November 6, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE MacNIFF HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 



54 and 56 Vesey Street, NEW YORK 



The Largest Horticultural Auction Rooms in the World 



We are in a position to handle consignments of any size, large or small. 

 Prompt remittances made immediately goods are sold. 



p. E. Lewis, Ridgefield, Conn., gard. 

 W. Smith, C. Lanier and G. Foster. In 

 carnations Mrs. \V. Griswold and Mrs. 

 R. Winthrop were winners in the lead- 

 ing classes. There was the usual keen 

 competition in the vegetable classes, 

 G. Foster winning the special prize of- 

 fered by Mrs. W. E. S. Griswold for 

 the best collection of 18 kinds, by the 

 narrow margin of IV^ points, Carlos 

 De Heredia, gard. Geo. H. Thompson, 

 being placed second. In the class tor 

 12 varieties one point separated the 

 collection from Mrs. R. Winthrop, 

 gard. S. Carlquist, and that from C. 

 Lanier, gard. A. H. Wingett, in the 

 latter's favor, this prize carried with 

 it the silver cup offered by R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. The prize offered by 

 Peter Henderson & Co.. for the best 

 10 varieties of potatoes was won by 

 C. Lanier. There was a good show of 

 fruit. Lord & Burnham's prize tor 12 

 dishes of apples was awarded to A. 

 Swift of Lee. W. M. Salisbury won 

 the silver cup offered by Hitchings & 

 Co. for the best two bunches of grapes 

 in the show. 



There was a good attendance on 

 both days and a vote of thanks is due 

 to all exhibitors and the committee of 

 arrangements who lielped to make the 

 show a success. 



J. Fbampton, Asst. Sec'y. 



BOSTON FALL SHOW. 



The annual fall exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society is 

 being put in order in Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, as we go to press. We 

 cannot tell anything about the awards 

 until next week and some of the ex- 

 hibits are at time of writing incom- 

 plete, but we have seen enough of the 

 show as it is to unhesitatingly pro- 

 nounce it one of the best, if not the 

 very best, in the long series of Boston 

 fall shows. This quality does not He In 

 the chrysanthemums — pot plants or 

 flowers, or in any one other feature, 

 but in the variety and finisli of the 

 exhibits individually and coUcctively 

 and on the impressive arrangement as 

 a whole. 



The large exhibition hall space is 

 flanked by four stupendous groups of 

 flowering and foliage planis. two on 

 the left and two on the right, banked 

 high against the walls, from A. M. 

 Davenport. Kamcyama & Serada, R. 

 & J. Kaniuhar & Co.. and \V. \V. Kdgar 

 Company, respectively. Each group is 

 unique in arrangement of colors and 

 contour and we do not envy the Job 

 of the judges in deciding between at 

 least two of them on 1st award. 



The centre of the hall Is devoted to 

 the pot plants. There are no very 

 prodigious trained specimens but there 



is a fine showing of well-grown plants 

 of moderate size, \V. H. Elliott and A. 

 M. Davenport being prominent contrib- 

 utors. Mr. Davenport is a new com- 

 petitor in the heavy group classes and 

 he has made a magnificent start. In 

 addition to the afore-mentioned entries 

 he has a fine group of Lorraine, Cin- 

 cinnati and Melior begonias and half 

 a dozen superb plants of the Winter- 

 flowering Begonia Mrs. Heal which 

 illumine the scene with an unrivalled 

 glory. Other groups in the large hall 

 comprise one of choice flowering plants 

 from Mrs. J. L. Gardner in which lan- 

 cifolium lilies, bamboos and Jerusa- 

 lem cherries make a beautiful combi- 

 nation; an extensive collection of con- 

 ifers and broad-leaved evergreens in 

 pots and tubs by Breck-Robinson Co., 

 and another of like character from M. 

 P. Haendler, of Old Town Nurseries. 



There are two superb displays of 

 orchids, long groups of elegant speci- 

 men plants in many genera from 

 Wheeler & Co., of Waban, and F. .1. 

