March 27, 1915 



HOETICULTUEE 



423 



BOSTON SPRING FLOWER SHOW 



Dutch Garden — Exhibit of R. & J. Farquhar & Co. 



We gave a quite full aocount of the 

 features of this fine exhibition in last 

 week's issue and little remains to be 

 recorded except the names of the win- 

 ning exhibitors. The two lofty groups 

 of palms, bays and flowering plants by 

 W. W. Edgar Company and Weld Gar- 

 den, the perfectly bloomed acacias from 

 Mrs. P. Ayer together with all the 

 other prominent features mentioned 

 in detail last week made a superb pic- 

 ture as one gazed from the loggia over 

 the central exhibition hall. The Far- 

 quhar Dutch garden at the far end 

 was a show in itself and gave a char- 

 acter to the hall never liefore attained. 

 We present herewith a picturi- of that 

 exhibit but unfortunately it gives only 

 a meagre idea of its extent and beauty 

 and the fountain with its basin of cal- 

 las is entirely lost, and the graceful 

 pendant racemes of the white and pur- 

 ple wisteria are practically invisible. 

 A gold medal was awarded to this 

 exhibit. 



The attendance beat all records for 

 a spring show in Boston. At times the 

 halls were well nigh impassable. The 

 canaries, contributed by Sidney Hoff- 

 man added charmingly to the scene 

 and the ladies orchestra was a much 

 enjoyed feature. 



The orchids were very fine through- 

 out. In the A. W. Preston exhibit, 

 Brasso-Cattleya Veitchii was the par- 

 ticular gem. Another beauty was the 

 seedling Dendrobinm Wellesley, a 

 cross of D. nobile x Murrhiniacum x 

 D. nobile Victoria Regina, shown by 



Walter Hunnewell. The flowers are 

 considerably larger than those of D. 

 nobile. E. B. Dane's exhibit was, as 

 alway.s, a rich and rare collection. Mrs. 

 C. G. Weld's orchid group was most 

 artistically arranged. 



The roses entered for the various 

 prizes of the American Rose Society 

 and the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society were in noble form and the 

 visitors were loud in their admiration. 

 The big towering vases of Radiance 

 from Jos. Heacock and Mrs. Russell 

 and Killarney Queen from Waban 

 Rose Conservatories were superlatively 

 grand and much regret was expressed 

 on all sides that the latter had to be 

 disiiualifted because of a mistake in 

 the number of blooms entered. 



.ludging from this exhibition as well 

 as that in New York, Schizanthus Wise- 

 tonensis and Primula nialacoides are 

 distined to be big performers in the 

 spring flower shows hereafter and 

 Cineraria stellata has almost displaced 

 the old C. hybrida. 



AWARDS IN BOSTON SHOW. 



Azaleas: 1st, Win. Whitman; 2n(l, W. W. 

 l!](iKar Co. 



I'alms: 1st, Mrs. Fred. Ayer; 2n(I, Win. 

 Whilin:in : ;!rcl. Weld Garden. 



S]ii'(imeu I'alni: Weld Garden. 



Kricas: Miss Cornelia Warren. 



Acacias (yronp) : Mrs. F. Ayer. 



Speeimen Acacia: Weld Farm; Mrs. Fred, 

 Ayer. 



Hydrangeas (group) : W, W. Edgar Co. 



I'rimulas: Mrs. J. I... Gardner. 



Specimen Hard-wooded Greenhouse Plant : 

 Miss Cornelia Warren. 



Ramble Roses: M. H. Walsh, 1st and 

 •2n(l. 



Group Roses (all classes) : Thomas Ro- 

 land, W. W. Edgar. 



Cyclamen: Mrs. Lester Leland, two Ists; 



E. A. Clark, one 1st, one 2nd; Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner, two 2uds. 



Cinerarias: Mrs. Gardner, three Ists, 

 one 3rd; Mrs. Weld, one 1st; E. A. Clars 

 and W. Whitman, one 2nd each. 



Schizanthus: E. A. Clark, Miss Warren, 

 Mrs. Gardner. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi and Crocuses 

 (twenty-one classes) : Wm. Whitman, thir- 

 teen Ists, three 2nds, two 3rds; A. F. Esta- 

 In-dok, one 1st, four 2nds, one 3rd; Mrs. 

 J. I... (Jardner, three Ists, two 2nds; A. W 

 Preston, three Ists, six 2nds, five Srds; 

 Miss M. A. Rand, one 1st; E. A. Clark, two 

 2nds, one 3rd. 



Lily of the Valley: J. T. Butterworth, 

 Mrs. C. (J. Weld. 



Amaryllis: Mrs. J. Jj. Gardner. 



Liliutn Longillornm : I). T. Walker, Mrs. 



F. Ayer. Mrs. C. (;. Weld. 



General Display of Spring Ifulbous Plants : 

 Weld (iardeu. 



Roses in Va.ses : Prince d'Arenberg, S. J. 

 Reuter & Son. Killarney, 1st, Joseph Hea- 

 cock Co.; 2nd, A. N. Plerson. White Kil- 

 larney, 1st, .los. Heacock Co.; 2nd, A. N. 

 Plerson. Lady Hillingdon, .Tos. Heacock 

 Co.; Mrs. Chas. Rus.sell, Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories; Mrs. Aaron Ward, A. N. Pler- 

 son. Any other kind. 1st, Jos. Heacock Co. ; 

 2nd, John Welch Young. 



Carnations, 100 of any undlsseminated 

 variety: A. Roper with Alice Coombs; 2nd, 

 A. A. Pembroke. In eight classes of BO 

 each, A. A. Penilindie took four Ists and 

 one 2nd; J. A. Nelson, three Ists and one 

 2rid; M. A. Patten, one 1st and three 2nds. 

 Artistic display ot carnations: Penn the 

 Florist. 



Violets, single: Esty Bros., Ed. Bingham; 

 violets, double, Ed. Bingham, John L. Gale. 



Sweet Peas: Wm. Sim, 1st In all class- 

 es; E. Townscnd. three 2nds. 



Marguerites: James Wheeler. 



Antirrhinums: Mrs. C. G. Weld, F. W. 

 Fletcher. 



