March 23, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



Cyclamens Were a Feature of the Boston Spring Show. 



All prizes in the amateur bulb classes 

 were taken by Miss Margaret A. Rand, 

 with nicely grown stock. 



Eight Primula malacoides — W. C. Rust, first; 

 Henry Stewart, second. 



Eight Primula obconlca— William Thatcher, 

 first. 



Display of Darwin tulips — Duncan Finlayson, 

 first. 



Fifty white carnations — A. A. Pembroke, first, 

 witli Matchless; Strout's, second, with Match- 

 less. 



Fifty red or crimson carnations — Strout's, first, 

 with Pocahontas; S. J. Goddard, second, with 

 Beacon. 



Fifty pink carnations — A. A. Pembroke, first, 

 with Pink Sensation; S. J. Goddard, second, with 

 Pink Sensation. 



Fifty yellow carnations — Mrs. E. K. Farr, first, 

 with Yellow Prince; S. J. Goddard, second, with 

 Yellow Prince. 



Fifty variegated carnations — S. J. Goddard, 

 first, with splendid Benora; A. A. Pembroke, 

 second, with Benora. 



Display of cut orchids — Donald McKenzie, first. 



Twenty-five red roses — Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories, first, with Hadley; Thomas Roland, sec- 

 ond, with Richmond. 



Twenty-five pink roses — Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories, first and second, with Killamey Queen 

 and Killamey Brilliant. 



Tweny-flve roses, any other color — Waban Rose 

 Conservatories, first, with Mrs. Bayard Thayer. 



Twenty-five white sweet peas — William Sim, 

 first, with White Orchid. 



Twenty-five scarlet sweet peas — William Sim, 

 first, with Zvolanek's Red. 



Twenty-five lavender sweet peas — William Sim, 

 first, with Baur's Lavender. 



Twenty-five, any other color — William Sim, 

 first, with Orange Orchid. 



One hundred single violets — EUlward Bingham, 

 first; Esty Bros., second. 



One hundred double violets — Edward Bingham, 

 first; Edward Parker, second. 



Tbe Large Exhibits. 



William T. Walke had a fine 500- 

 foot group of foliage and flowering 

 plants. It included some grand French 

 hydrangeas, six feet across, rambler 

 roses, etc. For the best-arranged group 

 of flowering and foliage plants there 

 was a close contest between the W. W. 

 Edgar Co. and W. C. Rust, who finally 

 won in that order. 



T. D. Hatfield, gardener to Walter 

 Hunnewell, who had a splendid group 

 of Dendrobium nobile in numerous 

 forms, was awarded a first-class certifi- 

 cate. He also displayed large Erica 

 melanthera. Donald McKenzie secured 

 a silver medal for a plant of Odontioda 

 BradshawisB, and a cultural certificate 

 for Sophro-Cattleya Thwaitsise. Thomas 

 Roland had a table of beautifully flow- 

 ered EVica melanthera. William 

 Thatcher also had a display of this 

 erica. Donald McKenzie had a fine 

 display of cyclamens. Thomas T. Watt 

 had tree peonies, Osgood Bros, excel- 



lent pansies and Henry Stewart one 

 of his big, notable specimens of 

 Dendrobium nobile. 



No prizes were offered for retailers, 

 but quite a number made nice displays. 

 The Boston Cut Flower Co. had several 

 decorated dinner tables. H. R. Comley 

 and Caplan, the Florist, decorated other 

 tables. The Houghton-Gorney Co. had 

 an artistic display of cut flowers and 

 plants. 



Paul E. Richwagen showed several 

 vases of seedling antirrhinums. W. C. 

 Rust received a certificate of merit for 

 his pink antirrhinum. Weld Pink. The 

 F. H. Lemon Co. received a certificate 

 of merit for a nice pink form of 

 Primula malacoides named rosea. 

 A. N. Pierson received honorable men- 

 tion for Red •Radiance and Lady Alice 

 Stanley roses. W. R. Nicholson and 

 S. J. Goddard showed a vase of 

 Dorner's latest seedlings. E. A. Rich- 

 ards showed a new deep pink seedling 

 carnation. 



The largest and most notable display 

 in the exhibition was that of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., which was in the form 

 of a charming spring flower garden. A 

 fountain played in the center, around 

 which were beds of various spring bulb- 

 ous plants. Banked up along the sides 

 were quantities of forced shrubs and 

 soft-wooded plants. The laburnums, 

 wistaria and Azalea Ksempferi were 

 worthy of special note; also Lilium 

 myriophyllum, or regale. This fine ex- 

 hibit, which entailed a lot of labor, was 

 worthily awarded a gold medal. 



There was a good attendance at the 

 exhibition, the halls being particularly 

 crowded on the closing day, Sunday, 

 March 19. W. N. Craig. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society met in New 

 York March 13, to go over the work 

 of preparation for the coming exhibi- 

 tion and annual meeting. The annual 

 meeting will be held in Convention 

 hall, Philadelphia, at 7:30 p. m., Mon- 

 day, March 27. 



The judges appointed for the various 

 classes at the show are as follows: 



Private cut roses, March 27, 2 p. m. — Admiral 

 Aaron Ward, Roslyn, N. Y.; Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Flatbush, N. Y.; Victor Groshens, Roslyn, Pa. 



Commercial growers, March 27, 2 p. m. — Emil 

 Buettner, Park Ridge, 111.; John H. Dunlop, 

 Toronto; Wm. L. Rock, Kansas City. 



Class for 25s, March 27, 2 p. m. — Frank H. 

 Traendly, New York; Fred Burki, Pittsburgh; 

 Robert Craig, Philadelphia. 



Plants, March 25, 1 p. m. — Philip Breitmeyer, 

 Detroit; Alex. B. Scott, Sharon Hill, Pa.; 

 George C. Thomas, Jr.. Philadelphia. 



Rose display, March 30, 2 p. m. — A. B. Cart- 

 ledge, Philadelphia; James Forbes, Portland, 

 Ore.; W. J. Palmer, BuITalo. 



B. Hammond, Sec'y. 



Faribault, Minn. — The Faribault 

 Flower Store, owned by Holmquist & 

 Wilson, has been purchased by S. G. 

 Kenney, a member of the Brand Nur- 

 sery Co. 



XJtica, N. Y. — Miss Bessie Stuart 

 Campbell has opened a strikingly hand- 

 some store at 814 Charlotte street and 

 named it the Rose Shop. Tastefully 

 colored invitations were sent out by 

 Miss Campbell for the opening day. 



The Farquhar Bulb Garden at the Boston Spring Show. 



