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Orchid Exhibits of F. J. Dolansky and the C. G. Weld Estate at the Boston Spring Show. 



Sweepstakes — M. H. Walsh. 



Mantel decoration — Penn, the Florist, first, with 

 a beautiful mantel of Ophelia; S. Hoffman, sec- 

 ond, with bougainTlllea. There were five entries 

 in this class. 



Fifty Klllamey — Jos. Heacock Co., first; Waban 

 Rose Conservatories, second. 



Fifty White Klllarney— A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 first; Jos. Heacock Co., second. 



Fifty Mrs. Aaron Ward— A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 first; S. J. Renter & Son, second. 



Specimen pink rambler — M. H. Walsh, first 

 and second, with Hiawatha and Lady Oay re- 

 spectively. 



Hiawatha, specimen plant — M. H. Walsh, first. 



Collection of hybrid perpetuals, teas, hybrid 

 teas, polyanthas, twenty -five plants, not less than 

 six varieties — W. W. Edgar Co., first. 



Fifty Mrs. Taft— S. J. Renter & Son, first. 



Fifty any other disseminated pink variety — 

 Jos. Heocock Co., first. 



Visitors. 



Among the visitors noted at the Bos- 

 ton meeting were: W. F. Gude, A, Gude 

 and F, L. Mulford, of Washington, 

 D. C; L. J. Renter, Westerly, R. I.; 

 B. Hammond, Beacon, N. Y.; Prof. A. C. 

 Beal, Ithaca, N. Y.; Judge Hoitt, 

 Nashua, N. H.; S. S. Pennoclc, Phila- 

 delphia; David Pritchard, Bedford 

 Hills; Martin Samtman and Joseph S. 

 Myers, Chestnut Hill, Pa.; A. Cum- 

 mings, Hartford; S. S. Skidelsky, Phila- 

 delphia; D. MacRorie, San Francisco; 

 H. O. May, Summit, N. J.; Malcolm 

 Franklin, Philadelphia; James Heacock 

 and Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., and 

 W. R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 



THE BOSTON SPRING SHOW. 



Sets a Record. 

 The spring exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, running 

 from March 18 to 21, shattered all rec- 

 ords for the quality and number of ex- 

 hibits and attendance, and set a new 

 high-water mark which it will be diffi- 

 cult to pass. Visitors from a distance 

 were unanimous in commending the 

 splendid quality of the exhibits and the 

 tasteful arrangement. The plants and 

 cut flowers were so numerous that they 

 were unduly crowded. In fact, so great 

 was the demand for space that some 

 could not be accommodated at all, some- 

 thing new in Boston, and I have never 



seen such enthusiasm for an exhibition 

 as the one just closed, although, with 

 the exception of a few vases of roses, 

 all the exhibits came from within twen- 

 ty miles of Boston. 



I doubt if any finer lot of hard- 

 wooded plants have been staged at any 

 show in America. Orchids were shown 

 in great numbers. Bulbous plants were 

 grand; so were cyclamens. In fact, 

 there was nothing poor in the whole 

 show. 



The great feature in the main ex- 

 hibition hall was the beautiful Dutch 

 garden of R. & J. Farquhar & Co., with 

 windmill, fountains, rest house and at- 

 tractive beds and borders of bulbous 

 flowers and quantities of such shrubs 

 as Azalea Kaempferi, magnolias, prunus, 

 forsythias, wistarias and many others. 

 The whole garden, occupying one-half 

 of the floor space, was completed in 

 twelve hours, and I doubt if any work 

 done by this firm ever received more 

 praise from the crowds of visitors. Ro- 

 land 's acacias and other hard-wooded 

 plants, Walsh's ramblers, Dolansky 's, 

 Butterworth 's, Dane's and Weld's or- 

 chids, were all noteworthy. A pleasing 

 feature was the notable showing of the 

 retailers, who were out in force. Mac- 

 Mulkin, Galvin, Hoffman, Penn, Wax 

 Bros., the Houghton-Gorney Co., Palmer, 

 the Boston Cut Flower Co., Comley and 

 others, all vied for supremacy. 



The Awards. 



The awards in the principal classes 

 were: 



PLANTS. 



Gronp of flowering and foliage plants covering 

 300 feet — Duncan Finlayson, gardener of Weld 

 Garden, first; A. M. Davenport, Watertown, 

 Mass., second; W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley. 

