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JULY 17, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



Exhibit of W. Atlee Burpee & O)., Philadelphia, at the Boston Sweet Pea Show, July 12. 



a master hand as a decorator. It occu- 

 pied the center of the main hall and 

 was in the form of a circular garden, 

 entered from four sides, beneath arbors 

 trellised with Countess Spencer sweet 

 peas. All flowers were in small vases, 

 which kept them fresh. In the center 

 a fountain was playing, in the pool 

 stood some aquatic plants of a light, 

 airy nature, and the raised border sur- 

 rounding it was charmingly arranged 

 with sweet peas, the groundwork here 

 and in the outer raised borders being 

 low pans of Selaginella denticulata. 

 Some of the best flowers in this display 

 were Barbara, Etta Dyke, Moneymaker, 

 Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, Thomas Steven- 

 son, Aurora Spencer, Frank Dolby, Bea- 

 trice Spencer and Primrose Spencer. 



The most extensive display of sweet 

 peas, which included 120 varieties, was 

 that put up by Geo. W. Kerr for W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co. in his usual mas- 

 terly manner. Long bamboos at the 

 back contained Helen Lewis, Scarlet 

 ^mpress, America Spencer, Countess 

 Spencer, Vermilion Brilliant, Charles 

 Foster, Thomas Stevenson, White Spen- 

 cer, Mrs. Sankey Spencer, Scarlet Em- 

 Peror, Marie Corelli and Primrose Spen- 

 der. Other fine varieties in this collec- 

 tion were: Irish Belle, Doris Usher, 

 i-ady Evelyn Eyre, King Edward Spen- 

 ^^y Mrs. Eoutzahn Spencer, Florence 

 ^orse Spencer, Florence Nightingale, 

 Barbara, Frank Dolby, Minnie Fumell, 

 iJorothy, Asta Ohn Spencer, Helen Gros- 

 venor, Margaret Madison, Perdita, John 



n{,'nian. Radiance, Beatrice Spencer, St. 

 ^<^orge and Maud Holmes. A new sal- 

 mon rose seedling, Illuminator, was 

 awarded a first-class certificate. The 

 k roup received the gold medal offered 



^^i" the most meritorious display of 

 sweet peas. 



Arthur T. Boddington, who received 

 third prize for the best seedsman's dis- 

 play, had a superb lot of flowers which 

 were fresh until the show closed. Un- 

 fortunately, these were not named and 

 thus lost most of their educational 

 value. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



In addition to sweet peas, there were 

 quite a number of other interesting 

 exhibits. R. & J. Farquhar & Co. showed 

 a large vase of Lilium myriophyllum, 

 also the new scarlet, L. Thayerse, an- 

 other Chinese variety. From John Lewis 

 Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., came some 

 fine gladioli, including Niagara, Mrs. 

 F. Pendleton, Baron Hulot and other 

 good things. B. Hammond Tracy also 

 had a nice show of gladioli. J. T. But- 

 terworth had a fine specimen Epiden- 

 drum prismatocarpum. Julius Roehrs 

 Co. had a table of orchids, as also did 

 W. A. Manda. Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wrii. 

 fully flowered plant of the golden ra- 

 cemed Platyclinis latifolia, which was 

 med Platyclinis latifolia, which was 

 worthy of a cultural certificate rather 

 than a gratuity. She also showed vases 

 of the pink Statice Suworowi. F. J. 

 Dolansky had an excellent lot of cat- 

 tleyas, including Dowiana, gigas, Mossiae 

 and Mendelli. Mrs. Lester Leland had 

 an extensive display of tuberous be- 

 gonias and Mrs. E. M. Gill a nice gen- 

 eral display. 



The Eastern Nurseries had a large 

 bank of herbaceous perennials. Col. F. 

 Mason, hollyhocks; Dr. Kennedy, Jap- 

 anese iris. There were also large dis- 

 plays of sweet peas from W. Whitman, 

 M. Sullivan gardener; Peter Fisher, 

 whose flowers were as fine as the carna- 

 tions he usually shows, and several 

 others. Fruits and vegetables were both 

 well shown. 



Entertainment and Visitors. 



Members of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society and other visitors to the num- 

 ber of sixty were entertained to din- 

 ner given by the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club of Boston, at the Copley 

 Square hotel, July 12. Short addresses 

 were made by President Sim, W. J. 

 Kennedy, president of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club; Geo. B. Dorr, pro- 

 prietor of the Mount Desert Nurseries; 

 Arthur Kirby, A. E. Thatcher, Thomas 

 Roland, W. J. Stewart, W. P. Rich and 

 others. A pleasant evening was passed. 



A few visitors noted were Arthur 

 Kirby, A. T. de la Mare, J. H. Pepper, 

 H. A. Bunyard, New York; Geo. E. 

 Baldwin, James Stuart, Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y.; A. E. Thatcher, Edward Kirk, 

 Geo. B. Dorr, Bar Harbor, Me.; Edwin 

 Jenkins, F. Heeremans, Geo. Foulsham, 

 Lenox, Mass.; Geo. W. Kerr, Doyles- 

 town, Pa.; W. A, Manda, South Orange, 

 N. J.; Wm. Frag, J. Robertson, A. 

 Meikle, C. M. Bogholt, Newport, R. I.; 

 W. Duckham, M. C. Ebel, C. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., and I. S. Hendrickson, 

 Floral Park, N, Y. W. N. Craig. 



PORTLAND SWEET PEA SHOW. 



Portland, famous as the home of the 

 rose, has also the Oregon Sweet Pea 

 Society, which held its third annual 

 exhibition July 8 and 9. The society 

 includes both amateur and professional 

 growers in its membership; the trade 

 took a conspicuous part in the affair 

 and the show was the most successful 

 yet held, both in number of exhibits 

 and variety of blooms. There were sev- 

 enty-five entries, comprising 35,000 

 stems, and in many cases the competi- 

 tion was so keen that the judges, L. G. 

 Pfunder, Albert Rahn and E. T. Mische, 



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