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November 3, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



U67 



The rose classes were not so well filled 

 as usual, most of the growers claiming 

 that it was too early in the season for 

 them. Though the quality of those ex- 

 hibited was very fine, the number of 

 exhibitors in these classes was a dis- 

 grace when one considers the number of 

 rose growers in this section. L. A. Noe 

 was the principal winner, taking first for 

 eighteen Beauties and twelve Beauties, 

 Mr. Hentz being second in the latter 

 class. He also won for twenty-five 

 Brides and twenty-five Ma^ds, L. B. 

 Coddington coming second in each class. 

 F. L. Moore won for twelve Maids, with 

 L. A. Noe second. L. M. Noe was first 

 for twelve Bride, with L. A. Noe sec- 

 ond. 



In carnations the special prize of R. 

 and J. Farquhar for twenty-five flowers 

 was won by W. Ducfcham, with Pros- 

 perity, R. Vince second, with Enchant- 

 ress. In three varieties, twelve flowers 

 of each, Mr. Herremans was first, with 

 James Fraser second. Several fine vases 

 of carnations were awarded certificates, 

 C. W. "Ward's varieties being Robt. 

 Craig, Ethel Ward and Lieutenant 

 Peary. John K Haines exhibited his 

 new red, named after himself, and John 

 N. May set up Phyllis. 



In the violet classes Mr. Fraser scored 

 first for 100 doubles, Mr. Herremans 

 second. For 100 singles Peter Duff was 

 first, "W. H. Thomas second. 



In the group classes Mr. Herremans 

 was first, W. H. Thomas second, both 

 having fine exhibits. For twelve single- 

 atemmed plants in 6-inch pots, Peter 

 Duff won, with a very handsome, uni- 

 form lot. 



The vegetable classes were not so well 

 filled as usual, but the quality was fine, 

 Mr. Herremans securing the Peter Hen- 

 derson prize and J. Downing the Thor- 

 bum prize. Best collection of apples 

 went to Mr. Fraser and the celery prize 

 to W. Duckhani. 



In the miscellaneous exhibits Mr. Her- 

 remans was awarded a certificate for a 

 fine exhibit of grapes, hot house grown, 

 and Lager & Hurrell and "W. H. Thomas 

 for two beautiful tables of orchids. 

 Certificates were also awarded to the 

 new Pierson fern, Rose Mme. Levavas- 

 seur and to B. Vincent, Jr., & Son for 

 an extensive exhibit of pompons. 



The hall was handsomely decorated 

 with magnificent specimens of palms and 

 foliage plants from the greenhouses of 

 H. McK. Twombly, A. Herrington, 

 gardener, and D. Willis James, W. Duck- 

 ham, gardener, and the show as a whole 

 was a very decided success, artistically, 

 financially and otherwise. The weather 

 was fine and the attendance broke all 

 previous records. Out-of-town visitors 

 were numerous, many of the shining 

 lights of the horticultural world making 

 a flying visit to see and be seen, and 

 the management has every reason to 

 be satisfied with its labors. The judges 

 were Wm. Scott, Tarrytown, N. Y. ; Wm. 

 Turner, Oceanic, N. J., and James Blair,. 

 Staatsburg, N Y., and their work was 

 accurate and painstaking. B. B. 



TWO NEW ENGLAND ESTATES. 



On October 31 the garden commit- 

 mittee of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society inspected the rose, carna- 

 tion and chrysanthemum houses of E. A. 

 Clarke, Jamaica Plain, Mass., where W. 

 A. Riggs presides. The place was in 

 apple-pie order. In chrysanthemums 

 Mr. Riggs has a fine selection of the 

 newer sorts and they are well grown. 



A Battles Touch. 



(A. pleasing effect with ready material ) 



In pinks W. A. Etherington had the 

 largest flowers, but Wm. Duckham had 

 a better color and would appear to be 

 a better all-around variety. Mrs. Geo. 

 Mileham had a perfectly finished flow- 

 er. In yellow, F. S. Vallis headed the 

 list, of the same shade of color as Mrs. 

 T. W. Pockett, but with larger flowers, 

 petals longer and more graceful. Gen- 

 eral Hutton had fine flowers, but a rath- 

 er long neck. Mary Inglis, a yellow buff, 

 proved rather disappointing. Mrs. E. 

 Thirkell had fine flowers, but rather 

 poor foliage. C. J. Salter, of Bonnaffon 

 shade, was good, a little too early for 

 the exhibitions. In reds, Maynell was 

 fine, ahead of S. T. Wright. Lady Rob- 

 erts was not in the same class. Mrs. 

 F. W. Vallis was not up to expectations, 

 but will be tried again. W. B. Church 

 promised some grand flowers. In whites 

 Mr. Riggs has found nothing yet to 

 beat Merza. Ben Wells lacked sub- 

 stance to make it an ideal flower. J, 

 H. Doyle an^ Mrs. A. Miller were good 

 terra cotta varieties. They made fine 

 single-stem pot plants. Of the older 

 sorts we noted fine blooms of Apple- 

 ton, Eaton, Viviand-Morel, Lady Han- 

 ham, Mutual Friend, Nellie Pockett, 

 Ethel Fitzroy, T. W. Pockett, H. J. 

 Jones, Mrs. Jerome Jones and others. 

 A grand lot of plants in pots was also 

 seen. 



In roses the varieties grown are Beau- 

 ty, Bride, Bridesmaid, Mrs. J. P. Mor- 

 gan, Wootton and La Detroit. Next 

 year the new Wellesley will be grown 

 as Mr, Riggs considers it ideal in color, 

 fragrance, stem and size of flower. En- 



chantress was easily the finest carna- 

 tion. Other sorts doing well were Har- 

 lowarden. Flamingo, The Queen, Mrs. 

 Patten and Lawson. Fine batches of 

 cyclamens, calceolarias and other plants 

 were coming along. The committee 

 was well entertained by Mr. Riggs. 



On November 1 the E. S. Converse es- 

 tate in Maiden was the rallying ground 

 for the committee. After lunch with 

 Mr. Roy the superintendent, the green- 

 bouses were inspected, main interest be- 

 ing taken in the largest house of chry- 

 santhemum plants in pots arranged for 

 effect. The specimen plants were nu- 

 merous and remarkably fine. A. J. Bal- 

 four was superb, as were W. H. Pierson, 

 Black Hawk, Mrs. Freeman, Ivory, Mrs. 

 J. R. Tranter and others. In the anem- 

 one-flowered class Garza and Red Robin 

 were the best, Savannah leading in 

 pompons. The single varieties of the 

 Mizpah type are grown in quantity and 

 are ideal decorative plants. 



A house of single stems contained a 

 beautiful lot of blooms. Particularly 

 good were Wm. Duckham, F. S. Valli^ 

 Mrs. J. C. Neville, Merza, Yellow Eaton. 

 W. R. Church, Donald McLeod, General 

 Hutton and A. J. Balfour. In rosea 

 Bride, Bridesmaid and Golden Gate are 

 grown, while Enchantlress, Challenger, 

 Lawson, Fair Maid and Boston Market 

 were the popular carnations. In the va- 

 rious houses inspected fine batches of 

 Lorraine begonias, primulas, cyclamens, 

 poinsettias, cinerarias and other plants 

 were coming along, all reflecting great 

 credit to Mr. Roy. W. N. Craig. 



