Sbftbmber 20, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1127 



less than seventeen applications being ac- 

 , cepted. 



There were interesting vacation expe- 

 riences from a number of members, in- 

 cluaing reminiscences of the late Dayton 

 convention. F. E. Palmer's essay on 

 "The Ideal Gardener and His Work," 

 read at Dayton, gave rise to a most ani- 

 mated discussion on the present stand- 

 ing, needs and requirements of the pri- 

 vate gardener. Speakers vrere P. Welch, 

 W. H. Elliott, F. E. Palmer, R. Cam- 

 eron, D. Finlayson and others. 



Several queries from the question box 

 were answered. There were interesting 

 exhibits from Blue Hill Nurseries, the 

 parks, Heustis, Craig, Mrs. E. M. Gill 

 and others, and last, but not least, re- 

 freshments were served as usual, it being 

 quite late before closing time came. All 

 present voted the meeting one of the 

 best the club has yet held. 



Various Notes. 



There was a second exhibit of pro- 

 ductions from children's school gardens 

 at Horticultural hall on September 15. 

 The produce was good, visitors numerous 

 and evidently much interested in chil- 

 dren's gardens. 



A. P. Meredith, of South Lancaster, 

 met with a quite serious accident on 

 September 7, an explosion of gas from 

 the boiler scorching him badly. The loss 

 of his mustache makes some temporary 

 facial change. We are glad to report 

 he is much better. 



Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Finlayson re- 

 turned on the Saxonia, September 13, 

 from a two months' European trip. 



Lilium Philippense is meeting with a 

 ' good sale in Boston at present. This 

 promises to become a popular market 

 variety. 



Kenneth Finlayson and E. O. Orpet 

 officiated as judges at the New Bedford 

 show on September 13, when there was 

 a fine exhibition, especially of dahlias. 



Light frosts, the first of the season, 

 were experienced in this section on Sep- 

 tember 16 and 17, but we have not 

 heard of any particular damage being 

 done. Weather remains abnormally dry. 



Welch Bros, are handling quantities 

 of superb lily of the valley, grown by 

 Carl Jurgens, Newport, R. I. 



Waban Conservatories are sending in 

 extra fine Wellesley roses for the season. 

 We predict much popularity for this va- 

 riety during the coming winter. 



William Sim started to pick Princess 

 of Wales violets on September 15. His 

 stock is this season finer than ever. 



John Kiley starts this week for a va- 

 cation in New York and Philadelphia. 



Charles Boyle and W. Gorde have left 

 their positions at Galvin's Back Bay 

 store. They may start in business at 

 Hoffman's old store on Boylston. They 

 are two bright young men and should do 

 well. 



William Nicholson sailed for home on 

 September 18. He is greatly improved 

 in health by his three months' stay in 

 Europe. 



John Pritchett, manager at W. H. El- 

 liott 's establishment, at Madbury, N. H., 

 has been in town for a week. 



George A. Sutherland and wife have 

 returned from their annual vacation in 

 Maine, carrying a nice coat of tan. 



Houghton & Clark have been making 

 extensive repairs and improvements in 

 their Boylston street store and it is now 

 exceedingly attractive. 



Welch Bros.' new place of business 

 will be ready for occupancy early next 

 week. 



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Canna The Express at Nathan Smith & Son's, Adrian, Mich. 



Samuel Neil, of Dorchester, is making 

 improvements, including rebuilding his 

 Washington street conservatory. 



E. E. Lovan, of Brookline, had the 

 first violets of the season at the Park 

 street market. They sold at 75 cents 

 per hundred. W. N. Craig. 



LINCOLN, NEB. 



The exhibition of the Nebraska State 

 Horticultural Society at the state fair 

 was one of the most successful the soci- 

 ety has ever held. The fruit display 

 was grand in quality and great in quan- 

 tity. Grapes were particularly good, 

 some thirty-five varieties of seedlings 

 being shown, a number of them of su- 

 perb quality. The society distributed 

 fifty barrels of apples and several hun- 

 dred baskets of grapes to the multitude 

 on fruit day. 



The space in the floral section was 

 filled to the utmost capacity with good 

 collections of clean, healthy well-grown 

 stock . and the competition was close. 

 Following is a list of the awards: 



Floral design, C. H. Green, Fremont, first ; 

 S. E. Greer, Lincoln, second; Brewster & Wil- 

 liams, Grand Island, third; Dole Floral Co., 

 Beatrice, fourth. 



