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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 14, 1921 



rure and new varieties. A conservative 

 estimate of the value of plants shown 

 was $100, 000 and tliere were many 

 orehid enthusiasts from a distance. 

 Orchids vied with roses in the popular 

 interest. Jn tlie 200-foot group for 

 private j^rowers, A. C Barrage, Douglas 

 Ke.cleston, superintendent, won with a 

 grand group. Some of his best sub- 

 jects were ("attleya labiosa, Cattleya 

 Schroedera? and Cattleya Dussoldorffei 

 Undine; Brassocattleyas Veitehii, Se- 

 denii, var. Rosalind and Empress of 

 Russia; Cattleyas Triana; alba and 

 Skinneri alba; Odontoglossums excel- 

 lens, Mrs. H. L. Chalifoux and Lam- 

 beauiana; Cculogyne pandurata; numer- 

 ous varieties of odontiodas and many 

 superb cymbidiunis, phalsenopsis, on- 

 cidiums, renantheras and other species. 



For a grou]) covering 100 square feet 

 for private growers, A. N. Cooley, Pitts- 

 field, Mass., Oliver Lines, gardener, led 

 with a glorious group, practically every 

 plant new or rare. Some of the best 

 were Brassocattleya Queen Alexandra, 

 langleyensis, Madeline, Digbyano- 

 Schroedera; and speciosa grandis; Cat- 

 tleya Triana; virginale, Cattleya 

 Trianaj albo, Cattleya SchroedersB 

 Dainty, Cattleya Schroedera; alba, Cat- 

 tleya luminosa, Cattleya Mossise 

 Reineckiana; Sophrolteliocattleya 

 Meusc, var. General Neville and some 

 magnificent Odontoglossum crispum, 

 odontiodas and phala^nopsis. 



For the nO-foot group, Walter Hunne- 

 woll, T. D. Hatfield, superintendent, 

 took both first and second. His cym- 

 bidiums were superb, some of the spikes 

 carrying as many as thirty flowers 

 each, and he had a noteworthy collec- 



Iffinopsis, oncidiums and renantheras. 



For the 100-foot group, J. T. Butter- 

 worth captured first with wonderful 

 cymbidiunis, dendrobiums, Lycaste 

 Skinneri, odontoglossums and cattleyas. 



For twelve specimen orchids, A. C. 

 Barrage was first, with E. S. Webster, 

 Peter A]:nott, gardener, an excellent 

 second. For six plants, A. C. Barrage 

 won and was also first and second for 

 huge single specimens of Cattleya 

 Schroederse, carrying 150 flowers, and 

 C. Skinneri, with treble that number. 



Special Awards. 



Among the honorary awards for 

 orchids were the following: Miss Cor- 

 nelia Warren, Henry Stewart, gardener, 

 had a group of large specimens of 

 Dendrobium nobile, heavily flowered. 

 Silver medals were awarded to the 

 Julius Roehrs Co. for a grand collection 

 of odontiodas; to A. N. Cooley for 

 Sophrolseliocattleya Meuse, var. Gen- 

 eral Neville; to Muller Sealey for a dis- 

 play of Cypripedium Pawelsii cut in 

 Belgium five weeks previously; to A. 

 W. Preston, John L. Smith, gardener, 

 for Brassodaeliocattleya Hilda. 



First-class certificates of merit went to 

 A. N. Cooley for Brassola^liocattleya, 

 var. Jean Potine, for Cattleya MossisB 

 Reineckiana and Brassocattleya spe- 

 ciosa grandis; to A. C. Barrage for 

 Laeliocattleya California, Lseliocattleya 

 labiosa and Miltonia Hyeana Flam- 

 beau; to J. T. Butterworth for Cypri- 

 pedium J. T. Butterworth; to E. S. 

 Webster for Odontoglossum lutescens 

 and to J. B. Duke, Somerville, N. J., 

 Arthur B. Miles, gardener, for Odon- 

 tioda Joan, var. Mrs. Harding. John 



Thomas Roland's Rose Gardens at the Boston Show Last Week. 



tion of varieties of Dendrobium nobile, 

 beautifully flowered. 



