Mav is, 191G. 



The Florists' Review 



25 



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



Hoses, spooinicn raiiiblor — Tlioinns nol.ind, first. 



Sdiiz.inthus. .six plants — \V. C. Itust, liist: 

 William 'Jliatchcr. socoiid. 



Verbenas, eiRlit plants — W. N. Cral^, lirst. 



Strcptotarpus, twelve plants — William Tliatdi 

 er. Hrst; W. C. Kiist, secoml. 



Group of flowering and foliage pl;uits rover 

 Infj lidO s(iMaro foc't — .V. M. Davenport, lirst; W. 

 \V. Kdsar Co., .second. 



Stove or Kreenliouse foliace plants — William 

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



Speeiinen lloweriiif; plant -William .Martin, 

 lir.st, with .\ntliiiriiini .Vndr:paniim ; S. J. (ioddard, 

 second, with a standard fiulisia. 



I>ispla.v of ilwarf Japanese plants — Diincui 

 Finla.vson, (irst. 



.Miiiiatiiro .I.i]inne.so cai'den — Kainayana i^- Ser- 

 ada, lirst: I'eiiu the Florist, second. 



.\iitirrhiniims, six v.-ises, twenty-live spiUes 

 each — W. X. Crai^', lirst; S. J. (Ioddard, second. 



.\ntlrrliiiiiims. sinjjle vase — P. !■;. Kicli\\a:;cii. 

 tirst, with VirL;iiiia; W. C. Kust, second, with 

 Wold I'ink. 



Spanish irises, six vases, twenty live spikes 

 <'ach — i:sly liros., lirst. 



MMr;;nerites, 100 yellow — .lames Wheeler, lirst. 



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

 Minot. lirst; W. N. Cr.-iii.'. second. 



I'ansies, disiday— William Sim, fust; C. • T. 

 r.(>asle,v Co,, sei'ond. 



Kosps, display cevrTiii;; VM} s(pi,-ire feet 1'. K. 

 I'iersoii Co., 'I'arrytown, N. Y., lirst. 



Itoses. liftv hybrid teas. white--l''. It. I'iersMii 

 Co., lirst; NIcAlpine Bros., seiond. 



Itoses, lifl.v hyhricl teas, rcil--Walian Kose ('nu- 

 scrvalnries, lirst. with lladley; McAlpiiie I'.ios., 

 second, with t'riinson Qnecn. 



Uoses, lifty pink — W.aliaii llose ('enserv.-itcrics, 

 lirst, with .Mrs. I'.ayard Thayer; 1'. I!, ri'isoii 

 Co.. seiond. with Ophelia. 



Itoses, lifty yelluw — 1'. I!. I'ierson Cci.. first, 

 with Mrs. .\aron Ward, and second, with Sun- 

 burst. 



Hoses, twelve bloonis. red, lu-ivate '.'ardencrs — 

 W. C. Kust, lirst, with lloosier lieauty. 



Hoses, twelve blooms, pinU— W. ('. \ln^t . tii<l. 

 with Hussell, and second, with Mr<. M.H,iii.-M 

 Storey. 



Hoses, twelvi< bloeins. ytdlow-W. C. Kust. 

 lirsf. with I.ad,\- llilliimd"ii. 



.Sweet lie:is. display roviriii;; tilty s<iii.iic feet 

 --William Sim. tir-^t. 



Tulips, Iweh,. v.ises, ili-,tilNt \V. \. Cr.iij. 

 tir<t. 



Tulips, six va-cs, (i;-.iJM't I'uiH-aii lln!.i,\ ^"ic 

 first. 



■fillips, PalwiU. ilispl:l.\ I'MIMMU I'illl.l.V ~..ll. 



lirst. 



Other Displays of Merit. 



,\iii<iii^ tlic misi-cll;nu'iiiis ilispLuys 

 W. ('. Iiiisl liini soiiir nice iiiiii^iiiL; 

 IiMskcfs (if I'lK-lisi.us. l)(iii;ilc| .\I c Ken /if. 

 ^.Tnlciu'f t(i v.. \'. n.'iiic. Ii;iil ;in excel 

 lent o;i()ii|i ot' 1'()li;to(' mihI llowcriiiii 

 pl.'iiits, .'siicli ;is yl(irios;ts, .•iin;ii\Ilis. 

 liydraiijrciis, lilies, etc. Clinilcs S;tiii|i r 

 r("C('i\<>il n first cl.Mss ecrtific'itc tdr ;i 

 well fl()W(M-(^(l Cyrtopodimii imiictut utii. 

