June 7, 11)17. 



The Florists' Review 



15 



ana var. Mrs. Butterworth, C. inter- 

 media alba, Cymbidium Lowiaimin con- 

 color, Cypripedium Olivia, Miltonia 

 Blcuana and Deudrobium Janicsianuni. 

 Other exhibits in tlie tents included 

 a group of Statice Suworowii from W. 

 N. Craig, grou}) of new astilbes in vari- 

 ety from Mount Desert Nurseries and 

 largo specimens of I'etiinia Bar Harbor 

 Bcautv from Henry Eaton, gardener for 

 li. M. Saltonstall. 



Miscellaneous Exliibits. 



The most imposing ojien air (lis|ilay 

 was the rock and water garden of R. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co. This was quite ex- 

 tensive and its construction and plant- 

 ing took several montlis. Tliere was 

 about 100 feet of waterway sjianned by 

 a rustic bridge. In the rock garden 

 were large numbers of rock and alpine 

 plants, in addition to liardy azaleas, 

 eremuri, Lilium regale auil numerous 

 evergreens. The display was awardeii 

 a gold medal. Messrs. Farquhar also 

 had a bed of the new Cliinese conifers. 



William Sim jilanted a large bed with 

 his special strain of pansies. Other l)ed- 

 contained Canterbury l;ells, hydrangeas, 

 standaril geraniums, etc. The Blue Hill 

 Nurseries received a gold medal for a 

 compreliensive collection of conifers in 

 124 varieties, the cypresses, firs, spruces 

 and other families being arianged in 

 groups, r'liilij) L. Carbone had a fine 

 display of garden accessories arranged 

 tastefully among evergreens. Heiiry 

 Penn had a similar disjday. The North 

 Shore Ferneries had a fine collection of 

 garden furniture. 



WiU Continue Two Weeks. 



The exhibition will (!ontinue for at 

 least two weeks and large arc lights give 

 it a charming effect at night. New ex- 

 hibits are promised from day to day. 

 On th<> (q>ening day the weather was 

 showery, but ],.")0() tickets were sold at 

 $5 each, the proceeds being for the Heil 

 Cross. The attendance has been good 

 on succeeding days and the exhibition 

 jiromises to be a great success. James 

 AVheeler made an eflicient manager and 

 in recognition of his services tlie exliilii 

 tion committee awarded liim a well 

 merited ixold medal. 



W. X. C. 



THE HARDY SNAPDRAGONS. 



Deserve More Attention. 



Among the principal genera of Ibi 

 rists' flowering plants, such as alyssuni^, 

 asters, centaureas, chrysantheniinn-, 

 dianthus, sweet peas, ibcris, cinerarias, 

 heli.antlius, ]Hippi»>s, verbenas and 

 cheiranthus, we find the annual as wtll 

 as the perennial type in each genus. It 

 follows that either one or the other wa^ 

 created first, and if either tlie annual oi 

 the ]>erennial is not in cultivation, it is 

 still to be createil, or it lias lieiMi lost 

 ill the i-ciit iirics ]iasf and is (.-xtiiirt oi 

 may be recreated in time to conic. 

 Wiiicli one of the two types was orig 

 inated first we must lca\e to the 

 scientists to detenniiif; most likely tin 

 first was tlie annual. We must give the 

 credit for jierpetuating tlie annuals, as 

 well as the jierennials, to our flower 

 loving ancestors of the ]>ast centuries 

 and, ill more recent times, to the seeds 

 men, prini-i|)ally to those of Europe. 

 Few florists st(q> to gather seeds; that 

 ]iart of the work is left to the seed 

 grower. 



Xhomas Roland's Rose Garden Under Canvas at the Boston Show. 



For Border and Rock Garden. 



Though till' siiapdiagoii lia^ mrt 

 with increasing favor during tlio last 

 few years, tlic perennial fornix ot' it 

 ajipear to have iiccii iieglccti'd and liaxc 

 not been brought to tlie front a^ tiny 

 should lia\'e been. H is not gmiiallv 

 known that there arc two i-lassrs <,t 

 snapilragoiis and that (uie is animal, 

 while the other, known as s('iii|it r\ i icns, 

 is |iereiiiiial and endures the most sc 

 Ncre winters without co\ er. As a lork 

 plant it has U'w equals. The (loii-t i:iii 

 make a goo<l showing with the dit'lcr 

 cut \arieties ot' snapdragons now in the 

 market, hut the hard\- kind is ;i(|;i pt eil 

 to till a s|>ccial demand. It should lie 

 .■id\'ertiscd for use in rock gardens .and 

 liaid\' borders and should be quoted tdr 

 siudl Jiurposes in lllirsel\ ;illd --eecl 

 eatalogues. \Ian\- people who do not 

 (■are ]iarticularl\ 1'or snapdra;ion^ as 

 eiit flowers would plant flieiu in their 

 haidv borders ;nii| roidv earden^, be 



e.-iii-e they ale bright ;ind showy and 

 la--t inoii' than one sc.-ison. 



Propagation and Culture. 



The llowi'is (iT the h;irdy kind aiH' as 

 L-ii'Lie ;i^ those iit' the average greeu- 

 liou--e sn;i pdiaeon, and in the liamls of 



tl Xpert grower all kimls ;ind (-(dors 



will at length be dext'loped. Tlu>y are 

 L;<iod l'(ir iMittine ;ind lia\e better lasting 

 i|iialities than inaii> widl known hardy 

 perennials, sudi ;is the ''anterbiiry bell, 



I'oXgloV I', ili^, etc. 



They ;ire more ea-il>' lo-iqiagateil than 

 the |ililox and llower^ t'roiii seed are true 

 tn cobji. Now iv .-I giiod time to plant 

 thcin lint. They will make good-sized 

 plants by I'nll nnd smni' of them should 

 lie taken up then, or the eiittings should 

 be tjiki'ii eail\ in spring, as soon as the 

 --hoot", are long enough, using the soft 



w I, as with other snapdragon^-. 



\\ A. H, 



The Rock Garden at the Boston Outdoor Exhibition. 



