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HORTICULTURE 



November 18, 1911 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Autumn Exhibition at Hortl 

 cultural Hall, Boston, presented quite 

 a different aspect to the visitor as 

 compared with the corresponding 

 shows a few years ago. No longer 

 can it fairly be called a Chrysanthe 

 mum Show for while these are still 

 largely represented yet they do not by 

 any means predominate. In the plant 

 classes there was practically no com- 

 petition. Only one exhibitor appeared 

 In the specimen bush plants which in 

 the past were regarded as a distin- 

 guishing and unrivalled feature of the 

 Boston exhibition. It cost that ex- 

 hibitor $150 to transport his six 

 plants to the hall! On chrysanthemum 

 cut blooms the short stem classes are 

 almost extinct, the long stem classes 

 barely hold their own and the singles 

 have become more numerous. But, 

 while all this is true and while the 

 halls looked rather "thin" in spots be- 

 cause of the absence of the accus- 

 tomed long ranks of enormous blooms, 

 yet the show was a notable one in 

 some respects and presented more 

 than the usual proportion of novel- 



ling begonia (B. incarnata X a tuber- 

 ous rooted variety), flowers gorgeous 

 crimson, 2 to 8 In. across,' foliage mas- 

 sive, incarnata habit of plant. To 

 Duncan Flnlayson for Cattleya bicolor 

 x C. lablata. To C. H. Totty for rose 

 Sunburst. To Thos. E. Proctor, gard. 

 James Marlborough, tor seedling 

 chrysanthemum Emmy Lou, 



Honorable mention. To Strout & 

 Co. for light pink seedling carnation 

 (Beacon Victory). To E. S. Web- 



ster for Celosia Thompsoni pyramid- 

 alis. To H. H. Barrows & Son for 

 Nephrolepis Whitmani var. compacta. 

 To A. A. Pembroke for light pink car- 

 nation Beverly. 



The sole exhibitor of specimen bush 

 chrysanthemums was Thos. E. Proc- 

 tor, gard. Jas. Marlborough. They 

 were very fine, among them being 

 Mayor Weaver — which won the silver 

 as best plant in the show — and Emmy 



and W. \V. Edgar Co. a fine group of 

 cyclamen and Lorraines. 



in t he cut flower section E. A. Clark, 

 gard. Alex McKay, swept all the prizes 

 but one on the vases of ten long- 

 : temmed chrysanthemums. His best 

 were Rose Pockett, Leslie Morrison, 

 Col. Appleton, Mrs. Win. Duckham. 

 James Nicol scooped one 1st here. 

 Mr. McKay also won out on the mam- 

 moth vase of seventy-five long-stemmed 

 flowers with a superb exhibit, W. W. 

 Edgar Co. winning 2nd and 3rd. 

 Twelve Jap. Incurved and twelve re- 

 flexed, H. E. Converse. Pompons, E. 

 K. Butler, 1st, P. B. Robb, 2nd. Sin- 

 gles. Geo. Page 1st, W. A. Kiggs 2nd, 

 H. E. Converse 3rd. 



The table decorations were by Ed. 

 MacMulkin, Sidney Hoffman and Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill, who won in order named. 

 MacMulkin's flowers were Garza and 

 yellow pompons, with adiantums. 

 Hoffman had bronze and yellow pom- 

 pons and "baby" pompons. Mrs. Gill 

 used Garza and yellow pompons. 



James Wheeler showed some hand- 

 some antirrhinums, R. Engelman, car- 

 nation Heart of the Berkshires, Mrs. 

 Gill, display of chrysanthemums, 



ties and novel features. To best illus- 

 trate this 'fact we shall begin this ac- 

 count where we generally end — that 

 is, with the awards of special medals 

 and certificates. 



Silver medal to E. S. Webster, gard. 

 Wm. Downs, for Begonias Elatior and 

 Winter Cheer. They were grand. 



Cultural silver medal to James Nicol 

 for vase of chrysanthemum Mrs. Jer- 

 ome Jones. This was simply superb. 



Bronze medal to Wm. Sim for dis- 

 play of pansies. Here were over 500 

 enormous blooms of the highest strain 

 and covering an endless range of 

 colors and markings, each flower in an 

 individual bottle hidden under the 

 flat white surface on which they were 

 displayed. They created a sensation. 



Certificates of merit. To George 

 Melvin for hybrid Solanum Capsicum 

 capsicastrum Melvini, fruit orange, 

 somewhat pointed. To S. J. Reuter & 

 Son for rose Improved Double White 

 Killarney. To A. N. Pierson for Kil- 

 larney Queen and Double White Kil- 

 larney. To E. H. Wetterlow for seed- 



Specimen Plants at the Boston Show. 



Lou. which was certificated as a seed- 

 ling. Wm. H. Elliott was the only 

 exhibitor of 25 plants, commercial 

 specimens. These were, as usual, ex- 

 cellent. H. E. Converse, gard. D. P." 

 Roy, was 1st on single flowering va- 

 rieties and Mrs. Lester Leland, gard. 

 E. H. Wetterlow, 1st on 6-stem plants. 

 Ed. MacMulkin put up a mammoth 

 group, 300 sq. ft. of foliage and flow- 

 ering plants, splendidly arranged. This 

 took 1st and a similar group from 

 W. W. Edgar Co. took 2nd. On Ken- 

 tias Wm. Whitman 1st, and on Arecas 

 Mrs. Frederick Aver 1st. The orchid 

 groups were a great attraction, the 

 exhibitors being Wheeler & Co. who 

 won 1st, with a beautifully arranged 

 display, Paul de Nave, 2nd, and J. T. 

 Butterworth 3rd. In addition to the 

 foregoing, Thomas Roland made a 

 fine display of choice foliage and flow- 

 ering plants, Mrs. Francis Peabody a 

 group of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 

 W. T. Walke an artistic pyramidal 

 group of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 

 Mrs. F. Ayer, variegated pine apple 



Strout & Co. and A. A. Pembroke, car- 

 nations in variety. 



The fruit display was very exten- 

 sive and was finely set off by a gen- 

 erous display of fruiting shrubs con- 

 tributed by Superintendent Pettigrew 

 of the Boston Park Department. 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual chrysanthemum show of 

 this Society, held at Worcester, Mass., 

 on November 9-10 is recorded as the 

 best as to quality and artistic arrange- 

 ment ever seen in Worcester and the 

 attendance surpassed that of any pre- 

 vious occasion. The lay-out was 

 planned by and carried out under the 

 direction of the president E. W. Breed. 

 Among the principal exhibitors and 

 prize winners were H. F. A. Lange, 

 Geo. W. Knowlton, Mrs. John C. 

 Whitin. E. W. Breed, Worcester Con- 

 servatories, John Gunn, Chas. D. 

 Mackin and Charles Potter. There 

 was a good display of apples in the 

 fruit section. 



