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The Florists' Review 



19 



Tlie larj;ost iunl inosT uotalilc ilispluy 

 ill the cxliiliitioH \\;is tliat (if IJ. iV:. J. 

 F;u(iuliar i.^ ''d., wli'hli was iii tlif lunii 

 oL' a cliariiiiii;^' siirini;' llowcr j^anlt'ii. A 

 I'ountaiii plavol in the coutcr, around 

 wliieh were liols ul' xaridiis spriti;;' bulli- 

 ons iilauts. Hanked up alon^r tlni sitios 

 were ■ (luautllii's of iun-iM| sluuits and 

 soft-wooik'd plant- The laliurnuins, 

 wistaria and Azah ;i Kainpfori were 

 wortiiy of spiM-ial mite; also Liliuni 

 inyriopliyiluni, or ni^aie. This tine ex- 

 liiliit, wliitdi entailed a lot of labor, was 

 wortliily awarded a g(jld medal. 



Tiiere was a ,t:ood atteiidaiu-e at the 

 exhiliitioii. tile halls heiu;j jiai t iculariy 

 crowded (jii the rinsing day, Sunda}', 

 Marcdi J'.t. \V. N. (•raiL^ 



Cyclamens Were a Feature of the Boston Spring Show. 



All [iii/cN ill the amateur luilli riasses 

 were taken by Miss .Mari;aref A. Kaiid. 

 with iiiceh oiowu stoek. 



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Kiwi, lir-t. 



i;ij;lil I'l'iliml.-i iii:i l;ic(iiilcs 

 llciir.v Slew, 111, MMMiiiil. 



lli^lit l'riiiiiil;i ulirciuici Williiiiii Tlialiln-r. 

 lirsl. 



Iiis|ihi\ of |i.-ir\viii tulips -I)ini<:ui I'iiihiysun, 

 first. 



Fifty wliilr ■■.'ini.itloii' — .\ . A. I'tMiiliroki'. lirst . 

 witli .Mal'iiU's>; Slr.>iit's, secuud, with .Mntili 

 less. 



I'ifty red di- criiiKMn .■.■iriiutiniis — Stniin's, lir>t, 

 witli I'oralioutas; S. J. Cuddard, sufoiid, will. 

 liiacoii. 



I'ifty piiik f ariiations ^.\. .\. ri'iiilinikc. liist. 

 >vitli rink Sc'i]<atiiiir. S. J. (!<Kldar(l, st'coiiil, witli 

 riiik Sviisatidii. 



I'iftv yclldw carnations— Mrs. K. K. I'arr, tirst, 

 Avith Yellow rrilicc; S. J. (ioddard, second, with 

 VoUow I'riiKc. 



I'iftv vaiiciralcd c.irn.Ttions -S. .f. (ioddard. 

 first, "witli s|il(iidid licnora; A. A. I'euibiolic. 

 scH'ond. with I'.cnora. 



Display of cut ore l)id> Donald McKenzio, first. 

 Twenty-five TimI i<H( s— Waliaii Uose Conscrva 

 torie.'-', first, witli Iladley; Tliouias Itolaud, sec 

 olid, with Iticliiiioiid. 



Twenty live pink roses— Wali.an Uose Con.sorva- 

 toric-, lirst and second, witli Killarney Queen 

 and Killarney ]'.rilliant. 



Twenv live roscs, any other c<ilor — Wahaii I!osc> 

 Conservatories, lirst, with Mrs. liayard Thayer. 

 Twenty-live white sweet peas— William Sim. 

 first, with White Orchid, 



Twenty-five sciirlet sweet peas — William Sim, 

 first, with Zvolanek's lied. 



Twenty live lavender swei^t peas — William Sim, 

 tirst, wiili Hanr's Lavender. 



Twenty livo. any other color — Williani Sim, 

 lirst, with Oranjie Orchid. 



One hiindivd sini:le violets— Kdward BinRham, 

 tirst: Kstv liros., second. 



One hnndrea doiihle violets I'.dward Binsliaiii. 

 first; IMward Parker, second. 



The Large Exhibits. 



\Villiaiii T. Walko had a tine ."lOO- 

 foot fjifiM* '^* foliage and fiowerinir 

 jilaiits. It iiududed some j^rand Fremdi 

 liydran^eas, six I'oet across, rambler 

 roses, etc. For the best arrancred ;.'roup 

 of ilowering and folia<je plants there 

 was a (lose contest between tlic W. W. 

