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HORTICULTUfiE 



March 31. 1917 



Wheeler was respon- 

 sible for the latter 

 and displayed Napo- 

 leonic ability in the 

 way he handled the 

 overwhelming mass 

 of material which 

 came in at the last 

 moment. Gradually, 

 too, the exhibitors 

 of large groups are 

 coming to show 

 greater skill and in- 

 telligence i n the 

 placing of their 

 plants and the ar- 

 rangement of colors. 

 Once more the 

 commercial element 

 predominated in the 

 extent and quality 

 of exhibits, reversing 

 the situation exist- 

 ing a few years ago 

 when the s p r i n .? 

 show was made al- 

 most exclusively by 

 the large private 

 estates. The latter 

 were, however, cred- 

 i t a b 1 y represented 

 and by none better 

 than by E. B. Dane, 

 whose orchid display, 

 was a galaxy of rare 

 gems, and A. W. 

 Preston and Weld 

 Gardens, both of 

 whose spring bulb 

 displays were very 

 extensive. 



An innovation 

 much appreciated by 

 the public was the 

 appointment of a 

 staff of expert gar- 

 deners by President 

 Saltonstall to circu- 

 late about the hall 

 and give information to visitors con- 

 cerning plants and flowers exhibited 

 and their culture. 



General View in the St. Lons Spring Exhibition. 



Julius Roehrs Company, Kiitlierrord, 

 New Jersey, sent their big shipment of 

 orchids by auto truck, fearing that it 

 might get tied up on the railroad. 



The arrangement of the Edgar plant 

 group was generally commented upon 

 as a great advance over the stereo- 

 typed solid bank of plants. Next year 

 we shall see more of it. 



List of Awards. 



List of prizes and gratuities award- 

 ed at the Spring Exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 March 21-25, 1917. 



Pl.vnts. 



Acacia Krouii. 1st. Thomas Rnlaucl. Tliroe 

 Acacias. 1st. Tliomas Rolanrt. Specimen 

 Acacia. Tliomas Roland. 



12 Amaryllis. Mrs. J. M. Scars. 



Astilbe collection. W. W. Edgar Co. 



Azalea indica gronp. 1st. A. M. Davenport ; 

 2a, W. W. Edgar Co. S Azaleas (commer- 

 cial growers excluded). 1st. Jliss Cornelia 

 Warren. 



6 pans Chionodo.\-a. 1st. Mrs. ,T. L. Gard- 

 ner. 



4 Clivias (Imantopbyllum). 1st, Faulk- 

 ner Farm. 



6 Cinerarias, grandiflora, 1st, Mrs. J. M. 

 Sears: 2d. E. A. Clark. Specimen Cineraria, 

 1st, Mrs. J. M. Sears. 6 Cineraria stelliita. 

 Ist. Mrs. .T. L. Gardner; 2d. Mrs. Robert 

 Saltonstall. Specimen Cineraria stellata, 

 1st, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. 



8 Cyclamens. 1st, Mrs. Lester Leiand ; 

 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. S plants, 7 in. pots. 

 Ist, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 2d, Mrs. Lester Le- 

 iand. 



4 Cytisus, 1st, Miss Cornelia Warren. 

 Specimen CytisuB, 1st, Miss Cornelia War- 

 ren. 



6 Ericas. 2d. Miss Cornelia Warren. 



6 pots Preesias, 1st. Mrs. C. G. Weld ; 2d. 

 Mrs. .T. L. Gardner. 



(! pots Galanthua, lat, Mrs. J. L. Gardner ; 

 ■Jd. A. W. Preston. 



r. pots Grape Hyacinths. 1st, A. W. Pres- 

 !nn; 2d. Mrs. J. L. Gardner. 



12 pots Hyacinths. 1st, Weld Garden; 2d. 

 .Mrs. J. L. Gardner, (i pots Hyacinths. 1st. 

 >\'eld Garden. Specimen dark blue or pnr- 

 pie. 1st. Weld Garden with King of the 

 r.lnes. Light blue. 1st. Weld Garden with 

 (juecn of the lUues: 2d. Mm. .T. I... Gardnei- 

 with Enchantress. Dark pink or red. 1st. 

 Weld Garden with Victoria; 2d. Mrs. .7. L. 

 (Jardner with Mctoria. Light pink. 1st. 

 Mrs. .T. L. Gardner with .Jacques; 2il. Wehl 

 (fardeu with ("Jigantea. Yellt>w. 1st. ilrs. J. 

 L. Giirdner with Citv of Haarlem; 2d. Weld 

 <iardeu with City of Haarlem. Whiti\ 1st. 

