June 28, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



COS 



THE BOSTON ROSE SHOW. 

 The rose show at Horticultural Hall 

 in Boston, Saturday and Sunday, was 

 largely attended and gave great satis- 

 i i. i inn. One of the most interesting 

 exhibits was that of A. J. Fish of 

 New Bedford, who had a long table 

 filled with many varieties of climbing 

 roses, including Silver Moon, which 

 excited special admiration. Mr. Fish 

 w;;s awarded the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural society's silver medal, the 

 highest award given in the show for 

 an exhibit of 100 vases of climbing 

 roses in 33 varieties. Mr. Fish also 

 took a first prize, cash, for 12 vases of 

 climbing roses. 



T. C. Thurlow's Sons sent from 

 Cherry Hill Nurseries in West New- 

 bury nearly a hundred varieties of 

 peonies, including some of the finest 

 specimens of Richardson's seedlings, 

 notably Walter Faxon and Milton Hill, 

 beautiful shades of pink and of enor- 

 mous size. These growers were award- 

 ed the gold medal and five other first 

 Jmenrei asurpeu. througho ag 

 prizes at the exhibit of the American 

 Peony Society in Detroit a few days 

 ago. 



R. M. Saltonstall, of Chestnut Hill, 

 a former president of the society, con- 

 tributed some wonderful specimens of 

 Canerbury Bells and foxglove. W. N. 

 Craig sent from Faulkner Farm a 

 varied assortment of herbaceous plants 

 admirably arranged to show their per- 

 fection of bloom. The show was staged 

 by James Wheeler with his usual skill. 

 The awards: 



Flowers — John Allen French Fund. 

 Roses — Climbing and Pillar, twelve 

 vases: 1st, A. J. Fish. Hybrid Tea, 

 24 varieties, one bloom each: 1st, 

 John B. Wills. 12 varieties, one bloom 

 each: 1st. John B. Wills; 2d, Hillcrest 

 Farm. 6 blooms, any pink variety: 

 1st, David Tyndall. 6 blooms, any red 

 variety: 1st, A. L. Stephen; 2d, Robert 

 Seaver. 6 blooms, any yellow variety: 

 1st, David Tyndall; 2d, John B. Wills. 

 John C. Chaffin Fund. Hybrid Per- 

 petual Roses, 12 named varieties, one 

 bloom each: 1st, Wm. C. Winter. 6 

 named varieties, one bloom each: 1st. 

 John B. Wills; 2d, A. L. Stephen. 6 

 blooms, any white variety, (for ama- 

 teurs only): 1st, A. L. Stephen; 2d, 

 David Tyndall. 6 blooms, any pink 

 variety (for amateurs only): 1st, A. 

 L. Stephen; 2d, Robert Seaver. 6 

 blooms, any red variety (for amateurs 

 only): 1st, A. L. Stephens; 2d, Robert 

 Seaver. 



John Allen French Fund. Sweet 

 Williams — Display, 18 vases, not less 

 than three trusses each, and not less 

 than six varieties: 1st, A. L. Stephen; 

 2d, Miss Cornelia Warren. Hardy 

 Herbaceous Flowers — 25 vases, distinct 

 species and varieties (commercial 

 growers excluded): 1st, Faulkner 

 Farm. 



Silver Medal — A. J. Fish, collection 

 of Climbing Roses: T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons, Inc., display of Peonies. 



Honorable Mention — Richard M. Sal- 

 tonstall, Foxgloves. 



Vote of Thanks — Wm. C. Winter, 

 Roses; Hillcrest Farm, collection of 

 Roses. 



Gratuities — Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 collection of Roses; John B. Wills, col- 

 lection of Roses; Faulkner Farm, Her- 

 baceous Peonies. 



Fruits. Theodore Lyman Fund, No. 

 2. Strawberries — 6 plates of 48 berries 

 each, distinct varieties: 1st, Hillcrest 

 Farm. 1 plate, 48 berries, any variety 

 arranged with its own foliage: 1st, 

 Richard M. Saltonstall; 2d, Dr. F. S. 

