November 16, 1912 



HOETICULTUEE 



671 



(!C- Hiinkel w n first 'ui lu i Killnniey. In 

 the classes fipr 50 roses tlie leaders were 

 St. Paul Floral Co., N. C. Hansen, Clinton 

 Falls Nursery Co., Merriam Park Floral 

 Co. and A. N. Kinsman. St. Paul Floral 

 Co, were first also for lilies and antir- 

 rhinums: Clinton Falls Nursery Co., for 

 sweet peas; Merriam Park Fl iral Co., for 

 fern basket. 100 sq. ft. c.f chrysantliemum 

 plants and TH sq. ft. lilioming and foliage 

 plants. L. L. May first f r 50 sq. ft. dec- 

 orative plants and flowers for bridal party; 

 Loefller and River^'de Greenhouses for vio- 

 lets; L. S. Di naldson f' r crotons. prim- 

 roses; Warrendale Floral Co., for anemone 

 chrysanthemums, and sin.yle do. ; C. C. 

 PoUworth, three firsts f r chrysanthemum 

 blooms; L. W. Hill two firsts for chrys- 

 anthemum plants and i ne f r bl joms, also 

 meritorious plant not otherwise provided 

 for. Elmer D. Smith & Co. won the 

 sweepstakes for best sis chrysanthemum 

 blooms entered in four lots. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



To our general notes of the open- 

 ing day of this exhibition, published 

 last week, we would add the fol- 

 lowing: In addition to the plant 

 groups there enumerated were decora- 

 tive plant groups from Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner, gard. W. Thatcher, Wm. Whitman, 

 gard. Martin Sullivan, Mrs. F. Ayer, 



siiuare feet, conunercial growers excluded: 

 .Mrs. .J. L. Gardner. 



Table of orchids, both plants and fljwers 

 — 1st, Wheeler & Co. ; 2nd, Edward Mae- 

 Mulkin. 



Chrysanthemums — Group 300 square feet: 

 Walter Huunewell. Four specimen plants: 

 Thomas E. Proctor. Two specimen plants: 

 Thomas E. Proctor. Oue specimen : 

 Thomas E. Proctor. Twenty-five commer- 

 cial specimens, in not over eight inch pots: 

 W. H. Elliott. Twelve siugle-flowerlng : 

 W. H. Elliott. Six grown to six stems 

 with one bloom to each stem : Mrs. Les- 

 ter Lelaud. 



Kentias — 1st, Mrs. Frederick Ayer; 2nd, 

 William Whitman; third, W. W. Edgar 

 Co. 



Arecas — 1st, Duncan Finlayson ; 2nd, A. 

 F. Estabrook; 3rd, Mrs. Frederick Ayer. 



Begonias — Gloire de Lorraine: 1st. J. S. 

 Bailc: 2nd, E. A. Clark. Glory of Cin- 

 cincinnati: E,.A. Clark. 



Chrysanthemums — Twenty-five blooms of 

 twenty-five varieties: Harry E. Converse. 



Henry A. Gane Memorial Fund for vase 

 of Mrs. Jerome Jones or the Yellow Mrs. 

 .Jerome Jones: 1st, James Nicol; 2nd, 

 William S. Russell. 



Twelve blooms, Japanese: Harry E. 

 Converse. Twelve, Japanese Incurved: 

 Harry E. Converse. Twelve Reflexed : 

 Mrs. Lester Leland. Twelve sprays or 

 bran^-lies of Pompon: 1st, E. K. Butler; 

 2nd, Edgar Brothers; 3rd, Edgar Brothers. 

 Vase of blooms on long stems, pink : 1st. 

 James Nicol; 2nd, W. W. Edgar Co.; 3rd, 

 E. A. Clark. Vase of ten blooms, red : 

 1st, Edgar Brntlicrs: 2nd, Edgar Brothers; 



inclement weather during the week had 

 a tendency to check the attendance 

 though a quite satisfactory turnout 

 was had. 



A rustic flower booth was under the 

 management of W. H. Eiss. Wm. L«gg, 

 had not only a fine display of chrys- 

 anthemums, etc., but a fine collection 

 of plants. The Brie Floral Co. showed 

 choice white and pink Killarney, also 

 Richmond, Sunburst and Maryland. A 

 vase of Mrs. Shawyer roses came from 

 Chas. H. Totty. Chas. Guenther made 

 a fine display of Killarney, Double Kil- 

 larney, Kaiserin, Maryland, together 

 with chrysanthemums, and they were 

 excellent. The young but not inexpe- 

 rienced florist and decorator, Teddy, 

 who is popular around the east side, 

 had a beautiful display. His exhibit 

 of a bride was startling and realistic, 

 and his space was well filled with 

 choice bloom. 



