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The Florists' Revieiv 



15 



Carmen, Marqnls de Lory, Qlolre de C. Gombanlt, 

 M. Bastien, Le Page, Marie Crousse, Germ'alne 

 Bigot, Mme. Calot; T. 0. Thurlow's Sons Co., 

 second. 



Ten named varieties — T, 0. Thurlow's Sons Co., 

 first, on Modeste Ouerln, Therese', Mme. Ducel. 

 Boule de Nelge, Mme. Jeanne lllevlere, Venus, 

 Jas. Kelway, Mr. Manning, Marguerite Gerard; 

 Mrs. Frederick Kellogg, second. 



Specimen bloom, .double — George N. Smith, 

 first, on M. Jules Elle; A. P. Saunders, seeend, 

 on L'Indlspensable. 



, Twelve named varieties, single — T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons Co., first, on Stanley, Duchess of 

 Portland, Defiance, Prince Bismarck, Rosy Dawn, 

 Black Prince, Queen of May, Dreadnought, Areos, 

 Meteor, Prince Alexander. 



Twelve named varieties, Japanese, single. — 

 A. H. Fewkes, first. 



Six named white varieties, double — T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons Co., first, on Alsace Lorraine, Kel- 

 way's Glorious, Baroness Schroeder, Mme. 

 Crousse, Mme. Emile Lemoine, Duchesse de Ne- 

 mours; Mrs. 0. S. Mlnot, second. 



Six named varieties, double, rose — T. 0. Thur- 

 low's Sons Co., first, on Washington, Modeste 

 Guerln, M. Boucharlat Alne, Nobllisslma, Co- 

 quelin and Arsene Meuret. 



Six named varieties, salmon pink — T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons Co., on Georglana Shaylor, Therese, 

 Lamartine, La Perle and Mme. BarlUet Des- 

 champs. 



Six named varieties, red or crimson — T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co., first, on Pierre Dessert, 

 Cherry Hill, De Candolle, Plutarch, M. M. Cahu- 

 cac and Adolphe Rosseau. 



Twenty-five, donble, white or blush — T. O. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co., first; Wm. Thatcher, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, second. 



Twenty-five blooms, double, pink or rose — T. 

 C. Thurlow's Sons Co., first and second. 



Twenty-five blooms, double, red or crimson — 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. 



Twelve named varieties, double — M. Sullivan, 

 gardener to W. Whitman, first, on Avalanche, 

 Felix Crousse, Sir Thomas Llpton, Festlva Max- 

 ima, Souv. de L'ExposItlon de Lille, Germaine 

 Bigot, Bretonneau, Chas. Dllke, Baron Schroe- 

 der and Sara; R. O. Morse, second. 



Twelve named varieties, pink — A. P. Saunders, 

 first. 



Twelve blooms, white — A. P. Sannders, first: 

 8. A. Perkins, second. 



Twelve blooms, red — A. P. Sannders, first; 

 Martin Sullivan, second. 



T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. received a 



silver medal for Cherry Hill, a new 



crimson similar to M. Martin Cahuzac. 



Miscellaneous ExMbits. 



The largest, most imposing and best 

 arranged collection came from Farqu- 

 har & Co. This was the only group 

 arranged for artistic effect, immense 

 vases being dotted here and there to 

 break up any flatness. The most strik- 

 ing variety was Walter Faxon, an im- 

 mense bright salmon pink, and Queen 

 Mary, white. Other fine vases were 

 Richardson 's Perfection, Pulcherrima, 

 Venus, Mme. de Verneville, etc. This 

 group contained thousands of flowers 

 and was awarded a silver medal. 



There were splendid pe(|ny displays 

 from the Blue Hill Nurseries, Wellesley 

 Nurseries, T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co., 

 J: K. Alexander, Mrs. J. F. Flood, Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill, Martin Sullivan, Eastern 

 Nurseries, Mrs. N. P. Cutler and others. 



Hardy roses were less extensively 

 shown than usual, the season being 

 backward. The leading prize-winners 

 were W. J. Clemson, J. O. Christensen, 

 gardener; Thomas N. Cook, Mrs. Fred- 

 erick Ayer, George Page, gardener; Al- 

 bert Geiger, Mrs. N. P. Cutler, William 

 Sim and Hemlock Hill Rose Gardens. 



William Thatcher and Duncan Pin- 

 layson had the best sweet williams. 

 Duncan Finlayson won for twenty-five 

 vases of herbaceous plants. For the 

 best display of herbaceous plants the 

 first prize went to the Bay State 

 Nurseries, the second prize to the East- 

 ern Nurseries. For Campanula Medium, 

 ■Martin Sullivan and Donald McKenzie, 

 gardener to E. B. Dane, were the 

 winners. 



William Sim had a fine display of 

 sweet peas and roses. Henry Stewart, 

 gardener to Miss Cornelia Warren, had 

 roses. William A. Riggs had some 

 finely flowered hydrangeas; also, Henry 

 Stewart. W. N. Craig secured a first- 

 class certificate for Verbena Miss Wil- 



Peony Walter Faxon as Staged at the Boston Show. 



mott. George Page had a fine group of 

 German irises and aquilegias and the 

 Blue Hill Nurseries had irises and 

 gillenias. Donald McKenzie received a 

 silver medal for an artistic group of 

 orchids. For six gloxinias William 

 Thatcher was first and Henry Stewart 

 second. 



The strawberry display was smaller 

 than usual. A week later they would 

 have been in better season. Marshall 

 again proved to be the champion 

 variety. There was a splendid vegetable 

 show. 



PINCHING DAHLIAS AND MUMS. 



I have some dahlias which are about 

 two feet high, planted outside. I wish 

 to know whether I should pull all the 

 leaves off, leaving only the main shoot 

 to grow. Also, should mums be treated 

 in the same way, so as to make larger 

 flowers! Any other information in re- 

 gard to this will be appreciated. 



R. L.— Md. 



Dahlias are better if grown to single 

 stems. It would be well to cut away 



all the side shoots, but do not remove 

 any leaves from the main stem. I like 

 to pinch the dahlia shoots when they 

 are a foot high, to make them stocky 

 and bushy, and they are then less in 

 need of supports, but your plants are 

 now somewhat tall to stop. You will 

 certainly get better flowers by reduc- 

 ing the number of shoots. 



All side shoots should be rubbed from 

 chrysanthemums, whether in benches or 

 pots. Leaves must not be removed. The 

 removal of side shoots and all but one 

 terminal bud insures larger and better 

 blooms. C. W. 



NAME OF PLANT. 



Enclosed you will find a leaf of a 

 plant of which I should like to know 

 the name. It grows from fifteen inches 

 to two feet high and has a lavender 

 flower. L. G. — Ohio. 



The plant is Funkia undulata media 

 variegata, a variegated form of plan- 

 tain lily. It is useful for edgings and 

 mass effects, especially in formal 

 gardens. C. W. 



