HORTICULTUEE 



July 15, 1916 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY'S SWEET PEA 

 SHOW. 



The annual exhibition ot sweet peas 

 at Boston was held on Saturday and 

 Sunday, July 8-9, the entries comfort- 

 ably tilling the large hall in Horticul- 

 tural Building. The show suffered 

 from a lack of elevation and greenery 

 the flowers being shown in small 

 vases in monotonous array, without 

 foliage, the long white covered tables 

 and light colored walls contributing to 

 the characterless effect. As for the 

 sweet peas themselves they were very 

 fine and there were lots of them in 

 every conceivable color, and for the 

 purpose of comparison and inspection 

 ot varieties it was unquestionably a 

 good show. Some central feature ar- 

 ranged high for effect and a few side 

 groups in the way of plants and green- 

 ery for a setting would have added 

 greatly to the impressiveness of the 

 exhibition. 



List of Awards. 

 Twenty-five sprji.vy, an.v white v.iriety : 

 1st, Mrs. Robert Wiiillu-op. Cdiistniuc Hln- 

 ton ; 2n(i, Edwin Jenkins. Eilna Ma.v Tin- 

 proved. Crimson or Sctrlet : 1st, Edwin 

 Jenkins, Sunproof Crimson: 2nd. Mrs. 

 Robert Wintlirop, Scnrlet Emperor. Car- 

 mine: 1st, Mrs. Robt. Wlnthrop, Rosa- 

 belle: 2nd. Edwin Jenkins, George Her- 

 bert. Yellow : 1st, A. N. Cooley. Mrs. 

 Dameron ; 2nd, Mrs. W. G. Weld, Mrs. 

 Dameron. Blue: 1st, Mrs. Robert Win- 

 tlirop, Blue Monarch: 2nd, Edwin .Tenkins. 

 Blue Monarch. Blush: 1st, Mrs. Robert 

 Wlnthrop, Lady Evelyn Eyre: 2nd. Stuart 

 Duncan. Agrieola. Deep Pink: 1st, Mrs. 

 Roliert Wlnthrop, Hercules: 2nd. Edwin 

 Jenkins, Hercules. Cream Pink: 1st, 

 Stuart Duncan, Mrs. Hugh Dickson; 2nd, 

 Stuart Duncan, Mirimii Beaver. Orange: 

 1st. Mrs. Robert Wlnthrop, May Unwin ; 

 2nd, A. N. Cooley, May I'nwln. L-aveiider: 

 1st, Stuart Duncan. Orchid: 2nd, Edwin 

 Jenkins, Don Alvar. Purple: 1st, Mrs. 

 Robert Wlnthrop. Royal Purple: 2nd. 

 Stuart Duncan. Koyal Purple. Maroon : 

 1st. Stuart Duncan, ,Tobn Ridd : 2nd. .Mrs. 

 Bobert Wlnthrop, King Manoel. Plcotee 

 edged : 1st, Mrs. Robert Wlnthrop, Jean 

 Ireland; 2nd, A. N. Cooley, Debbie's Blue 

 Picotee. Striped or Flakes Red or Rose: 

 1st. Edwin Jenkins. Jessie Cuthbertson ; 

 2nd. Mrs. Robert Wlnthrop, Jessie Cuth- 

 bertson. Striped or Flaked Blue or Purple; 

 1st. Jlrs. Robert Wlnthrop, Bertha Usher; 

 2nd, A. N. Cooley, Bertha Usher. Blcolor, 

 other than Picotee-edged : 1st, Mrs. Roberi 

 Winthrop, Mrs. Cuthbertson; 2nd, A. N. 

 Cooley, Mrs. Cuthbertson. 



Iris Kaempferi. — Collection or not less 

 tlian six varieties, filling twenty-five vases: 

 1st, A. J. Jenkins. 



In the classes for amateurs only, 

 the varieties which won in the vari- 

 ous colors were as follows: 



White — Edna May and Constance Hin- 

 ton. Pink — Hercules and Miriam Beaver. 

 Dark Pink— George Herliert. lyavender— 

 R. F. Felton and Florence .Viglitiiigale 

 Salmon — Barbara and Salmon Pink. Crim- 

 son — S'nnprrof Crimson. Primrose — liuit- 

 liies' Cream and Ploradale Falrv. Scarlet — 

 The President and Fiery Cross. Any other 

 ■color— King Manoel ami Royal Purple. 



In addition to the competitive en- 

 tries there were large entries of 

 sweet peas from A. J. Jenkins. Mrs. 

 W. G. Weld. Thomas Burrows, Mar- 

 garet J. MillPr, CTeo. E. Barnrud and 

 others which were recognized by gra- 

 tuities. Similar attention was given 

 to a collection of roses from A. W. 

