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HOETICULTURE 



August 15, 1914 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY EXHIBITION. 



One of the most sensational exhibi- 

 tions ever put up by this society iu 

 midsummer took place at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Saturday and 

 Sunday, August 8 and 9. It filled the 

 main hall and the smaller hall to reple- 

 tion. The central feature was the dis- 

 play of about 300 specimen fancy cala- 

 diums in 125 named varieties from the 

 Thomas E. Proctor estate, gard. James 

 Marlborough. A fountain with basin 

 filled with nymphaeas was also included 

 in this remarkable exhibit which was 

 awarded a gold medal and, to Mr. Marl- 

 borough a silver medal for the cultural 

 excellence displayed. 



The collections of hardy herbaceous 

 flowers from the various perennial 

 plant nurseries were brilliant in the 

 extreme. Aconitums fronv Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries received a well-merited sil- 

 ver medal and the same exhibitor also 

 received certiticates of merit for Astil- 

 be June and A. Silver White. Peony 

 flowered dahlia Fred Grinnell, exhibit- 

 ed by P. J. Rooney was recognized with 

 a certificate of merit. Honorable men- 

 tion was given to R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co., for display of herbaceous flowers; 

 William Nicholson for Buddleia varia- 

 bilis varieties; A. M. Davenport, dis- 

 play of heliotrope; John Lewis Childs 

 for display of gladiolus and new Gladi- 

 olus Whitest White. 



There were some very effective glad- 

 iolus tables which added stately splen- 

 dor to the general color effect. Annual 

 flowers, too. in sparkling arrav did 

 their part in illuminating the scene. 

 The fruit and vegetable groups filled 

 the small hall and were of superior 

 excellence. A special .$50 prize for cul- 

 tivated blueberries went to the estate 

 of W. C. Jennison. gard. H. Chamber- 

 lain; a certificate of merit to the same 

 exhibitor for seedling everbearing 

 strawberry and a cultural certificate 

 to E. S. Webster for nectarines Prizes 

 in the plant and flower section in addi- 

 tion to the above were as follows: 



Perennial Pliloxes— 12 varieties- Isif F 

 J. Rea; 2rt. T. C. Tlnu-low " sinV Co ' .3^- 

 Eastern Nurseries. General displavt ' 1st 

 ?i ,i Tliurlow-s Sons Co.: 2d. F j rA • 

 f\. Bay Stale Nurseries. Twelve v.arietfeV 

 for private growers oulv: 1st w nS 

 Wlntman, C.laaioIi-12 named ' variees 

 1st. -IVilliam Sim. Twelve named varieties' 

 private growers: 1st, Miss HA Riordan' 

 Fifty spikes, any named variety 1st Wi?' 

 ham Sim Display, 100 va.ses,' arranged 

 £,':,. "^/f •":■'•. ,M\' JIi-s. Frederick Aver 

 Basket artistically arranged: Cliamberiain 

 A, i:.age. China asters— display of all 

 elasses, named, .50 vases: Is,' Willi,u 



WiHiam Whitman. Annuals— general dis- 

 play: 1st, Mrs. J. L. Gardner "d To' 

 Charles Pfaff: .3d, William Whitman ' 



Gratuities were awarded to Wm 

 Sim, Chamberiain & Gage, B Ham- 

 mond Tracy and Miss Helen Riordan 

 tor extra displays of gladioli- E F 

 Dwyer & Son for dahlias; Gustav 01- 

 sen for Shasta daisies; Wm. Nicholson 

 for Buddleias, Bay State Nurseries, 

 Eastern Nurseries, G. W. Page Miss 

 Cornelia Warren and Mrs. E M Gill 

 for general displays of flowers 



OBITUARY. 

 Mrs. C. H. Homeyer. 

 Elizabeth A. Homeyer. widow- of 

 Christian H. Homeyer, who before his 

 death was a well-known florist in Elm- 

 hurst, N. Y.. died at her home, 234 

 Stoothoff avenue, Richmond Hill Au- 

 gust 10, aged fifty-eight years. 



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Roots on this have not been pruned since n 



was SIX inches high. Note the absence of 



fine, fibrous roots. 



Twice transplanted and twice root-pruned. 

 Norc the compact mass of fine roots and the 

 number of branches and densencss ol" foliage 



Think These Facts Over 



Eve4?e;Vs7or"Jur Aug.-Sept.Planting 



ALL gardeners know ihai rooi-^pruning when are always iryin? (o secure in (he rrees you buy 

 ** done '■/,;,'//;■ and done 5ji/^;;/rt//crt//^' induces As might be expected, fine, high class trees 

 a dense growth of fine, fibrous roots. It's these grown this way cost somewhat more than the 

 fine roots that do the bulk of the food absorbing ordinary nursery stock, but no one who knows 

 from the soil. The greater, then, the quantity of trees questions that they are worth more, and 

 these fine roots, the more rapid and thicker the worth decidedly more It is a dense, cheerful, 

 foliage and the stronger and more satisfactory the blue-green, not open, yellowgreen, and melan 

 tree will be in every way. choly. ^4B "^ 



But that isn't all — when it comes to transplant- You know White Spruce can't be beaten for 

 ing. all the roots will be clustered in a compact seashore planting They fairly revel in the saJl 

 mass that can be dug with a moderate-sized ball 

 of earth and still practically every root and 

 rootlet saved, hs only lust plain evcry-day 

 common sense that such trees can be the most 

 successfully shipped long distances, and will trans- 

 plant with the least possible setback and continue 

 to grow rapidly. 

 Our eight-yearold White 

 Spruce have been tw/o times 

 root-pritJied, the last time 

 in August. 1913. and two 

 timrj transplanted, and 

 grown in squares so we 

 could cultivate and root- 

 prune on four sides As a 

 result, (hoy are beautifully 

 developed, broad -branched 

 specimens, every one of 

 ihem The foliage 

 has that dense 

 bushiness 

 which you 

 like so to 



Here are our prices. What can we do for you? 

 We (tnaranCM all BTertfreeDs In Aodnst and 

 September, rerl*cin({ asy (bat fall 



PRICES-WHITE SPRUCE 

 3 ft high, 22 in spr, t9.00 per 10. $80.00 per 100, 

 $600.00 per lOOO 



3J6 ft. high. 2 ft. spr 

 JI7,50 per 10, JI50.00 

 per 100. $1,000,00 per 

 1000. 



4 ft- high. 254 ft spr , 8 

 yrs old. $22 50 per 10 

 $200 00 per 100. 



5 ft, high. $30.00 per 10 

 $250 00 per 100 



Can you use a Whit 

 _ , , , Spruce hedge. 3 ft high, at I 



bight horses are hitched to this U shaped $22.50 per 100 feet? 

 root-pruner and the long roots cut ofFso thai . , . .... 



compact, fibrous rootlets develop, which Need any White Pines, 

 can all be delivered in the ball of earth ^ ^^ '^ '^ ^'- ^'8^? 



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