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Mauch 28, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



U47 



Silver Medal Group of Cyclamens at the Boston Spring Show. 



F. E. Pierson Co. third, all showing Vic- 

 tory, Lady Bountiful captured all 

 prizes for white, Goddard, Strout and 

 Mrs. A. W. Blake winning in the order 

 named. W. Wheeler led for yellow with 

 Eldorado; Backer & Co. second, for same 

 variety. For white variegated, H. A. 

 Stevens Co. won with fine Varie- 

 gated Lawson, F. E. Pierson Co. second 

 with Patten, Backer & Co. third with 

 Variegated Lawson. 



For pansies prizes went to Mrs. E. M. 

 aill, Mrs. H. A. Jahn anu N. F. Com- 

 ley. In a strong class of 100 single 

 violets, Louis Smith won, followed by 

 H. F. Calder and E. Bingham. All 

 showed Princess of Wales. For 100 

 double violets N. F. Comley led, E. Bing- 

 ham second, H. F. Woods third. 



J. E. Eothewell won the Appleton sil- 

 ver gilt medal for finest display of cut 

 orchids, filling 200 bottles with 125 va- 

 rieties capitally arranged. 



Miscellaneous exhibits were numerous. 

 E. & J. Farquhar & Co. received a sil- 

 ver medal for an extensive and finely 

 arranged group of bulbous plants, palms, 

 etc. The Harvard Botanic Gardens, 

 Eobert Cameron gardener, also had a 

 magnificent group. Edward MacMulkin 

 put up a good group of foliage and 

 flowering plants. Dr. C. G. Weld also 

 had a fine group. George Page re- 

 ceived a cultural certificate for splendid 

 specimens of Marguerite Queen Alexan- 

 dra and Thomas Boland a similar award 

 for what were probably the finest genis- 

 tas of pyramidal form ever seen in the 

 halls. Prof. C. S. Sargent, Charles San- 

 der gardener, showed a large agave in 

 flower, which attracted much attention. 



One of the features of the show was 

 the group of seventy-five cyclamens, 

 eighteen months from seed, shown by 

 George M. Anderson, These were a 

 meritorious lot and worthily earned the 

 silver medal awarded their skillful grow- 

 er. M, H. Walsh secured a first-cla.ss. 

 certificate for his new rambler rose, 

 Milky Way, a beautiful single white with 

 prominent stamens. Jos, Breck & Son 

 had a nice group of palms and bulbous 

 plants, W. W. Eawson & Co., in the en- 

 trance hall, had beds of Proserpine and 

 Mon Tresor tulips edged with pansies 

 and alternanthera with valley at inter- 

 vals. They also had in the main hall a 



large bed representing an old-fashioned 

 perennial border composed of bulbous 

 stock and herbaceous perennials, Wal- 

 ter Hunnewell, T, D, Hatfield gardener, 

 had a dozen magnificently flowered 

 Acacia heterophylla and was awarded 

 a silver medal, Mrs, J. W. Tufts, Med- 

 ford, James Crestre gardener, received 

 a cultural certificate for a finely flow- 

 ered Dendrobium nobile, and J. E. Eothe- 

 well a certificate of merit for the pure 

 white Dendrobium nobile album. Lager 

 & Hurrell had a small group of orchids. 

 They received a certificate of merit for 

 Calanthe vestita ignea-oculata gigantea. 

 A. E. Parsons had fine annual lupins, 

 N. F. Comley mignonette, Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill a general display, Thomas Stock 

 cornflowers, F. Heeremans gardenias, 

 Julius Boehrs Co. a group of orchids 

 and foliage plants. 



H, H. Bogers, James Garthly gar- 

 dener, had a fine group of Easter flow- 

 ering plants. Farquhar & Co. received 

 honorable mention for Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine superba. Mrs. H. F. Du- 

 rant, Wellesley, Thomas Watt gardener, 

 received a cultural certificate for an im- 



mense and well-flowered red azalea. She 

 had also a display of orchids, J, E. 

 Clark & Son had a nice group of herba- 

 ceous perennials in pots. Gen. S. M. 

 Weld received a certificate of merit for 

 Primula Kewensis. He also showed Prim- 

 ula obconica, as did Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner. The latter also showed a new yel- 

 low cineraria with small, senecio-like 

 flowers. Kenneth Finlayson received a 

 first-class certificate for his seedling 

 Himalayan rhododendron, Mary Weld 

 (E. Princess Mary Fitzwilliam x E. Veit- 

 ehii laevigata), flowers pure white, five 

 inches across and sweet scented. 



William Sim received a silver medal 

 for a large table of magnificently grown 

 sweet peas in many varieties, also a first- 

 class certificate for the new violet, Bos- 

 ton. H. A. Jahn had some good seed- 

 ling carnations. J. H. Gushing showed 

 Carnation Victoria, a nice flower similar 

 to Lawson in color. William Nicholson 

 had a fine vase of Afterglow and Peter 

 Fisher one of Beacon, which received a 

 certificate of merit. F. E. Pierson had 

 White Enchantress and Backer & Co. 

 a fine pure yellow seedling. 



There was a nice display of fruits and 

 vegetables. A ladies' orchestra fur- 

 nished music. The attendance was large, 

 many visitors coming from a distance. 



W. N. Craig. 



BACTERIA ON GERANIUMS. 



Jn the February 28 issue of the Ee- 

 viEW there was a note entitled "Trouble 

 with Geraniums," signed A. N. S. Not 

 having occasion to see these leaves, of 

 course I do not pretend to know what 

 is the cause of the trouble, but I wish 

 to call attention to the fact that in the 

 report of Hatch Experiment Station, 

 Amherst, Mass., published in 1898, is de- 

 scribed a bacterial disease of the gera- 

 nium. Only a short reference was made 

 to it, but we have observed this disease 

 every year since its discovery, and have 

 learned that in some sections it has be- 

 come more or less a serious matter. Ac- 

 cording to our observations it is more 

 common outdoors, but when outdoor stock 

 is taken into a house we occasionally find 

 it on the plants during the winter. 



This trouble is characterized by brown 

 spots on the leaves, and these spots may 

 be numerous enough so that a large por- 

 tion of the leaf is involved. The spots 



Cinerarias at the Boston Spring Flower Show. 