For the' 200-foot group of orchids for 

 commercial growers Julius Roehrs Co., 

 Rutherford, N. J., led with a beautiful 

 group, artistically arranged. Among 

 his plants were numerous Cypripedium 

 Maudise and odontiodas, Cattleya 

 Triana; alba and Schroederfie alba, 

 brassocattleyas in variety and many 

 fine odontoglossums, cymbidiums, pha- 



Aff'mann received a certificate for su- 

 perior culture of cymbidiums. A. C. 

 Burrage had the best collection of cut 

 orchids. 



The Azaleas. 



Since Quarantine 37 went into force, 

 azaleas have almost disappeared com- 

 mercially, but at tlie Boston shows they 

 continue to be shown in unusual num- 

 bers and attract great attention. A 

 grouj) of over 100 Kurume azaleas. 



splendidly flowered, from John 8. Ames, 

 William Swan, superintendent, received 

 a gold medal. They were artistically 

 arranged in a small Japanese garden 

 by R. & J. Farquhar & Co., a wonderful 

 improvement on last year's arrange- 

 ment of the plants from the Arnold 

 Arboretum and Prof. Sargent. 



Charles Sander, superintendent to 

 Prof. C. S. Sargent, had a splendid 

 group of azaleas, all his own seedlings. 

 He received silver medals for the varie- 

 ties Hilda Hedlund and obtusa alba, 

 similar to the Kurumes in size of 

 flower, habit and floriferousness. A 

 first-class certificate of merit went to 

 Prof. Sargent for Azalea "Tebotan. 

 Walter Hunnewell showed a large 

 group of the beautiful, rich yellow 

 azalea. Miss Louisa Hunnewell, again 

 one of the great attractions of the 

 show. 



For six specimen azaleas. Miss Cor- 

 nelia Warren was first and George F. 

 Stewart, superintendent to Arthur 

 Lyman, second. These plants averaged 

 four to five feet across. For a single 

 specimen Mr. Stewart won with a huge, 

 beautifully flowered plant of indica 

 alba, eigljt feet across and nearly as 

 high. Miss Warren 's second prize 

 specimen of the same variety was 

 nearly as large. Finer azaleas were 

 never shown here. 



The six specimens of Rhododendron 

 Pink Pearl, from James Marlborough, 

 surpassed anything ever seen here. 

 Azalea Schlippenbuchii, from the same 

 grower, received a silver medal. 



Miscellaneous Plants and Flowers. 



For twelve amaryllis, William T. 

 Walke, of Salem, won first and second 

 with a fine lot of seedlings. For six 

 cyclamens, in spite of the lateness of 

 the season, some grand plants were 

 shown. Peter Arnott won, second going 

 to E. H. Wetterlow, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lester Leland. Henry Stewart was 

 first in the classes for four genistas, 

 one genista and six ericas, with fine 

 specimens. 



Walter H. Golby, superintendent to 

 E. A. Clark, was first for six hyacinths, 

 one pan of hyacinths, six pans of large 

 trumpet narcissi, six pans short trumpet 

 narcissi and the finest bulb display, 

 covering fifty square feet. 



Hydrangeas were exceptionally fine. 

 For six plants, first prize went to E. S. 

 Webster; second to Norbert Bros. For 

 four schizanthus there were several en- 

 tries. James Marlborough won with 

 perfect specimens four to five feet 

 across; E. S. Webster was second. For 

 six Primula malacoides, Henry Stewart 

 and George F. Stewart won in the order 

 named. 



For an artistic group of flowering 

 and foliage plants, Walter H. Golby 

 was first, with an excellent and taste- 

 fully arranged group, in which standard 

 geraniums, roses, mcmesias, Fuchsia 

 corynibiflora, marguerites and hydran- 

 geas were specially good. F. E. Palmer, 

 who was a good second, had a splendid 

 wealth of flowering material rather 

 more formally arranged. The bulbous 

 material, hydrangeas, roses and genis- 

 tas wore particularly good. 



For fifteen spikes of antirrhinums, 

 R. J. Goddard was first and Peter Ar- 

 nott second. For fifty lavender sweet 

 peas, N. F. Comley won with splendid 

 flowers; W. W. Thompson Co. was 

 second. For fifty white sweet peas the 

 W. W. Thompson Co. was first and N. 

 F. Comley was second. For fifty pink 



