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HORTICULTURE 



November 8, 1919 



BOSTON FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



Plans Laid for "Say It With Flowers" 

 Week. 



The monthly meeting of the Boston 

 Florists' Association held Tuesday 

 evening was one of the most enthu- 

 siastic meetings which the organiza 

 tion has yet held. Most of the time 

 was given over to a discussion of 

 "Say It With Flowers" Week. When 

 the dinner was over the advertising 

 fund had been greatly increased and 

 plans had been laid for bringing flow- 

 ers before the public in an effective 

 way. 



Henry Penn, who is president of 

 the association, presided at the ban- 

 quet and told of plans for making 

 Armistice Day a veritable floral day. 

 Maj. P. F. O'Keefe of the national as- 

 sociation, the principal speaker of the 

 evening, emphasized the necessity of 

 advertising and of placing particular 

 stress on "Say it With Flowers." 



"The successful man who is succeed- 

 ing in business today is doing so 

 through advertising," he said. It is 

 to the mutual benefit of all florists to 

 get more people to buy more flowers 

 on more occasions. As an example of 

 this there are 300,000 birthdays daily 

 in this country, and there is no better 

 gift than flowers on such events." 



It was decided to send flowers to 

 the hospitals during the week and to 

 take part in the parade on Armstice 

 Pay. if a parade should be held. Gen- 

 eral assent was given to a suggestion 

 of Maj. O'Keefe that advantage should 

 be taken of the opportunity to show 

 that the "Say it With Flowers" slogan 

 Is a national one and not the property 

 of any individual. Maj. O'Keefe recom- 

 mended that all the growers make a 

 feature of this slogan in their window 

 decorations the coming week. The 

 committee in charge of the week's ar- 

 rangement consist of W. R. Nicholson, 

 Charles F. Boyle. Sidney Hoffman, W. 

 C. Stickel, J. Cohen, A. Christensen, 

 B. F. Lettson and Herman Bartsch. 



Three new members were taken in 

 at the meeting. They were John Boyle, 

 general manager for Thomas Galvin, 

 Inc.. John Cook, manager for John 

 O'Brien, and Louis Cohen, of the New 

 England Floral Supply Co. Mr. Boyle 

 after offering to do anything in his 

 power to help the association, sub- 

 scribed $100 for the advertising fund 

 of "Say It With Flowers" Week. 



The tables at the dinner were at- 

 tractively decorated with the new 

 'mum Mrs. J. Leslie Davis, a sport of 

 William Turner, contributed by 

 Charles Totty, a vase of John W. Dun- 

 lop roses sent on by A. N. Plerson. Pil- 



grim roses from the Montgomery Rose 

 Co., and Yellow Menza chrysanthe- 

 mums, from Wm. R. Nicholson. The 

 latter also had three blooms of a yel- 

 low sport of October Frost. 



PRIZES AWARDED. 

 Results of the Exhibition in New York 

 City. 

 The prizes awarded at the exhibition 

 of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York. Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 1919, were as 

 follows: 



Chrysanthemum — Plants. 



Open to all. Specimen bushes — 

 White: Mrs. Payne Whitney, Geo. Fer- 

 guson, gardener, first. Anemone or 

 single: Mrs. Payne Whitney, first. 



Specimen standards. Any color: 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney, first. 



Specimen, odd shape. Any color: 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney, first; Mrs. A. A. 

 Anderson, Robt. Williamson, gardener, 

 second. 



Chrysanthemums — Cut Flowers 

 For commercial growers Stems not 

 less than three feet. Vase of 20 blooms. 

 1 variety: Chas. H. Totty Co., first. 

 Stems not over 15 inches, all named 

 kinds. Collection of 25 varieties, 1 of 

 each- Chas. H. Totty Co., first. 



Five terminal sprays to a vase, not 

 less than 5 flowers to a spray. Collec- 

 tion of pompons, 25 varieties: Chas. 

 H. Totty Co., first. Collection of 

 singles, 25 varieties:. Chas. H. Totty 

 Co., first. 



For non-commercial growers. Stems 

 not less than 2 feet: 6 white, Mrs. E. 

