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NOVKMBEK 10, 1904. 



was a good first, with very fine blooms 

 wftU staged. His varieties were Lady 

 Hanham, E. Fitzroy, Henry Barnes, Wil- 

 liam Duckham, Nellie Pockett, Brutus, 

 Dr. Enguehard, Ben "Wells, Leila Filkins, 

 Maynell, Mrs. E. Thirkell, Mutual Friend, 

 Merza, Australia, Master Tucker, F. S. 

 Vallis, General Hutton, Kate Broomhead, 

 Mrs. T. L. Park, Mrs. J. A. Millar, Yel- 

 low Eaton, W. A. Etherington, H. J. 

 Jones and Mrs. J. Mileham. Wm. Abra- 

 ham, gardener to P. W. Moen estate, was 

 a go<xl second and Michael Byrne, gar- 

 dener to Thomas Dolliber, third. For six 

 vases in six varieties, ten blooms of each, 

 the last named exhibitor was first. For 

 twelve incurved D. F. Boy led. 



For twelve Japanese Peter B. Eobb 

 beat P. W. Moen estate. Some of the best 

 blooms were Queen Alexandria, W. Mc- 

 Niece, Calvat's 99 and Meredith. For 

 twelve blooms Japanese incurved Mr. Roy 

 won, with some fine blooms, followed by 

 Peter B. Eobb and T. W. Head, garden- 

 er to M. F. Plant. Mr. Roy also won for 

 twelve reflexed, as well as in the classes 

 for anemone and pompon varieties. For 

 six new varieties, current season's intro- 

 ductions, Peter B. Robb was first, with 

 • fine flowers of F, Hannaf ord, Cheltoni, 

 Wm. Duckham, F. A. Cobbold, General 

 Hutton and W. R. Church. 



For vase of ten pink blooms on long 

 stems, T. W. Head was first with very 

 fine Dr. Enguehard. Eben D. Jordan fol- 

 lowed, with William Duckham, T. Dolli- 

 ber being third, with Viviand-Morel. For 

 red Mrs. M. W. Peirce won, with John 

 Shrimpton. For white Wm. Riggs won, 

 with superb Merza, G. W. Knowlton be- 

 ing second, with Eaton, and T. Dolliber 

 third, with Ben Wells. For ten yellow 

 Mr. Dolliber led with very fine Appleton, 

 G. W. Knowlton being second, with the 

 same variety, and A. Herrington third, 

 with Cheltoni. For ten "any other col- 

 or" the best entries came from A. F. 

 Whitin, who showed excellent samples of 

 W. R. Church, Mr. Eiggs being second, 

 with Kate Broomhead, and H. Dumaresq 

 third, with Lady Hanham. James Nicol 

 had the best vase of Mrs. Jerome Jones, 

 A. F. Whitin being second. 



For the society's special prize for fifty 

 blooms shown in the society 's large china 

 vases, William Riggs won with superb 

 blooms, his flowers of F. S. Vallis being 

 immense. H. Dumaresq, Wm. Anderson, 



gardener, was second, Thomas Dolliber 

 third, M. F. Plant fourth and E. D. Jor- 

 dan fifth. For the society 's prize for the 

 most representative collection of cut 

 chrysanthemums, embracing all classes, 

 D. F. Roy won, with a thoroughly repre- 

 sentative lot. 



For the Boston Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club's special prize for twelve 

 blooms of the current season 's introduc- 

 tion in America, A. H( rrington won, with 

 splendid Cheltoni, W. A. Riggs being sec- 

 ond, with William Duckham. 



For the C. 8. A. special prize for 

 twenty-four blooms in twenty-four vari- 

 eties, William Duckham. Madison, I^. J., 

 easily distanced all competitors with mag- 

 nificent blooms, the best staged in the 

 hall. His varieties were F. S. "Vallis, W. 

 A. Etherington, Maynell, Nellie Pockett, 

 Mary Inglis, Mrs. "Weeks, Mmc. Carnot, 

 Lady Roberts, Lady Cranston, Cheltoni, 

 J. Fraser, Mrs. Thirkell, Emily Mileham, 

 "Valerie Greenham, Miss Mildred Ware, 

 Mrs, G. Mileham, Merza, 8. T, Wright, 

 Mrs. D. V. West, Ben Wells, Col. Apple- 

 ton, Bessie Godfrey and Donald McLeod. 

