April 14, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



21 



BIG SHOW AT BOSTON 



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BOSTON'S SPRING SHOW. 



Boses and Orchids Features. 



Tlic combined exhibitions of the 

 American Hose Society and Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society brought out 

 a show which eclipsed even the big one 

 held a year ago, when orchids were the 

 star feature. The halls were all incon- 

 veniently crowded with exhibits. The 

 arrangement was most excellent and 

 superior to that seen at any preceding 

 show, while the wide publicity given 

 brought out a record attendance even 

 with an admission fee of $1. More vis- 

 itors from a distance attended than 

 ever before and this in spite of the fact 

 that the season is an unusually ad- 

 vanced one and trade and private 

 growers arc unusually busy. 



The three star features of the show 

 were roses, orchids and azaleas. Eoses 

 were of grand quality, although the 

 hot Aveather preceding the exhibition 

 made it impossible for some New York 

 and New Jersey growers to compete. 

 Orchids were numerous and of magnifi- 

 cent quality. The staging of these 

 brought forth much praise. Visitors 

 considered the showing of these de- 

 cidedly ahead of that seen at the great 

 show in March, 1920. Azaleas were 

 a great feature and it was thought by 

 many that both these and orchids out- 

 classed similar displays made in New 

 York. The advanced season materially 

 reduced the exhibits of acacias, cinera- 

 rias, cyclamens, bulbous plants and 

 sehizanthus, but hydrangeas, rhodo- 

 dendrons, carnations, sweet peas and 

 ericas were fine. 



The Boses. 



Public interest in roses was never at 

 a higher jntch in Boston than during 

 ■.last week, and although the American 

 Rose Society has had larger displays, 

 yetj considering the warm season, the 

 lateness of the show date and other 

 factors, the displays of both plants and 

 cut flowers were wonderfully fine. 



For fifty Mme. Butterfly, there was a 

 strong entry and the Florex Gardens 

 .iust won from the William H. Elliott 

 €o. 



For fifty Crusader, Thomas Roland 

 was first, with the Montgomery Rose 

 Co. a close second. For fifty Russell, 

 the Montgomery Rose Co. won witli 

 perfect flowers. 



For fifty Double Wliite Killarney, 

 Cromwell Gardens won, after a close 

 tussle with Florex Gardens. 



For fifty Frank W. Dunlop. Florex 

 Gardens were the winners. For fifty 

 Hadley, some grand vases were shown. 

 Thomas Roland won with a glorious 

 vase and the Montgomery Rose Co. 

 was second. For fifty Pilgrim, the 

 Montgomery Rose Co. was first witli a 

 beautiful vase. 



For fifty Premier, the Florex Gardens 

 were not "to be denied; Cromwell Gar- 

 dens was second. For fifty Ophelia, 

 the Cromwell Gardens were first and 

 the Bedford Floral Co. was second. For 

 fift}' any other pink variety, Tliomas 



Roland won with handsome Columbia 

 and the Florex Gardens were second. 



Group of Cut Boses. 



April 8 came the competition for a 

 group of cut roses to cover 300 square 

 feet, arranged for effect. Thomas Ro- 

 land won the $500 prize with a grand 

 lot of flowers artistically arranged by 

 B. F. Letson. His varieties included 

 Crusader, Hadley, Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Ophelia, Premier, Columbia, Double 

 White Killarney. Cromwell Gardens 

 were second with a grand collection 

 tastefully arranged by Sidney Hoff- 

 man. A glorious vase of Premier held 

 the place of honor and Columbia, 

 Double White Killarney and Pilgrim 

 were also good. An absence of scarlet 

 and yellowy flowers somewhat handi- 

 capped this beautiful group. 



John H. Dunlop brought along a 

 wonderful vase of Frank W. Dunloj) 

 and received a silver medal for his 

 beautiful new pink seedling. Walter 

 Hunnewell, T. D. Hatfield, superintend- 

 ent, received a silver medal for a 

 group of the new yellow Rosa Hugonis, 

 finely flowered. 



Boland's Bose Garden Wins. 



Thomas Roland received the .$1,00(1 

 jirize for the best rose garden ;md it 

 showed the higliest artistic skill. 

 Tausendschoen roses covered the 

 fences, and these and other climbers, 

 including Paul's Scarlet Climber, 

 adorned the temple-like tea house. 

 Beds of hybrid teas in all the best 

 varieties, including Los Angeles, Mme. 

 Edouard Herriot, Mrs. A. Ward, W. J. 

 Ringe, Pharisaer and some twenty-five 

 other varieties, were all planted in beds; 

 ■•ill the pots were invisible. Some 

 lovely standards of White Dorothy 

 Perkins and trained s])ecimens of 

 Tausendschoen and other varieties 



were used to excellent advantage. The 

 verdant grass paths set the flowers off 

 beautifully. This garden was con- 

 stantly surrounded by an admiring 

 crowd of persons who were busy making 

 notes and copying down the names of 

 varieties shown. 



The Breck-Robinson Co. received a 

 gold medal for a garden sunken and 

 nearly oval in shape, mainly planted 

 with polyantha varieties, with grass 

 paths, neat little rest houses, an elec- 

 tric fountain in the center and suit- 

 able garden furniture. The garden, de- 

 signed by Miss Babcock, of the firm's 

 landscape department, was well con- 

 ceived and received hosts of com- 

 pliments. 



Bose Plants. 



For the best display of rose plants, 

 comprising all classes, Thomas Roland 

 won. For the best display arranged 

 for effect, the W. W. Edgar Co. won, 

 with Thomas Roland a close second. 

 Mr. Roland won with his arbor ar 

 rangement of climbing roses and the 

 W. W. Edgar Co. had the best arch 

 arrangement. Tausendschoen was 



mainly used in both exhibits. 



For three specimen climbing roses, 

 Thomas Roland was first. W. A. Manda 

 had the best group of dwarf polyantha 

 roses. The cut hybrid perpetual roses 

 in the display from James Marlborough, 

 superintendent to Thomas E. Proctor, 

 were of grand quality, especially Frau 

 Karl Druschki, Mrs. Sliarman-Craw- 

 ford, Mrs. John Laing and Magna 

 Cliarta. 



Edward Towill, Roslyii, Pa., sent an 

 excellent vase of American Legion, 

 whit'li received favorable notice. 



The Orchids. 



Tlie orchid display was even finer 

 than a year ago and included many 



Kurume Azaleas Exhibited by John S. Ames at Boston Last Week. 



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