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HORTICULTURE 



June 14, 1919 





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IRIS EXHIBITION AT BOSTON. 



The Iris Exhibition of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society was held at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Satur- 

 day and Sunday, June 7 and 8. There 

 was a good display of irises staged by 

 J. K. Alexander, George N. Smith, H. 

 F. Chase, and Miss Grace Sturtevant. 

 Of especial note was Miss Sturte- 

 vant's exhibit of fifty new seedlings. 

 The variety Lord of June, shown by 

 H. F. Chase, was pronounced the 

 finest iris in the exhibition. 



A table of rhododendrons was 

 shown by T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc., 

 and a large collection of hardy her- 

 baceous flowering plants was exhib- 

 ited by W'm. N. Craig. Superintendent 

 of Faulkner Farm, Brookline. 



Among vegetables the first potatoes 

 of the season were shown by Hillcrest 

 Farm, Weston. Hillcrest Farm made 

 also the first exhibit of strawberries. 



Miss Cornelia Warren, Henry Stew- 

 art, gardener, showed Persian Yellow 

 and Mine. Plantier, roses and poppies. 



The following prize awards were 

 made: 



Awards for Flowers. 



H. H. Hunnewell Fund, No. 3— Rho- 

 dodendrons — Best new hardy variety, 

 grown two or more years in the open 

 in New England, three trusses; T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons, Inc.. Rhododendron 

 Wm. P. Rich, Silver Medal. Twelve 

 distinct varieties, one truss each: 1st, 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc.; 2d, T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons, Inc. 



John Allen French Fund — Irises — 

 Twenty-four vases of three trusses 

 each, not less than twelve varieties: 

 1st, H. F. Chase; 2d, George N. Smith. 

 Twelve vases, not less than six varie- 

 ties: 1st, J. K. Alexander. Hardy 

 Herbaceous Flowers — Twenty distinct 

 species and varieties, not less than 

 eight genera (For non-commercial 

 growers only): 1st. Faulkner Farm. 



Honorable Mention — Miss Grace 

 Sturtevant, Iris Dream; the same for 

 Iris Valkyrie; the same for Iris Jen- 

 nett Dean. 



Awards for Fruits. 

 Honorable Mention — Hillcrest Farm, 

 Wilfrid Wheeler Strawberry No. 7. 

 Wm. P. Rich. 



