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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mabch . 30, 1806: 



wonderful skill shown by the growers of 

 eyelametis, roses and other plants at this 

 ^ow, the finest he had ever seen, but 

 Philadelphia could grow palms apd ferns 

 better than anyone. 



C. W, Parker spoke on behalf of the 

 Massacltusetts Horticultural Society as 

 mn amateur grower. Prof. Louis C. El- 

 sen, of : the New England Conservatory 

 of Music, who was next called upon, is 

 a first rate orator. He said that there 

 was something in the culture of flowers 

 which adds to the culture of human na- 

 ture. He was hot sufficiently posted to 

 know the difference between the Lawson 

 pink and a Standard Oil plant, although 

 he believed the latter was secured by 

 grafting. He was struck by the close 

 connection between flowers and music. 



Peter' Crowe, of TJtica, being called 

 upon, s^id the esteemed president was his 

 first teacher of rose growing twenty- 

 seven years ago and still remained his 

 master. 1 H. A. Siebrecht said flowers 

 were life and joy to him. He always 

 loved to come to Boston. New York 

 might be the great commercial and 

 money-making center, but Boston was 

 the horticultural pivot. Jackson Dawson 

 spoke on his special work among the 

 small roses to get a better and more at- 

 tractive hardy class. 



Peter Fisher was called on to speak 

 in lieu of James Hartshorne, who was not 

 present when called upon. Mr. Fisher 

 said he. would as soon take a licking as 

 make a speech, but made a capital one 

 all the same. He said the rose wa8» 

 once his special hobby, it was and al- 

 ways would be the queen, but the carna- 

 tion would run it a close second. He 

 himself had induced Mr. Montgomery to 

 join the Carnation Society and in turn 

 had joined the Rose Society. He hoped 

 to see the Rose and Carnation Societies 

 go hand in hand and work for the ad- 

 vancement of horticulture. 



Benjamin Hammond, who responded 

 for the ladies, made one of the best 

 speeches of the evening. He is a born 

 orator and neefls no prompting. He con- 

 sidered -that the $30,000 paid for Ijawson 

 carnation did much more good than if 

 placed in a missionary box. Speaking 

 of the S. A. F. he said the ' * Ornamental 

 Horticulturist ' ' appendage reminded 

 him of a dog with two tails, in which 

 sentiment his hearers agreed. 

 ■ Other speakers were J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, who spoke for the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, Theodore Wirth, 

 John B. Nugent and M. H. Walsh. Dur- 

 ing the banquet most of the special 

 prizes were presented. All agreed that 

 the occasion had been a most pleasur- 

 able one. 



Spring Exhibition. 



Entirely apart from the exhibition of 

 the American Rose Society, there was a 

 splendid spring show this year. The ar- 

 rangement of the plants and cut flowers 

 eonld hardly have been better. The ex- 

 kibits of the Rose Society and carnations 

 were staged in the lecture hall. The main 

 exhibition hall was devoted to groups, 

 cyclamen, cinerarias and foliage plants; 

 the small hall to bulbous plants and or- 

 chids. 



For best pair of palms Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner, Wm. Thatcher, gardener, and 

 G. F. Fabyan, James Stuart, gardener, 

 won. For three orchids G. F. Fabyan, 

 E. W. Converse, Robt. Marshall, garde- 

 ner, and E. J. Mitton, Joshua Lawson, 

 gardener, took prizes in order named. 

 E. A. Clark, W. A. Riggs, gardener, had 



the best pan of hard-wooded plants. 

 Dr. C. G. Weld, W. C. Rust, gardener, 

 took both first and second for acacias. 

 For group of roses M. H. Walsh took 

 all prizes. For hardy primroses W. 

 Whitman, M. Sullivan, gardener, had 

 first and third and Mrs. Gardner secoud. 



For ten cyclamens Fabyan won, Mitton 

 second. For ten plants in not over 7- 

 inch pots Fabyan was first anU third, and 

 Dr. Weld second. For single specimai 

 Fabyan was first and Clark second and 

 third. For six cinerarias Fabyan was 

 first, alaq for three specimens, Converije, 

 second. Mrs. Gardner was first and seic- 

 ond for Cineraria stellata. This clasa 

 seemed to take the fancy of visitors 

 much better than the large flowering 

 type. 



In the numerous classes devoted to 

 hyacinths, tulips and other bulbous plants 

 the chief prize winners were E. A. Clark, 

 Mrs. Gardner, Bussey Institution and W. 

 Whitman. For best display of Easter 

 plants Clark was first, E. McMulkin 

 second. For display of bulbous plants 

 all classes Bussey Institution won, fol- 

 lowed by Clark. 



In the rose classes W. H. Elliott won 

 the special prize offered by Mrs. Ames 

 for fifty Mrs. Oliver Ames, Waban Con- 

 servatories second. For twenty-five mixed 

 roses Col. Pfaff, Geo. Melvin, gardener, 

 won, W. H. Elliott being second. The 

 last named won first for Brides, Maids, 

 Liberty and ' * any other. ' ' J. McFarland 

 had the best Brunners and Arthur Griffin 

 best Beauties. 



Competition was keen in the carna- 

 tion classes. For 100 of one variety F. R. 

 Pierson won with Enchantress, Patten & 

 Co. and Peter Fisher being second and 

 third. For dark crimson Peter Fisher 

 won with his new seedling. Ruby, Wm. 

