June 12. 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



477 



IRIS SHOW AT BOSTON. 



Although There Was a Good Display, 



Weather Conditions Interfered 



Somewhat with Quality. 



Iris growers ami other exhil)itors did 

 the best they could at the flower show 

 held in Horticultural Hall. Boston, 

 June 5th. and really made a very cred- 

 itable display although handicapped by 

 the weather conditions which had 

 greatly retarded the blooming of the 

 flowers. 



It was the first time that the new- 

 ly-formed Iris Society had exhibited in 

 Boston, and the collection which w-as 

 in charge of Robert S. Sturtevant of 

 Wellesley was displayed witli taste and 

 judgment 



The feature of tlie show was the 

 rliododondrons which included some 

 two hundred varieties shown by T. 1). 

 Hatfield, of the Walter Hunnewell 

 estate, Wellesley. Mr. Hatfield has 

 made a national reputation as a 

 rhododendron grower and this reputa- 

 tion was enhanced l)y Saturday's ex- 

 hibit. Remarliably fine hylirid rhodo- 

 dendrons were also shown by T. C. 

 Thurlow of West Newbury, Mr. Win- 

 throp Thurlow being in charge. A new 

 seedling produced from R. nudifiora 

 excited special admiration. 



Julius Heurlin of the Blue Hill Nur- 

 series, South Braintree, had a fine 

 group of hardy herbaceous plants and 

 flowering shrubs, Diervilla florida 

 venusta, exciting much comment. This 

 diervilla is the one which Prof. J. O. 

 Jack of the Arnold Arboretum brouglit 

 baclv from Korea some years ago and 

 is bound to become a valuable garden 

 subject. Garden makers will be glad 

 to know that it is now offered for sale. 



Three miniature gardens from Hill- 

 crest Farm, Weston, and one made by 

 Robert S. Sturtevant were special fea- 

 tures of the show. 



The vegetables were perhaps better 

 in quality than the flowers and the 

 vegetable exhibit was a most creditable 

 one. The list of awards follows: 



PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 

 H merest Prizes. 



Hardy Flowering .Shruba. — Twelve vases: 

 1st. Blue mil Nurseries. Miniature Rock 

 Oarden. — Covering a space 3x2 "^ feet, filled 

 with wild plants and flowers ixcluslvely : 

 Ist. R. .S. Sturtevant: 2d. Hlllerest Gar- 

 dens; .Ird. nillcrest Gardens Wild Flow- 

 ers. — Collection, named : 1st. Helen E. 

 Knlgbt. 



Rhododenilrons. — Twelve varletlea. one 

 truss of each: Ist. T. C. Thurlow'e Sons. 

 Inc. Six varieties, one truss of each: let. 

 T. C. Thurlow"s Sons. Im-. Irises. — 

 Twenty-four vases, not less than twelve 

 varieties, three spikes in :i vase: lat. 

 George N. Smith. Tweleve vases, three 

 spikes in a vase: 1st. Iristlinrpe (Allen 

 .Jenkins, sardenerl. CollectlMii of Irises, 

 anw or oil classes admissilile: Ist. 

 George N. Smith: 2nd, Iri-thorpe: .3rd. 

 (ilen Road Iris (Jardeus. Hardy Herba- 

 ceous Flowers. — Twenty vfts,'S. not less 

 than ten genera represented; 1st. Blue Hill 

 ■Nurseries; 2nd. Faulkner Farm. Hanlv 

 Succulent Plants.— Collection : 1st. Hlli- 

 crest Gardens. 



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Gratuities: Walter Uunnewell, collec- 

 tion of IJhoilodindrons; T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons, Inc., display of hanly Rhododen- 

 drons. Azalea nudifiora and Leucothoe 

 Cutesbaei; J. T. Butterworth, cut Orchids. 



silver .Mednl: T. 1). Hatticld, seedling 

 Rhododendrons. 



Cultural CertlfloHte: J. T. Butterworth, 

 Laelio-Cattlcya Hycanu Hybrid; A. C. Bur- 

 rage. Laelio Cattli-ya .\lice Burrage. 