 P. W. Moen was second and M. F. Plant 

 third. 



William Duckham won the gold medal 

 offered by W. Wells, Earlswood, England, 

 for the best six blooms of any of the 

 Wells-Pockett set of 1903, showing grand 

 blooms of Cheltoni, F. A. Cobbold, Leila 

 Filkins, Mary Inglis (an immense bloom), 

 William Duckham and Maynell. 



C. H. Tatty's special prize for twelve 

 blooms of William Duckham was again 

 won by the redoubtable William Duck- 

 ham, M. F. Plant being second. The 

 same exhibitors won in same order for 

 A. Herrington 's prize for six blooms of 

 any variety. The E. G. Hill silver vase 

 for private gardeners only, for twenty 

 blooms, also went to William Duckham, 

 with remarkable blooms of Harrison 

 Dick, Mme. Carnot, Mrs. Thirkell, Mary 

 Inglis, Mrs. Weeks, J. Fraser, Appleton, 

 W. A. Etherington, F. 8. Vallis, Bessie 

 Godfrey, Maynell, Mrs. G. Mileham, Mil- 

 dred Ware, Merza, Ben Wells, Mrs. H. A. 

 Millar, J. H. Doyle, General Hutton, F. 

 A. Cobbold and Cheltoni. 



The C. S. A. silver cup for ten blooms 

 of any variety once more went to Mr. 

 Duckham, who thus captured all the visit- 

 ing society's first premiums at the Boston 

 show. His vase of Mrs. William Duck- 



ham attracted great attention. We pre- 

 dict that Mrs. Duckham will be as popu- 

 lar in 1905 as her husband's namesake 

 in 1904. 



Wells silver gilt and Wells silver med- 

 al for six blooms of the Wells-Pockett 

 set of 1903 were awarded to M. F. Plant, 

 Mr. Duckham having secured the gold 

 medal. President Herrington 's special 

 prize for chrysanthemums went to Mr. 

 Duckham, for superb Merzas. 



In the way of miscellaneous exldbits 

 Thomas Dolliber filled a large table with 

 named specimen blooms. E. A. Clark 

 and • Mrs. E. M. Gill made similar dis- 

 plays. Edward McMulkin had a large 

 group of foliage plants interspersed 

 with cattleyas and dendrobiums. Farqu- 

 har & Co. had a fine bank of foliage 

 plants in which were quantities of Lor- 

 raine begonias finely flowered, chrysan- 

 themums and some charming cactus dah- 

 lias grown in small pots. Mrs. Cornelius 

 Vanderbilt, Andrew Pow, gardener, had 

 a fine lot of Amaryllis Belladonna which 

 are grown planted in frames at Newport, 

 also Gardenia florida. Farquhar & Co. 

 had a collection of very interesting 

 seedling chrysanthemums received from 

 Japan, which received honorable men- 

 tion. 



A remarkable collection of fifty blooms 

 of new seedling chrysanthemums came 

 from W. Wells & Co., Earlswood, Surrey, 

 England. These were in charge of C. H. 

 Totty and were more closely scrutinized 

 tb^n anything else in the exhibition. 

 Most of the blooms had been cut on Oc- 

 tober 17, exhibited before the Royal 

 Horticultural Society on October 19, be- 

 ing a portion of an exhibit which there 

 secured a gold medal, were shipped to 

 Boston on October 22 and the majority 

 of the blooms when staged on November 

 3 were just as fresh as any others in 

 the exhibition. The blooms were among 

 the largest in the hall, had great depth 

 in nearly all cases, with stems aa hard 

 as the shoots on an oak tree. Some of 

 the finest of the collection were Mrs. 

 D. V. West, an improved Carnot; Mrs. 

 D. Willis James, Mrs. William Duck- 

 ham, a fine deep yellow flower, stem 

 and foliage perfect, bound to be a grand 

 commercial sort; Mrs. A. J. Miller and 

 J. H. Doyle, similar in color, huge terra 

 cotta; Mrs. William Knox, Merstham 



One of W. Duckham's Exhibits of Big Blooms at ttie C S. A. Show, Boston. 