 1I(> mIso sliowcil stiiiidjird wist.'irias and 

 a line jri-onji ot' iiiiaiitoiiIi,vIliinis. lUr 

 a j^ioiiji of liylirid azal(>as, cidsscs Ix^- 

 twccii ;iiii(i'iiri and Jliiiodcfjiri, lie r(^- 

 cc'ivi'd a ^^(Id nu'dal, and for a l)atch of 



Relunannia aiigulata Pink Perfection 

 and a line pink seedlings ihododendion 

 he rc('ei\ed honorable mention. 



Tlie Blue Hill Nurseries received a 

 silver medal I'or a eollectidii of lUO 

 varieties of hardy everoicciis, tlie finest 

 lot ever staged here. Kst,v Hros. had 

 ranunculi and ixias. Donald .McKenzie, 

 William Thatcher, W. .\. Craig and 

 others had liydrangeas. T h o m a s 

 Roland received a sihcr medal for 

 bougainvilleas, heaiitifully llowered. 

 The Albert Koper estate, for the new 

 deej) pinic carnation, .Miieit Koper, re- 

 ceived a sil\('r medal. This is nn- 

 doubtedlv tlie lint>st and freest deep 

 ]>ink carnation yet introduced. !<. .1. 

 (ioddard r(>cei\('d a certificate of merit 

 for his crimson seedling, Doris. 



Only One Retailer Conies Out! 



I'iei'c(> liros. rccei\-ed Imiioi alilc" men- 

 tion for tlieir ruse. Tip 'I'dp, ;nid simiLur 

 ;t\vards went to T. D. Hatfield fur 

 Ui liocattleya \\';ili;in: \n \\ \V. I'letclier 

 i^' ('ii. for Delpliiiiimii ( lisfdeii I'lciiiity; 

 to 1']. II. W'etterlow for (lei;inium .\Ir>. 



Lester Lcl.aiid. T. D. Hatfield showed 

 some lai'i^e .\c;icia arinat.'i. Ii. iV .1. 

 I'aiMHiliar iV < 'o. I'lii'Mished an ;it t r.uct i \ c 

 ;;ar(len a i r;i ii L;cinrnt . .lames Wheejc'i' 

 recei\ed ;i sil\ rr iiiedul for su|n'ii(ir 

 ciillure of yelhiw m;i r^^iieiite, Ktoile 

 d'Or. .VIex. .McK;i\ ha! fiiic jilants of 

 Astillie 1 'liiladelplii;i and Henry 

 Stewart had lar^e s|MM-imeris of 

 Dendroliium iiohile ;nid nncidium 

 llexuosiim. 



Thomas T. Watt h.id standard hy- "^ 

 ilrangeas, a/aleas and .Medinilla mag- 

 nifica. d. L. Smith, gaideiuM' to .\. W. 

 I'reston, i'ecei\-eil a sihcr meilal for 

 Hrassoc.attleya .Maroiue. Tlie .lulius 

 Iioehrs ('(I. coiit liliiited ;( group of 

 oi(diiils. I'ena the I'lorist was the onlv 

 retailer to make a (lisplay. He was 

 awarded asiUcr med.-il for the best and 

 most jdeasing display \ct airaiigecl 

 here by aiiv ret.ailer. His displ.uy at- 

 tracted mu(di attention and other re- 

 tailers should \vak(> up and advertise 

 themsehcs in a similar wa,\'. 



Walter llunnewell recei\i;d a sihcr 

 medal for a beautiful gr(ni|i of yellow 

 rhododendrons, or .Azalea Sinensis. 



II. R. Conilev on the (losing day put 

 in a nice table of e.xhibits. Frank 

 lOdgar had a laig(! grtuip of specimen 

 hydrangeas. 



There was a large attend.ance at the 

 show, but not e(pml to what P>oston 

 usually sees at its eailier sjiring shows. 



\\. S. Craig. 



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PROPAGATING GENISTAS. 



How sli.all 1 take looted cuttings 

 from genistas, and how ;ii-e tliev 

 started.' H. A. .M.--Minii. ' 



(ienistas ai'c (\asily judpauatcl. win- 

 ter being the best time for this work, 

 bull off small side shdots with heels, 

 siudi as, in many cases, will imt bloom. 

 Insert them in ;i, clear, sliaip s;i!id in 

 a ciHil piiipa^^at iiiL; linusc, with ;t b(>t- 

 tioii heat of lio tn (i.'i decree's. Tht> 

 cuttings sliinihl be \\ .■ilficd li:;litly 

 iiiicc a d;iy until flicy ;iii' route. j. Then 

 dec|t';ise the supply. l.ilt an I put. the 

 cuttings ill sni;ill sized puts. I'ropa 

 Liatimi is less -•;it islact m y when w.aiiii 

 \\e;itlier li;is ^et in, but i- ijnite easy 

 I iniii ( ),-tobcr t(i March. ( '. W. 



A. M. Davenport's Group at the May Show at Boston. 



