April 14, 1921 



The Ronsts' Review 



23 



sweet peas the W. W. Thompson Co. 

 was first, with Zvolanek's Eose, and W. 

 W. Thompson Co. was second, with 

 Rose Queen. 



Specimen Blooming Plants. 



For any other variety specimen plant 

 in bloom, Mrs. N. M. Bryant, Waltham, 

 William Reach, gardener, was first 

 with a magnificent herbaceous calceo- 

 laria and second went to Henry Stew- 

 art, with Chorizema ilicifolium. 



Mrs. C. G. Weld had a fine group of 

 specimen cyclamens and large mar- 

 guerites. N. T. Kidder showed some 

 interesting flowering plants, of which 

 Senecio multibracteata, with lovely 

 pink flowers, was specially good. The 

 W. W. Edgar Co. received a cultural 

 certificate for Lilium candidum. Mrs. 

 W. R. Cross had a collection of sweet 

 peas and Brigid anemones. Mrs. J. M. 

 Sears had camellias, francisceas, 

 greenhouse vincas and petunias. 



Wollrath & Sons had a nice group 

 of Saintpaulia ionantha, and Mrs. B. 

 K. Farr one of her new begonias. 

 Walter Hunnewell had fine specimens 

 of Erica melanthera. W. N. Craig 

 showed a collection of narcissi in vases, 

 such as Van Waveren's Giant, King 

 Alfred, Lucifer and others. Walter 

 Hunnewell ha^l a group of the white- 

 flowered Choisya ternata. 



Splendid Begonias. 



J. A. Peterson & Son, of Westwood, 

 Cincinnati, O., showed excellent plants 

 of their begonias, smothered with 

 bloom, Peerless, Mrs. Peterson, Melior 

 and Cincinnati. Prof. Sargent was 

 awarded a first-class certificate for 

 Taiwania cryptomerioides from the 

 island of Formosa, similar to Araucaria 

 excelsa in habit, but it is more spiny 

 and the branches are more pendulous. 

 It attains a height of 250 feet in its 

 native habitat. Charles Sander was 

 awarded a gold medal for his beautiful 

 group of Azalea Sanderi. William 

 Reach was awarded a cultural 'certifi- 

 cate for superb herbaceous calceolarias, 

 four feet in diameter. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. contributed 

 a bed of polyanthus with a group of 

 well flowered kalmias in the center and 

 a border of verdant turf. 



Among the retailers, Penn the Florist 

 made an attractive showing of baskets, 

 vases, etc., arranged suitably for home 

 decorations, and was awarded a silver 

 medal. A similar award went to Henry 

 R. Comley for a tasteful display, while 

 the Boston Cut Flower Co. received a 

 bronze medal for a handsome basket 

 of roses. 



The Carnations. 



There was an excellent show of car- 

 nations. For a group arranged for 

 effect, covering 100 square feet, William 

 Sim was first, with a splendid lot of 

 flowers artistically set up and includ- 

 ing handsome vases or baskets of 

 Laddie, Rosalia, Rosette, Belle Wash- 

 burn, Pink Delight, White Delight, Gay 

 Gordon, Mrs. Grace Coolidge, Benora, 

 Ruth Baur, Aviator and other good 

 sorts. 



For vase of crimson, W. D. Howard 

 won with Bernice. For light pink, 

 Coombs, of Hartford, won with Laddie 

 and second went to William Sim with 

 the same variety. For dark pink, W. 

 D. Howard led with Mrs. Ward and 

 second went to William Sim, with 

 Rosalia. William Sim and W. D. 

 Howard led in the order named for 

 scarlet, both showing Belle Washburn. 



Orchid Exhibit Staged by A. C. Burrage at the Boston Show. 



For variegated, William Sim won, with 

 W. D. Howard second, both with 

 Benora. For white, William Sim again 

 won, with splendid White Benora, and 

 second went to W. D. Howard, with 

 Matchless. For any' other color, R. E. 

 Wadsworth & Co. won with its new 

 variety. Dawn, which showed up well. 



Strout's, of Biddeford, Me., had a 

 fine display, not for competition, of 

 White Delight, Donald and other fine 

 ■ varieties. William Sim received a 

 silver medal for Mrs. Grace Coolidge, 

 formerly named Fairy, renamed in 

 honor of the wife of Vice-president 

 Coolidge. This variety attracted more 

 attention than any other sort but 

 Laddie. S. J. Goddard received honor- 

 able mention for Happy Day, and H. A. 

 Stevens the same for Princess Patricia. 



S. J. Goddard secured the unique 

 award of a gold medal for a magnifi- 

 cent vase of Laddie, the finest flowers 

 ever staged here of even this fine 

 variety. This is the first time, I be- 

 lieve, that this high award has ever 

 been given here for a carnation. 



The closing day of the show found 

 roses staged at the opening in vastly 

 better condition than carnations. 

 Many of the latter were asleep, while 

 few roses had even dropped any 

 petals. 



Lectures. 



The lectures given under the auspices 

 of the American Rose Society attracted 

 large audiences each day to the base- 

 ment lecture room. April 6, Robert 

 Pyle had an audience of over 200. 

 April 7 J. Horace McFarland had an 

 equally large crowd to enjoy his stor- 

 coptieon talk on "Rose Gardens in 

 Europe and America." C. H. Totty 

 had a full house April 8, to hear his 

 comments on roses in Franco, Great 

 Britain and America, printed else- 

 where in this issue. 



April 9 W. N. Craig spoke to a 

 crowded and attentive andience on 

 "Suggestions on Hardy Rose Culture 

 for New England." Ho gave a list of 

 reliable hybrid perpetuals, hybrid teas, 

 polyanthas, ramblers and other types 

 and described the soil to plant them in, 

 pruning, winter protection, fighting 



insects and diseases and other phases 

 of hardy rose culture. Numerous ques- 

 tions were asked by an interested au- 

 dience. 



April 10 B. F. Letson, of Carbone's, 

 gave a fine lecture on "Flower Ar- 

 rangements," with practical demon- 

 strations which proved most interest- 

 ing and instructive. Mr. Letson took 

 the place of F. A. Waugh, who had been 

 scheduled to lecture on "Rambler 

 Roses for New England Gardens." 



The lectures all proved wonderfully 

 successful and this branch of educa- 

 tional work is to be continued on sea- 

 sonable flowers at all succeeding 

 exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society in 1921. W. N. C. 



SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AT BOSTON. 



Burrage Entertains. 



On the opening day of the exhibition 

 President Albert C. Burrage enter- 

 tained fifty of the judges, exhibitors 

 and leading visitors at a buffet lunch 

 served in the library of the society, 

 which was much appreciated. 



Rose Dinner. 



On the evening of the opening day 

 the allied interests of Boston gave a 

 complimentary dinner at the Parker 

 House to seventy-five visiting rosarians 

 and others. A splendid dinner wap 

 served, after which Judge C. W. Hoitt, 

 acting as toastmaster, gave the toasts 

 of the American Rose Society and 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



The first speaker, Robert Pyle, suit- 

 ably responded for the American Rose 

 Society and urged stronger support 

 from the commercial rose growers. 

 Albert C. Burrage, who received a 

 warm welcome, responded for the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and made a special plea for the preser- 

 vation and perpetuation of native 

 orchids and other plants. 



W. N. Craig spoke for the profes- 

 sional gardeners and criticized the 

 commercial growers, saying they get 

 far less out of life when they grow a 



