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The Florists' Review 



Ai'iiir, 14, 1!»21 



r;irf .■iiiil iirw \;iiifl irs. A i-diiscrx at ivc 

 (•>-t iiiiati' 111' the \,iliic of |ilants sluiwii 

 \va> *l(i(i.(iiiO and tlicrc wi'i'i' iiialiy 

 (iiiliiil I'lit liiisia.st ^ li-diii a distaiici'. 

 ()r<lii(|s \ icil with iii-MS in the ]i(iiiular 

 intciTst. Ill till' L'liii fodt yroiip for 

 ]iri\atc ;;i(i\\ ii>, A. < '. Hurrayc, l)(Ui;;las 

 Ki-clcst iin. sn|ic lint cnilrnt , won witli a 

 {^raiol ^ronp. Sonic of his host snh- 

 jrcis wiTc ('atlli'va faliiosa, Cattlrya 

 Sciiidciliiii- anci ('at I leva DiissclilorlTci 

 I'li'lillr; l!i a^sorat t Icyas \'t>itrhii, Sc 

 ilcnii, \ar. Hosaliiiij aini iMiijircss of 

 Hussia; ('attlcyas Triamr allia and 



.Skiiiiicri a!lia; ( )dont o;;hi>siiins rxccl 

 lens. Mrs, II. I,. Chalifonx and Lain 

 lioaniana: ('nloyyiic pandurata; imiiicr 

 (Ills xaiiiiics (ii odoiitiodas and many 

 sti|icrl) cyniliidiuiiis, jiliala-nopsis, on- 

 cidiiiins, iTiiant iicras and otluT s|u'cifs. 

 i'or a l;i'oii|i coxnin;^' Km s<|iiar(' feci 

 idr pri\air ;;ro\\ri's, A. X. ('oolcv, i'itts- 

 ficM. Mass., (tlixci- l/mcs, canlfiicr, led 

 witli a ;;ioiioi;s ;;i-onp, practically cxcry 

 ]dant new or rare. Soiiii' of the best 

 wcri' iJrassocat t leva (^nccn Alexandra, 

 laiij^lcycnsis, Madclinr, Di^liyano- 

 Scliro('(lcrii' and s|icciusa ^jrandis; ('.at- 

 tli'v.'i Triaiia' \ irjiinalc, Cattlrya 

 Triana- allio. ('attlcya Schrocdcra' 

 D.ainty, ('attlc\-a Sidiroi'dcra' allia, ('.at- 

 tlcya liiminosa. ('attlcya Mos,siii' 

 K c i 11 re k i a n a; Soidindadiocatt leva 

 Mense, \;ir. (Miicr.ii .\e\illc and some 

 liiaj,niilic(nt ( )doiito;,Hossiim crispiinv, 

 odontiod.-is and )dia!a'no]isis. 



l''or the .")ii Idol ^roii]), Walter IlnniU' 

 W(dl, T. I), liatlield. superintendent, 

 took l)olli first .'iiid second. His I'vm- 

 llidilinis Were slljierli, some ot' the spikes 

 c;iiiy iii^ ,a^ maii\- as thirty tlowers 

 each, .and he h.ad .a md e\\ ort li \- collec 



la'iio|)sis, (iiicidiiiiiis and reliant luM'US. 



For the KlO-foof uroiiii, .1. T. Hntter- 

 worth captured tirst with wonderful 

 cymlddiniiis, dendroliiums, liVcaste 

 Skiiineri, odonl()<ilossuiiis and cattievas. 



I'\)r twelve specimen orchids, A. ( '. 

 liiirrayi' ^vas first, with K. S. W(d)ster, 

 I'eter Aniidt, j^ardener, an excidleiit 

 second. i'or six plants, .\. ('. liiirra^c 

 won ;iiid was also first and second for 

 liiiti(' siiij^le specimens of ('.attley.a 

 S( hroe(|eiii', c.irrviiif^ l.'iO tlowers, and 

 ('. iSkinneri, with tridde that iiiinilier. 



Special Awards. 



.\m(in>;' the honor.ary .awards for 

 orcliicis were the fcdlowiii;^: Miss ( 'or- 

 ntdi.a Warren, lieiirv Stewart, ^iiirdeiier, 

 h.ad a iirou|i of larj^c sjK'cimen.s of 

 Denilndiiiim iioliile, liea\ily flowered. 

 Silx'er me(l;ils wa're .awarded to the 

 .Inliiis Hoehrs Co. for ;i er.-nid c(dlectioii 

 of odoiitiod.as; to A. N. Cooloy for 

 S()]iliroladioc,attloy;i .\1eiise, var. Oeii- 

 erai .\e\ille; to Miiller Sealey for ;i dis- 

 play of ( 'ypri|iediiini I'awtdsii cut in 

 Heleinm five we(d<s previously; to \. 

 W. I'restoii, .)(diii L. Smith, liardeiier, 

 for IJrassodadiocatt lev.'i Hilda. 



I'irst (d.ass certi|icates of merit wa'iit to 

 A. X. Cooley for Hrassoladiocat tleya, 

 var. Je.an I'(diiie, for ("attlcya Mossia> 

 |{(diiecki;iii;i and Hr.assocatt leva sjie- 

 cios.a fir.aiidis; to A. ( '. Finrrjifjo for 

 Ladioc.at t leya Californi.a, Ladioc.attley.'i 

 iaiiios.a and Miltonia Ilveaiia Flaiii- 

 lie.aii; to .1. T. Itut terwoit h for ('ypri- 

 pediuin .1. T. lint t erworf h ; to E. S. 

