July S. 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



ROSE AND STRAWBERRY SHOW 

 AT BOSTON. 

 The annual rose and strawberry ex- 

 hibition of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 lultural Society held at Horticultural 

 Hall on Saturday and Sunday. Huly 

 1 and 2, was a spectacle of rare 

 effectiveness and brilliancy. Not only 

 were the roses and strawberries shown 

 in fine array Init there were wide ex- 

 panses of glowing collections of 

 summer bloom, campanulas in man- 

 species. English irises, sweet Williams, 

 foxgloves, peonies, lychnis, delphin- 

 iums. The largest group, and one of 

 the best arranged ever shown by the 

 exhibitor, was by R. & .1. Farquhar & 

 Co. It was an imposing symphony in 

 blue and white, in which myriads of 

 campanulas and larkspurs played the 

 leading part. Blue Hills Nurseries and 

 Eastern Nurseries were also repre- 

 sented by large collections of hardy 

 perennial flowers and superb peonies 

 were staged in quantity by A. H. 

 Fewkes and T. C. Thurlow's Sons. 



Among the roses, Silver Moon, 

 shown in enormous trusses of flowers 

 and buds, with foliage simply wonder- 

 ful, by A. J. Fish, of New Bedford, 

 was the crowning attraction. Dealers 

 In this variety may expert plenty of 

 calls for it from this part of the loun- 

 try now. 



For the first time here the straw- 

 berries were shown on flat platters, ar- 

 ranged with their own foliage, instead 

 of in baskets ana it was generally com 

 tuented upon as a decided impiove- 

 ment, permitting insiJection of each in- 

 dividual berry. The premier prize for 

 collection of ten plates of 48 berries 

 each was won by Wilfrid WTiieeler. 

 Other prize winners were G. V. 

 Fletcher. Louis Graton. W. C. Cooper, 

 AV. C. Winter and E. M. Brewer. 



The list of plant and flower awards 

 follows: 



Hai'dv rn^es r-ollpctinn : 1st. Thoniasi N. 

 Cnok: -Jd. \V. r Winter. Best three blooms 

 any wliin- H. P.: 1st. David Tyndall: 2d. 

 Roliort Sfuvei-. Three pink H. P. : 1st. 

 David Tvndall: 2d. E. K. Butler. Throe 

 red H. P. : 1st and 2d, David Tyndall. 

 Basket «f H. P. roses, artistically ar- 

 raneed : 1st and 2d. Robert Seaver ; Twen- 

 tv-fonr H. P.. one of each: Thomas N. 

 Cook. Twelve do. : 1st. A. W. Preston : 2d. 

 John P.. Wills. Six do : 1st. Robert Seav- 

 er: 2d. A. W. Preston. Hybrid Tea roses. 

 Twelve H. T.. one bloom each : 1st. .\. W. 

 Preston : 2d. E. K. Butler. Three H. T.. 

 variety introduced since ini.3 : A. W. Pres- 

 ton with Crissle McKellar. Six any white 

 H. T. : 1st, Thomas N. Cook. Killarney: 

 2d. G. E. Barnard. Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria. Six any yellow : 1st, A. W. Pres- 

 ton. Mme. Melauie Soupert : 2d. 05. E. Bar- 

 nard. Mrs. A. Ward. Six any pink : 1st. 

 A. W. Preston. Duke of Westminster: 2il. 

 A. W. Preston. Mme. Euler. Six any red: 

 1st. A. W. Preston. George Dickson ; 2d. 

 Thomas N. Cook. George Dickson. Basket, 

 artistically arranged : Mrs. Albert (Jeiger. 

 .Ir. Sweet Williams: 1st. Mrs. .T. I.. Gard- 

 ner; 2d. Mrs. C. G. Weld. Hardy licrl.aceons 

 flowers — twenty-five vases: Weld Garden. 

 Display of hardy berliaeeous flowers : 1st. 

 Blue liill Nurseries. Campanula .Medium: 

 1st. Weld (harden: 2d. itrs. C. G. Weld. 



Silver Medal: A. J. Fish, collection of 

 climbing hardy roses. 



First Class Certiflcate of Merit : Weld 

 Garden. Coelogyne Mooreana. 



Honorable Mention : Thomas X. Cook, 

 seedling rambler rose No. 1 : H. 1'. Chase. 