Floral WTeath, Brewster & Williams first, C. 

 H. Green second, Dole Floral Co. third. 



Bouquet, S. E. Greer first. Dole Floral Co. 

 second, Brewster & Willlamg third. 



Basket cut flowers, Brewster & Williams first, 

 C. H. Green second, S. E. Greer third. / 



Collection cut roses, C. H. Green first, S. E. 

 Greer second. Dole Floral Co. third. 



Cut carnations, Brewster & Williams first, S. 

 E. Greer second. Dole Floral Co. third. 



Collection cut flowers, S. E. Greer first, C. H. 

 Green second. Dole Floral Co. third. 



Collection greenhouse plants, C. H. Green first, 

 Brewster & Williams second. Dole Floral Co. 

 third, S. E. Greer fourth. 



Collection of palms, C. H. Green first, Brews- 

 ter & Williams second, Dole Floral Co. third, 

 S. E. Greer fourth. 



Five palms, C. H. Green first. Dole Floral Co. 

 seoond, Brewster & Williams, third, S. E. Greer 

 fourth. 



Collection of ferns, C. H. Green first, Brews- 

 ter & Williams second. Dole Floral Co. third, 

 S. E. Greer fourth. 



Five variegated foliage plants, C. H. Green 

 first, S. E. Greer second. 



Display of new and rare plants. Dole Floral 

 Co. first, C. H. Green second, Brewster & Wil- 

 liams third. 



Collection Kei begonias, Brewster & Wil- 

 liams first, S. E. Greer second, Dole Floral Co. 

 third. 



Collection flowering begonias. Dole Floral Co. 

 first, Brewster & Williams second, C. H. Green 

 third. 



Collection roses In pots, C. H. Green first. S. 

 E. Greer second. 



Carnations in pots, S. E. Greer first, Dole 

 Floral Co. second. 



Display tuberoses, C. H. Green first. Dole 

 Floral Co. second. 



Pair hanging baskets. C. H. Green first, S. E. 

 Greer second. Dole Floral Co. third. 



Bed of (reranlums planted on the grounds, S. 

 E. Greer first. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The annual fall show of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society, held Septem- 

 ber 13 to 15, was much the finest ever 

 held in the Whale city. The schedule 

 comprised nearly 200 classes, of which 

 seventy were for dahlias. These were 

 never before shown here in such profu- 

 sion or of such splendid quality. In the 

 professional classes, Mrs. H. A. Jahn was 

 the largest individual exhibitor and cap- 

 tured three silver cups, including one * 

 for twenty-five named varieties, fifty cac- 

 tus, and was also first for forty blooms 

 arranged for effect, and captured many 

 other prizes. 



W. O. Hathaway won two silver cups, 

 W. F. Turner one and Geo. H. Walker 

 one in the pea classes. In the amateur 

 classes, E. H. Wefee captured two cups, 

 M. McCarthy one and J. C. Forbes one. 

 Other large exhibitors and prize winners 

 were A. B. Wordell, G. B. Fuller, F. L. 

 Tinkham, Emanuel C. Sullavon, James 

 Robertson and A. J. Fish. J. C. Forbes 

 won a silver medal for the best seedling 

 never before exhibited. 



Among the exhibits calling for special 

 notice was a fine group of foliage plants 

 from James Garthly, gardener to H. H. 

 Rogers. Samuel S. Peckham captured 

 second prize with a nice arrangement. 

 For a group of flowering and foliage 

 plants, William Keith was first. This 

 exhibitor had a banana in fruit which 

 was an object of much interest. James 

 Garthly won a bronze medal for display 

 of fancy foliage plants, and R. H. Wood- 

 house a cultural certificate for a splen- 

 did lot of ferns and palms. James Garth- 

 ly also secured a silver medal for crest- 

 ed tuberous begonias. 



The display of dahlias was one of the 

 finest ever seen in Massachusetts, and 

 the interest taken in them by the visit- 

 ing public shows that they are very pop- 

 ular in New Bedford. W. N. C. 



I AM much pleased with your paper. — 

 Edward Burt, Emmetsburg, la. 



Marshall, Mich. — A. H. Dew made 

 a fine show of plants at the fair. 



Your sample copy was the best of five 

 publications received. — Northwestern 

 Nursery & Plant Co., Minneapolis. 



Grand Island, Neb. — ^Brewster & Wil- 

 liams made a fine display at the recent 

 state fair and got some good advertising 

 out of it. 



