June 3, 1917 



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if ('ciitnil (Jroup iu Orchid Tent. Picture sl)ows principally the Julius Roehrs Co. 'a Exhibit which received a Gold 

 .Mcilal. Tile haudsome Miltonia in foreground was part of the exhibit by B. A. Clark. 



This ambitious undertaking which 

 lias been on the tapis for a year or 

 more, opened according to schedule on 

 tlie Wentworth Institute grounds, 

 Huntington avenue, Boston, on Friday, 

 June 1st. As it his proved, a post- 

 ponement of the date for at least one 

 weelv would have been a wise move, 

 for the rhododendron?, which consti- 

 tute so strong a feature, are now, one 

 week after the opening day, only be- 

 ginning to expand their buds. Ths 

 first day of the show was given over 

 to the Red Cros; interests and that 

 worthy cause was enriched to the 

 amount of $7,500 therefrom. The pub- 

 lic opening exercises took place on 

 Saturday, June 2. 



The central feature of the grounds 

 which are about three acres in extent, 

 is a rock garden and miniature lake 

 with cascade and fountain, the work 

 of the landscape department of R. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co. This feature is 

 very inadequately depicted in the il- 

 lustration on our cover page. It en- 

 tailed a vast amount of labor at the 

 height of the busy season and among 

 the myriads of plants used are many 

 new and rare gems for the alpine gar- 

 den. Since the picture was taken 

 many water lilies have come to the 

 surface and are now in bloom. The 

 numerous fastigiate arborvitces about 



the grounds and in some of the tentj 

 are a part of th'^ Farquhar display and 

 there is also a plantation of new forms 

 of abies and other conifers collected 

 in China by Wilson, contributed by 

 this firm. Juliuj Heurlein has also a 

 splendid group of conifers planted 

 with pleasing effect. 



There are seven tents in the en- 

 closure, six of them 50 x 100 ft. each 

 and one 100 x lOO ft. The great collec 

 tion of azaleas from Holm Lea, the 

 estate of Prof. C. S. Sargent, occupies 

 one tent as shown in the accompany- 

 ing picture. In size and beauty of the 

 specimen plants this collection is un- 

 rivalled anywhere and it makes a won- 

 derfully beautiful effect. 



One tent is devoted entirely to or- 

 chids, a partial view of which we are 

 able to present. It is an unpreeedeni 

 ed aggregation of gems from some of 

 the most noted orchid establishment; 

 in this country, including E. B. Dane 

 A. N. Cooley, Julius Roehrs Co.. J. T. 

 Butterworth, P. J. Dolansky. Mrs, C. 

 G. Weld. E. A. Clark and Miss Cor- 

 ns I'a Warren. 



Another triumph in Thomas Ro- 

 land's lengthening list is his ro=e gar- 

 den, which fills one tent and is plant- 

 ed wuth rare artistic skill. Here are 

 seen all the various rose classes in 

 bloom and the baby rambler type is 

 splendidly featured in particular. We 



shall have a picture of the rose gar- 

 den in next week's issue. 



Nearly one half of the entire tent 

 space is occupied by the rhododen- 

 drons. As in the case of the roses 

 and axaleas. these are all plunged in the 

 grass sward and when in bloom they 

 will make a gorgeous garden picture. 

 The exhibitors are F. Gonier Water- 

 er, Bagshot, England, whose plants 

 have been housed and cared for by 

 Messrs. Farquhar since last fall: Wal- 

 ter Hunnewell and Mrs. S. C. Law- 

 rence. The specimen plants run from 

 three up to ten feet high. 



Among other notable displays are a 

 great array of giant golden calceola- 

 rias from E. S. Webster and Mrs, C, G, 

 Weld, an extensive collection in flower 

 of hybrid azaleas by Charles Sander, 

 gardener at Holm Lea, new astilbes 

 and lupines from Mt. Desert Nurseries, 

 a glorious bed of giant pansies by 

 William Sim. wisterias grown in tree 

 form from Holm Lea and a large 

 group of Statice Suworowii from 

 Faulkner Farm. 



The Sander azaleas make a luminous 

 stretch of color, blended with consum- 

 mate skill and very interesting as in- 

 troducing a new type based upon the 

 crossing of the species ovata and obtusa 

 upon the beautiful crimson Hinode- 

 geri. They run from white and pale 

 salmon up through all tints of pink 



