August 18, 1917 



HOKT I CULTURE 



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GLADIOLUS AND PHLOX EXHIBI- 

 TION IN BOSTON. 



The Gladiolus and Phlox Exhibition 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Horticultural Hall on 

 Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 

 12. There was a fine display of gladi- 

 oli, although a number of the grow- 

 ers represented in past years were un- 

 able to show, their crop not yet being 

 ready. The great overwhelming treat 

 ■was the display by Charles F. Fair- 

 banks, president of the American 

 Gladiolus Society. His collection of 

 Primulinus hybrids, comprising some 

 thirty-five or forty varieties was really 

 wonderful. Another exhibit worthy of 

 the highest praise was that of the 

 Boston Cut Flower Company who 

 showed baskets and vases of gladioli, 

 the arrangement of which was very 

 novel and artistic and much above the 

 ordinary. Miss Fannie Foster staked 

 a group of seedlings, about forty, all 

 of high quality, but two of superlative 

 grade — No. 188, a soft lemon yellow, 

 practically solid color, and No. 62 a 

 rose pink, a good sized flower well 

 placed on the spike. Kunderd's Lily- 

 white made a very favorable im- 

 pression, being a good spike and 

 flower on the order of White Lady and 

 showing much commercial promise. 

 Austin-Coleman Co., of Wayland, 

 Ohio, showed Herada in fine form. 

 This is a Nanceanus of a pleasing 

 lilac shade, good spike and evidently 

 a strong grower. 



The phloxes did not come up to pre- 

 vious performances. One of the best 

 of the novelties was George N. 

 Smith's "Wellesley," a pink of un- 

 usually pure color. He had other 

 seedlings of good quality, too. Jenni- 

 son's white phlox Leona was certifi- 

 cated here two years ago. It is as 

 good today as it was then. 



The vegetable and fruit section was 

 only ordinary in quality. One sensa- 

 tional item was a pole bean of Sutton 

 origin, bearing an enormous pod and 

 equally valuable as a "snap" or 

 a "shell" bean. The plant and flower 

 awards follow: 



Anuuiils — General display: 1st. Mrs. J. 

 L. (ianlner. Gladioli — Twelve named va- 

 rieties: 1st, C. F. Fairbanks; 2nd. Telle 

 Roos. f>lx spikes, crimson, one variety : 

 1st, H. E. Meader, Black Beauty ; 2nd, Jelle 



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Warning to Lily Growers 



FORMOSUMS are about 50% Short and 

 will be delivered Later than usual. To 

 take their place we suggest cold storage 

 GIGANTEUMS and MELPOMENES. 



Write Ui for Prices Stating Number of Cases 

 and Size of Bulbs required 



Plant NOW for Christmas and the Holidays 

 GIGANTEUM (cold storage) 



7-9 packed 300 to a case 8-10 packed 225 to a case 

 9-10 packed 200 to a case 



MELPOMENE MAGNIFICUM (cold storage) 



8-9 packed 200 to a case 



Talk this over at the Convention with our Represen- 

 tatives, MR. DERNISON and MR. DEAN. 



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Roos, Goliath. Six pink: 1st, H. E. 

 Jleader, Myrtle : 2nd. S. E. Spencer, Mrs. 

 Frank Pendleton. Six, red : 1st, Jellc 

 Koos, Aleida ; 2ud. H. E. Meader. Jessie. 

 Six. white: 1st. C. F. Fairbanks. Jessie 

 Palmer: 2nd, Jelle Roos, Chicago White. 

 Six, yellow : Ist, C. F. Fairbanks, Ida ; 2nd, 

 Jelle Roos, Annie Wigman. Six. any 

 other color: 1st. C. F. Fairbanks, Loveli- 

 ness: 2nd. Jelle Roos, Herada. Six Primu- 

 linus hybrid : Ist. Julia M. Fairbanks; 2nd, 

 Clark W. Brown. Ten spikes, ten varie- 

 ties : 1st, Mrs. Percy O. Forbes. 



Special Prizes offered by Charles F. 

 Fairbanks. Seedling gladiolus, one spike : 

 1st. Miss Fanny Foster, No. ISS: 2nd, Miss 

 Fanny Foster, No. G2. Collection of tifty 

 varieties: 1st. C. F. Fairbanks; 2nd, Jelle 

 Roos. Most artistic display covering 200 

 sq. ft. : 2nd, C. W. Brown & Son. Most 

 artistically arranged basket: 1st, Boston 

 Cut Flower Co. 



Perennial phloxes — Twelve varieties : 1st, 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc. Twelve named 



varieties, commercial growers excluded: 

 1st. Oliver Ames. Six trusses, one variety: 

 1st. T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc., Maid 

 Marion. 



Gratuities: Jelle Roos, collection of 

 Glailioli: C. F. Fairbanks, collection of 

 Gladioli: H. E. Meader, Gladiolus Myrtle; 

 Riverbank Gardens, Gladioli; T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons. Inc., collection of Phlox; G. N. 

 Smith, .Seedling Phlox ; Betty Millet, An- 

 nuals and Hollyhocks. 



Silver Medal: C. F. Fairbanks, display 

 of Gladioli; Boston Cut Flower Co., Artistic 

 .Arrangements of Gladioli in baskets and 

 vases. 



First Class Certificate of Merit: A. E. 

 Kunderd. Seedling White Gladiolus "Lily- 

 wliite." 



Honorable Mention: Miss Fanny Foster, 

 Seedling' Gladioli: G. N. Smith, Seedling 

 Phlox "Wellesley." 



Vote of Thanks: Jennison's Floral Gar- 

 dens. Phlox "Leona;" Boston Cut Flower 

 Co.. six baskets of Gladioli. 



Central Park, New York, as it was in 1859. 

 From an engraving published in The Horticulturist, Vol. XIV, March, 1859. 