 Nicholson and Patten & Co. following 

 with Harry Fenn. For dark pink Peter 

 Fisher won with Lawson, Patten & Co. 

 second on Nelson Fisher and Nicholson 

 third for Lawson. For light pink Nich- 

 olson won in a strong class with Enchant- 

 ress, Fisher and Patten & Co. follow- 

 ing. For scarlet Guttman & Weber won 

 with Victory, Fisher and F. R. Pierson 

 being second and third with Flamingo. 

 Fisher won on white with superb Lady 

 Bountiful and was third for his seedling 

 Princess, Patten & \^o. second for Lady 

 Bountiful. For yellow Backer & Co. were 

 first with Eldorado and third for Dorothy 

 Whitney, Patten & Co. being second for 

 the latter variety. For white variegated 

 Patten & Co., H. A. Stevens Co. and Peter 

 Fisher won in order named, all showing 

 Mrs. Patten. 



In the violet classes H. F. Woods was 

 first for Princess of Wales and Campbell,' 

 N. F. Comley first for any other variety 

 single and second for any other double, 

 and F. R. Pierson first for any other 

 double. For cut orchids F. L. Ames es- 

 tate, W. N. Craig, gardener, won tne 

 Appleton silver gilt medal, showing lz5 

 species and varieties. Col. Pfaff won the 

 bronze medal. 



The miscellaneous exhibits were very 

 numerous and many of them of great 

 merit. Lager & Hurrell had a fine group 

 of ofchids, the dendrobiums being extra 

 good. Cypripedium glaucophyllum re- 

 ceived honorable mention. Julius Roehrs 

 Co. had a nice group. A beautiful speci- 

 men of Cymbidium Lowianum carrying 

 eight spikes received a cultural certifi- 

 cate and Ficus Cannoni honorable men- 

 tion. Geo. McWilliam had fine spikes of 

 Cymbidium eburneo x Lowianum, one car- 

 rying ten flowers. M. F. x'lant, T. W. 

 Ilead, gardener, received a certificate of 



merit for a beautiful specimen of Phalse- 

 nopsis amabilis Rimestediana. E. 0. 

 Orpet secured a silver medal for Cattleya 

 X Oilivia (C. intermedia x C. Trianse) 

 raised by himself. 



E. W. Converse had a nice group of 

 flowering plants and Farquhar & Co. 

 palms and spring bulbs, Robert Cameron 

 had a splendid group. E. McMulkin had 

 a group of palms and bay trees. M. H. 

 Walsh had a fine group of his seedling 

 roses. H. H. Barrows & Co. received a 

 certificate of merit for Nephrolepis Bar- 

 rowsii, in the way of Piersoni. L. H. Fos- 

 ter estate had a group of their new 

 ;Nephrolepis Dorchester, dwarfer than 

 Anna Foster with no tendency to revert ; 

 a very promising variety. F. E. Pierson 

 Co. received a certificate ot merit for 

 Baby Rambler. They also showed Tarry - 

 town fern. M. H. Walsh received hon- 

 orable mention for a new double white 

 seedling rose. Bayard Thayer, Wm. An- 

 derson, gardener, showed a fine pan of 

 Phlox divaricata of a pleasing light blue 

 color. 



Quite a number of new carnations were 

 shown. Guttman & Weber had Victory in 

 first-class shape. F. R. Pierson showed 

 Winsor, W. J. & M. S. Vesey had a 

 sport from Glendale, which received hon- 

 orable mention, R. Witterstaetter showed 

 Aristocrat and Afterglow, which did not, 

 however, arrive in good shape. The Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. showed Cardinal, 

 which did not arrive well but merited 

 honorable mention. My Maryland from H. 

 Weber & Sons received the same award. 

 They also showed Jessica. John E. Haines 

 from J. E. Haines arrived in grand shape 

 and stood up splendidly. It received 

 honorable mention, as did Fred Burki 

 from John Murchie. L. E. Small showed 

 his white seedling No. 3. E. A. Wood 

 showed Red Lawson. Patten & Co. had 

 Mikado and Pink Patten. Nicholson had 

 splendid Prosperity. 



Wm. Sim showed magnificent vases of 

 Mont Blanc, Earliest of All and Earliest 

 Sunbeams sweet peas. The last named, 

 in the way of Mrs. Eckford, should prove 

 valuable, being of a lovely primrose color. 

 Carl Jurgens had fine lily of tne valley 

 and M. A. Patten equally fine mignonette. 

 The Misses Eldridge showed a quantity 

 of fine sprays of Bougainvillea specta- 

 bilis, which were much admired. James 

 L. Little had fine antirrhinums and Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill a general display. 



Convention Jottings. 



Lady Gay was the most admired of 

 Walsh 's seedlings. Next in favor came 

 Hiawatha and La Fiamma. 



The attendance of the public broke ail 

 records for spring exhibitions in Boston. 

 The number of gardeners and florists was 

 also greater than at the chrysanthemum 

 show, perhaps owing to the more varied 

 and interesting class of exhibits. 



Geo. F. Fabyan, of Brookline, gener- 

 ously furnished an orchestra of thirty 

 pieces to provide music each afternoon 

 and evening of the last three days. It 

 helped to swell the attendance very ma- 

 terially. 



Many regrets were expressed that E. 

 G. Hill and John N. May were each pre- 

 vented by sickness from attending. We 

 all hope they can come in 1906. 



Richmond rose arrived the second day, 

 but not in as good condition as we have 

 seen it. Liberty seemed to outclass it. 

 Next year there should be a grand tussle 

 for supremacy between the two. 



Some of the visitors wondered why no 

 cigars were passed round until the close 

 of the banquet. The Gardeners' and Flor- 



