March 20, li)20 



HORTICULTURE 



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BOSTON'S ORCHID SHOW. 



Next Week's Event Will Be One of 

 Great Importance. 



Horticultural Mall. Roston, is under- 

 going a transformation in preparation 

 for the great Orchid Show to be held 

 there from Wednesday to Sunday of 

 the coming week. The Lecture Hall, 

 In which will be installed the great ex- 

 hibit from "Orchidvale," the private 

 estate of Albert C. Burrage, has been 

 painted a neutral green, against which 

 the brilliant colors of the flowers will 

 be seen to the best advantage. The 

 red brick walls of the small hall have 

 also been given a neutral tint. Inside 

 the Lecture Hall, great wooden col- 

 umns are being erected, which when 

 covered with bark, will form the trees 

 of a tropical jungle Into which the 

 place will be converted. The orchids 

 will be shown as they naturally grow 

 upon these trunks. The plants will be 

 selected from about twenty-five thous- 

 and in Mr. Burrage's greenhouses, the 

 largest private collection In the coun- 

 try. 



In the main exhibition hall, a plat- 

 form has been built fronting the loggia 

 steps, on which will be displayed a 

 marvelous collection of Kurumee 

 azaleas from the Arnold Arboretum of 

 Harvard University. With the ex- 

 ception of a few plants shown at the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition In 191.5 no 

 exhibit of these azaleas has ever been 

 made In America or Europe, they are 

 now being prepared for the show on 

 the private estate of Charles S. Sar- 

 gent of Brookllne. The plants show 

 no leaves but the flowers vary from 

 white to pink, rose, cerise, lavender, 

 mauve, magenta, salmon, vermilion, 

 bright red to deep scarlet. These 

 plants were secured at great expense 

 in Japan and were originated by a 

 Japanese gentleman, named Jlotozo 

 Sakamoto In the city of Kurumee 

 about one hundred years ago and the 

 parent plant from which these de- 

 scended is still living. The Sakamoto 

 collection, after his death passed Into 

 the hands of Mr. Akashi. from whom 

 Asst. Director Wilson of the Arbore- 

 tum secured these plants. 



In the same hall another stand, in 

 form a lunette, is being erected, on 

 which will he shown a magnificent dis- 

 play of orchids from the greenhouses 

 of Julius Roehrs of Rutherford, N. J. 

 On either side of this azalea ex- 

 hibit will be arranged specimen plants 

 of acacias from the greenhouses of 

 Thomas Roland of Nahant. Their yel- 

 low and green colorings forming an 

 admirable frame for the richly- 

 colored azaleas, behind which will be 

 placed a screen composed of palms 



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and regal lilies contributed by John K. 

 M. L. Farquhar. One hundred bulbs of 

 this new and beautiful lily, valued at a 

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Applications for space indicate that 

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During the show several Important 

 lectures on orchids will be given, a.s 

 follows: 



Thursday, .March 25— Oakes Ames. 

 "Basis of Orchid Classification." E. H. 

 Wilson. "Geographical Distribution of 

 Orchids." 



Friday. March 26— W. A. Manda. 

 "History of Orchid Culture in the 

 United States." .John E. Lager. "Col- 

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Saturday, March 27— Geo. I'Anson. 

 "History of Orchids in England." 



The Orchid Show will be open Wed- 

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The judges at the show will be 

 Samuel ,T. Goddard, Framingham; Don- 

 ald McKenzie, Brookline; Frank J. 

 Dolansky. Lynn; Edwin Jenkins, 

 Lenox; Joseph Manda, W. Orange, N. 

 J.; John E. Lager, Summit, N. J.; A. 

 J. Loveless. Lenox; and Clement 

 Moore. Hackensack. N. J. 



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 August 23. 1917, as Fredericli K.-M. Uud- 

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 much as this rose has not yet been dis- 

 seminated, the Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society voted to allow this 

 change of name. Unless objections are 

 received in the office of the Secretary of 

 the Society within three weeks of this 

 liuhlication. the registration will become 

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