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The Florists' Review 



JuiA- 12, 1917. 



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tiiiio flif ]il;iiits startcil tn liliKun ;i lc:iky 

 j^as jiiaiii (lest I'dVcil jirai't ically tlu' eii- 

 tii'c criiji and im ilclinilc i-diicliisions 

 could l)c drawn I'l'dUi tlir test madi'. Tlic 

 iini \ ci'-ity niiw i-. in a linanciiil loiidi 

 tiim tn l;ii alii'.'id with tlic wni-k, I'l'n 

 I'cs-^nr Ileal said, and he li(]|Md td in- 

 (dudi^ a'- many nnxrliids .-i-. |id--sildc 

 nnidn;^' Initli inddor anil diitddni- \arid 

 tifs. 



Sdiiir disciissidM t'dlldWcil l'i'dl'i">>.dr 

 Bcal's icmarks and it was decided to 

 cndeaxnr to lia\e a drled-;it inn nl' the 

 society's iiu'iiihers visit the trial 

 firoiiiids at Ithaca diiriiiLi the lldWerinu: 

 season. 



William Sim s|)(d\e i>\' the pi-ices 

 (dialled i)y Calit'oiiiia ;;ro\\t'is id' seeds 

 of wiiiterlidwciinj; sweet |)eas. lie said 

 lu' \Vdnhi iidt dhject td the hit^h jirices 

 if the lldweis came trne to name. Init in 

 se\'oral ef Ids lari^c houses last seasdn 

 not twent,\' li\(' ]ier cent came true. This 

 meant a serdous loss to irrowei-s, Mr. 

 Sims said, as the bulk of the llowi-rs 

 •were df unsalalde coldis. 



Varieties Do Not Come True. 



W. X. ('lai^ s]idke of anidhei' man 

 "who paid tL'O j)cr ounce I'oi- his seed and 

 little of it came true to name. Secre- 

 tary day said he boujiht Avhat should 

 liave been Hercules I'roui a ]iromini'nt 

 seed house, soweil it in fall, ki']d it 

 potted, ])lante(l outiioors early and the 

 flowers were mostly those of Mrs. Cuth- 

 bertson, with some whites mixed in. 



It was f(dt that the seedsmen should 

 exei'cise j^icater care in seuclinij, out 





was \()ted to rej)ort the idea to the 

 executi\'e committee for its coiisidera- 

 t i(Ui. 



A letter from the ^Merchants' Asso- 

 ( iation (d' New N'ork, askinj;- th(> society 

 td h(dd its next convention there, was 

 read. Sexcial membei's fa\(ired meet- 

 ine in New \ nvk in l!tl8. Mr. Sim fa- 

 \(ued I lost on. It was finally decided to 

 lea\f the s(dection (d" the ]>lactf for the 

 litis me(dinj; to th(> executive commit- 

 tee with sentiment favoriui^f New York, 

 ;is New I'^ni^land has had successive 

 nu'(tin<;s at Xewport. Bar Harbor and 

 lioston. 



Officers Reelected. 



On nidtion df W. A. S|(erliu^' it was 

 \(ited to reidect the ollicers of the so- 

 ciety for aiudher term. They are: Presi- 

 dent. (ieor<v(> \V. Kerr, Doylestown, Pa.; 

 \i'-e [iresideiit, Kdwin .fenkins. Lei\ox, 

 Mass.; secrcdary, William (Iray. Xew- 

 |Mnt. }{. I.; treasurer, William Sim. Olif- 

 tondale. Mass. 



Secr(dary (Jray stateil that he already 

 hail some interestinjj articles in prepara- 

 tion for the next bulletin and had the 

 assurance of a jjood annual bulletin and 

 that lie felt that it would hold pres- 

 ent members and hel[) to add many new 

 ones. 



A vote of th.auks to the Massaidiusetts 

 Horticultural Society for the use of the 

 buildiufj for the show and courtesies ex- 

 tended was jiassed on motion of .1. Har- 

 rison l)i(d\. 



