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place ill which to rest under the shade of great pahiis. 



Another garden of the JuHus Roehrs Company was a 

 rock garden, paved in part with "Metowee" stones. In 

 the background was a rock wall with a pool at its base, 

 up to which led stone steps, and overspread with conifers. 

 On the one hand there were dog'woods amid greener}-. 

 and on the other, a great variety of flowering shrubs, such 

 as are at home among rocks. 



Not far away from this, there was the larger and more 

 elaborate, and quite different rock garden of Bobbink and 

 Atkins. This had beds of flowering plants in its wide 

 front of green sward. In the background, there was a 

 mass of precipitous rocks, amidst which plants nestled. 

 Rocky steps led up to tlijs rocky hill, on each side of which 

 ■were flowering plants. Out of the rock mass there broke 

 a stream whicl- turned an old-time wooden over-shot 

 ■water wheel. 



Passing from tliese two fascinating rock gardens. I 

 found another garden difl:"ering greatly from any which 

 I had already observed, the garden of I'. R. Pierson. 

 which fairly coniiirianded attention. In tliis, two jxiols, a 

 rocker}-, and borders of flowering shrubs made up the 

 foreground : Dog'woods, evergreens, . and forsythias 

 formed the background. A tall silver birch towered high 

 above the upper j>ool. In this garden, representing stu- 

 pendous manual labor as well as brain power, were many 

 blooming shrubs, nameh- Pyrus, rhododendrons, azaleas, 

 wistarias. si>ireas. and bulbous ]>iants also. How can any- 

 one think of such a thing as comparing this with the rock 

 gardens : this represents one type, the rock gardens an- 

 other. 



All of the 1923 Flower Show gardens were evidently 

 built by men who had a vision at the very outset of how 

 their gardens would a])pear when completed. They were 

 not gardens of the patch-ad<!ed-to-patch kind till the al- 

 Joted space is filled. 



The orchids were also high sjxits in the show. Xotable 

 among- the groups shown was the banked display of 

 Julius Roehrs Company; the table display of Jose|ih 

 Manda Company, and also of Lager and Hurrell. and a 

 group exhiiiited by Geor.ge E. Baldwin. All these, staged 

 close to one another on the main floor, made a big 1:eauty 

 spot which was thronged with visitors throughout the 

 show. 



\''er)- noteworthy 'ivas the border display and the group 

 disjjlay of we!! grown azaleas by Bohl>ink and :\tkins ; the 

 f jeni.>tas and the Marguerites of IMadsen and Christensen ; 

 the fine lilacs of liobbink and Atkins; the magnificent 

 group of Xephrolci>is ferns in variet>- of F. R. Pierson : 

 and last and es]>ecially excellent was the two hundred 

 square foot display of a great variety- of remarkably well 

 grown Easter i)lants, staged on a bed of moss by A. L. 

 Miller. Jamaica. L. 1. As an example of pot plants 

 grown for jjurely commercial purposes, there was nothing 

 in the entire sliow which could be compared with it. 



The only commercial display of sweet peas was thai 

 covering one hundred square feet made by W. Atlee 

 Burpee ('o., Philadelphia, an excellent exhibit of Burpee's 

 fine novelties. 



.'^tum|>p & \\',-ilicr Comitany staged a very attractive 

 trade exhil)it. various varieties of bulbous stock in bloom, 

 tulii)s including ( Jen. De Wet and Ibis ; the fine.st of cot- 

 tage and Darwin types among which was to be seen the 

 new l)lack Darwin, Mysterv'. narcissi,' hyacinths, lilies. 

 and lilies of the valley. Ml were arranged to present a 

 very attractive efifect. 



Charles II. Totty Coiiipany also had an artistically ar- 

 ranged trade exhil)it, showing cut roses, including .Souve- 

 nir de Claudius I'ernet, Golden Ophelia, Ophelia. Madame 

 r.utterflv. Columbia, .'\nnie Laurie. The new rose, .\nur- 



ica. which was awarded a gold medal, was the feature 

 attraction. 



