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November 9, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



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^ith a massive bloom of William 

 Turner. The classes for single and 

 hardy chrysanthemums were well con- 

 tested and many exceptionally fine va- 

 rieties of each were exhibited. There 

 were eleven entries in the class for the 

 best table decoration and the ladies 

 who judged this class had a difficult 

 task to select the winner, as all were 

 well executed. They finally decided on 

 that of George Ford, who is assistant 

 gardener for John T. Pratt, with George 

 Ferguson second and William Noonan 

 third. The judges of the exhibition 

 were Walter Angus, E'wen McKenzie 

 and Howard Nicholls. J. H. 



BOSTON. 



The FaU Exhibition. 



Boston no longer boasts of a chrys- 

 anthemum show. The decline locally in 

 tlie popularity of both specimen plants 

 and big blooms was emphasized more 

 strongly than ever this season and the 

 title of fall exhibition given the show 

 was much more fitting. For many years 

 Boston's specimen mums, both cut and 

 in pots, were the finest in the country. 

 Many may wonder why they are not 

 still produced and exhibited, and to 

 those who may be unaware of our local 

 conditions I would say that the taste 

 for big blooms commercially has passed 

 and owners of our many private estates 

 have grown tired of specimen plants as 

 well as big blooms, preferring plants of 

 more moderate size and strongly favor- 

 ing undisbudded plants and especially 

 the single, pompon and anemone sec- 

 tions. A reaction to the big blooms 

 may come, but there are as yet no in- 

 dications of it. 



The Groups. 



The groups of chrysanthemums and 

 miscellaneous flowering plants were 

 good, although somewhat flat and over- 

 crowded. A. M. Davenport won on 300 

 square feet of foliage and flowering 

 plants. He used a large variety of 

 plants, including some well-flowered 

 Mrs. Heal begonias; the W. W. Edgar 

 Co. was second. In the private gar- 

 deners' class William Thatcher, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, won. He 

 used Lilium speciosum quite freely. 

 A. M. Davenport also won in the class 

 for a 200-foot group of chrysanthe- 

 nmnis; William Thatcher, second. Kame- 

 yania & Serada had a nice group in this 

 class. William H. Elliott won out for 

 a group of commercial chrysanthemums 

 arranged with foliage plants, having a 

 lot of nice, stocky plants; Kameyama & 

 i^erada, second. 



i^pocimen plant^ were fewer than 

 usual and needed a few more days to 

 fxpand their flowers. William Watson, 

 gardener to J. S. Bailey, had the best 

 six specimens. For white specimen 

 plants, A. E. Griffin, gardener to G. L. 

 'Stone, led with Garza, a grand speci- 

 men, much the best in the exhibition. 

 W. C. Rust, gardener to Mrs. C. G. 

 Weld, was second with the same va- 

 licty. A. E. Davios, gardener to W. H. 

 Wellington, took first and second for 

 siiecimen bronze. 



Begonias a Feature. 



For the specimen orchid John L. 

 ^mith, gardener to A. W. Preston, took 

 njst with Cattleya Moira; William Mar- 

 "". gardener to N. T. Kidder, second 

 ^'ith Cypripedium Spicerianum. 



Begonias were largely shown and of 

 grand quality, far surpassing the chrys- 

 anthemums in attractiveness. For six 

 specimens of Gloire de Lorraine, E. H, 

 Wetterlow, gardener to Mrs. Lester 

 Leland, took first with immense speci- 

 mens finely flowered; A. E. Griffin, sec- 

 ond. For six plants any other winter- 

 blooming begonia, William Downs, gar- 

 dener to E. S. Webster, won with mag- 

 nificent plants of Optima, one of the 

 features of the show. 



For a pair of kentias first prize went 

 to William Thatcher. For twenty-five 

 blooms of chrysanthemums, A. E. 

 Griffin won with large, well finished 

 blooms of Miss C. Banghart, Wm. 

 I^igby, Pockett's Surprise, Miss J. 

 Gibson, William Turner, M. L. Rous- 



House; Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y., were sec- 

 ond. 



A. R. Cbsh, gardener to Mrs. A. E. Slas, had 

 the best vase of twenty-five specimen blooms 

 mixed. 



Caplan was the only retailer competing in the 

 class for the best display showing the various 

 ways flowers may be used for home decoration. 



The W. W. Edgar Co. took both first and sec- 

 ond prize for the most artistic large china vase 

 of specimen blooms arranged for effect, oak 

 leaves being used to good effect. 



Ten specimen blooms, white, on long stems^ 

 James Niqol, first, with grand William Turner; 

 A. M. McGuffey, gardener to W. E. Tralser, 

 second, wltli the same variety. 



