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The Rorists^ Review 



JUNB 10, 1920. 



rietiea of bicolors, Miss A. J. Osgood 

 being second in the latter class. 



For an artistic arrangement of irises 

 with or without other flowers E. S. 

 Sturtevant was first and second. Each 

 of these exhibits would have looked 

 better with half the number of flowers. 

 For the best specimen stalk of iris Mrs. 

 C. W. Willis was first with Lohengrin; 

 Miss Grace Sturtevant was second with 

 Queen Catrina, and Mrs. Percy G. 

 Browne third with Nibelungen. Miss 

 A. J. Osgood had the best three distinct 

 varieties and Mrs. C. W. Willis led for 

 three vases of rose and lilac shades, also 

 for three varieties of white or blue and 

 white, three varieties with yellow stand- 

 ards and three varieties lavender bi- 

 colors. 



T. D. Hatfield, superintendent for 

 Walter Hunnewell, had a large collec- 

 tion of rhododendrons. He received a 

 silver medal for a fine display of hardy 

 seedling rhododendrons. The Blue Hill 

 Nurseries were first for twelve varieties 

 of flowering shrubs with handsome 

 vases of Malus ioensis Bechteli, Deutzia 

 Lemoiriei, Syringa vulgaris hybrids, 

 Crataegfus Oxyacantha coccinea, Leuco- 

 thoe Catesbsei, Azalea calendulacea, 

 Viburnum Opulus sterile and Cytisus 

 purpureus. They also received honor- 

 able mention for the new Chinese shrubs 

 Neillia sinensis, Diervilla florida venus- 

 ta, Diervilla florida Mrs. lelle. Mrs. 

 Betty K. Farr showed a nice double- 

 flowered form of Chatelaine begonia, 

 named Betty K. Farr, which was 

 awarded honorable mention. 



T C. Thurlow's Sons Co. showed a 

 fine collection of hardy rhododendrons, 

 also Azalea nudiflora and Leucothoe 

 Catesbffii, They were first for both 

 twelve and six varieties of rhodo- 

 dendrons. For a miniature rock garden 

 R. S. Sturtevant was first, the second 

 and third awards going to Hillcrest Gar- 

 dens. Cultural certificates were awarded 

 to A. C. Burrage for the handsome 

 Lseliocattleya Alice Burrage, and J. T. 

 Butterworth for Lffiliocattleya Hyeana 

 hybrida. Mr. Butterworth also showed 

 some handsome miltonias, odontoglos- 

 sums and a fine lot of cut orchida. 

 Owing to the pouring rain, the attend- 

 ance was small June 5, but large the 

 following day. 



Various Notes. 



S. J. Goddard, of Framingham, is 

 spending a week's vacation with C. 8. 

 Strout, at Biddef ord. Me., enjoying some 

 trout fishing. Mr. Goddard reports a 

 banner Memorial day business. 



For the field day of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club at the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, June 12, members and friends 

 have been asked to meet at the Forest 

 Hills gate on the Arborway at 3 o 'clock. 

 This gate is only five minutes' walk 

 from steam, elevated and surface cars 

 at Forest Hills. 



News of the death of Maurice Fuld 

 in New York, May 28, evoked many 

 local expressions of regret. The de- 

 ceased was for some time employed in 

 the seed department of R. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co. and later with W. W. Rawson & 

 Co., where he specialized in dahlias and 

 gladioli. 



The weather man seems to have taken 

 a special liking for rainy Saturdays. 

 Since and including April 24 we have 

 had six stormy Saturdays and only a 

 solitary clear one. June 5 gave us 

 nearly three additional inches of rain 

 with a cold northeast wind. Coming, 

 as these wet days do, on the most im- 



portant business day of the week for 

 florists, trade suffers severely. 



Carbone had the decorations for the 

 Sprague-Boit wedding at the Church of 

 the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, June 5. 

 Dorothy Perkins roses, Delphinium Bel- 

 ladonna, Madonna lilies and white lilac 

 were effectively arranged. 



John Mutch, of Wheeler & Co., the 

 Waban orchid specialists, sails June 12 

 for a three months' vacation in Europe. 

 Donald McKenzie leaves June 19 for 

 two months in England and Scotland. 



J. Harris, of Penn's, had charge of 

 the flowers for the funeral of J. A. 

 Crane, resident director in Boston of the 

 Liggett Co. Penn's had some seventy- 

 five designs in all; a blanket of Ophelia 

 roses and valley, a large wreath of 

 cattleyas and valley and a huge wreath 

 of Hadley and valley were especially 

 fine. 



Do not forget the ladies' night of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, June 15. 

 The entertainment will be a splendid 

 one and a royal good time awaits all ' 

 who attend. 