BOSTON SPRING FLOWER SHOW 



A DMISSIOX to the Spring Show in Boston was free 

 ■'*■ this \-ear and the attendance beat all previous Spring 

 show records. Thomas Roland's wonderful acacia garden 

 which filled the lecture hall received a gold medal. There 

 were two hundred plants in tubs, thirty-five varieties, 

 beautifully arranged and all showing matchless culture. 

 It was generally agreed that no such acacia display had 

 ever presumably been made in America. Albert C. Bur- 

 rage (Fred Pocock, supt.) constructed a large pergola 

 and hundreds of Phalsnopsis and other rare orchids were 

 suspended from the same. At the base, for a length of 

 fifty feet, rock work was constructed and orchids ar- 

 ranged in groups were. 'artistically disjjlayed. All pots 

 were covered with green sheet moss and varieties were 

 I>lainly labelled. There was a wealth of Cymbidiums, 

 Odontoglossums, Odontiodas, Miltonias, ]\Iasdevallias, 

 ■ Brasso-cattleyas, and other varieties, awarded a gold 

 medal. A bank of mountain laurel in tubs with a back- 

 ground of hemlocks was attractively arranged by ]\Irs. 

 Alice C. Burrage. which covered one thousand square feet. 



Julius Rt)ehrs Company received a gold medal for the 

 best commercial group of orchids. They also received a 

 first-class certificate for the brilliant Bougainvillea C armine. 

 .\. X. Cooley, Pittsfield, ]\Iass., had a very choice group 

 of orchids and received two gold medals for twelve plants 

 and six plants. Another gold medal went to the Walter 

 Hunnewell estate (T. D. Hatfield, supt.) for the best 

 group of orchids grown on a private estate, which con- 

 tained some wonderful Cymbidiums. Thomas E. Proctor, 

 Topsneld, Mass., showed a marvelous .group of Pink 

 Pearl rhododendrons, smothered with flowers. James 

 .Marlborough is an e.xpert grower of these and many other 

 iilants, \ erv fine was the prize winning amaryllis grown 

 hy Peler Arnott, superintendent to E. S. Webster. 



A noteworthy display was made by Harry S. Rand of 

 Lamliridge, comprising over one hundred varieties of 

 Zonale pelargoniums. .Schizanthus from Peter Arnott and 

 William Thatcher were very fine, as were also the Cine- 

 raria stellata shown by Ii-ving H. Stewart, head gardener 

 to Iloward Coonley, Readville, Mass. .\ large group of 

 cacti from WoUrath and Sons attracted much attention. 



Some fourteen of the best models shown by the Garden 

 Club of America at the late Xew ^'nrk Show were on 

 exhibition and crowds of visitors w i re interested in them. 

 They were awarded a gold meilal. 



On Ai>ril 5, Herbert Gleason gave an illuslraled lec- 

 ture on .Xative Plants; on Ai)ril (> E. 11. Wilson lectured 

 on acacias; and on A]>ril 7 Robert Cameron on Spring 

 Ijulbous ])lants. The ihrc;' lecturers addressed large 

 audiences. So great was the interest taken in the acacia 

 display that it was decided to continue it until A]iril 11, 

 which pcrmitlcd many thou.sands niore to enjoy it. 



All tliat we h.'ive willed, or ho])cd. or drcrimcd of good, 

 -hall exist. 

 Xot its senibl.-iiH'c. but itself: no beauty, nor good, nor 

 1 lower. 

 Whose \'oice has gone forth, but i:uli snr\i\rs lor the 

 melodist. 

 When eteriiit\' coiiliniis tlu' conceiition of the lionr. 

 riu- high lh,-it ]>ro\'i(l too hi.L;h. the heroic for I'aith too 

 hard, 

 The passion lliat left the ground to lose itself in the sky, 

 .\re music sent up to ( !od bv the lover and the bard; 

 I'.iiough that he heard it once; we shall he;ir it by and hy. 



— Robert Brozi'iiiiii:;. 



