Ai'itil- 14, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



23 



sweet peiiH the W. W. Tlioinpsoii Co. 

 w;is first, with Zvolanek 's Kose, .-iiul W. 

 W. 'rh()iii|)so)i Co. was seeoml, with 

 l{ose (^ueeii. 



Specimen Blooming Plants. 



For any otlier variety specimen (ilaiit 

 ill lilooiii, Mrs. N. M. IJryant, Waltiiain, 

 VVilliaiii Heaeli, }X!'r<l'""t'J'i was first 

 with a iiias'nifieeilt Jieriiaceoiis calceo- 

 laria anil second went to Henry Stew 

 art, with Chorizenia ilicif'oliiiiii. 



Mrs. C. (1. Weill had a fine j^roup of 

 spei-inien cyclamens ami lari^e mar- 

 guerites. X. T. Kidder showed some 

 interesting; tloweriiiff plants, of which 

 Senecio niiilt ibracteata, with lovely 

 jiiiiK' flowers, was .specially {rood. The 

 W. \V. Ivlyar Co. received a cultural 

 certificate for Liliuni candidiim. Mr.^i. 

 \V. ]{. Cross had a collection of sweet 

 j)eas and Brigid anemones. Mrs. J. M. 

 Sears had camellias, francisceas, 

 {Treeiihouse vincas and petunias. 



Wollrath & Sons liad ;i nice group 

 of Saintpaulia ionantha, and Mrs. li. 

 K. Farr one of her new hegonias. 

 Walter Hunnewell had fine specimens 

 of Frica nielanthera. W. N. Craijif 

 showed a collection of narcissi in vases, 

 such as Van Waveren's Giant, King 

 Alfred, liUcifcr and others. Walter 

 Hunnewell had a group of the white- 

 flowered Choisya ternata. 



Splendid Begonias. 



J. A. Peterson & Son, of Westwood, 

 Cincinnati, ()., showed excellent ])lants 

 of their begonias, smothered with 

 bloom. Peerless, Mrs. Peterson, Melior 

 and Cincinnati. Prof. Sargent was 

 awarded a first-class certificate f()r 

 Taiwani.-i cryjttomerioides from the 

 island of I'oriiiosa, simil;ir to Araiicaria 

 excidsa in haiiit, imt it is more sjiiny 

 and th(> bramdies .•ire more pendulous. 

 Jt attains a lieight of '2r,0 feet in its 

 native habitat. Charles Sander was 

 awarded a gold medal for his i>eautifiil 

 group of Azalea Saiideri. William 

 J{each was awarded a cultural certifi- 

 cate for superb herbaceous calceolarias, 

 four feet in diameter. 



K. & .r. Farquliar & 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 

 K. Coniley for a tasteful display, while 

 fhe Post on 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 arranges! for 

 'fleet, covering 100 square feet, William 

 •■-^iMi was first, with a splendid lot of 

 flowers artistically set uj) and includ- 

 ing handsome vases or bask(>ts of 

 Twaddle. Rosalia, Kosettc, Prlle Wash- 

 burn, I'ink Delight, White D.diglit, (lay 

 Cordon, Mrs. (irace Coolidge, Penora, 

 Kuth Paur, Aviator and other good 

 sorts. 



For v.asc of crimson, W. 1>. Howard 

 won with Perftico. For light pink, 

 Coombs, of Hartford, won with Laddie 

 and second went to Willi.im Sim with 

 the same variety. For dark ]iink, W. 

 I). Howard led with Mrs. Ward and 

 second went to William Sim, with 

 Posalia. William Sim and W. D. 

 Howard led in fhe order named for 

 scarlet, both showing Pelle Washliuru. 



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



Kor \ariegateil, William Sim won, with 

 W. 1). Howard second, both with 

 Henora. For white, William Sim again 

 won, with splendid White Penora, and 

 second went to W. 1). Howard, with 

 Matchless. For any other color, R. K. 

 Wadswortli & Co. won with its new 

 \ariety. Dawn, whiidi showed up well. 



Stroiit 's, of Piddeford, ]\Ie., had a 

 fine dis])]ay, not for competition, of 

 White Didight, Donald and other tine 

 vari(>ties. William Sim received a 

 silver medal for iMrs. Grace Coolidge, 

 formerly named Fairy, renamed in 

 honor of the wife of \'ice-iiresident 

 Coididge. This variety attracted more 

 attention than any other sort but 

 liaililie. S. .T. Godil.-inl receiv(>d lionor- 

 .'ible mention for Haiijiy Day, :nid H. A. 