Outside the sunken garden to the 

 right J. J. Albright's exhibit, gard. 

 Chas. Sandiford, was an inimitable 

 display of the autumnal wealth of his 

 houses, including orchids of rarest 

 species and beautiful specimen chrys- 

 anthemums. Hunibolt, South Park 



Specimen Chrysanthemums at Boston Show 



gard. Geo Page, chrysanthemums from 

 Walter Hunnewell, gard. T. D. Hat- 

 field, and from W. H. Elliott, A. N. 

 Pierson and others, and a pyramid of 

 5000 violets from Mr. Sim. The rest 

 of the story is contained in the list of 

 awards. 



Awards. 



Silver medal to Thomas E. Proctor for 

 the best chrys intliemum plant on exhibi- 

 tion ; gold medal to Waban Rose Con.serva- 

 torles for the best new rose, ".Mrs. Charles 

 Russell," and a silver medal to Wheeler & 

 Co. for Cattleya labiata, "Mrs. H. A. 

 Wheeler." while the silver medal of the 

 Society of American Florists went to 

 Ceorge Melvin for his Solanum capsicas- 

 truni Melvinii; a bronze medal was awarded 

 to James Marlborough, giidener of the 

 Proctor estate, for his artistic basket of 

 chrysanthemums. 



Certificate of Merit : Patten & Co. for 

 crimson carnation. Princess Dagmar; C. S. 

 Sargent for Vitis vinifera ; A. N. Pierson 

 for rose. Milady. 



Cultural Certificate: William Downs for 

 begonia. Mrs. Heal. 



Honorable Menti n : Leonard Aildgeley 

 for carnati')n. Eureka; Duncan Finlayscn 

 for Cymbidiuni erythrostylum. 



Foliage and Flowering Plants — ':roup 

 .300 square feet: 1st. W. W. Edgar Co.; 

 2nd, Edward MacMulkiu. Best group 150 



;ird, E. A. Clark. Vase of ten blooms, 

 white: 1st, James Nicol; 2nd, E. A. Clark; 

 •ird, W. W. Edgar Co. Vase of ten blooms, 

 yell.w: 1st. William S. Russell; 2nd, W. 

 W. Edgar Co.; 3rd, E. A. Clark. Vase of 

 ten blooms, any other color: 1st, W. W. 

 Edgar Co. ; 2nd, E. A. Clark. Twelve vases 

 singles, not disbudded : E. D. Jordan. 

 Decoration of chrysanthemums for table of 

 ten covers : 1st, Edward MacMulkin ; 2nd, 

 H. R. Comley; 3rd, F. H. Houghton. 

 Vase of seventy-five blooms: 1st, W. W. 

 Edgar Co.; 2nd, W. W. Edgar Co.; 3rd, 

 W. W. Edgar Co. Basket of chrysanthe- 

 mums: 1st, Boston Cut Flower Co.; 2nd. 

 The Rosary ; 3rd, Edward MacMulkin. 



Collection of native and foreign fruit 

 arranged for effect: Edward MacMulkin. 



Collection of apples arranged for deco- 

 rative effect: 1st, E. M. Bruce; 2nd. 

 George V. Fletcher; 3rd, L. F. Priest 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Annual Flower Show of the 

 Buffalo Florists' Culb ended on Satur- 

 day evening last. The interior of Elm- 

 wood Music Hall was turned into an 

 Italian garden. This was all designed 

 by Geo. McClure & Son, landscape 

 artists. A sunken garden extended 

 through the center of the hall with a 

 fountain centrally located and hedged 

 in by silent cypress and shrubs. The 



and Delaware Park helped a great 

 deal to fill the massive hall, and add- 

 ing to the effect. 



S. A. Anderson had a large and ar- 

 tistic exhibit advantageously placed. 

 Along the right and side to the ex- 

 treme end of the hall was a deep bank 

 of Betty Anderson Gloire de Lorraine 

 terminating in a winding electric- 

 lighted grotto. A beautiful crane 

 stood ankle deep in moss, beneath the 

 tiansluscent greenery of a huge cybo- 

 tium fern. 



Joe Streit showed a choice variety 

 of chrysanthemums, and one in partic- 

 ular being the newly-named "Eileen." 

 A set table was ribboned off between 

 four white posts trimmed with south- 

 ern smilax with brass boxes filled with 

 Whitmanii fern. The corsage bou- 

 quets were of orchids and Ward roses. 

 'The center piece was a gilt basket tied 

 with Ward-tinted ribbon and filled 

 witli oncidiums, Hillingdon roses and 

 golden pompons. A Japanese garden 

 in miniature created much favorable 

 comment. The Scott Co. had a very 

 fine exhibit of decorative plants sur- 