 Andover. seedling peony Miriam, semi- 

 double, rich pink with bright yellow sta- 

 mens. 



Gratuities : Thomas N. Cook, collection 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



July 14-15, Bar Harbor, Me.— An- 

 nual Show of Ameilcau Sweet Pea | 

 Society. 



July 20, Worcester, Mass. — Sweet | 

 IVa lOxLlbitlon, Worcester Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



.\iiKU8t 24-25. — Lewistou. (Me.) | 

 Annual Flower Show. Gardeners' | 

 i:uion. I.ewiston City Hall. 



Julj' 2t;-27, Soutliainpton, N. Y. — | 

 Tentli Annual Flower Show. South- 

 ampton Horticultural Society. 



August 3, Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y.— 

 Dahlia Show, Oyster Bay Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



August 11-12-13, Boston. — American ] 

 Gladiolus Society. Horticultural Hall. 



August 24, Worcester, Mass. 

 Gladiolus Exhibition. | 



Sept. 2-9, Cleveland, Ohio. Indus- 

 trial Exhibition and Fair. I 



Syracuse, N. Y.. .Sept. 11-16. — New I 

 York State Fair. 



Sept. 12-13. Providence, B. I. — 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 Narragansett Hotel. 



Sept. 11-16, S.-\racuse, N. Y. — | 

 Seventy-Sixth ,\nnual New York 

 State Fair. I 



life 



of roses; Mrs. C. G. Weld, display of rc.ses ; 

 Miss Cornelia Warren, display of roses; 

 Eastern Nurseries. lollHftion of .liiubiug 

 roses; .T. T. Butterwortb. hybrid perpetual 

 roses; T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co.. peonies; 

 \. H. Fewkes. peonies; Weld Garden, diffi- 

 lalis; Miss Cornelia Warren. Campanula 

 liersicifolia anil gloxinias; F. W. Fletcher, 

 lielphinium Clevcdon Beauty: E. B. Dane, 

 urchid blooms; .T. T. Butterwortb. orchid 

 olauts; Miss Cornelia Warren, oueicllums; 

 R. & J. Farquhar &• Co.. group of hardy 

 idants and flowers: Eastern Nurseries, her- 

 baceous flnvv-ers; Mrs. E. S. Martin, cut 

 Howers. 



NEWPORT SUMMER SHOW. 



The annual June flower show of 

 the Newport Garden Association and 

 the Newport Horticultural Society 

 was held on June 2S and 29 at the 

 .Association grounds on Gibbs avenue 

 with S3 prize classes by the former 

 organization and -'lO by the latter. 

 The show was an open air exhibit, 

 with the cut flowers displayed in 

 three large tents. One of the import- 

 ant contests was for the best noveltv 

 sweet pea for 1916, for which Mrs. W. 

 B. Leeds took 1st prize. Mrs. French 

 Vanderl)ilt 2nd and the Reef Gardens 

 3rd. In the only exhiliit for which a 

 medal was offered, a group of plants, 

 the award went to Mrs. Hugh n. 

 Auchincloss. Money and cups were 

 the other prizes. 



Trade displays were conspicuouslv 

 absent. One of the most effective ex- 

 hibits, not in competition, was that of 

 Kempenaar & Christensen. local gar- 

 deners, showing standard baby ranib- 

 ler roses set in an artistic grouping 

 of begonias, spireas. etc. On the 

 grounds between the tents was a group 

 of dwarf Japanese maples, firs and 

 shrubs exhibited by the Wilson Nur- 

 series. 



The judges from the Garden Asso- 

 ciation were Richard Gardner, Wil- 

 liam MacKay and James Robertson 

 and from the Horticultural Society 

 .\rthur T. Bunyard. Joseph Dixon and 

 Alan R. TVHieeler. The show was free 

 and a throng of visitors came. The 



campanulas, foxgloves, roses, etc., in 

 the plant classes were generally 

 shown in outdoor beds and it is i)ro- 

 posed that these shall be left intact 

 for the rest of the season as a public 

 attraction. 



Following is a condensed list of 

 prizes and gratuities awarded. 



Victor May. gard. at "The Reefs." Itoses. 