 Stevens the same for Princess Patricia. 



S. .T. fJoddard secured the nniipie 

 award of a gold medal for a magnifi- 

 cent v.ase of Laddie, the finest flowers 

 in-er stiiged here of even this tine 

 variety. This is the first time. 1 be 

 lieve, that this high awjird has ever 

 been given here for a carnation. 



The (dosing ilay of the show found 

 roses staged at the o|iening in v.'istlv 

 better condition th;in carnations. 

 .Many of the latter were asleep, while 

 few roses li.'iil e\en ilro]iped ;iii\- 

 pet.-ils. 



Lectures. 



Tile lectures given under the ailspires 



fpf the American Hose Society ;ittr;icted 

 large •■iiidiences each d;iy to the base 

 irieiit lecture roimi. Ajiril (i. Kniiert 

 l'\le had .-111 .■ludiellre of o\er -Hfl. 



-\prii 7 .r. Horace McFarlaiid had .'iii 

 eijiially large crow.l to en Jov his ^ter 

 eoptii-oii talk (III ' ■ K'ose (iardeiis in 

 Kiirope .■mil America." C. H. Tottv 

 had ;i full house .\pril '^. to lie.ir his 



comments on roses in I'rai (lre,-it 



P>rit;iin and Aineric'i. ].riiited else 



where ill this issue. 



April '.( W. X. Craig spnke to ;i 

 crowded atid ;itteiiti\c audience on 

 "Suggestions on Hardy Hose Culture 

 for Xew Fngl.'ind." He gave ;i list of 

 reli.able hybrid perpetuals, hybrid teas. 

 ]ioly;inthas. r;niiblers and oth(>r types 

 and descrilied the soil to y)lant them in. 

 pruning, winter protection, fighting 



iiisei-ts .-iiid iliseases and other phases 

 of h.iidy rose culture. .Vlimerous qiies- 

 tioiis were askeil liy ;in interested au- 

 dience. 



.\pril 10 P. I', i.etson. of Carboih's, 

 ga\e a line lecture on " ' I'lower Ar- 

 rangeiiieiits, " ' with ]U'act ic.al demon- 

 str.atioiis which |iiii\eil most intecest- 

 iiig and instructive. Mr. Letson took 

 the jdace of F. .\. W.iiigh, who had been 

 sidieiluled to lecture on '*l?auilder 

 Hoses for Xew I'liigl.'iinl fiardeiis.'" 



The lectures all ]n'o\ eel woinbrfully 

 successful and this liraiich of educa- 

 tional work is to be continued on sea- 

 sonalile flowers .-it all succeeding 

 exhibit ions of the .Mass.-ichiisetts llorti- 

 ciilt lira! Soeii'tv in I'lL'l. W . \. C. 



SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AT BOSTON. 



Bnrrage Entertains. 



()n the opening d;i\' of the exhibit ion 

 I'resideiit -Mliert C. Hurrage enfer- 

 tained fifty of the judges, exhibitors 

 .•ind leading \ isitors .at ;i liufTet lunch 

 serxeil in the lilir.'iry of the society, 

 whiidi wa> imicli a p]irec iated. 



Rose Dinner. 



()ll llie e\eliilig lit' the opening day 

 the ;iHied interests ol Poston g,i\e ."l 

 lonipliineiit ar\' dinner at the P/irker 

 House to seventy five visiting rosarians 

 ;ind III hers. .V siilendid dinner was 

 -served, .ifter which dudge ( '. W. Iloitt, 

 acting ;is toastmaster, gave the toasts 

 of the .\iiierican Pose Society .and 

 .\I a>~>,ichiiset ts Horticultural Society. 



The lirst s|ieaker, Robert I'yle, suit- 

 ■•iMv respoiidi'd tdr the .\m(^rican Kose 

 Society ,'ind iirgei] stronger support 

 I'rom the commercial rose growers. 

 Albert ( '. Purr;igi\ who received ,l 

 warm welcome, respoiided t'nr flu- 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 .•mil made ,a. s[iecial |ile;i for the jireser- 

 vatioM and j>er|iet ii;it ion of ii;itive 

 orchids .•ind other plants. 



W. N. ('r.iig spoke for th(> jirofes- 

 sioiial gardeners and criticized the 

 commercial growers, saying they get 

 f;ir less out ot' I ill- when they grow a 



