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The Florists' Review 



29 



Vases of Chrysanthemums Arranged for Effect, a Feature of the Boston Exhibition. 



ited. This display received a bronze 

 medal. 



Winterson's Seed Store had au ex- 

 cellent display of foliage plants of 

 various kinds, which filled one corner 

 of the room. This was awarded a bronze 

 medal. 



In addition to his singles, Chas. H. 

 Totty showed specimen blooms of his 

 new large-flowering varieties, Mrs. J. 

 Purroy Mitchell, Baldwin, Woodside, 

 Mrs. A. S. Watt and Earl Kitchener. 



Not only were the retailers repre- 

 sented iu the list of awards, but the 

 Ernst Wienhoeber Co. brought to the 

 public's attention the retailer's art by 

 having two of its representatives make 

 up baskets of various kinds with single 

 and pompon chrysanthemums. The 

 tasteful arrangements caught the eyes 

 of the visitors. 



The judges were N. J. Wietor, Guy 

 French and George Asmus. C. W. John- 

 son was manager. 



BOSTON. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



While the big blooms and specimen 

 plants were not so much in evidence at 

 the show which opened in Boston, No- 

 vember o, interest in them having de- 

 clined, tlipre was a better show than a 

 year jigo. Specimen blooms wore more 

 largely shown and of much better qual- 

 ity. Single chrysanthemums were splen- 

 did; so were the orchid groups. The 

 groups of flowering and foliage plants 

 showed a marked improvement, and 

 begonias were numerously shown. Re- 

 tailers were out in force, there being 

 eleven entries for the best table decora- 

 tion. The new class for vases arranged 

 tor effect also proved popular. No new 

 chrysanthemums wore shown, althougli 

 there were many inquiries for them, and 

 there were no trade groups from a dis- 

 tance. The attendance of gardeners and 

 florists was as large as ever, but the 

 general public did not patronize it so 

 well as usual, perhaps because there 

 '^ m> "° sensational feature. 



The principal awards were: 



F '^ov*^e«Tln»r?'^W t'^enty five varletles-D. 



F. S. Vallis, Mrs. Gilbert Drabble, Mrs. W. 

 nuekham, Onunda, Elberon, Leila Flllslns, Rose 

 Pockett, I.conle Cliandler, Marquis Venusta, 

 Clieltoiil. W. Turner, Wni. Mease, Daily Mail, 

 Annie L. Angns, Meudon, Mrs. R. D. Foote, 

 Viscount (le Venusta, Miss Alice Finch, Alice ' 

 Lemon, I'ockett's Surprise, Tarrytown and Mary 

 Mason; E. H. Wetterlow, gardener to Mrs. Lester 

 Leland, second; A. E. Griffin, gardener to G. L. 

 Stone, third. 



Twelve blooms, Japanese — Alex. McKay, gar- 

 dener to E. A. Clark, first, with Glen Cove, Mrs. 



G. Drabble, Col. Appleton, Mrs. J. C. Nelll, C. II. 

 Totty, W. Turner, Mrs. W. Duckham, Bronxe 

 Brighthurst, Ursula Grlswold, Mrs. G. C. Kelley, 

 White Quittenton and Wells' Late Pink; A. E. 

 Griffin, second; D. F. Roy, third. 



Twelve Japanese incurved — D. F. Roy, first, 

 with Miss Alice Finch, Viscount de Venusta, 

 Mile. Jossier, Mrs. Geo. Hunt, Win. Turner. 

 R. F. F'elton, Ethel Fitzroy, Mrs. Partridge, 

 Wm. Duckham, Pockett's Surprise, Mrs. G. 

 Drabble and President Taft; E. Townsend, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Lathrop Brown, second. 



*^welve Japanese reflexed — D. F. Roy, first, 

 wit\ Mr9,^_^Hen8haw, Leila Fllkins, Reginald 

 Valinp, ^^scShint do Venusta, Mrs. J. E. Dunne, 

 ClielAun, iMihdon, Gertrude Peers. Win. Mease, 

 Mrs. G. Heaume and J. W. Molyneux; E. Town- 

 send, second. 



Twelve sprays, anemone— Frank P. Putnam, 

 first. 



Twelve sprays, pompons— F. P. Putnam,, first; 

 E. K. Butler, second. 



Twenty-five vase.-i, sinsle- F. P. Putnam, first; 

 Geo. Page, gardener to Mrs. Frederick Aver, 

 second. 



Ten blooms, pink — H. W. Vose, first, with 

 Chieftain; W. .S. Russell, second: Fred E. Palmer, 

 third. 



Ten bloom.s, white— .\lex. McKay, first, with 

 William Turner; Alex. McKay, second, with 

 splendid Merza; W. S. Russell, third, with 

 Turner. 