 .Viliautuni I'arleyeuse. Gerbera Jamesonl, 

 hardv ijereiuiials, grapes, strawberries, 

 vegetables, melons: fifteen prizes, .\ndrew 

 Dorward. gard, to Mrs. T. J. Emery, new 

 roses, sweet peas, hardy perennials, lilies, 

 sweet Williams, grapes; twelve prizes. Dan- 

 iel Hav, gard. to Mrs. French Vanderliilt, 

 iirchids. canterbury bells, sweet williauis. 

 Iiulbous iJlants, salpiglossis. foxgloves, iris, 

 new sweet peas, strawberries, vegetables, 

 ivv geranium and table center piece; twelve 

 prizes. .lames Bond. gard. to Mrs. H. 

 Mortimer Brooks, annuals, sweet wilbams, 

 stoc'ks. salpiglossis, foxgloves, irises, palms 

 and foliage plants: ten prizes. .Tolin Ma- 

 han. gard. to Mrs. H. (i. Auchincloss. can- 

 terbury bells, sweet William, antirrliinum, 

 foxgloves, hardy perennials, nei-tarines, 

 strawberries, vegetables, water lilies; ten 

 prizes. Andrew Ramsay, gard. to Mrs. W. 

 Watts Sherman, violas, pansies. petunias, 

 roses, talile center piece; seven prizes. Col- 

 in Koliertson. gard. to K. W. Goelet, roses 

 :iiicl vegetables: seven prizes. .Tames Boyd, 

 g.ard. to Vinei-nt .\stor. calceolarias. f<di- 

 age plaids and ferns: six prizes. .Tames 

 Watt. gard. to Mrs. W. G. Weld, roses, 

 sweet peas, tuberous begonias, gloxinias; 

 foin- prizes. H. S. Meikle. gard. to Rev. 

 Itoilcrick Terry, foliage iilants. fuchsias; 

 four prizes. .Tames Robertson, gard. to 

 Mrs T. O. Richardson, palms, ferns, aspi- 

 distra; four prizes. D. E. Roy. gard. to H. 

 E Converse. Marion. Jlass.. roses, straw- 

 iierries: four prizes. C. M. Brigholt. gard. 

 to Miss Fannv Foster, roses; four prizes. 

 William Gray, gard. to Mrs. W. B. Leeds, 

 roses, sweet peas, center piece; four prizes. 

 Svcu Johnson, gard. to Miss Edilli « et- 

 more, rose basket, tub sweet peas, caiiter- 

 liurv bells; three prizes. J. B. t niuliart, 

 gard. to Gov. Beeckman. Adiantum Farley- 

 ense. roses; three prizes. Arthur Leary, 

 gard. to John Nicholas Brown, roses and 

 basket of flowers; two prizes. Mrs. A. J. 

 Fish roses. Hugh Williamsou. gard. to 

 Wm Waldorf Astor. roses. John Baiim- 

 gartner. gard. to D. B. Fearing, strawber- 

 ries. John Mackay. gard. to Henry A. C. 

 Taylor, calceolarias. William .\lleu. gard. 

 to 'Mrs. Alex. H. Rice, lilies. Jas. Hooper, 

 gard. to Mrs. T. K. (iibbs. roses. .las. 

 Watson, gard. to Wm. Grosvenor. peonies. 

 John H. Greatorex, gard. to Com. A. C. 

 .Tames, roses and orchid^;. 



JUNE FLOWER SHOW AT HART- 

 FORD, CONN. 



The second June Flower Show of 

 the Connecticut Horticultural Society 

 was held in Hartford on June 27th 

 and 28th. 



In the centre of the hall was an un- 

 usually fine oval bed arranged by 

 Alex. Gumming, Jr., superintendent of 

 the rose department of Cromwell 

 Gardens. J. F. Huss decorated the 

 stage and carried off the silver cup 

 for the best general collection. 

 Warren S. Mason out of nineteen 

 classes of roses successfully competed 

 in sixteen. He also won many prizes 

 in the hardy perennials. The Conn. 

 Hospital for the Insane, Middletown, 

 gard. Edward Eggert, was also a 

 large prize winner. Prof. M. W. 

 Jacobus, gard. Alfred Cebelius, with 

 peonies, N. Nelson, gardener at the 

 Hartford Retreat, with sweet peas, 

 J. Vidbourne with peonies, and W. W. 

 Hunt & Co., with perennials were also 

 prominent in the list of winners. 



