March 29, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



J283 



Group of Easter Plants Exhibited at Boston March 23 to 25 by Thos. Roland, Nahant. 



had, and Mr. Walsh deserves all praise 

 for his achievement. 



Soleil d' Or and Frau Karl Druschki 

 were much admired among the pot 

 plants. Baby Ramblers Avere well grown, 

 and what a wealth of material in the 

 rambler class was shown! Herein lies 

 one of the great future hopes of the 

 American Rose Society. By broadening 

 this branch the army of non-professional 

 growers will become increasingly inter- 

 ested. 



The attendance at the exhibition was 

 a record breaking one ; especially was 

 this the case during the band concerts. 

 Locomotion was difficult during a large 

 part of Sunday owing to the crowds. 

 Richmond seemed to be tlie favorite with 

 most of the visitors. 



The Holly-Castle electric circulator 

 was in operation at the rear of the 

 main exhibition hall and attracted the 

 notice of many growers. 



H. JM, Robinson & Co. made a nice 

 display of their sundries in the main 

 hall. W. N. C. 



BOSTON SPRING SHOW. 



The annual spring show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, held in 

 conjunction with the rose show, was 

 well up to the usual standard. Owing to 

 the severely cold weather there were 

 fewer large plants than usual, but flower- 

 ing plants were more numerous and bet- 

 ter. M. H. Walsh took all the prizes 

 for roses with some .splendid specimens, 

 also all the prizes fur groups of ram- 

 blers and other decorative ruses suitable 

 for landscape effects. E. MacMulkin 

 won on azaleas, etc. 



In the bulb classes William Whitman, 

 M. Sullivan gardener, almost completely 

 swept the deck. He captured in the 

 various plant classes eighteen firsts, 

 seven seconds and one third. Thomas 

 Roland was first for group of Easter 

 plants, which included Canterbury bells 

 and well-flowered Lilium speciosum. 



W. H. Elliott took the lion's share of 

 the prizes in the rose classes. 



Carnations made quite an extensive 

 showing. For crimson Patten & Co. 

 led, S. J. Goddard second, Baker & Co. 

 third, all on Fenn. For dark pink F. F. 

 Matthews was first and E. A. Wood sec- 

 ond, both with Lawson; Stevens Co. 

 third for Pink Patten. In light pink 

 W. Nicholson, G. E. Buxton and Patten 

 & Co. Avon in the order named, all with 

 Enchantress. Stevens Co. won on scar- 

 let with Manley, Goddard second with 

 Cardinal, Patten & Co. third Avith Man- 

 ley. 



I>ady Bountiful won all prizes for 

 Avhite, the Avinners being G. E. Buxton, 

 S. J. Goddard and W. Nicholson. In 

 yelloAV Backer & Co. took first and sec- 

 ond on Golden GIoav and Eldorado. For 

 Avhite variegated Patten & Co. were first 

 AA'ith Mrs. Patten, F. R. Pierson second 

 on Variegated LaAvson, W. Nicholson 

 third on Patten. 



For Campbell violets M. Orr, E. Bing- 

 ham and H. F. Calder won. One hun- 

 dred double any other variety, first H. 

 F. Woods, Swanley White ; second same 

 for ^larie Louise; third N. F, Comley, 

 Swanley White. On Princess of Wales, 

 Sim, Comley and Bingham were win- 

 ners. On 100 any single, Sim Avas first 

 for Governor Herrick, Mrs. Ayer second 

 for California, H. F. Woods third for 

 California. 



For best display of cut orchids J. E. 

 RothAvell, Emil Johannson gardener, won 

 the silver gilt medal with a splendid col- 

 lection filling OA-er 200 vases. 



Miscellaneous exhibits were unusually 

 numerous and interesting. Peter Fisher 

 had fine vases of Evangeline, seedling 

 No. 500 and Beacon. Wm. Nicholson 

 had Aristocrat and Afterglow. Jolin 

 E. Haines had a nice vase of John E. 

 Haines. Peirce Bros.' scarlet, Governor 

 Gould, looked Avell ; it received honor- 

 able mention. S. J. Goddard showed 

 Helen Goddard. F. R. Pierson Co. re- 



ceived a certificate for Winsor. Backer 

 & Co. had a good yelloAv seedling. Gutt- 

 man & Weber shoAAed a fine vase of Vic- 

 tory. Patten & Co. had fiAe large vases 

 of Mikado and Pink Patten. H. A. 

 Jahn had his white seedling. No. 49. 

 Wm. Sim shoAved magnificent vases of 

 Sunbeams, Mont Blanc and Earliest of 

 All sweet peas. 



W. W. Edgar showed Adiantum Edgari, 

 awarded honorable mention. F. R. 

 Pierson Co. had a table of Nephrolepis 

 Piersoni elegantissima. Thomas Roland 

 had Bougainvillea Sanderiana and some 

 finely trained and flowered plants of 

 Malieriiia odorata, the latter awarded a 

 bronze medal. W. W, Rawson Co. 

 planted a large oval bed on the floor in- 

 side llie entrance hallway, with Vitex 

 Opliir d 'Or, edged Avith trifolium. 



Lager & Hurrell had a nice group of 

 seasonable orchids, aAvarded a first-class 

 certificate. Julius Roehrs Co. had a 

 table of foliage plants and some season- 

 able orchids. A. C. Zvolanek had a col- 

 lection of hi.s winter blooming sweet 

 peas, Avhich received a certificate of 

 merit. 



•Tames Crenshaw received honorable 

 mention for a very promising seedling 

 asparagus, distinct from plumosus 

 nanus, very excellent for decorative pur- 

 poses. 



M. H. Walsh showed some specimen 

 plants of new rambler roses not pre- 

 viously seen here. The most striking 

 Avas Delight, aAvarded a first-class cer- 

 tificate. This is a little lighter in color 

 than HiaAvatha and was the most ad- 

 mired rambler plant in the hall. 



H. H. BarroAvs & Son receiA'cd a silver 

 gilt medal for Nephrolepis Whitmani^ 

 Avhich took the eye of everyone. 



W. N. Craig. 



CnARix)TTE, ^IiCH. — W. E. Garman 

 tliis summer Avill erect another liouse for 

 carnations. Business is steadily increaB- 

 ing. 