A large representation from Boston 

 and vicinity will attend the conference 

 to be held in New York, June 15, regard- 

 ing Quarantine 37 and the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board. Thomas Roland, who 

 is going, will later attend a meeting of 

 the schedule committee for the 1922 

 national flower show in Cleveland. 



The schedule committee of the Mas- 

 sachusetts . Horticultural Society met 

 June 4 and arranged all classes for the 

 great rose show to be held April 5 to 

 9, 1921. A. C. Burrage will offer a $500 

 cup for a commercial group of orchids 



at this show. Cash prizes of $1,000 and 

 $500 are offered for the best rose garden. 



W. N. C. 



SOIL FROM SWEET PEAS. 



Would beds in which sweet peas have 

 been grown be suitable for growing car- 

 nations without changing the soil, which 

 was fresh from the field for the sweet 

 peas? T. S. M. — ^Kan. 



The sweet peas exhaust the soil a good 

 deal and it would be best to give the 

 soil a good dressing of well rotted ma- 

 nure or pulverized sheep manure and fork 

 or spade it in well before planting the 

 carnations. C. W. 



SNAPDRAGONS I'OB CHRISTMAS. 



When should snapdragons be sown 

 and planted in beds in order to have 

 a good crop for Christmas and mid- 

 winter in a carnation temperature! 



T. S. M.— Kan. 



Sow the snapdragons not later than 

 July 1, transplant into flats, later pot off 

 singly and plant out in the beds or 

 benches by the middle of September. 

 Snapdragons are not free winter bloom- 

 ers and, while you can get a crop of 

 moderate quality at Christmas, there 

 will be a dearth of spikes in all proba- 

 bility through the dead of winter, un- 

 less you sow such sorts as Nelrose, 

 Phelps' White, Virginia and other win- 

 ter bloomers. Seedlings are more vigor- 

 ous and dependable than rooted cut- 

 tings. C. W. 



£^ BULB BATTLE s^ 



HOLLANDERS DEFEND PRICES. 



Reply to British. 



The discussion in regard to differ- 

 ences between Dutch exporters and 

 British buyers is being carried on with 

 much vigor. The viewpoint of the 

 former is contained in a letter from a 

 Holland firm regarding the action of 

 the British trades, reported in The Re- 

 view of May 27. Regarding prices, the 

 bulb exporter says: 



"The question of prices has been 

 closely examined, but the members of 

 the Dutch Exporters' Association were 

 unanimously of the opinion that hya- 

 cinth prices cannot be reduced, because 

 at the end of last season stocks cleared 

 out entirely, with much higher prices 

 at the end of the season, while this 

 year's sales in America have been 

 heavy. 



Prices Reduced. 



"Prices have already been much re- 

 duced on all early tulips compared with 

 last year. Leading varieties, like 

 Murillo, La Reine, Rose Grisdelin, 

 Fred Moore and Yellow Prince, which 

 in 1919 were quoted at 80 and 90 shil- 

 lings per thousand, are now quoted at 

 35 and 40 guilders, which at the pres- 

 ent rate of exchange is only 67 and 76 

 shillings per thousand, while the 

 chances are that with the continuously 

 improving exchange of sterling, these 



quotations may undergo a further re- 

 duction. 



"With regard to daffodils it is safe 

 to say that with the exception of Gold- 

 en Spur, Emperor, Victoria, ornatus 

 and a few others, stocks in Holland are 

 all very low; of the above varieties 

 great quantities have been bought by 

 American buyers and orders from Scan- 

 dinavia are now arriving satisfac- 

 torily. 



"Of miscellaneous bulbs we beg to 

 point out that prices of Spanish iris, 

 crocus and snowdrops have been fixed 

 considerably cheaper than last year, 

 while all other articles are left open 

 for competition." 



British Take Strong Stand. 



With such bulldog tenacity are the 

 British buyers holding to their position 

 that Pennell & Sons, of Lincoln, Eng- 

 land, use their space in a horticultural 

 journal for the following message: 



TO DUTCH BULB GROWERS. 



It Is useless under the present Exporters' 

 Association conditions to send us offers of bulbs, 

 or for Dutcli representatives to call upon us. 



We do not Intend to buy bulbs in Dutch money, 

 or to agree to such terms as might be Vco- 

 posed by a victor over the vanquished. 



We do not And our customers so mad for the 

 produce of Holland that they are prepared to 

 enrich still further the only prosperous nation 

 in Europe by paying inflated prices for bull>r- 

 which during the last few years English people 

 have learned to do without. 



When an agreement has been reached between 

 the Horticultural Trades Association and the 

 Dutch Exporters' Association upon the question 

 of prices and terms, we shall be pleased to con- 

 sider the giving of orders. 