Ten l)looms, yellow— Alex. McKay, first, witli 

 .\ppleton; W. S. Russell, second; E. Townsend. 

 third. 



Ten blooms, red — E. A. Clark, first, witli 

 Leslie Morrison; W. S. Ru.sseli, second; W. W. 

 Kdgar Co.. third. 



Vase of Mrs. Jerome Jones — W. S. Russell, 

 first; C. O. Sias, 8( cond. 



Four specimen plants — W. Watson, gardener 

 to J. S. Palley, first. 



Two specimen plants — W. Watson, first. 



One specimen plant— A. M. Davenport, first. 



Best specimen plant in show— A. .M. Daven- 

 port, silver medal. 



Twenty-five commercially grown plants — W. H. 

 Klllott, first and second. 



Twelve slnsle-flowered plants — Wm. Thatcher 

 gardener to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, first. 



Six plants, six varieties, six flnwi rs to a plant 

 — E. H. Wetterlow. first and second. 



Two kentias -Geo. Page, first: Wm. Thatcher, 

 seeond; M. Sullivan, gardener to W. Whitman' 

 third. 



Arecas— Geo. Page, first; M. Sullivan, second 

 .'ind third. 



Specimen palm — M. Sullivan, first. 



Group of flowering and foliage plants, covering 

 :!00 square f. et— W. W. Edgar Co., first, with 

 iin excellent group. 



Group covering l.'O square feet— W. W Edgar 

 Co.. first: Wm. Thatcher, second. 



Orchids, heKtf table, at least six genera— F J 

 Dolansky. first: J. T. Buttc-worth, second 



Specimen orchid- F. J. Dolansky, first, with 

 Cyprlpedl im Harrlslanum; .T. T. Ratt^rworth 

 second, with Cuttl-ya lahlatn; F. J. Polanskj' 

 third, with Cattleya labiata. "".ansKy, 



Carnations, six Tases, fifty blooms each — 

 A. A. Pembroke, first, with splendid Pink De- 

 light, Gorgt>ous, White Enchantress, Champion, 

 Benora and Princess Dagmar; S. J. Goddard, 

 second, with an almost equally good lot of 

 Yellowstone, Champion, Benora, Pink Delight, 

 White Perfection and Gloriosa. 



One hundred carnations, mixed — A. A. Pem- 

 broke, first; S. J. Goddard, second. 



Fifty carnations, mfxed — A. A. Pembroke, 

 first; C. S. Strout, second. 



Twenty-five carnations, mixed, private gar- 

 denets — Geo. Page, first; C. O. Sias, second. 



Table decoration for eight covers, featuring 

 chrysanthemums— F. E. Palmer, first, with single 

 pink chrysanthemum W. Buckingham and Bou- 

 vardla Humboldtil; S. HofTman, second, with 

 Garza mums and Cedle Brunner roses; Wax 

 Bros., third, with bronze pompon mums. There 

 were eleven tables entered. 



Most artistic vase of chrysanthemums, with 

 any foliage— W. W. Edgar Co., first, with yellows 

 and red oak foliage; W. W. Edsiar Co., second, 

 with white flowers and oak foliage; Mrs. J. C. 

 Phillips, third. 



Three plants of Begonia Glolre de Lorraine — 

 E. H. Wetterlow. first; Alex. McKay, second; 

 W. W. Edgar Co.. third. 



Three plants of Begonia Glory of Cincinnati— 

 K. H. Wetterlow, first; W. W. Edgar Co., second. 



The Waban Rose Conservatories re- 

 ceived a silver medal for a beautiful 

 vase of the new rose, Mrs. Moorfield 

 Storey. A similar award went to Wil- 

 liam Downs for three grand plants of 

 the rich English winter-flowering be- 

 gonia, Mrs. Heal. If commercial grow- 

 ers would take this up, it should make a 

 grand Christmas plant. Farquhar & Co. 

 received a silver medal for a large and 

 well arranged group of flowering plants, 

 and the same recognition might well 

 have been given a grand display of sin- 

 gle anemone and pompon mums from 

 T'"- P.] Putnam, mostly seedlings. A 

 gratuity was awarded. 



Peter Fisher received a first-class cer- 

 tificate for Carnation Alice, and E. H. 

 Wetterlow a cultural certificate for 

 Begonia Turnford Hall. He also had 

 other good begonias. E. J. Norman had 

 a display of seedliflg chrysanthemums. 

 Thomas T. Walt had an interesting table 

 of platyceriums, statices, medinillas .tnd 

 other plants. Breck-Robinson Co. had a 

 good group of flowering and foliage 

 plants, as had Fred Becker. Edward 

 MacMulkin had floral decorations, and 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill dipladenias and alla- 

 mandas. 



Littlefield & Wyman received honora- 

 ble mention for their new Winsor-colored 

 carnation seedling. It stood up nicely 

 right through the show. Edward Wink- 