 S. Bayer, Alex. Thomson, gardener, 

 first; 6 any other color, Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney, first; vase of 1 or more va- 

 rieties, arranged for effect: Mrs. F. 

 A. Constable, Jas. Stuart, gardener, 

 first; Mrs. Payne Whitney, second. 



Stems 18 inches, 12 vases, 12 varie- 

 ties, 3 of each: Mrs. E. S. Bayer, first. 

 Stems not over 15 inches. Collection 

 of 24 varieties, 1 of each; Mrs. E. S. 

 Bayer, first; Mrs. Payne Whitney, sec- 

 ond. Collection of 12 varieties, 1 of 

 each; Mrs. E. S. Bayer, first. 



Five terminal sprays to a vase, not 

 less than 5 flowers to a spray. 



Collection of singles. 12 varieties: 

 Miss S. D. Bliss, John T. Burns, gar- 

 dener, first. 



Collection of pompons, 12 varieties: 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney, first 



Collection of anemones, 6 varieties, 

 disbudded, 6 blooms of each: Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney, first. 



Yase of pompons, disbudded. 12 flow- 

 ers, I variety: Mrs. Payne Whitney, 

 first. 



Dinner table decoration: Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney, first; Mr. W. B. Thompson, 

 second. 



Roses — Cut Flowers. 



For, commercial growers. New va- 

 rieties of roses, not In commerce: 

 Chas. H. Totty Co., and A. N. Plerson, 

 Inc. 



For non-commercial growers 18 red 

 roses: Mrs. J. Hood Wright, Chas. 

 Thomas, gardener, first. 18 dark pink 

 roses; Mrs. L. D. Skldmore, Louis 

 Piantin. gardener, first; Mrs. J. Hood 

 Wright, second. 18 light or fresh pink 

 roses: Mrs. Skldmore, first; Mrs 

 Wright, second. 18 any other color 

 rose: Miss S. D. Bliss, first; Mrs. 

 Skldmore. second. 50 roses, arranged 

 for effect; Mrs. Skldmore. first. 



Carnations — Cut Flowers 

 For non-commercial growers. 18 

 white: Mrs. Payne Whitney, first; 

 Mrs. J. Hood Wright, second. 18 En- 

 chantress shade: Mrs. Payne Whit- 

 ney, first; Mrs. J. Hood Wright, sec- 

 ond. 18 Lawson shade: Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney, first. 18 Crimson: Mrs 

 Payne Whitney, first. 18 yellow: Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney, first. 18 variegated: 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney, first 

 Orchids — Plants. 

 For commercial growers. Collec- 

 tion of orchids: Lager & Hurrell, first, 

 the silver cup of the society. 



For non-commercial growers: 1 or- 

 chid plant, Mrs. L. U. Skldmore, first. 

 Vegetables 

 Open to all. Largest and best col- 

 lection: Miss M. Valentine, A. V. Car- 

 ver, gardener, first; Mrs. Payne Whit- 

 ney, second 



Special Prizes. 

 Arthur N. Cooley, Oliver Lines, gar- 

 dener, won the Clement Moore Prize 

 for the best Hybrid Cattleya, Laelio- 

 cattleya, or Brasso-cattleya. 



Mills & Co.. for display of Dahlias, 

 cash. 



J. A. Manda. for display of plants of 

 Cyprlpedlum insigne sanderae, cash 

 and gold medal. 



Chas. H. Totty Co., for vase of 

 Madame Butterfly rose, silver medal. 

 Robt. G. Wilson, for a new fern, not 

 yet named, silver medal. 



Howard Phipps, L. I. Muller, gar- 

 dener, for vase of light pink large- 

 flowered chrysanthemum, cash; for 

 collection of mixed seedlings, cash. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc.. for a collection 

 of pompon chrysanthemums, and an- 

 other of singles, cash. 



Mrs. A. A. Anderson, for group of 

 begonias, cash, and for two plants of 

 winter-flowering begonias. silver 

 medal. 



The Judges were Wm. Smith. Port- 

 chester, N. Y.; James Ballantyne. 

 Bridgeport, Ct; G. MIddleton, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y. ; Wm. Robertson, Villa 

 Nova. Penn and Walter Angus, Taco- 

 nic. Ct 



