

May 18, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



25 



General View in the Main Hall at the Boston May Show. 



Roses, specimen rambler — Thomas Roland, first. 



Schlzanthua, six plants — W. C. Rust, first; 

 William Thatcher, second. 



Verbenas, eight plants — W. N. Craig, first. 



Streptocarpus, twelve plants — William Thatch- 

 er, first; W. C. Rust, second. 



Group of flowering and foliage plants cover- 

 ing 200 square feet — A. M. Davenport, first; W. 

 W. Edgar Co., second. 



Stove or greenhouse foliage plants — William 

 Martin, gardener to N. T. Kidder, first. 



Specimen flowering plant — William Martin, 

 first, with Antburium Andrseanum; S. J. Goddard, 

 second, with a standard fuchsia. 



Display of dwarf Japanese plants — Duncan 

 Finlayson, first. 



Miniature Japanese garden — Kamayana & Ser- 

 ada, first; Penn the Florist, second. 



Antirrhinums, six vases, twenty-five spikes 

 each— W. N. Craig, first; S. J. Goddard, second. 



Antirrhinums, single vase — P. E. Rlchwagen, 

 first, with Virginia; W. C, Rust, second, with 

 Weld lynk. 



Spanish Irises, six vases, twenty-five spikes 

 each — Esty Bros., first. 



Marguerites, lOO yellow — James Wheeler, first. 



Narcissi, ten vases, ten varieties — Mrs. C. S. 

 Minot, first; W. N. Craig, second. 



Pansies, display — William Sim, first; C. • T. 

 Beasley Co., second. 



Roses, display covering 100 square feet — F. R. 

 Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., first. 



Roses, fifty hybrid teas, white — F, R. Pierson 

 Co., first; McAlpine Bros., second. 



Roses, fifty hybrid teas, red — Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories, first, with Hadley; McAlpine Bros., 

 second, with Crimson Queen. 



Roses, fifty pink — Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 first, with Mrs. Bayard Thayer; F. R. Pierson 

 Co., second, with Ophelia. 



Roses, fifty yellow— F. R. Pierson Co., first, 

 with Mrs. Aaron Ward, and second, with Sun- 

 burst. 



Roses, twelve blooms, red, private gardeners — 

 W. C. Rust, first, with Hoosier Beauty. 



Roses, twelve blooms, pink — W. C. Rust, first, 

 with Russell, and second, with Mrs. Moorfield 

 Storey. 



Roses, twelve blooms, yellow — W. C. Rust, 

 first, with Lady Hillingdon. 



Sweet peas, display covering fifty square feet 

 —William Sim, first. 



Tulips, twelve vases, distinct — W. N. Cralt;, 

 first. 



Tulips, six vases, distinct — Duncan Finlayson, 

 first. 



Tulips, Darwin, display — Duncan Finlayson, 

 first. 



Other Displays of Merit. 



Among the miscellaneous displays 

 W. C. Eust had some nice hanging 

 baskets of fuchsias. Donald McKenzie, 

 gardener to E. B. Dane, had an excel- 

 lent group of foliage and flowering 

 plants, such as gloriosas, amaryllis, 

 hydrangeas, lilies, etc. Charles Sander 

 received a first-class certificate for a 

 well flowered Cyrtopodium punctatum. 

 He also showed standard wistarias and 

 a fine group of imantophyllums. For 

 a group of hybrid azaleas, crosses be- 

 tween amcena and Hinodegiri, he re- 

 ceived a gold medal, and for a batch of 



Behmannia angulata Pink Perfection 

 and a fine pink seedling rhododendron 

 he received honorable mention. 



The Blue Hill Nurseries received a 

 silver medal for a collection of 100 

 varieties of hardy evergreens, the finest 

 lot ever staged here. Esty Bros, had 

 ranunculi and izias. Donald McKenzie, 

 William Thatcher, W. N. Craig and 

 others had hydrangeas. Thomas 

 Boland received a silver medal for 

 bougainvilleas, beautifully flowered. 

 The Albert Eoper estate, for the new 

 deep pink carnation, Albert Roper, re- 

 ceived a silver medal. This is un- 

 doubtedly the finest and freest deep 

 pink carnation yet introduced. S. J. 

 Goddard received a certificate of merit 

 for his crimson seedling, Doris. 



Only One Retailer Comes Out! 



Pierce Bros, received honorable men- 

 tion for their rose, Tip-Top, and similar 

 awards went to T. D. Hatfield for 

 Lseliocattleya Waban; to F. W. Fletcher 

 & Co. for Delphinium Cliveden Beauty; 

 to E. H. Wetterlow for Geranium Mrs. 



Lester Leland. T. D. Hatfield showed 

 some large Acacia armata. B. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. furnished an attractive 

 garden arrangement. James Wheeler 

 received a silver medal for superior 

 culture of yellow marguerite, Etoile 

 d'Or. Alex. McKay had fine plants of 

 Astilbe Philadelphia and Henry 

 Stewart had large specimens of 

 Dendrobium nobile and Oncidium 

 flexuosum. 



Thomas T. Watt had standard hy- 

 drangeas, azaleas and Medinilla mag- 

 nifica. J. L. Smith, gardener to A. W, 

 Preston, received a silver medal for 

 Brassocattleya Maronse. The Julius 

 Eoehrs Co. contributed a group of 

 orchids. Penn the Florist was the only 

 retailer to make a display. He was 

 awarded a silver medal for the best and 

 most pleasing display yet arranged 

 here by any retailer. His display at- 

 tracted much attention and other re- 

 tailers should wake up and advertise 

 themselves in a similar way. 



Walter Hunnewell received a silver 

 medal for a beautiful group of yellow 

 rhododendrons, or Azalea Sinensis. 



H. R. Comley on the closing day put 

 in a nice table of exhibits. Frank 

 Edgar had a large group of specimen 

 hydrangeas. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 show, but not equal to what Boston 

 usually sees at its earlier spring shows. 



W. N. Craig. 



PROPAaATINO GENISTAS. 



How shall I take rooted cuttings 

 from genistas, and how are they 

 started? H. A. M. — Minn. 



Genistas are easily propagated, win- 

 ter being the best time for this work. 

 Rub off small side shoots with heels, 

 such as, in many cases, will not bloom. 

 Insert them in a clear, sharp sand in 

 a cool propagating house, with a bot- 

 tom heat of 60 to 65 degrees. The 

 cuttings should be watered lightly 

 once a day until they are rooted. Then 

 decrease the supply. Lift and pot the 

 cuttings in small-sized pots. Propa- 

 gation is less satisfactory when warm 

 weather has set in, but is quite easy 

 from October to March. C. W. 



A. M. Daveoport'i Group at the May Show at Beaton. 



