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HORTICULTURE 



November 14, 1914 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



THE BOSTON SHOW. 

 The time-honored annual Chrysan- 

 themum Show of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society was held at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall. Boston, on November 

 5 to 8, inclusive. It was a good ex- 

 hibition and well merited a much 

 larger attendance of visitors than was 

 accorded it. The spectacular trained 

 bush plants which formerly give 

 unique dignity to this event are no 

 longer seen but these, if present, 

 would have no particular effect upon 

 the public patronage of the show and 

 there were other prime attractions of 

 recent introduction which should 

 have more than offset the absence of 

 these marvelous products of the gar- 

 deners" art. The extensive groups of 

 foliage and flowering plants which 

 flanked the big hall on either side 

 were an indispensable factor in the 

 general effect and were very credit- 

 able to the exhibitors. The 1st prize 

 in both classes — 300 sq. ft. and 150 sq. 

 ft. — was won by W. \V. Edgar Co. 

 Both groups were grand but we liked 

 particularly the light graceful arrange- 

 ment of the latter, due largely to the 

 free use of pink and white speciosum 

 lilies. The imposing group of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., which did not com- 

 pete, was recognized by the award of 

 a special silver medal and it was an 

 excellent example of good taste in 

 color placing, especially in the mass- 

 ing of geraniums in pink, white and 

 scarlet. 



The orchid groups were also among 

 the prime attractions, the principal ex- 

 hibitors being F. Dolansky and J. T. 

 Butterworth, both commercial men. 

 We have seldom seen a healthier, rich- 

 er collection of cattleyas than were 

 staged by Mr. Dolansky in his first 

 prize group. These were interspersed 

 with phalaenopses and Dendrobium 

 Phalaenopsis. J. T. Butterworth had 

 a very graceful group in which oncid- 

 iums and odontoglossums figured 

 strongly. J. S. Bailey had the speci- 

 men plant groups all to himself ex- 

 cept for A. N. Davenport who cap- 

 tured one first and got the silver medal 

 for the best chrysanthemum plant on 

 exhibition. In the commercial chrys- 

 anthemum plant groups, Wm. H. El- 

 liott was invincible, as usual. Palms of 

 high degree from Wm. Whitman, Mrs. 

 Frederick Ayer and Mrs. J. L. Gardner, 

 Lorraine and Cincinnati begonias from 

 Mrs. Lester Leland, E. A. Clark and 

 W. W. Edgar Co. completed the win- 

 ning exhibits in the competitive plant 

 classes. E. S. Webster, gard. Wm. 

 Downs, received a silver medal for 

 three plants of the new Begonia Mrs. 

 Heal and Mrs. Lester Leland. gard. E. 

 H. Wetterlow, a cultural certificate for 

 Begonia Turnford Hall. Edw. MacMuI- 

 kin was recognized with a gratuity 

 for plant groups, T. T. Watt for Platy- 

 cerium alcicorne and other curious 

 subjects seldom exhibited, and Breck- 

 Robinson Co. for evergreens, Lorraine 

 begonias, etc. Axel Magnusen showed 

 a seedling dark red salvia, too somber 

 and dull in shade to be desirable. 



The cut flowers shown In the var 

 rious classes were the equal of any 

 we have ever seen. H. E. Converse, 

 gard. D. P. Roy, and E. A. Clark, gard. 

 Alex McKay, were the leaders in most 

 of the Jap. classes with superb 



blooms. Not far behind them were 

 Mrs. Lester Leland, W. S. Russell, Ga- 

 len L. Stone, H. W. Vose, Chas. D. Sias 

 and Mrs. Lothrop Brown. Pompons 

 and singles were shown in great pro- 

 fusion by F. P. Putnam, Mrs. Fred 

 Ayer. Miss Cornelia Warren, E. J. Nor- 

 man and others. While all these were 

 really very fine yet we must say that 

 the varieties shown by F. P. Putnam 

 and the way they were staged and la- 

 beled were the best we have ever seen 

 anywhere. Fully one-half of the many 

 varieties shown by him were seedlings 

 and they were the peers of the named 

 sorts. 



One of the best features of the show 

 and a very potent attraction for the 

 visitors was the competitive display 

 of long stemmed chrysanthemums ar- 

 ranged for artistic effect with autumn 

 foliage, in big vases. There was a 

 good number of entries. 1st and 2nd 

 awards going to W. W. Edgar Co., and 

 3rd to Mrs. J. C. Phillips. These large 

 vases together with the dinner table 

 decorations which we fully described 

 in our issue of last week, filled the 

 greater part of the lecture hall. 



There were some fine carnations 

 from A. A. Pembroke, who took 1st in 

 the six vases of fifty each, vase of one 

 hundred mixed, and fifty mixed. S. J. 

 Goddard and Strouts got the 2nd 

 awards. Peter Fisher showed Alice 

 in nice share and received a first class 

 certificate for it. Littlefield & Wyman 

 and Edw. Winkler each got honorable 

 mention for a seedling carnation. 

