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The Florists^ Review 



JyNB 7, 1917. 



BOSTON'S OPEN AIR SHOW 



A RECOED FOB AMERICA. 



A Success Despite HaxdsMps. 



"What is undoubtedly the most ambi- 

 tious effort to stage a large open-air 

 flower show in America opened on the 

 grounds of the Wentworth Institute, 

 Boston, June 1. Three acres are devoted 

 to the tents and open-air displays. The 

 tents alone cover a space over seven 

 times as large as the various rooms at 

 Horticultural hall. Work of prepara- 

 tion has been in progress for several 

 months and some $20,000 was expended 

 before the gates opened. Not since 

 1871, when the late H. H. Hunnewell 

 made a rhododendron show in tents on 

 Boston Common, has an open air show 

 been held there. The late season, un- 

 favorable weather and the war all con- 

 spired against the success of the exhibi- 

 tion, but the committee went manfully 

 ahead and scored a big success. 



, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. 



Two large tents are devoted to rho- 

 dodendrons. All are planted out and 

 green turf covers the area, so that all 

 seem to be growing naturally. T. D. 

 Hatfield, gardener for Walter Hunne- 

 well, fills a tent 100x200 with a grand 

 display of specimen plants, of which 

 many are half hardy varieties. These 

 will not be in good bloom for at least 

 a week. Mr. Hatfield was awarded a 

 gold medal for his collection. Another 

 large tent contained a collection of 140 

 varieties of rhododendrons from J. 

 Waterer Son & Crisp, Bagshot, Eng- 

 land, and was awarded a gold medal. A. 

 gold medal also went to George T. 

 Stewart, gardener to Mrs, Samuel C. 

 Lawrence, for a pair of mammoth green- 

 house rhododendrons, twelve to four- 

 teen feet in height. These were grouped 

 in the center of the Waterer tent. 



The display of specimen plants of 

 Azalea indica from Charles Sander, gar- 

 dener to Prof. C. S. Sargent, filled a 

 tent l(tbx200. These were in good bloom 

 at the opening. Another tent contained 



quantities of large standard wistarias 

 and large pyramidal trachelospermums 

 from Professor Sargent. He also had 

 a beautiful bed of seedling azaleas of 

 the amcena and Hinodigiri type. For 

 these Mr. Sander received a gold medal. 

 Arranged below the big wistarias were 

 quantities of specimen plants of Calce- 

 olaria Stewartii from Peter Arnott, gar- 

 dener to E. S. Webster, and W. C. Rust, 

 gardener to Mrs. C. G. Weld. Many of 

 these were four feet in diameter. A 

 number of large herbaceous calceolarias 

 also were shown. Mr. Arnott received a 

 silver medal for his calceolarias. 



Roland's Roses. 



The special rose tent was filled by 

 Thomas Roland. He had wide borders 

 running around the tent planted with 

 baby ramblers, such as Ellen Poulson, 

 Erna Teschendorff, Yvonne Eabier and 

 others, dottied at intervals with stand- 

 ards. A trellis at the back was covered 

 with ramblers. At the ends rustic bam- 

 boo houses with seats were erected and 

 looked most effective. Broad gravel 

 walks went around the tent between the 

 side border and the central portion, 

 where beds were cut in the lawn and 

 planted with Ophelia and other hybrid 

 teas, Mme. Edouard Herriot showing up 

 particularly well. The rose tent was ex- 

 tremely attractive and much credit is 

 due Mr. Roland for timing his plants so 

 well under such unfavorable climatic 

 conditions. He was awarded a gold 

 medal. 



Orchids the Feature. 



The orchid tent contained a wealth of 

 choice plants, the long, sloping banks 

 being effective. This tent seemed to at- 

 tract more visitors than any other; it 

 far surpassed the display made at the 

 Boston spring exhibition. Julius Roehrs 

 Co., Rutherford, N. J., filled one side 

 with a beautiful display containing 

 over 100 varieties, charmingly arranged. 

 Specimens of choice miltonias and 

 brasso-cattleyas were well elevated to 

 show their individuality. Some of the 



choicest varieties staged were: Brasso- 

 cattleyas Maronse, Empress of Russia, 

 Thorntonii and Helen; Odontoglossums 

 Armanvillierense, Wilckeanum, Bicton- 

 ense and crispum; Cattleyas Keinasti- 

 ana. Empress Frederick, Mossiae Rein- 

 eckiana and intermedia alba; Epiphron- 

 itis Veitchii; Phalaenopsis amabilis; 

 Miltonias Roezlii and vexillaria; Van- 

 das tricolor, suavis and teres; Cypripe- 

 dium Maudise and some choice leelio- 

 cattleyas, and no less than seventeen 

 varieties of dendrobes. The exhibit was 

 awarded a gold medal. 



P. Edwards, gardener to Arthur N. 

 Cooley, Pittsfield, Mass., had a wonder- 

 fully choice collection of beautifully 

 grown specimens. No such odontoglos- 

 sums and odontiodas had ever been 

 staged in Boston. Some of the gems in 

 this grand collection were: Odonto- 

 glossum ardentissimum Zenith, with 

 crimson flowers; crispum Moonbeam, 

 crispum Xanthodes, Charlesworthii, 

 pure white; crispo-Harryanum with fif- 

 ty-two flowers; artemis, crispum Prin- 

 cess Mary; Odontiodas Gladys, Charles- 

 worthii, Chanticleer, Brewii, Colmaniae 

 and Vuylstekese with ninety-two flowers 

 on a spike; the pure white Cattleya Mos- 

 sisB Wagneri nivalis; Brasso-lselia-cat- 

 tleya Veitchii splendens, Lselio-cattleyas 

 Aphrodite grandis, Mrs. Temple Domus 

 and Canhamiana alba. The group was 

 awarded a gold medal. ' 



Donald McKenzie, gardener to E. B. 

 Dane, staged a fine group. Included 

 were fine masdevallias, odontoglossums, 

 miltonias, Cypripedium Lawrenceanum 

 Hyeanum and Maudise; Phalaenopsis 

 amabilis and Rimestadiana; Brasso- 

 cattleya Veitchii and Warneri Exquisite 

 and some fine forms of Cattleya Mos- 

 sise. He was awarded a gold medal. 



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

 Weld, received a silver medal for a 

 nice group containing some fine mil- 

 tonias, cattleyas and brassias. F. J. 

 Dolansky received a silver medal for a 

 nice group of cattleyas, miltonias and 

 odontoglossums. A similar award went 

 to W. N. Craig, gardener at Faulkner 

 Farm, for a group of cattleyas, Lselia 

 purpurata and selenipediums. 



W. H. Colby, gardener to E. A. Clark, 

 had some splendid miltonias and Henry 

 Stewart, gardener to Miss Cornelia War- 

 ren, a number of big specimens of Onci- 

 dium flexuosum. J. T. Butterworth 

 staged a choice group, some of his best 

 plants being Cattleya Mossise Reinecki- 



The Private Exhibit of A. N. Cooley and the Commercial Display of Julius Roehrs Co., in the Orchid Tent. 