 Welister for ( )dontoylossiim lutescelis 

 .and to .1. 1*>. I»nke, Somerville, X. .1., 

 .\rtlinr K. .Miles, ^^'.ardeiier. for < )don- 

 tioila .loan, v.ar. Mrs. il.ardiii;^. .lohii 



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



tion of varieties of I »eiidroldiim nidiile 

 iM.-iiit if 111 ly llowi'i'ed. 



l-'or the L'oii loot ;;ronii of oridiids for 



.\ iriii.i n 11 recei\ed a cert i jic.ate for su 

 perior ciilliiia' of cy niljidiiinis. .\. ( '. 

 linrr.ai^e h.id llo' lie^t c<dlectioii of cut 



coniniercia I jirowers .inliiis ]{oelirs ( 'o., or(lihN. 

 Kntherford, .\. .!., led with ;i beautiful 

 uiou+>7 artistically arranjred. Amoiiji 

 his jilaiits were numerous Cypripedium 

 MaiuliiP and odontiodas, ('attley.a 



The Azalea.s. 



Since C^liiar.atit ine ."." went into I'orce, 

 :i/.ale,as li.axc almost disa p]iear(Ml coni- 

 merciallv, but at the I'.oston shows tli(>v 



Tri.ana^ alba and St'lirocdera' alba. continue to lie biliown in iiniisu.al nun 



brassoc.attleyas in variety and many 

 fine odontoelos.sunis, cymbidiunis, ]ilia- 



bers .and attract ^reat afteiitioii. A 

 ^ronp of o\er Ion jxiiriiine azaleas. 



splendidly flowered, from .Tolin S. Amos, 

 \Villi;mi Swan, su|ieriiitendent, received 

 :i K'l'l'l medal. Th(>v were artistically 

 arraiiHc'd in a small Japanese {harden 

 by H. & ,]. I'ar(|uliar & Co., a wonderful 

 iniproveinent on last year's arrange- 

 ment of the jd.ants from the Arnold 

 .Xrbondum .and I'rof. Sarfjent. 



Charles (riandi'r, superintendent to 

 Trof. C. S. iSarjioiit, liad a s|)len(li(l 

 eidii]) of azaleas, all liis own seedlings. 

 He rec(d\('d silver medals for the v.arie- 

 ties Hilda Hedlund and obtusa alba, 

 siniil.ir to the Kiirumes in size of 

 flower, habit ;iiid floriferousness. A 

 lirst-idass certificate of merit went to 

 I'rof. S.argent for A/,ulea , Tebotan. 

 Walter Ilmiiiewell showed ;i large 

 groii]! of the beautiful, rich yellow 

 azalea, .Miss Louis.a Huniu'wcdl, again 

 one of the great attractions of the 

 show. 



{•'or six s])ecimen azale.as. Miss Cor- 

 nidia Warren 'was first and (ieorge F. 

 Stewart, superintendent to Arthur 

 liyinan, second. These jd.ants averaged 

 four to live feet across. For a single 

 specimen Mr. Stewart won with a huge, 

 beautifully flowered plant of iiidica 

 alba, eight feet across and nearly as 

 high. Miss W'arren 's second prize 

 s])eciinen of the same variety was 

 nearly as large. Finer .azaleas were 

 never shown here. 



The six specimens of Rhododendron 

 Pink Pearl, from .lames .M.arlborough, 

 surp.assed anything ever seen here. 

 .\zale.a Scdilippenbuchii, from th(> same 

 grower, received a sihcr ineilal. 



Miscellaneous Plants and Flowers. 



For twadve .amaryllis, Willi.ani T. 

 Waike, of Salem, won first and second 

 \vitli a fine lot of seedlings. For six 

 cyid.amens, in spite of tlie l.ateiu^ss of 

 the season, some gr.and plants were 

 shown. Peter .\rii(dt won. second going 

 to i;. H. Wetterlow, g.ardener to Mrs. 

 I.estir Lel.and. Henry Stewart was 

 tiist in th<' classes for four genistas, 

 one genista .and six ericas, witli fine 

 specimens. 



Walter It. (iolby, siijierinteiident to 

 i:. -V. Clark, was first for six hyacinths, 

 one ii.aii of hyacinths, six pans of Large 

 truni|iet narcissi, six ji.aiis short trumpet 

 n.arcissi .and the finest bulb display, 

 co\eriiig fifty s(|uare feet. 



Hydraiigi'as were cxcejitionally fine. 

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

 W(dister; second to .Xorbert Bros. For 

 four s( hizaiithus there were several en- 

 tries. .Lames M.arlborough won with 

 jierfect specimens four to five feet 

 .across; F. S. Widister was second. For 

 six Primula m.alacoides, Henry Stewart 

 .and (Jeorge F. Sfew.art won in the order 

 n.anicd. 



I'or an artistic group of flowering 

 and foliage jilants, W.alter II. (!oll>y 

 w.as first, with an exctdleiit .and t.aste- 

 fiilly .air.angecl group, in which st.andard 

 geraniums, roses, meiiiesias, I'utdisia 

 i-oryinbitlora, marguerites .-Mid hydr.aii- 

 ge.as were specially good. I'. K. P.a!mer. 

 who w.as a good second, h.ad a splendid 

 we.altii of' flowering material r.atlier 

 nion- formally arr.angod. The liiilbous 

 ni.iterial. hydrangeas, roses .an<l geiiis- 

 l.i> were ]iart icularly good. 



I'or fifteen s])ikes of .antirrhinums, 

 •S. .1. (iodilard was tirst and INder Ar- 

 nott second. I'or fifty lavender sweet 

 peas, N. F. Coniley won with splendid 

 tlowers; \V. W. Thompson Co. was 

 second. For fifty white sweet peas the 

 W. W. Thomjison Co. was first and N. 

 y. Coniley w.as second. For fifty pink 