Ten pink — Eric H. Wetterlow, first; A. Mc- 

 Guffey, second. Each showed Dr. Enguchard. 



Ten yellow — Eric H. Wetterlow, first, with 

 Mrs. William Duckham; A. M. McGuffey, sec- 

 ond, with Bonnnffon. 



Ten red — Eric H. Wetterlow, first, with splen- 

 did Pockett's Crimson. 



Carnations and Boses. 

 Carnations were staged on the third 





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Prize Plant of Chrysanthemum Garza. Exhibited by A. E. Griffin, Marion, Mass. 



seau, H. E. Converse, Mrs. W. Duckham, 

 Earl Kitchener, C. H. Totty, Mrs. R. H. 

 Boggs, Reginald Vallis, Mount Kisco, 

 Meudon, Master Rex, Lady Hopetoun, 

 J. W. Molyneux, Mrs. J. P. Mitchel, 

 James Eraser, Lenox, Mrs. A. L. Watt, 

 Pockett's Crimson, Calumet and Mrs. E. 

 Wild. W. H. Wellington was second. 

 Other awards were: 



Twelve blooms Japanese — A. E. Griffin, first, 

 with Mary Farnsworth, Mrs. G. Prabble, J. W. 

 Molyneux, Master Rex, Lady Hopetoun, Earl 

 Kitchener, Miss O. Banghart, Meudon, James 

 Eraser, Bob Pulling, Mrs. J. P. Mitchel and 

 Mrs. Peter Duff; W. H. Wellington, second. 



Twelve blooms Japanese Incurved — A. E. Grif- 

 fin, first, with M. L. Rousseau, Lenox, Pockett's 

 Surprise, Mrs. G. Drabble. Mrs. G. Hunt, Ei- 

 beron, Yellow Turner, William Turner, Earl 

 Kitchener, C^alumet, H. E. Converse and William 

 Righy. 



Twelve blooms Japanese reflexed — A. E. Grif- 

 fin, first, with Bob Pulling, Lelia Filkins, Regi- 

 nald Vallis, Rose Pookett, Mrs. R. D. Poote, 

 Mrs. W. Duckham, Mrs. G. G. Mason, C. H. 

 Totty. Mrs. H. Stevens, Pockett's Crimson, Mrs. 

 R. Pulling and William West. 



Vase of Mrs. Jerome Jones — The veteran James 

 Nicol once more won with splendid flowers of 

 tills grand variety. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co. won otit for the best new 

 seedling, with Miss Anola Wright, a pleasing 

 pink. T 



Twelve vases of pompons — C. H. Totty, first, 

 with Pearl Cluster, Lillian Doty, Lelia, Golden 

 AVest, Maco. Rose Trevenna, Lucy, Donald, Ex- 

 celsior, Viola, Golden CUmax, White Doty and 

 Julia Lagravere; A. K. Butler was second. Mr. 

 Totty also won for twenty-flve vases of singles. 

 Some of Ma best varieties were Irene, Dorothy 

 Dann, ElsiT Rose Walker. Vivian Cook, R. Del- 

 afi9ld, Mrs. E. H. AVells, Mrs. A. Middleton, 

 Ivor Grant. Mrs. C. C. Mlckle. Gladys Duckham, 

 Mrs. Alfred Phillips, Mensa, Excelsior and Manor 



day of the show and made a nice addi- 

 tion. For six vases of fifty blooms each 

 Strout's, Biddeford, Me., won for a 

 grand lot of flowers, large and with 

 wonderfully good stems. The varieties 

 were Champion, Pink Delight, Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward, Matchless, Rosette and 

 Pocahontas. A. A. Pembroke, who was 

 an excellent second, had fine vases of 

 Pink Sensation, Good Cheer, Benora, 

 Pink Delight, Matchless and Champion. 

 For 100 flowers, mixed, J. W. Minot, 

 Portland, Me., led with a grand vase 

 of big blooms carried on lusty stems; 

 A. A. Pembroke was second. 



No classes were provided for roses, 

 but the Waban Rose Conservatories 

 staged splendid vases of Hadley and 

 Mrs. Charles Russell. Charles Holbrow 

 had vases of his new light pink seed- 

 ling rose which showed up well. 



Among Elmer D. Smith & Co. 's new 

 seedling chrysanthemums, Tiger, yellow; 

 October Herald, deep orange; Smith's 

 Imperial, white, and Little Gem, pom- 

 pon, were conspicuous. 



Thomas Roland had a nice table of 

 crotons and camellias. H. Stewart, 

 gardener to Miss Cornelia Warren, had 

 foliage and flowering plants. A. E. 

 Griffin had a large basket-trained speci- 

 men of Chrysanthemum Cheltoni, and 

 W. C. Rust one of Garza. 



