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HORTICULTURE 



June 16, 1917 



View j.n Iuim. Garden by Thomas Roland, Naiiant, Mass. 



The weather of the past week has 

 been tar from favorable for the open- 

 ing of the rhododendron flowers, which 

 had been depended upon to fill so im- 

 portant a place in the attractions of 

 the show. In consequence of this and 

 in order that the public may have op- 

 portunity to see this great exhibition 

 at its best it has been decided to hold 

 it open until Wednesday night. June 

 20, at which time it will positively 

 close. A good many changes have been 

 made in some of the tents since last 

 week, especially in the orchid tent 

 where some of the rarer exhibits had 

 to be removed to prevent injury from 

 too long exposure to unaccustomed 

 conditions. Among the new exhibits is 

 a large display of grand show pelar- 

 goniums from E. S. Webster and an 

 extensive collection of lilacs from the 

 Arnold Arboretum. Professor Sargent 

 contributes a fine group of tree peonies. 

 Rosa Hugonis is shown tor the first 

 time, long arching sprays of bright 

 single yellow roses, one of the finest 

 hardy novelties which E. H. Wilson 

 brought to us from China and which 

 will undoubtedly prove a big factor In 

 rose hybridization of the future. Pro- 

 fessor Sargent's tree wisterias are 

 now in full bloom, the long pendant 

 racemes of the Japanese species being 

 greatly admired. 



The following awards have been 

 made since Horticulture went to press 

 last week: Silver medals to Mrs. C. G. 

 Weld for exhibit; Edwin S. Webster 



for exhibit: Faulkner Farms for ex- 

 hibit: William Sim for display of 

 pansies; Mount Desert Nurseries for 

 collection of Astilbfes; J. T. Butter- 

 worth, collection of orchids. Miss 

 Cornelia Warren was awarded honor- 

 able mention for display of calceolarias 

 and orchids. Mrs. John E. Thayer 

 was also awarded honorable mention 

 for English ivy in pots. Henry Penn 

 received a certificate of merit for ex- 

 hibition of garden ornaments. 



ORCHIDS AT BOSTON OUTDOOR 

 JUNE SHOW. 



Last week we published a picture of 

 a part of the display in the orchid tent. 

 The following notes in detail in the 

 compilation of which we have been 

 materially assisted by Mr. AValter Gott, 

 of St. Albans. Eng., a keen observer in 

 orchid exhibitions, may be of interest 

 to our orchid loving readers. 



Julius Roehrs Company, Rutherford, 

 N. J., staged a most wonderful group. 

 The background was composed almost 

 entirely of Dendrobium chrysotoxum, 

 intermingled with some finely grown 

 plants of Odontoglossum Pescatorei. 

 The centre was made up of Miltonia 

 vexillaria in numerous varieties and 

 the rare and beautiful Miltonia St. 

 Andre. Also included in the group 

 were grand forms of Cattleya Mossiae 



and gigas Sanderiana, Odontiada 

 BradshawiEe, several very fine plants 

 of Mossiae Reineckaiana and Brasso- 

 Cattleya Digbyana Mossiae variety 

 robusta, a specimen plant bearing ten 



flowers, and Brasso-Cattleya Maronise. 

 Several beautiful forms of Laelio- 

 Cattleya Aphrodite and seventeen 

 different species of Dendrobium were 

 also included. The whole group was 

 beautifully and artistically arranged 

 by Mr. Sealey and was probably the 

 best effort this firm has ever made in 

 Boston. Awarded a gold medal. 



E. B. Dane, Roughwood, Erookline, 

 Mass., superintendent Donald McKen- 

 zie, exhibited an excellent and ex- 

 quisitely arranged group comprised of 

 splendid forms of Cattleya gigas and 

 Sanderiana and C. Mossiae, Brasso- 

 Cattleya Maroni<e and Brasso-Cattleya 

 Veitchii: also some very fine plants 

 and varieties of odontiodas. Also 

 Phalaenopsis Rimestadtiana and ama- 

 bilis which were beautifully bloomed, 

 Cypripediums Lawrenceanum, callo- 

 sum Sanderip, Garbari, Lebaudyanum 

 and others. Some fine odontoglossum 

 and grand plants of Miltonia vexillaria, 

 Masdevallia Harryana and Veitchii, 

 Laelia-Cattleya Hyeana Sanders' va- 

 riety, Vanda suavis and Cymbidium 

 Lowianum. Gold medal. 



A. N. Cooley of Pittsfield, Mass., 

 made his first appearance as an ex- 

 hibitor in Boston and staged a magnifi- 

 cent group, which gained for him a 

 gold medal. Included in his group 

 were probably the finest odontoglos- 

 sums and odontiodas ever seen in 

 Boston. The following are a few of 

 some of the rare and beautiful varie- 

 ties which he exhibited: Odontioda 

 Gladys, a magnificent plant with 

 twenty-ei.ght flowers; O. crispum Moon- 

 beam, a magnificent plant and variety 

 with two spikes carrying twenty-four 

 flowers; Odontoglossum ardentisimum 

 variety Zenith, a model flower of dark 

 chocolate color: crispum Xanthotes, ex- 

 imeum Xanthotes and crispum Leonard 

 Perfect; Odontoglossum Her Majesty, 