Uonorable .Mention: Blue Hill .Nurseries. 

 three new shrubs from China (NeiUea si- 

 neusls. Diervilla tlorlda venusta, Diervilla 

 florida Mrs. Tellcsl; -Mrs. Betty K. Farr, 

 new Begonia. 



Prizes Offered by the American Iris 



Society. 



Irises. — Ciillectiou of :!0 distinct varieties. 

 one stalk of each : 1st. George N. Smith. 

 Colle<:tion of six distinct varieties, one 

 stalk of each: 1st. .Mrs. C. W. Willis. 

 Collection of six distinct varieties, self- 

 colored, one stalk of each : 1st, Glen Road 

 Iris Gardens. CoUectiou of six distinct va- 

 rieties, bl-colors. one stalk of e;ich : 1st, 

 Glen Road Iris Gardens; 2nd. Miss A. J. 

 Osgood. Artistic arrangement of Irises 

 with or without other hardy flowers and 

 foliage in vase with opening of not i>ver 

 live inches: 1st. R. S. Sturtevant; 2nd. R. 

 S. Sturtevant. Specimen stalk: 1st Mrs 

 C. W. Willis. Lohengrin; 2d. Miss (irace 

 Sturtevant, Queen Catriua ; .Ird. Mrs. Percy 

 (i. Browne. Niebluugen. C<dlectlon of three 

 distinct varieties, one stalk of each: 1st. 

 .Miss A. J. Osgood. Vase of three distinct 

 varieties, rose and lilac shades, one stalk 

 of each: 1st. Mrs. C. W. Willis. Vase of 

 three distinct varieties, white or blue and 

 white: 1st. Mrs. C. W. Willis. Vase of 

 three distinct varieties, vellow standards: 

 1st, Mrs. C. W. Willis. Vase of three dis- 

 tinct varieties, lavender hi-ciders: Ist. 

 Mrs. C. W. Willis; 2nd, Miss A. ,T Osgood 



VEGETABLES. 



Hlllcrest Prizes. 



Beans — String, fifty pods: 1st. Faulkner 

 Farm. I'lentiful. Cauliflower — Three heads : 

 1st. Hlllcrest Gardens. Snowball; 2nd. 

 Oliver Ames. Snowball ; ;ird. Faulkner 

 Farm. Kronk's forcing Erf\irt. Cucumbers 

 — Four specimens: 2nd. Hlllcrest Gardens. 

 Lettuce — Four heads : 1st. Oliver Ann-s. 

 Big Boston; 2nd. Faulkiter Farm. Sutton's 

 Heartweil. Radishes -Twenty-four speci- 

 mens : Ist, Oliver .\mes. Scarlet Globe ; 

 2nd. Hlllcrest Gardens. Scarlet Globe. 

 Spinach — Four rjuarts: 1st. Hlllcrest Gar 

 dens. Round Thick-leaved. Collection of 

 Vegetables — Six varieties; 1st, Hlllcrest 

 Gardens: 2nd. Oliver Ames. 



Gratuity: Hlllcrest Gardens, Uncle Gld 

 eon's Quick Lunch. 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES. 



J. H. Pan, of the Flora Nurseries, 

 Heemstede, Holland, is making a trip 

 through the states, visiting the impor- 

 tant cities, including Boston. He re- 

 ports a good outloolt for the bulb crop. 



J. F. Amniann, of the National Grow- 

 ers' A.ssociation, was the speaker at 

 the last meeting of the Baltimore 

 Florists' Club, June 4. 



.Mr. H. G. Perry, tlie popular mana- 

 ger of Dard's, at Madison Ave. and 

 44th St., New York, is receiving many 

 congratulations. It is a boy, the first 

 one. 



Charles .Morse, of Morse & Heals, 

 Lowell, has been having a week of good 

 fishing in Maine. 



Mr. Fred Ravier, of Mobile, Ala., was 

 recently fined |25.00 for violating a 

 city ordinance which prohibits the 

 sale of flowers on Sunday. 



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