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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 80, 1906. 



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e?.°cic Field-Grown Carnation Plants i^>^ ' 



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Crusader $5.roperlOO: $40.00 per 1000 



LawBon S.OOperlOO; 4000perl(00 



FlaminKO SOOpei lOO; 4000perlOuo 



Mrs. Patten G.OOperlOO; fiO.OOperlOOO 



GEORGE REINBERG, 



Boston Market ;• 15.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000 



Queen Louise 6.0n per 100; 40.00 per 1000 



White Cloud 6.00 per 100; 40.00 per 1000 



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LENOX, MASS. 



The annual and perennial exhibition 

 of the Lenox Horticultural Society took 

 place in the Lenox town hall Wednes- 

 day, August 15. This was the best sum- 

 mer exhibition in the history of the 

 society. The hall was filled to the doors. 

 Particularly fine were the collections of 

 Phlox decussata, there being upward 

 of sixty varieties shown and all excel- 

 lent. The classes for annuals and peren- 

 nials were well filled. M. T. Reynolds, 

 gardener to Mrs. Edith Wharton, won in 

 the class for twenty varieties of annuals. 

 Mr. Reynolds has won this class for 

 three years successively. R. Spears, 

 gardener to Mrs. John E. Parsons, won 

 in the class for twenty varieties of 

 perennials, among which were Ste- 

 nanthium robustum. Spiraea David- 

 iana, Rudbeckia maxima, Rudbeckia 

 purpurea, Funkia subcordata grandi- 

 llora, and Helianthus Dowelliana. In 

 sweet peas, Thos. Proctor, gardener to 

 R. W. Paterson, was the principal ex- 

 hibitor; he had some remarkably fine 

 sweet peas. In vegetables, F. Heere- 

 inans, gardener to W. D. Sloane, and 



A. H. Wingett, gardener to Chas. Samer, 

 were first. in their respective classes. Mr. 

 Wingett also was the most successful ex- 

 hibitor in the fruit classes. Mrs. W. 



B. 0. Field won the table decoration 

 prize, with dark blue larkspur. The 

 following is the list of special awards: 

 First-class certificate to A. H. Wingett, 

 for new dahlia Chas. Larver; this is 

 a fine dahlia; its color is apricot yellow, 

 and it has a large flower; first-class cer- 

 tificate to M. F. Reynolds, for seedling 

 phlox; it is a white phlox of extra large 

 size, with a blush pink eye; first-class 

 certificate to 8. Carlquist, for Rubus 

 rossefolius (strawberry x raspberry). 

 The following were awarded diplomas: 

 E. J. Norman, for exhibit of berries; D. 

 Dunn, for exhibit of potted plants; A. 

 Jenkins, for collection of perennials; W. 

 D. Curtis, for collection of phlox; Geo. 

 W. Folsom, for Lilium auratum. Messrs. 

 George Thompson and A. J. Loveless 

 were the judges. 



George Foulsham, Sec'y. 



A cricket match took place on August 

 18 between a team selected from the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society and one 

 captained by Sir H. Mortimer Durand, 

 the British ambassador in Washington. 

 The former team came out ahead by 

 seventy runs to forty-four. 



E. J. Norman, on the George Westing- 

 house estate, is having an orchid house. 

 16x90, built. 



The unusually moist summer has kept 

 all lawns and shrubberies in beautiful 

 condition here this season. W. 



Reisterstown, Md. — Charles B. Wright 

 is building a new carnation house 20x60 

 feet. He is almost done housing his 

 young plants. 



MABELLE 



New Pink Carnation for 1907 



COLOR— A peculiar shade of lovely pink with a faint yellowish cast; several shades 

 lighter than the Lawson. Unlike most pinks, the briKbiest sun does not injure the color. 



SIZE— 3 to 4 inches in diameter when established. 



ODOR— Pleasiug, but not strong:. 



8TKMS— Invariably strong, but always graceful, ranging from 12 to 30 inches during 

 the season. 



HABIT, KTC.— A very quick, act ve grower, making specimen plants In a short time, 

 even from la e cuttings On account of its rapid growth, requires supporting very soon after 

 benchinn. Gets away rapidly, blooms early and gives long stems right from the start. 



PRODUCTIVBNK88— Prodigious is the best word we know of to Ube here. It is the 

 most inceKsant bloomer, early and late, we have ever g'owii. 



Stock limited. Delivery J anuary 6 to 10 and later. Price, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



THE H. WEBER & SONS CO. 



OAKLAND, MARYLAND 



Grafted Roses 



Extra Fine Plants, Free from Mildew 



KILLARNBT, 3>^-inch pots, $18.00 per 100. 



LIBKRTT, K^SBRIN, MAID, 



3j^-inch pots, $15.00 per 100. 



WOOTTON, 



OWN ROOT ROSES 



RICHMOND, PKRLB, 8-inch pots, $3.00 per 100. 



BRIDE, 

 KAI8ERIN, 



GOLDEN GATE, 



WOOTTON, 



LIBERTY, MAID, 



8-inch pots, $6.00 per 100. 



SMILAX very fine, 2}^-inch pots, $1.60 per 100. 



J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



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CHOICE 

 YOUNG 



ROSE PLANTS 



Kalserln, 2>i-inch $5.00perl00; $10.00 per 1000 



Carnot, 2Vlnch 6.00 per 100; 40.00 per 1<00 



Rlohmond, 2>^-incb 4. per 100: 35.t0 per 1000 



Kxtra large plants, very choice; ready to bench. 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



store li. D. Phone, Central 1457 Greenhouses 



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