 There was no competition for the rose 

 prizes, but Waban Conservatories 

 showed the new light pink Mrs. Moor- 

 field Storey and won a silver medal 

 with it. Mrs. E. M. Gill showed some 

 dipladenias and allamandas. 



The fruit and vegetable section was 

 well filled with fine displays of ex- 

 ceptional quality. The innovation of 

 introducing autumn foliage, berries. 

 etc., among fruit collections worked 

 very satisfactorily, modifying the mo- 

 notony of the rows of plates of ap- 

 ples, etc. E. M. Bruce of Leominster 

 and Parker Bros., of Brookfleld were 

 1st and 2nd respectively for collec- 

 tions of apples so decorated. Edw. Mac- 

 Mulkin won the 1st prize and silver 

 medal for an elaborately adorned and 

 rich collection of native and foreign 

 fruit arranged for effect. The most 

 sensational display in the vegetable 

 section was made by the Boston Mar- 

 ket Gardeners' Association. It con- 

 tained forty-two bushel boxes of forty- 

 two sorts of high quality vegetables. 

 The silver medal offered for collection 

 of vegetables exhibited by seedsmen 

 was won by Thos. J. Grey Co. 



CHICAGO SHOW. 



The Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 held a show at the Art Institute Nov. 

 9 and 10. The display was not large, 

 but there were some fine blooms and 

 plants shown, the latter mostly in the 

 bush form and in commercial sizes. 



There were no cash prizes offered, 

 and only silver and bronze medals 

 with certificate of merit for novelties, 

 and a notice that no cut flowers 

 aside from chrysanthemums and nov- 

 elties of other flowers . and plants 

 could be received. Notwithstanding 

 these limitations, the display was suf- 



ficient to fill three rooms and the foyer 

 of the Art Institute. 



The principal exhibitors were 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., Mt. Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery Association and E. G. Hill Co., the 

 latter showing Dorner's new rose 

 Hoosier Beauty and a yellow rose seed- 

 ling of their own. No. 1000. 



Chas. H. Totty sent a fine display of 

 pompon and single chrysanthemums, 

 also blooms of the novelties, Mrs. J. 

 Purry Mitchel, white; Mrs. A. S. Watt, 

 white; Earl Kitchner, pink; Mrs. S. 

 Baldwin, yellow; Woodslde, yellow. 



William Tricker showed his new 

 nymphoea, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. R. 

 Karlstrom was present with a fine dis- 

 play of novelties in foliage plants 

 from W. A. Manda. Groups of 

 decorative plants were shown by Wln- 

 terson's Seed Store and Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. The retail trade was repre- 

 sented by A. Lange and Bohannon 

 Floral Co. with baskets and vases of 

 chrysanthemums arranged very effect- 

 ively. A specimen plant of William 

 Turner, fully eight feet in diameter, 

 was shown by Mrs. A. C. Allerton and 

 Robert Blackwood. C. S. A. certifi- 

 cate of merit was awarded to Herman 

 Bros. Co., Council Bluffs, la., for their 

 new pink pompon chrysanthemum. 

 Queen Marie. 



Special silver medals were awarded 

 to Poehlmann Bros. Co., W. A. Manda, 

 Mrs. A. C. Allerton and William 

 Tricker. 



Carnations were awarded certifi- 

 cates of merit as follows: J. D. 

 Thompson Co. for Superb, Vera and 

 Hero. Chicago Carnation Co. tor 

 Aviator, their new scarlet. The judges 

 were Guy French and Nic. Wletor. 



NEW BEDFORD. 



The annual Chrysanthemum Exhibi- 

 tion of the New Bedford, Mass.. Horti- 

 cultural Society was held in Library 

 Hall on November 3rd and 4th and cer- 

 tainly reflected great credit on the few 

 who exhibited. Although the exhib- 

 itors were few in number the show 

 was not lacking in material and the 

 flowers were as fine as the writer ever 

 saw. The ends of the hall were dec- 

 orated with groups of foliage plants; 

 the alcoves furnished excellent loca- 

 tions for group di.splays of chrysan- 

 themums while the center was given 

 up to tables for cut blooms of won- 

 drous size and perfection. 



Peter Murray of Fairhaven had a 

 tasty display of palms, ferns and 

 chrysanthemums not for competition, 

 Joseph V. Pierce of New Bedford ex- 

 hibited a vase of Lady Hlllingdon roses 

 of exceptional quality and a vase of 

 carnations in variety which showed 

 excellent culture. A first class certifi- 

 cate was awarded for the roses. James 

 Garthly, formerly gardener for H. H. 

 Rogers, now just entering the florists' 

 field, displayed a fine collection of 

 greenhouse plants, conspicuous among 

 them being several specimens of Neph- 

 rolepis muscosa and Nep. magnifica. 

 For these two latter he was given a 

 first class certificate. A vase of 18 

 blooms of Chrysanthemum William 

 Turner was the centre of attraction, 

 while a vase of 12 Mary Farnesworth 

 was a close second. Among the speci- 

 men blooms the following from the 