The Awards. 



The com|dete Jist of awards, with 



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General View from the Entrance to the National Sweet Pea Show, Boston. 



seeds. (IcdlLle W. KelT said he Ixdieved 

 the Calit'dniia L^i'dwers were iliduL; their 

 liest td ki'dji and send out tiue -tdidvs. 

 He had <|M-nt -dine time tliei'e i-ecentl\' 



and h.ad seen between I.IMKI ;ind -.'.IMKI 

 acres dt' sweet pe;is lirdwini:- 



.1. H.arrisdn Dick s[,,d<e id' the wurk 

 that the K'e\. \V. T. Ilntidiins had dene 



toward jid|iuhiri/illL; the sweet |ie;i in 



America and hdj.ed it )nii;hl lie |id-vilde 

 to lia\e a lint chins meuidrial medal td 

 be dtTered each vear in the same way 

 as tln' tlcdifdrd < diallen^c' c-np is icffercNJ 

 in Kn^laiicj. Mc's-rs. Sim ;inc| (ira\' 

 STioke in ta\cii- nf sudi a mo'cI.iI aiul it 



varieties usee! by thc> winners, is as fol- 

 lows: 



i'i;i\ A 1 1: CAitliKNKlts. 



Silver cii|' (<'f I went y live v:iriclies. not less 

 th;ili tui'lit.\ spi:iy,v |i. Ilie VMsc, tc lic' sliown 

 with swcM't ice:' fccli:mc> diiIv, Ice lic' wccli twice 

 li,\ tlie s:iiiii' cxiiitcilccr tec Iciccciiic liis icropcrt y : 

 ■ liso tec llic winner <cl' tliis cnic e.-nli time a casli 

 ]<v\/.i' of .^^.'.'c; Sl."c si'conil; $10 tliird \n-i/.i- — A. N. 

 IMw.ircIs,' uMrciencr nc A. N. Cocley, I'it tslii'Id. 

 Mass.. first, witli inai-'nilicint ticcucrs ccf lUiii> 

 .M.cii;ircli. Iiiclcliic''s ('i.-eani, (IM Kccsc (a luaiitif iil 

 ancl distinit nc-u ci.lcir in swc-et peas). I.ady Kve- 

 |\ii Dvre. Orchid Kes.i hi II,., Itlih' riecctcc, Fiery 

 ( icis-,' I!. I". Filtiin. W;irri<cr, Cliarity. Mrs. 

 Iliii;li l>iik-c.n. Arizac, Kdna May Iinicrovcd. 

 i;.c\.il I'iir|clc\ .lc;in li-cd.ind. May fnwin, Mrs. 

 C. 1'. •lerdiii. llercidis. I.cyally. Mrs. II. (iith- 

 hirl^cm. Kiiilii iniany stalks carried tivc^ ll.cwers 

 ,,,i,hi, M;ii-:;.ircl .Ntlc^cv I'residc'nt and Mrs. 

 t;iici«c llerhcit; .\. .J. .Ic^nkiiis, Kardcncr tec Mrs. 



Iloincr r.nKc, Iristliorpe Farm, Shrewshnr.v 

 Mass., second. 



Si.\ vases, six variotit^s, twenty sprays to vas 

 — A. J. .Iciikiiis, lirst, with Ilerciilcs, 151ii 

 .lacket, .Ttchn IiiKinan. White Spencer, Scarlc 

 ICmici'ieir and I.aveinler Ccecryc llei'lierl. 



Display, arraiiKcd for clle'cl (JcicrKe Melvii. 

 KariU'iier tec red. Charles IT.-ill', Frainiii(,'liaii. 

 .Mass., lii-st. 



Hest vase <cf IMw.ird (lecwciy William <lra,v 

 uai'ileiicr to Mrs. \V. 1'.. l.eids, .Ve^wjcort, U. I 

 lirst. 



Host vase of IKWV Miriam Heavor — Daniel IIa,\ 

 uarilcner to Mrs. K. Freiicli Vanderhilt, New 

 port, It. T., first, with siiperh llowcrs. 



