage and ornamental plants has 

 never been seen. Louis Burk's orchid 

 display and "Stag-Horn Fern " speci- 

 men were leading features. Wm. 

 Graham was all right on the decora- 

 tion. E. A. Stroud surpassed him- 

 self in his Japanese garden dis- 

 play. This was so artistically de- 

 signed and executed, that it caught the 

 instant attention of all beholders. Its 

 great merit was its simplicity and ab- 

 sence of overcrowding. The acme of 

 all art is not to overdo. All the 

 gardeners have always overcrowded 

 their groups except John Dodds. John 

 always explained that he could have 

 done better if they had only given him 

 a little more glass. That's a joke of 

 course. One thing is sure; the real 

 artist in arrangement is a very rare 

 bird. Good growers are not nearly as 

 rare as the artist in arrangement. 



While we are on the subject we must 

 not forget to comment once more on 

 Philip Freud, of Michell's. He has the 

 gift in the highest degree as was evi- 

 denced by the trade display he put up 

 tor his firm — very artistic and a busi- 

 ness bringer. 



The cut flower chrysanthemums are 

 magnificent. Best we have ever seen. 

 William Kleinheinz, who was at the 

 New York and Madison shows last 

 week— also Chas. H. Totty— say that 

 they are far ahead of anything seen 

 there. The coveted prize for the best 

 fifty went to the Countess Eulalia, 

 against four of the strongest exhibits 

 ever put up. 



The aquarium show proved a fine 

 attraction. This was sent in by Frank 

 Barrett. John Hobson's crotons, eight 

 to fourteen feet high, were a great 

 feature in the main hall. Dreer had 

 the front of the stage with foliage 

 plants: a choice well-grown collection, 

 also splendid groups of Phoenix and 

 Cocos in the foyer besides a great 

 decoration of ferns and foliage plants. 



An unique orchid exhibit was by W. 

 Kleinheinz — a half oval pyramid twenty 



feet high and some twenty feet 

 diameter at the base — one of the great 

 features of the show, and while it got 

 a first prize and a silver medal that was 

 but the least the judges could do. 

 Wm. Robertson as usual came well to 

 the front in both foliage and flowering 

 and groups and was showered with 

 blue ribbons. Alphonse Pericat put up 

 a good display of orchids. 



A good vase of Jonkheer Mock rose 

 was shown by Charles H. Totty, also 

 a fine collection of hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums. Cottage Gardens Co. sent in a 

 great exhibit of their new white car- 

 nation Matchless. An unnamed white 

 from Mr. Schultz, Charlotte, N. C. 

 was exhibited by the Leo Niessen Co. 



The Japanese garden by Edward A. 

 Stroud exceeded all expectations and 

 took all beholders by storm. It was 

 a fine feature — original, effective and 

 interesting and behind it. all in hidden 

 and subdued form, fine business bring- 

 ing potentiality — all the stronger be- 

 cause hidden. 



Meehan's Nurseries had a pergola on 

 the low stage of the lower hall cov- 

 ered with wild smilax on top and sur- 

 rounded by a good collection of speci- 

 men evergreens and hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums. Thomas Long, of course, car- 

 ried all before him with his group of 

 specimen rare ferns, each of them 

 about as big as a haystack and all per- 

 fect. 



Harry F. Betz. a new exhibitor, made 

 a fine wall group, flanked at each side 

 by pillars and open entrance well dec- 

 orated, made up of foliage plants 

 mostly, in the entrance hall. A fine 

 display of hardy chrysanthemums 

 were put txp by Michell's Andalusia 

 Nurseries. H. Waterer's showing of 

 quality bulbs was very fine and of such 

 size and perfection that they spoke tor 

 themselves. The arrangement was in 

 charge of Anthony Waterer and A. 

 Tulloch. John Nesbit deserves special 

 mention for three fine vases of snap- 

 dragon. You don't see such flowers at 

 this early season except from master 

 hands. Of course they can mostly all 

 do it in the spring. 



We cannot give the prize list in de- 

 tail, but there were many other exhib- 

 itors equally worthy of chronicle did 

 si)ace allow. Among them were; Jo- 

 seph Hurley, Samuel Batchelor, John 

 H. Dodds. David Aiken, Axel Lindroth, 

 Wm. Comfort, Wm. Fowler, Walter 

 Scott, etc., etc. 



THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York has good reason to feel elated 

 over the success of its exhibition held 

 Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 at the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History. It was an 

 exceptionally good display in many 

 respects and the public interest was 

 astonishing, culminating on Sunday 

 afternoon when 97,000 people are said 

 to have passed through the doors be- 

 tween one and flve o'clock. The show 

 was free to everybody and it required 

 a large force of attendants to keep 

 the throng moving along so that the 

 line of waiting thousands that ex- 

 tended part of the time away out 



