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dens were unique and beautiful. Boston had much 

 finer specimen rambler roses and Dutch garden, which 

 outclassed any other exhibit in either city. New York 

 had the better azaleas and rhododendrons — although 

 these latter were much below last year's quality, but 

 Boston was in the lead with Acacias and Ericas". 



Cut roses were more numerous in New York than 

 Boston, but the quality did not average higher. Car- 

 nations were on about a par in both cities, as were 

 Antirrhinums. New York had more sweet peas, but 

 they were not equal in quality to those in Boston, 

 neither were pansies. In palms, bay trees, fine foliage 

 plants and ferns New York held a big lead, as Boston 

 gives no classes except to palms at the Spring sh(Tw. 



Table decora- 

 tions such as I saw 

 were certainly no 

 better than at Bos- 

 ton ; one or two re- 

 tailers in New 

 York made splen- 

 did shows; in Bos- 

 ton eight retailers 

 competed for table 

 decorations, man- 

 tles, etc. 



Boston is fortu- 

 nate in having its 

 own home exhibi- 

 tors, and does not 

 need to worry 

 much about attend- 

 ance. Some day I 

 hope New York 

 will be able to have 

 a splendid horti- 

 cultural hall 

 worthy of the first 

 city of the land. 

 jNIeantime she is 

 doing splendidly, 

 and we in Boston, 

 which ran the first 

 real big show and made a financial success, are glad of it. 

 The two cities can learn from each other, and I feel sure 

 that in 1916 each will surpass their present year's record. 



But to return to the Boston show — the exhibition of 

 the American Rose Society filled a part of one hall and 

 helped to make the exhibition more attractive. The 

 orchid groups of Mrs. C. G. Weld (W. C. Rust, gar- 

 dener) which won first prize ; F. J. Dolansky and J. T. 

 Butterworth were splendid. Donald McKenzie (gar- 

 dener to E. B. Dana) had the six best specimen or- 

 chids. For a single specimen, Henry Stewart, (gardener 

 to Miss Cornelia Warren), led with Dendrobium 

 nobile carrying over 800 flowers. He showed a pair 

 of other Dendrobes of equal quality. 



For the best 300 foot group of flowering and foliage 

 plants Duncan Finlayson (gardener to Larz .Ander- 

 son) beat A. M. Davenport and W. W. Edgar Company, 

 Martin Sullivan (gardener to \\'illiam Whitman) had 

 the best pair of specimen azaleas, and Henry Stewart 

 the best single specimen. George Page (gai:dener to 

 Mrs. Frederick Ayer) won both first and second for 

 group of acacias covering 100 feet, with a beautiful 

 lot of plants. Duncan Finlayson and Geo. Page had 

 the best single specimens. 



The leading exhibitors of roses in pots, or tubs, 

 were M. H. W^alsh,. wdio had a carload of big plants; 

 F. E. Palmer, W. W. Edgar Co., Thomas Roland and 

 Henry Stewart. The Cinerarias were of grand quality. 



F.\ROUH.^R'S DUTCH G.\RDEN .'\T 

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Prizes in the first classes were divided l)etween Alex. 

 McKay (gardener of E. A. Clark), William Thatcher 

 ( gardener to Mrs. J. L. Gardener), ^^^ C. Rust and 

 Martin Sullivan. Cyclamens made a noteworthy 

 showing, those from E. H. \\'etterlow (gardener ta 

 Mrs. Lester Leland) William Thatcher. Alex. McKay 

 and W. C. Rust being in the lead. Henry Stewart had 

 the best Ericas. A magnificent lot of big specimen* 

 from T. O. Hatfield (gardener to \\'alter Hunnick) 

 received a silver medal. 



Bulbous plants were of grand quality and competi- 

 tion was keen. Prizes were divided between J. L. 

 Smith (gardener to A. W. Preston), William Thatcher, 

 Martin Sulli\'an. Alex. McKav, Duncan Finlavson, 



Miss -M. I. Rand, 

 H. L. Rand, J. T. 

 Butterworth, Geo. 

 Bart<;in (gardener 

 to A. F. Esta- 

 lirook ) and W. T. 

 Walke. W alter 

 .Angus (gardener 

 to A. T. Lyman) 

 and Ernest Town- 

 send (gardener to 

 ^liss L a t h r o p 

 I Irown I showed 

 the best Camelias. 

 1 n carnations,. 

 VI ises. sweet peas 

 a n d violets t h e 

 commercial grow- 

 ers had things 

 pretty much their 

 (iwn way. \\ illiam 

 Sim's grand collec- 

 tion of sweat peas 

 and pansies, each 

 well merited the 

 s i 1 \- e r m e d a I 

 awarded. Thomas 

 Roland received a 

 silver medal for 

 his beautiful collection of hard wooded plants. R. & 

 J. Farquhar for their beautiful Dutch garden with 

 windmill, received the highest award — a gold medal.^ 

 Among the numerous miscellaneous exhibits, T. 

 Hatfield received a silver medal for his new Dendro- 

 l)ium Wellesley. J. L. Smith received a silver medal 

 for a fine specimen of Brasso Cattleya \'eitchii. W. 

 N. Craig had a fine group of hard wooded and other 

 flowering plants, also one of Dendrobes and Odontog- 

 lossums. A grand display of Darwin tulips from Mrs. 

 A. Brech received a bronze medal. None of these were 

 staked, as I noted many were in New York. Staking 

 makes them simply hideous. The table decorations 

 had ten entries each day. There were half that num- 

 ber of mantel decoratii>ns. Song birds dutted about 

 the hall with a splendid ladies' orchestra helped tO' 

 make the scene a typical spring one. 



BOSTON'S SPRING FLOWER SHOW. 

 GOLD MEDAL. 



THE LIFE OF THE TREE. 



The heartwood of tree is dead wood. It serves as a support 

 for tlie live s.ip wood and the growiiifj top. but otherwise is use- 

 less save for lumber. So far as tlie life of the tree is eoncerned,- 

 the heart of the tree might all be removed without loss. Many 

 hollow trees have been filled with concrete for the purpose of 

 strength and support and are growing with vigor. The living por- 

 tion of the tree is just inside the bark, and i*^ known as the 

 Cambium. Injury to this is serious. To kill a tree all you have 

 to do is to "girdle" it by cutting through the bark and Cam- 

 bium hi.ver. — Trcis in M'iiiicr, 