 Mass., third. 



Four specimen azaleas — M. Sullivan, gardener 

 to W. Whitman, first; W. W. Edgar Co., second. 



Specimen azalea — H. Stewart, gardener to Miss 

 Cornelia Warren, first; J. L. Smith, gardener to 

 A. W. Preston, second- 

 Pair of palms — George Page, gardener to Mrs. 

 Frederick Ayer, first; Martin Sullivan, second. 



Specimen palm — Duncan Finlayson, first. 



Six- ericas in variety — Henry Stewart, first. 



Group of acacias covering 100 square feet — 

 George Page, first and second. 



Specimen acacia — Duncan Finlayson, first ; 

 George Page, second and third. 



Collection of hydrangeas — W. W. Edgar Co., 

 first. 



Collection of Primula acaulis — William Thatch- 

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



Specimen hard-wooded plant — Henry Stewart, 

 first. 



Three rambler roses — M. H. Walsh, Woods 

 Hole. Mass., first. 



Group of roses — Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass., 

 first; W. W. Edgar Co., second. 



Twelve cyclamens in 7-lnch pots — Eric H. Wet- 

 terlow, gardener to Mrs. Lester Leland, first; 

 William Thatcher, second; W. C. Rust, gardener 

 to Mrs. C. G. Weld, third. 



Sis cyclamens in 10-lnch pots — E. H. Wetter- 

 low, first; William Thatcher, second; Alex. Mc- 

 Kay, gardener to Edward A. Clark, third. 



Specimen cyclamen — Alex. McKay, first. 



Six Cineraria "grandlflora — William C. Rust, 

 first; A. McKay, second; William Thatcher, third. 



Specimen cineraria — William Thatcher, first. 



Six Cineraria stellata — William Thatcher, first; 

 Martin Sullivan, second. 



Specimen Cineraria stellata — William Thatcher, 

 first. 



Six schlzanthus — Alex. McKay, first; H. Stew- 

 art, second; William Thatcher, third. 



BULBOUS STOCK. 



Six pans of hyacinths — Martin Sullivan, first; 

 Alex. McKay, second. 



One pan of hyacinths, 12-lnch — George Barker, 

 gardener to A. F. Bstabrook, first; Alex. McKay, 

 second and third. 



One pan of hyacinths, 10-inch — Martin Sulli- 

 van, first; Alex. McKay, second and third. 



Five pans of hyacinths, 8-Inch — Miss M. A. 

 Rand, first; H. L. Rand, second; Miss M. A. 

 Rand, third. 



Six single early tulips, 8-inch pans — M. Sulli- 

 van, first; J. L. Smith, second; M. Sullivan, 

 third. 



Three pans White Joost van Vondel — William 

 Thatcher, first; George Barker, second. 



Three pans any other white tulip — M. Sullivan, 

 first; George Barker, second; J. L. Smith, third. 



Three pans of Mon Tresor tulips — M. Sullivan, 

 first; J. L. Smith, second. 



Three pans any other yellow — William 

 Thatcher, first; M. Sullivan, second; J. L. Smith, 

 third. 



Three pans Vermilion Brilliant — J. L. Smith, 

 first. 



Three pans any other red tulip — M. Sullivan, 

 first; George Barker, second; J. L. Smith, third. 



Three pans Keizerskroon — M. Sullivan, first; 

 J. T. Butterworth, second; George Barker, third. 



Three pans Pink Beauty — M. Sullivan, first; 

 William Thatcher, second; J. L. Smith, third. 



Three pans Duchess of Parma — M. Sullivan, 

 first; George Barker, second. 



.Two pans for amateurs — Miss M. A. Rand, 

 first; H. L. Rand, second; Miss M. A. Rand. 

 third'. 



Six pans double tulips — M. Sullivan, first; 

 J. L. Smith, second; George Barker, third. 



Twelve pans large trumpet narcissi — M. Sulli- 

 van, first; J. L. Smith, second. 



Four 8-lnch pans narcissi — M. Sullivan, first; 

 J. L. Smith, second. 



Ten pans short trumpet narcissi — M. Sullivan, 

 first; J. L. Smith, second. 



Four pans short trumpet narcissi — J. L. Smith, 

 first; M. Sullivan, second. 



Two pans 8-lnch narcissi for amateurs — Miss 