Iti'st vase of 11. F. Fcdton Kehviii .Ti-iikiiis 

 Hardener to Ciraiid Fecsfor, I.enccx, Mass., lirst 

 S. W. Carhiiiist, jrardener to Mrs. U. C. Win 

 thrccp. Lenox. .M.iss., seiicnd. 



Tw<dve vases, tvvcdve varieties, twenty spray- 

 to vase A. .\. Kdwards, lirst, with Itoya i 

 I'nrple. liertie .\sher. Cicnstance llintccn. Warrioi 

 May rnwin. Mrs. il. S. Danienni. .le.in Irtdaiid 

 Hercules, Crinisicn CJneen. Kosahidle, I,.idy Hve 

 lyn Kyre and Ulne Monarch. 



rUIVATK CAKDF.NFKS A.\l» AMATKIUS. 



'I'wcdve vases ccf twelve distinct colors, cor 

 riHtly named, twenty sprays tec a v.-ise — S. W 

 Carlcniist, lirst, with Hercules, May I'liwin 

 KiiiK Manecel, Lady Evelyn Kyre. Mrs. PaiiK'rnn 

 KiiiK Kdwarcl Spi'ne-cr, Kec,\:il I'nrple. Chernli, 

 Ceinst.ince lliiUecn, (;eor^'e llerlieM'l. .Mrs. ('nth 

 Ici'rtsoii and Lecynlty; A. N. Kdwards, second, 

 Kehviii .lenkins, third. 



Six vases, six distinit varicdies. twe^nty sjirays 

 to a vase -Dallied Hay, lirst. with Kin« M.itioel, 

 .Jean Iridaiid, Alfred Watkins, ('(instance Hinton, 

 Dicris Ashei- and Fiery Cricss. 



\'ase of twenty-live sprays id' 1 lereMilos— S, W . 

 Carlepiist. lirst; W. (i. 'I'aylecr, Newport. U. I., 

 second. 



Vase of tifty siirays of mi.xeei Spencers in 

 twidve varieties — William (!ray. lirst. 



Disjilay fecr (dfect on roniid 1 foot talile— Wil- 

 liam Cray, lirst. 



Six vases Spencers, six varieties. twiMitv sprays 

 to vase Daniel Hay. lirst, with Hosahello, Mrs. 

 Cutlibertson. Bertie Aslier, George Herbert, Lady 

 Kvedyn Kyre and .lean Irehind. 



KiL'ht vases, tdtrlit varieties, twenty sjirays to 

 vase— S. W. Carleiuist. lirst. witli L.idy Kvidyii 

 Evre. Hercules, Oieliid, (Jeork'e Herhert. Con- 

 stance Hinton. Mrs. Ciithlcertsecn. .Mrs. Damerun 

 and Hoyal Purple; Daniel Hay. second. 

 AMATKl'US. 

 'J'liree vases, throe varieties, fifteen sprays to 

 a vase — W. G. 'J'aylor, lirst. with splendid 

 tlowers of Chernli. KintJ Maiicicd .ind Kini; Ed- 

 ward Spencer; Mrs. 1'. .1. Fccrlces. Worei^ster. 

 Mass, second; Mrs. Margaret .1. Miller. .Nahant, 

 .Mass., tliird. 



Fifteen sprays, any variety -\V. (;. Taylor, 

 lirst. v.ith Constance Hinton; Mrs. IV i;. Forbes, 

 bececnd; .Mrs. Margaret J. .Miller, third. 



Fiftei-n spr.ivs. ■•iiiy pink variety -W. IJ. 

 Tavlor, lirst. witli llercnles: Mrs. IV (J. Forbes, 

 seeond; W. F. Blossom, Cliftecndale, M.ass., third. 

 Fifteen sprays, any laveiidci- variety W. Cw. 

 'I'aylor, first, with K. F. Fidton; Mrs. P. C. 