 Dolansky of Lynn, both commercial 

 growers for cut flower purposes. No 

 private estate could excell them. There 

 are also two orchid specimen plants of 

 rare merit. One is Laelio-Cattleya 

 'Moira (Mantmi >- Fabia) with a spike 

 of three great blooms, from A. W. Pres- 

 ton, gard. .John L. Smith. The other 

 a specimen Cattleya Trianae from 

 George W. Stewart. Two trained 

 plants of Heavenly Blue Morning 

 Glory from Mrs. C. G. Weld come in 

 for much admiration, each nearly five 

 feet in height and covered with big 

 flowers and hundreds of buds. E. S. 

 Webster showed Begonias Mrs. Heal 

 and Optima, the latter a new one In 

 the winter-flowering section with deep 

 salmon flowers. 



In the chrysanthemum cut flower 

 section D. F. Roy, gard. for Col. Con- 

 verse, presents an array of 71 gigantic 

 blooms, never excelled in any previous 

 show. W. D. Hathaway of New Bed- 

 ford has an extensive display of dah- 

 lias in all classes, flowers as perfect 

 as in the height of the season. Waban 

 Rose Conservatories present mam- 

 moth vases of roses TIadley, Mrs. 

 Moorfield Storey, Mrs. Bayard Thayer 

 r.nd Mrs. Russell. William Sim makes 

 a display of pansy blooms such as he 

 alone makes. They are close to per- 

 fection. W. W. Edgar Company ex- 

 hibited two mammoth vases of chrys- 

 anthemums arranged with bronzy oak 

 foliage, one being the variety Robert 

 HalUday and the other Charles Razer. 

 The retail florists are represented by 

 ten decorated dinner tables, the taste 

 shown being much ahead of that in 

 any former competition here. The 

 classes for small baskets and other 



dainty floral receptacles drew out 

 some very artistic arrangements by 

 Wax Brothers. Pcnn the Florist and 

 Mrs. Coran. Further details next week. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, 



NEW YORK. 



April 5-12, 1916. 



Five months might seem a long peri- 

 od to those of us who are not engaged 

 in preparations for the next big flower 

 Fhow lo be held in New York, although 

 to the men who are working like beav- 

 ers to make it certain that the 1916 

 show shall overshadow all previous 

 shows, the time seems all too short. 

 With monthly meetings, and a division 

 of the general committee into sub- 

 committees, the work of preparation 

 is well advanced; but with the idea 

 generally imbued among the workers 

 that the next show must present new 

 features, new ideas, and, above all, 

 show progress from an expositional 

 point of view, five months for further 

 preparation is a period all too small. 



The idea of the Rose Garden, so well 

 carried out at the exhibition last 

 spring, bids fair to become a most im- 

 portant feature of the next show, for 

 the reason that the premiums offered 

 are on a most liberal basis, and suffi- 

 ciently attractive to ensure six or 

 more exhibits in the class set apart tor 

 displays of this kind. Just think of 

 it — six Rose Gardens! 



The rock garden, a much cherished 

 institution on the other side of the 

 water, and an obect of curiosity to 

 bany of our budding horticulturists, 

 is to he featured strongly at the April 

 show, and those who are able to com- 

 pete for the $250 and $150 prizes 

 offered would do well to get busy with 

 their exhibits. 



The charts showing the space avail- 

 able for trade exhibits are already well 

 marked with reservations and pro- 

 posed reservations of exhibitors, and 

 any firms desirous of securing choice 

 of locations should lose no time in 

 lommunicating with the Secretary. 



The committee is a little embar- 

 rassed .iust now over the problem of 

 housing the number of large exhibits 

 promised, and it seems quite probable 

 that three floors of the big Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace may have to be utilized 

 for the exhibition instead of two as 

 heretofore. 



JoH.v TouNG. Sec'y. 



Roslyn. Pa.— Edward TowlU has rea- 

 son lo feel quite optimistic concerning 

 a lot of very promising seedling roses 

 — about 1 dozen in all— which be has 

 in training. One is a very bright pink 

 -ingle, of Fireflame style. 