 Hdj^ar Co. and W. C. lUist, who finally 

 wdii ill that order, 



T. D. Hatfield, li.ardener to ^^■alter 

 Huniiewell, who had a splendid <jr(iiip 

 of Dendrobiuni nobile in numerous 

 forms, was awarded a first-idass ('(>rtifi- 

 catc. He also displayed iarcjc Krica 

 mclantiiera. Donabl McKenzie secured 

 a silver medal for a jdant of Odontioda 

 Bradsliawia>, and .-i, cultural certificate 

 for Sophro-Cattleya Thwaitsia". Thomas 

 Koland had a table of beautifully flow- 

 ered Friea melanthera. William 

 Thatcher also had a disjilay of this 

 erica. Donald IMcKcnzie had a fine 

 display of cyclamens. Thomas T. Watt 

 had tree jteonies, Osgood Bros, excel- 



lent jiaiisies and Ileiiiy Stewart one 

 of his bio-, notal)le specimens of 

 I )endr(ibiniii nobile. 



No )iri/es \vere offei'e'l for retailers, 

 but quite a number m.ade nice displays. 

 The Boston Cut Flower Co. had sexi'ial 

 d(^cor;it(>(l dinner tallies. If. b'. Coinley 

 ■•ind Caplaii, the Florist, decorated other 

 tables. Tiie lIouohton-( iorney t 'o. had 

 .-111 ■•irtistic display of cut llowers and 

 jiliints. 



i'.nul ]■'.. b'ichwam'ii slidWed se\er;il 

 \;'ses of seedling' antirrhinums. W. (.'. 

 Ii'ir-t recei\(>d a c(M-tificat(> of iiuM'it for 

 his jiiiik antirrhiiiuni. Weld I'ink. The 

 F. li. Lemon Co. received :i certificate 

 of merit for a nice pink form of 

 I'rimul.a inalacoides name(l rosea. 

 A. N. I'ierson recei\"ed honorable men 

 tion for Ked' l\:iiliaiict> and i.aijy Alice 

 Stanley roses. W. K', Niiholson and 

 S. ,1. (ioddard showed a \ ase ef 

 Dorner's latest seedliiius. K. .\. Bich 

 ards showed a new dee|i pink -eedliiMj 

 carnation. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executixe i-oininittiH' of the 

 American Rose Society met in Now 

 ^■ork .March Bl, to l;<) over the work 

 of [ireparation foi- the cuminn- exhibi- 

 tion and iinnual meet iiiL;'. The ;iiiiiual 

 meeting will be held in < 'on veutioii 

 hall, Philadelphi:!, at 7 :■'>*> [>. m., Mon- 

 diiy, March iI7. 



The .jiidtii's appointed fur the \'aiious 

 classes at the show are as follows: 



I'l-ivate rut loses. March L'T. L' !•- iii. --.\diniral 

 \aron Ward. Koslyii. .\. V.; i:ui;ene Dailledoii/e, 

 riatliush. N, V.:"Viil.u- (;ro-.hi'ii<. l!o>!vii, I'a. 



('niiinierci.-il uioui !•>, Maicli I'T. 'J p. lu. -Kmll 

 I'.uellii.u-. I'arli Kidu.-. 111.; .lolui II. Ii'ihlop, 

 ToroiUo; Wiu. [.. KocU, Kaii-as City. 



Class for L.'."i-, Manli :;7. 1' p. ui. -I'r.tnl; II. 

 Tia.i.dly. New York; I'r.d I'.urki. I'it t-lo]r;;li ; 

 Koherl 'crai:;. I'liiladelphia. 



I'!aiit>. .Manli :J.">, 1 p. in. I'hilip Dri'itnieyer, 

 lietioit; Alex. n. S.nli. SharcMi llil!. l';i.. 

 CeorL.'!' C. Tlioiiia-^, .Ir.. I'liiladelii'ma. 



l;.i>e di>plav. .M.-ii-' li ;;". :; i'. iu.--.\. H. Cart 

 !e,lu.' Dhihuielpliia . ,laiues I'orhes, rurtland. 

 Mr.-.: W. ,1. Caluiei-. liilfTalu. 



15, ITammoud, Sec 'y. 



Faribault, Minn. — The FaribauU 

 Flower Store, ewned by llolnuiuist t.^- 

 Wilson, has been purchased by S. G. 

 Keniiey, a member of the Brand Xur 

 sery Co. 



Utica, N. Y.--Miss I'.essie Stuart 

 ( .niiplndl has opened .t strikingly hand 

 sume store .-it .sl4 Charlotte street and 

 named it the Uose Shop. Tastefully 

 colored invitations were sent out by 

 Mis< Campbidl for the opening day. 



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The Farquhar Bulb Garden at the Boston Spring Show. 