 DeLue. 1 plate Barrymore: 1st, Hill- 

 crest Farm. 1 plate Golden Gate: 1st, 

 W. C. Cooper. 1 plate Marshall: 1st, 

 Richard M. Saltonstall. 1 plate, Sen- 

 ator Dunlop: 1st, Hillcrest Farm. 1 

 plate, any other variety: 1st, W. C. 

 Cooper; 2d, Louis Graton. Cherries — 

 Any variety, 48 specimens: 1st, F. W. 

 Dahl. 



Gratuities — Lotus Craton, plate of 

 St. Martin Strawberries; Dr. F. S. 

 DeLue. plate of Judith Strawberries. 



Vegetables. William J. Walker Fund. 

 Beans— String, 50 pods: 1st, Faulkner 

 Farm; 2d, Faulkner Farm. Beets — 12 

 open culture: 1st. Hillcrest Farm; 2d, 

 Hillcrest Farm. Cabbage— 4 heads: 

 1st, Hillcrest Farm. Lettuce — Cabbage, 

 4 heads: 1st, Oliver Ames; 2d, Oliver 

 Ames. Cos or Romaine, 4 heads: 1st, 

 Hillcrest Farm. Peas — 1 variety, 50 

 pods: 1st, Oliver Ames; 2d, Hillcrest 

 Farm. Tomatoes — 12 specimens: 1st, 

 Oliver Ames; 2d, Oliver Ames. 



Gratuities — Faulkner Farm, collec- 

 tion of Tomatoes; Oliver Ames, plate 

 of Onions. 



CINCINATI. 

 The Market. 

 Business is on the quiet side and 

 has been there for the past week or so. 

 Supplies are very heavy but the de- 

 mand does not begin to take them up. 

 The demand from out of towTi Is not 

 as large as it was but still is holding 

 up fairly well under the circumstances. 



Roses are plentiful. The same is 

 true of Carnations. Gladioli are in a 

 fair supply and generally prove good 

 property. Outdoor stock is in a heavy 

 supply and includes Coreopsis, Corn- 

 flower, Feverfew, Candituft and Sweet 

 William. It is serving only to increase 

 the oversupply in the market. Other 

 offerings are a few Sweet Peas, Snap- 

 dragon and Lily of the Valley. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS. 



What efforts are the florists making 

 to keep up, through their local news- 

 papers, a connection with the cam- 

 paign advertising in the magazines? 

 This "linking up" by individual flor- 

 ists is of great advantage to them, 

 and, as well, helps along the campaign. 

 As has often been pointed out, the 

 very wide publication in the maga- 

 zines of our slogan, "Say it with 

 Flowers," with hints as to daily uses 

 of flowers, necessarily conveys our 

 message to prospective customers in 

 the community of every florist, and 

 these same people are more than like- 

 ly to connect a reproduction of the 

 advertisement by a local florist in a 

 local paper with the magazine adver- 

 tising, which, undoubtedly, would re- 

 sult to the benefit of the local florist, 

 — in fact, many who have followed 

 this course assure us that it does. 



In view of the splendid results fol- 

 lowing the publication of the series 

 of small advertisements published in 

 thirty-three national magazines during 

 January and February, and in order 

 to keep our slogan before the public 

 during July and August, ordinarily 

 dull months for the florist — which real- 

 ly need not be the case, for there are 

 nearly as many uses for flowers in 

 those months as in any other — our 

 Publicity Committees have decided to 

 run a similar series during these sum- 

 mer months. There will be six adver- 

 tisements in the series, and by using 

 one of the slogan line electrotypes 

 provided by our Promotion Bureau, a 

 local florist can reproduce the word- 

 ing of any or all of the advertisements 

 without further expense, and include 

 his own name and business address, 

 with any other matter desired. 



The following subscriptions have 

 been received and are in addition to 

 those previously announced, annually 

 for four years, unless otherwise 

 stated: 

 Elimmer'e Greenhouses, Forest Park, 



ID $10.00 



.T V Wilcox & Sons, Council Bluffs, 



ilex Vlacbos, New York City 15.00 



Tipton .v Huret, Little Rock, Ark. 



,j vrl 10. 00 



Misses CahanSss, Jackson, Miss. 



(j yr ) 5.00 



Harold J. Lewis, Plnlnfleld. Conn... 5.00 