 Ficilies. second: W. F, Blccssenn, third. 



P'ifteeii spr.iys, any crinisem e.r ^e.irlet variet.v 

 — W". (J. Taylor, lirst, with Kini; Edward Spen- 

 cer: Thomas Harrows. (;re.\ stiine, K. I., second; 

 .Miss Margaret .T. Miller, third. 



Fifteen sprays, any cream variety -W. (!. 

 Ta,\lor. first, with I'rimr'cse SpeMieer: .Mrs. 

 I'erev (;. Forbes, second, with Dolchie's Cream; 

 Mrs.' Margaret .1. Milbr. third. 



p'ifteer. spravs, anv maricecn or purple variet,v 

 — W. (i. Taylo'r. first, with Kinu' Manuel; W. F. 

 Hlossoiii. second. 



OI'EN AND MlSCKI.I.ANKOiS. 

 Hest vase 1917 necvelty, twenty s|ir:iys, one 

 vMi'iedy — S. '\V Carh|iiist. lirst. with I'.eclton's 

 Vieteci'y, a tine lavendc^r icf ah csen ,e,lecr: Daniel 

 Hay. "se'cccnd, with llecpe^. a lar;:i. rccsy reel 

 Tariety . 



LiinediiMin table di'cecrat iecii. iisc ef iireens and 

 other llecwers .'ilhcwed .Mhii .1. .lenkins, Shrews- 

 liiir.\-, Mass., lirst, 



OPEN r(» ALL. 

 Disiday fecr effect, iiect mecre than four feet 

 hit'li. aciiitist wall .•ind on t.ilch- lixH feed -.Tames 

 Watt, Kardener tec Mrs. W. (;. Weld, .Newiiort. 

 K. I., lirst: .\. .L .lenkins, seeecnd. 



Nine vases, ninc^ distinct v;iriet ic--. twenty 

 s)cra\s of ea<h variet,\ tic vase -S. W. C.irhiiiist, 

 first,' with Hicltoii's Victory, Kim; Edward 

 Spencer, Koyal I'nrple. Cherub. Cccnstanci' Hin- 

 ton, Hlue >ifcnar(li, .Mrs. Cnthbertson anel Loy- 

 alty. 



Six vasc's, six varied ii's. twenty spr:iys to a 

 v.ase.--A. N. EdwarcN. I'ittstie-ld. Mass.. first, 

 with Fiery (ficss, Hliie^ Pic-otee. ('ecnst:in<,'e 

 Hinton, M|-s. E. C. McEweii. Mrs. D.inieriin and 

 Mrs. (;eorj;e Herbert: S. W. Carhinist. second 

 'I'wo tubs, dislinil v.i riet ies - .I.inies Watt, 

 lirst: .\lleti .1. .lenkins. secenid. 



He^st displ.-iv, twee eir nicirc' ciders, .irranced 

 f..r etTeet W" . C. Ta.\ler, lirst witli (ecnstance 

 Hiiiten. Here ides and Kiiii: Manned: Thomas 

 Piiirrccws, xececiiel: 'I'heiii.i^ I'.rnoks. tldrd. 



Kerr fcri/.e fecr Imi'st vase^ in exliibit iicii :iw.'irded 

 to A. N. Edwards for a superb vase^ of I-ad.v 

 Evidyn Kyre. 



I'ri/.e I'lcr nicest ine-rit.cij,,ii< exliiMt in show 

 awarde-d tec .\, .V. Kdw.-irds for cidleit ion of 

 twc^nfy live. v;iri(dies feir HoddinL'tccn icri/e. 



I'ri/.e fiir tinest aniatcHir exhilcit awarcled to 

 W. (i. Tayl'cr. 



.V.ahant .\sse.,d:i I ieii id" ( ;:irdeTiers' medal 

 aw.inled I" .\. N. Eduar.N, I'itl-li.ld. Mass. 



M. H. S. Adds Its Show. 



The ,M:iss;ichusetts Hurt ieult im:i1 .So- 