 Weld Garden with T.,a Grandesse ; 2d. Mrs. 

 .T. L. Gardner with La Grandesse. 



Hydrangea group. 1st. W. W. Edgar Co. ; 

 2d. A. M. Daveuijiirt. 2 Hydrangeas. 1st, 

 .\. JI. Davenport. Specimen Hydrangea, 

 1st. A. M. Davenport. 



II pots Jonquils, lat. A. W. Preston with 

 (.'ampernelle rugulosus. 



6 Lilacs, 1st, Faulkner Farm ; 2d, W. W. 

 Edgar Co. 



Lily group, 1st, W. W. Edgar Co. 



6 pots Lily of the Valley, 1st, Mrs. C. G. 

 Weld ; 2d, A. W. Preston. 



4 pots Marguerites. 1st, Mrs. C. G. Weld; 

 2d. Faulkner Farm. Specimen Marguerite, 

 1st, Mrs. 'C. G. Weld. 



10 pots large trumpet Narci-ssi, 1st. Weld 

 Garden; 2d, A. W. Preston. 5 pots. 1st. A. 

 W. Preston ; 2d. Weld Garden. 10 pots 

 short trumpet, 1st, A. W. Preston ; 2d, 

 Weld Garden. 5 pots. 1st. A. W. Preston ; 

 2d. A. W. Preston. Specimen, any double 

 variety, 1st, Weld Garden; 2d, A. W. Pres- 

 ton. 



Orchid group arranged for effect, 250 sq. 

 ft.. 1st, F. J. Dnlanskv; 2d. Julius Reehrs 



Co. (iroup arranged for effect, 200 sq ft. 

 U'omniercial growers excluded), 1st, E. B. 

 Dane; 2d. Mrs. C. G. Weld. C plants, 6 va- 

 rieties, 1st. J. T. Butterworth. Specimen 

 plant, lat, Miss Cornelia Warren. 



2 Kentias. 1st. Weld Garden. 2 Phoenix 

 Roebelinii, 1st. Weld Garden. 



H Primula acaulis. 1st, Wm. Sim. 8 Pri- 

 mula inalacoides. 1st. Mrs. C. G. Weld; 2d, 

 A. E. Parsons. S Primula obconica, Ist, 

 Wm. Whitman: 2d. Mrs. C. G. Weld. Poly- 

 antha hybrids. 1st. William Sim; 2d, Mrs. 

 C. G. Weld. 



Specimen Rose. pink. 1st, Miss Cornelia 

 Warren witii Tausendschoen. 



(i Schizanthus. 1st. E. S. Webster; 2d, 

 Miss Cornelia Warren. Specimen plant, Ist, 

 Faulkner Farm. 



4 pans Scilla campanulata, 1st, Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner. 



12 pans single early Tulips. 1st, A. W. 

 Preston; 2d. Weld Garden. 6 pans, 6 varie- 

 ties, 1st, A. W. Preston ; 2d, Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner. 1 pan hicolor. 1st. A. W. Preston 

 with Cerise Grisdelin. 1 pan pink. 1st. A. 

 W. Preston with Flamingo; 2d. Weld Gar- 

 tleu with Pink F.oauty. 1 pan pink and 

 white. 1st. A. W. I'resti'U with Queen of the 

 Xetherlands. 1 pan red. 1st. A. W. Preston 

 with r.rilliant Star; 2d. A. W. Preston with 

 La Grandeur. 1 pan red and yellow, 1st, A. 

 W. Preston with Keizerkroou. 1 pan yel- 

 \o\\ . 1st. A. W. I'reston with Rising Sun. 

 1 pan white. 1st, A. W. Preston with White 

 Hawk; 2d. Weld Garden with Joost Van 

 Vondel. C pans duuble. (i varieties. 1st, 

 Weld Garden; 2d, A. W. Preston. 1 pan 

 pink. 1st. Weld Garden with Murillo; 2d. 

 A. W. Preston with I>a Grandesse. 1 pan 

 I'ed, 1st. A. W. Preston with ^'nurbaak. 1 

 pan yellow. 1st. A. ^^^ l*restou with Lady 

 Godiva. 12 pans Darwins. 1st Weld Garden. 



B Hyacinths (amateurs). 1st. Margaret A. 

 Rand with Queen of the Pinks ; 2d, Miss 

 Margaret A. Rand with Queen of the Blues. 



12 Narcissi. 1st. Margaret A. Rand with 

 King Alfred ; 2d. Margaret A. Rand with 

 Glory of Leiden. 



12 Tulips. 1st. Margaret A. Rand wi^h 



