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The Florists^ Review 



Junk 7, 1917. 





BOSTON'S OPEN AIR SHOW 





A RECORD FOR AMERICA. 



A Success Despite Hardships. 



^Vll;lt is undoubtedly tlie most ambi- 

 ti<ius L't'fort to staj^e a large opt'ii-air 

 iloAver sliow in America opened on the 

 <rrcuuuls (if llic Wentworth Institute, 

 J'xpstoii, .Juno 1. Tlirce acres are dev()ted 

 to tlu- 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 

 montlis and some $20,000 was expendetl 

 l)efore the gates oi)ened. Not since 

 IbTl, when the late il. II. ilunnewell 

 nuide a rhododendron show in tents on 

 ]^ost(ui Ciiinmo'i, has an oi)en air show 

 been held there. 'Die late season, un- 

 favorable weatlier and the war all con- 

 spired against the success of the exhibi- 

 tion, but the committee Avent manfully 

 ahead and scored a big success. 



Rhododendrons and Azaleas. 



Two huge tents are devoted to rlio- 

 dodendrons. All are planted out and 

 green turf covers the area, so that all 

 seem to be growing naturally. T. 1). 

 Hatfield, gardener for Walter Ilunne- 

 well, tills a tent 100x200 with a grand 

 display of s])ecimen ])lants, of which 

 many are half liardy varieties. Tiiesi' 

 will not be in good bloom for at least 

 a week. Mr. Ilattield was awardeil a 

 gold medal for his collection. Another 

 large tent contained a collection of 140 

 varieties of rhododendrons from J. 

 Waterer Son & Crisp, Bagshot, Kng- 

 land, and was awarded a gold medal. A. 

 gold medal also went to (Jeorge T. 

 Stewart, gardener to Mrs. Samuel C. 

 Lawrenee, for a ]>air of mammotii green- 

 house rhododendrons, twelve to four- 

 teen feet in heiglit. These were groupe<l 

 in the center of the Waterer tent. 



The disjtlay of specimen ]dants of 

 Azalea indica from Charles Sander, gar- 

 dener to I'rof. C. S. Sargent, tilled a 

 tent 10lix2(iU. These were in g(jod bloom 

 at the ojicuiiig. AiinthiT lent fontaineil 



i|uantities of largo standard wistarias 

 and large ])yramidal trachelospermums 

 from I'rofessor Sargent. He also had 

 a beautiful bed of seedling azaleas of 

 tiie amcena and Hinodigiri type. For 

 these Mr. Sander received a gold medal. 

 Arranged below the big wistarias were 

 quantities of specimen plants of Calce- 

 (daria Stewartii from I'eter Arnott, gar- 

 dener to E. S. Webster, and W^ C. Eust, 

 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. 



Tlie sj)ecial rose tent was tilled by 

 Tiiomas iioland. He had wide borders 

 running around the tent planted with 

 baby ramblers, such as Ellen Poulson, 

 Erna Teschendorff, Yvonne Rabier and 

 others, dotted at intervals with stand- 

 ards. A trellis at the back Avas covered 

 Avith ramblers. At the ends rustic bam- 

 boo houses with seats were erected and 

 looked most elfective. Broad gravel 

 Avalks went around the tent between the 

 side border and the central portion, 

 where beds Avere cut in the laAvn and 

 jdanted Avith Ophelia and other hybrid 

 teas, Mme. Edouard Ilerriot showing up 

 ])articularly Avell. The rose tent Avas ex- 

 treuudy attractive and much creilit is 

 due Mr. Koland for timing his plants so 

 Avell under such unfavorable climatic 

 conditions. He Avas aAvarded a gold 

 medal. 



Orchids the Feature. 



Tiie orchid tent contained a Avcalth of 

 choice ]dants, the long, sloping banks 

 being effective. Tliis tent seemed to at- 

 tract more visitors than any other; it 

 far surjiassed the display made at the 

 Boston sjiring exhildtion. Julius Roehrs 

 Co., J{utherford, N. J., filled one side 

 Avitii a beautiful disjday containing 

 over 100 varieties, charmingly arranged. 

 Specimens of clioice miltonias and 

 brasso-cattleyas Avere well elevated to 

 >lio\v tlicir indi\ idualitv. Some of the 



choicest varieties staged were: Brasso- 

 cattleyas Maroiue, Empress of Russia, 

 Tliorntonii and Helen; Odontoglossuma 

 Armauvillierense, Wilckeanum, Bicton- 

 ense and crispum; Cattleyas Iveinasti- 

 aua, Empress Frederick, Mossia) Rein- 

 eckiana and intermedia alba; Epiphron- 

 itis Veitchii; l'liaheno]>sis amabilis; 

 Miltonias Ro'zlii and Ncxillaria; Van- 

 das tricolor, sim\ is and teres; Cypripe- 

 dium Maudiai and some clioice lielio- 

 cattleyas, and iio less tiian seventeen 

 varieties of dendrobes. The exhibit was 

 awarded a gohl nu'dal. 



\\ EdAvards, gardi'uer to Arthur N. 

 Cooley, Pittsiield, Mass., had a Avonder- 

 fully choice collection of beautifully 

 groAvn specimens. No such odontoglos- 

 sums and odontiodas had ever been 

 staged in Boston. Some of the gems in 

 this grand collection Avere: Odonto- 

 glossum ardentissinium Zenith, with 

 crimson ilowers; crispum Moonbeam, 

 crispum Nantliodes, (Miarlesworthii, 

 ]»ure Avhite; crisito-Harryanum Avith lif- 

 ty-two Ilowers; artemis, crispum Prin- 

 cess ]Vlary; Odontiodas (ihidys, ("harles- 

 Wdrthii, Cliantieleer, Brcwii, Colmaniio 

 ami Vuylst<d<ca' Avitii ninety-two lloAvers 

 (III a spiUc; the pure white Cattleya Mos- 

 slte Wagneri nivalis; Brasso ladia-cat- 

 tleya Veitchii s|ilen(lens, Ladiocattleyas 

 Aphrodite grandis, Mrs. Temjile Domus 

 and Canhamiana allia. The group Avas 

 awarded a g(dd medal. 



Donald McKenzie, gardener to E. B. 

 Pane, staged a fine group. Included 

 Avere fini; masdevallias, odontoglossums, 

 miltonias, Cy[»rij)edium Eawrenceanum 

 Hyeanum and Maudia"; PhaUenopsis 

 amabilis and Rimestadiana ; Brasso- 

 ♦•attleya Veitchii and Warner! Excpiisite 

 and some fine forms of Cattleya Mos- 

 sia'. He was aAvarded 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. 

 l)(dansky received a silver medal for a 

 nice group of cattleyas, miltonias and 

 odontoglossums. A similar aAvard Avent 

 to W. N. Craig, gardener at Faulkner 

 Farm, for a group of cattleyas, Laelia 

 purpurata and seleni]ie(liums. 



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

 had some sjilendid miltoTiias and Henry 

 Stewart, gardener to Miss Cornelia War- 

 ren, a number of big specimens of Onci- 

 dium llexuosum. J. T. ButterAvorth 

 staged a clioice grouji, some of his best 

 plants iiciiig Cattleya Mossiae Reinecki- 



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