 Preston, Tracheliura caeruleum from 

 Oliver Ames and a collection of her- 

 haceous flowers from Blue Hill Nur- 



Jnl.T 20. Worcester, Mass. — Sweet || 

 Pea Exhibition, Worcester Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



August 24-25, — Lewiston. (Me.)B 

 Annual Flower Show. Gardeners'l 

 Union. Lewiston City Hall. 



July 20-27, Southampton, N. Y. — 

 Tentli Annual Flower Show, South- 

 ampton Horticultural Society. 



August 3, Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y-— 1] 

 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. 



svracuse, N. Y.. Sept. 11-16.— Ncw||l 

 York State Fair. 



Sept. 12-13, Providence, R. I.- 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 1]| 

 Narragansett Hotel. 



Sept. 11-16, Syracuse, N. Y.— 1| 

 Seventy-Sixth Annual New York 

 State Fair. 



series. A splendid collection of sweet 

 peas from S. W. Carlquist won for him 

 the exceptional honor of a silver 

 medal. 



A special exhibit of Japanese Iris 

 will be given at Horticultural Hall. 

 Boston, on Saturday, July l.'i, from 12 

 to 5 o'clock. A large display of these 

 wonderful blooms will be made by 

 Allen Jenkins, gardener to Dr. and 

 Mrs. Homer Gage, of Shrewsbury, 

 Mass. Mrs. Gage for a number of 

 years has been much interested in the 

 culture of these flowers and has proba- 

 bly the largest collection in the coun- 

 try. There will be also on exhibition 

 a collection of seasonable fruits, post- 

 poned from last week on account of 

 the backwardness of the season. The 

 exhibition is free to the public. 



Wji. p. Rich, Sec'y, 



display of about 300 blooms came also 

 from the gardens of Sarah B. Pay. 

 The exhibition from the Fay gardens 

 was not for competition and was up 

 to the usual high standard of excel- 

 lence. 



Miss Alice Stackpole, from her Mat- 

 tapoisett place, sent a general exhibi- 

 tion of roses that showed excellence 

 both in care and selection. Andrew J. 

 Fish exhibited for the first time a new 

 seedling climbing rose of the single 

 variety which he has named Purity. 

 He was awarded a first-class certifi- 

 cate. The display of climbing roses 

 shown by Mr. Fish was especially 

 beautiful; and the Silver Moon rose 

 display of Mrs. E. E. Baudoin has had 

 nothing to excel it in any of the exhibi- 

 tions of the society. There were fine 

 displays of hardy perennials from a 

 number of exhibitors. Wm. Keith got 

 a special award for exceptional sweet 

 Williams and the Tripp cup for irises 

 was won by Dr. G. de N. Hough. L. J. 

 Hathaway, Jr., Mrs. H. A. Jahn, How- 

 ard Stockton of E. Wareham, J. S. 

 Fiqueredo and W. K. Smith figured 

 among the prize winners. 



NEW BEDFORD (MASS.) ROSE 

 SHOW. 



The 1916 rose show of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society was held in 

 the basement of the Free Public Li 

 brary on Thursday afternoon and 

 evening, July 6. It was unusually fine 

 and was admired by a large number 

 of visitors. As usual, from the Con 

 verse Gardens, st Marion, came a 

 notable array of roses and a splendid 



CLEVELAND INDUSTRIAL FAIR. 



Preliminary work is being pushed 

 energetically in the Flower Show sec- 

 tion of this big event which is in 

 charge of M. A. Vinson who managed 

 the successful exhibition in that city 

 last year. Posters have been dis- 

 tributed with special literature to the 

 florist trade in and about Cleveland, 

 showing a diagram of spaces in Tent 

 F, 180 X 90 ft. area, which will be re- 

 served entirely for horticultural dis- 

 plays. This section will be in charge 

 of a committee of the Cleveland Flor- 

 ists' Club, as follows: 



Timothy Smith, retail florist, chair- 

 man; Frank A. Friedley, commercial 

 grower; H. P. Knoble, retail florist; 

 Chris. B. Wilhelmy, retail florist; E. 

 A. Bause, superintendent J. W. Corri- 

 gan estate, Wickliffe, O.; O. P. 

 Blackman. superintendent W. S. Tyler 

 estate. Rocky River, O.: Geo. Jacques, 

 superintendent Wm. G. Mather estate, 

 Bratenahl, O.: Robert Weeks, superin- 

 tendent A. F. Holden estate, Brate- 

 nahl, O. 



SWEET PEA SHOW AT SAN FRANCISCO, 



Exhibit of the L, D, Waller Seed Co., ot Guadalupe, Calif. 



