February 7, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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MID-WINTER SHOW AT BOSTON. 



The midwinter exhibition at Boston 

 Jan. 31 to Feb 1, while somewhat lim- 

 ited in the number of exhibits was 

 fully up to the usual high standard 

 of quality. Primulas and begonias 

 exceptionally fine. In cut flowers car- 

 nations showed up well especially the 

 prize winning White Fnchantress and 

 White Wonder, Commodore and Pink 

 Delight. These were staged by A. A. 

 Pembroke. Princess Dagmar from 

 Patten was superb. Many of the local 

 prominent growers were absent with 

 their exhibits, at the Cleveland meet- 

 ing, which was responsible for the 

 limited number here. It was pleasant 

 news to the stay-at-homes to hear they 

 had scored so well out there. There 

 was only one exhibit of roses, a grand 

 vase of the unnamed seedling from 

 the Waban Conservatories. It was 

 conceded that Alex. Montgomery has a 

 gem to introduce to a discriminating 

 flower loving public in the near future. 

 Thos. Roland had the field to himself 

 on sweet peas. Begonia Florence Dav- 

 enport was shown with Glory of Cin- 

 cinnati. Its superiority was evident. 

 Buddleia asiataca from R. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co., was strikingly attrac- 

 tive. Knight & Struck Co.. had 

 chorizema and epacris. Yellow and 

 white snapdragon from H. Huebner, 

 were very fine. Wheeler & Co., showed 

 a collection of exquisite phalaenopsis. 

 Walter Mott. 

 List of Awards. 



Plants — Begonia Gloire de Lorraine — l.st, 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 2d, A. M. Davenport. 

 Begonia Glory of Cincinnati — 1st, Mrs. 

 Lester Leland; 2d, A. M. Davenport. Free- 

 sias — 1st, Wm. Whitman; 2d. Miss C. War- 

 ren. Primula sinensis — 1st. Wm. Whitman ; 

 2d, Wm. Whitman; 3d, Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner. Primula Kewensis — 1st, K. A. Clark. 

 Primula stellata— 1st, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 

 2d, Wm. Whitman. Primula obconica — 

 1st, Wm. Whitman; 2d, Wm. Whitman; 

 ."id. Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Primula mala- 

 ooides — 1st, Wm. Whitman ; 2d, Mrs. Fred- 

 /ericl! Ayer; 3d, Duncan Finlayson. Roman 

 hyacinths — 1st, Wm. Whitman; 2d, Mrs. J. 

 L. Gardner. Calanthes— 1st, Wheeler & 

 Co. Three orchids, other than calanthes — 

 1st, F. J. Dolansky; 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner; 3d, F. J. Dolansky. Specimen orchid, 

 other than calanthes — 1st, Col. Charles 

 PfaCf: 2d, Wheeler & Co.; 3d, Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner. 



Flowers — Carnations— Vase of fifty, not 

 less than five varieties — 1st, M. A. Patten; 

 2d, A. A. Pembroke. Vase of twenty-flve. 

 not less than three varieties, private grow- 

 ers only— 1st, E. B. .Jordan : 2d. Mrs. Fred- 

 erick Ayer. Fifty white — 1st, A. A. Pom- 

 broke: 2d, A. A. Pembroke. Fifty red — 

 1st, A. A. Pembroke. Light pink — 1st, J. 

 W. Minot Co. Flesh pink— 1st. A. A. Pem- 

 broke: 2d, Strouts. Dark pink — Isl. A. A. 

 Pembroke. Crimson — 1st, ,T. W. Minot Co. 

 Scarlet— 1st, J. W. Minot Co. White va- 

 riegated — 1st, A. A. Pembroke. Freesia.s^ 

 1st. F. W. Fletcher. Violets, single — 1st, 

 Miss C. Warren; 2d. E. Bingham. Violets, 

 double — 1st. E. Bingham. Sweet peas — 1st, 

 Thom;is Roland. 



Gratuities — Mrs. Frederick Ayer. Erica 

 melanthera: Miss C. Warren. Erica melan- 

 thera and Lachenalia Nelsoni; Mrs. .T. L. 

 Gardner. ;'yclamen ; A. Jl. Davenport. Gloire 

 de Lorraine begonia, white and pink; 

 Thomas Roland, sweet peas: Mrs. C. G. 

 Weld, tulips: Miss C. Warren, Cylisus 

 raceniosus; Wheerer & Co., Phalaenopsis 

 amabllis: Pat-ten & Co., Carnation Prin- 

 cess Dagmar. 



First-i'laws rertifioates — Thom.'is Roland, 

 wiuter-fl wering sweet peas Chrislnias and 

 White Spencer; H. riuebner. winter-bloom- 

 ing antirrhinums: Duncan Finlayson, Cym- 

 bidinm hybrid, cburneum x insigiii': F. .T. 

 Dolansky. Cattleya Trianae Mrs. Thomas 

 F Galvin: M. A. Patten, Farquhar's Uni- 

 versal mignondte: Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories, unn.-imed rose. 



Cultural cert'fleates — Martin Sullivan, su- 

 perior cultivation' of Primula obconica and 

 Primula Malacnides; A. A. Pembroke, vase 

 of Calendula Orange King. 



Honorable mention — Knight & Struck 

 Co., Epacris paludosa and Chori7.oina cor- 



NEW RED ROSE, "HOOSIER BEAUTY." 



This engraving was intended to ap- 

 pear in the advertisement of Messrs. 

 F. Dorner & Sons Co., and E. G. Hill 

 Co., last week, but Uncle Sam was 



two days behind time in delivering the 

 plate. We are glad to give it room in 

 our reading columns for it is a fine 

 portrait of a fine rose. See adve, on 

 page 149, issue of Jan. 31. 



data sniendens; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 Buddleia asiatica; Mrs, C. G. Weld, pink 

 snapdragons. 



NEW AZALEAS. 



At the Azalea exhibition in Ghent, 

 Belgium, during the Christmas Holi- 

 days, the Haerens Co., exhibited a 

 number of novelties. Among those 

 which won the most distinction for 

 very early forcing qualities and color 

 of the flowers were the following 

 Azalea indica varieties: 



Haere Will's Pink Pearl: very sim- 

 ilar in color to Enchantress carnation. 

 President Edg. Wartel; a sport of Pres. 

 Osw. de Kerchove. President W. Wil- 

 son; a sport of Vervaenean'^ Very deep 



rose bordered with lighter pink. Marie 

 Antoinette; an excellent Christmas 

 variety, rose color. Camellia Alba 

 Plena; a double white, similar in shape 

 to camellias. 



OBITUARY. 



We very much regret to learn of the 

 death of the youngest daughter of 

 William T. Burton, superintendent of 

 Mrs. Kennedy's estate at Bar Harbor, 

 Me., which occurred on Tuesday even- 

 ing, February 3, very suddenly. Mr. 

 Burton has a host of friends in the 

 profession and all near and far will 

 join in feeling the deepest sympathy 

 for him and his family. 



