Mabch 26, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



be torn down and the land used for 

 building purposes, A man building a fac- 

 tory does not have any such idea, and 

 our establishment should be just as per- 

 manent, or more so, than any factory. 

 A proper location should be selected 

 with great care; then, get the best to 

 do with and build thoroughly enough so 

 that the place can be inherited by your 

 children and grandchildren. The fact 

 that the growing of cut roses as a busi- 

 ness was born inside of the last fifty 

 years is no reason to suppose it will 

 die out inside of the same time. 



While I am wandering away from the 

 question, allow me to impress on you the 

 importance of taking the best of care 

 of your house when built, especially in 

 regard to painting. 



BOSTON SPRING FLOWER SHOW. 



Better than ever, seemed to be the 

 general verdict of the spring show just 

 closed in Boston. "While there was slight 

 falling off in some departments, the 

 improvement in others more than com- 

 pensated for it, and the quality of the 

 exhibits was unusually high. The ar- 

 rangement was excellent and reflected 

 great credit on the committee in charge. 

 Probably the most striking feature of 

 the whole show was the beautifully ar- 

 ranged group of R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co., which secured the rare distinction 

 of a gold medal. Breaking away from 

 stereotyped groupings, the Messrs. Far- 

 quhar produced a veritable flower garden 

 of bold, irregular outline, the mounds of 

 lily of the valley and white hyacinths 

 being especially effective. For a back- 

 ground Areca lutescens, bays and Laurus 

 nobilis were used. Candidum and longi- 

 florum lilies were dotted irregularly in 

 front of these with telling effect. An 

 immense quantity of bulbous stock, also 

 azaleas, ericas, acacias, ferns, Isolepis 

 gracilis and other material was used. 

 Not a pot could be seen, the plants' all 

 appearing to be growing naturally. White 

 was the predominant color, a little only 

 of yellow and soft pink being used. 



A gold medal was also awarded to 

 Walter Hunnewell, T. D. Hatfield gar- 

 dener, for a splendid collection of hy- 

 brid amaryllis of Mr. Hatfield's rais- 

 ing. Plants of Cyrtomium falcatum were 

 used as a groundwork to hide the pots. 

 Harvard Botanic Gardens made an ex- 

 tensive display, well arranged. Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, William Thatcher gar- 

 dener, had almost a dozen fine speci- 

 mens of chorizema well flowered. Thomas 

 Roland had a table of genistas, trained 

 in a variety of forms, also Lady Gay 

 rose and Acacia longifolia. General S. 

 M. Weld, Thomas Coles gardener, had a 

 fine group of forced shrubs, bulbs, cine- 

 rarias, etc. Dr. C. G. Weld had a fine 

 specimen of Rhododendron Alice Fitz- 

 william, and Mrs. A. W. Blake, J. L. 

 Smith gardener, a huge plant of Neph- 

 rolepis Barrowsii. 



In the competitive classes there were 

 numerous entries and the following were 

 some of the leading prizes awarded: Pair 

 of palms, first and third, Edward Mac- 

 Mulkin; second, Frederick Ayer, George 

 Page gardener. The last named ex- 

 hibitor was first for six ericas, specimen 

 acacia and twelve acacias. Some of his 

 best acacias were heterophylla, Drum- 

 mondi, longifolia and pulchella. For six 

 hard-wooded greenhouse plants other 

 than ericas and azaleas, J, R, Leeson, 

 James Cartwright gardener, had the best 

 display. Cyclamens, as usual, made a 

 fine showing. For twelve plants in not 

 over 7-inch pots prizes went to Dr, C. G. 



Rose Hiawatha Exhibited at Boston by M. H. Walsh. 



Weld, W. A. Riggs and E. J. Mitton, J. 

 Lawson gardener. For six plants in not 

 over 10-inch pots the winners were Dr. 

 C. G. Weld, Frederick Ayer and E. .T. 

 Mitton. William Whitman was first for 

 six cinerarias, one cineraria and six Cine- 

 raria stellata, Mrs. Gardner being sec- 

 ond for the last named. 



Bulbous plants made an extensive dis- 

 play, the quality being first-class. For 

 six pans of hyacinths, W. A, Riggs, W, 

 Whitman and Mrs. J. L, Gardner were 

 successful. For a single pan, first and 

 second went to W. Whitman, third to 

 Mrs. Gardner; fourth to A. F. Esta- 

 brook, George Barker gardener. For six 

 pans tulips, W. A. Riggs, W. Whitman 

 and Mrs. Gardner won in order named, 

 while for three pans, W. Whitman, W. 

 A, Riggs and A, F, Estabrook took the 

 prizes. For six jonquils W. Whitman 

 was first, Mrs, Gardner second, W. A, 

 Riggs third. For collection large Trum- 

 pet narcissi, W. Whitman led, followed 

 by Mrs, Gardner and A, F. Estabrook. 

 W. Whitman and Mrs. Gardner had the 

 best collections of short Trumpet nar- 

 cissi. W. A, Riggs won the Rawson silver 

 cup for the largest collection of nar- 

 cissi grown by a private gardener. W, 

 Whitman had first, as usual, for the best 

 general display of bulbous plants, all 

 classes. 



For climbing roses, one specimen, M. 

 H. Walsh was first with a magnificent 

 plant of Delight, second with Arcadia 

 and third with Lady Gay. Mr. Walsh 

 was also first for six ramblers in pots. 

 For twelve hardy primroses Frederick 



Ayer, A. F, Estabrook and Mrs. Gard- 

 ner took the prizes. The last named 

 was first and second for schizanthua. 

 For group of Easter plants, Edward Mac- 

 Mulkin was first and second. Mrs. Gard- 

 ner had the best six amaryllis. 



For group of orchids covering fifty 

 square feet, Scth Borden, F. Varden 

 gardener, was first. He also won for 

 three specimen orchids, with excellent 

 dendrobiums. For single specimen or- 

 chids, Mrs. J. L, Gardner won with Cat- 

 tlcya Schroederae, Seth Borden second, 

 Mrs. J. C. Whiten third. For six pans, 

 first and third ^gpt to Miss M. A. Rand, 

 second to H. A. Hand. 



Cut roses made a smaller display than 

 usual. For Bride, Eber Holmes won 

 first and W. H. Elliott second. For 

 Richmond, W. H. Elliott won, followed 

 by Waban Conservatories and Eber 

 Holmes. Any other variety, W. H, Elli- 

 ott was first with Safrano. In the pri- 

 vate gardeners' class, Dr, C, G, Weld 

 was first for Bride and Bridesmaid, 



There was, as usual, a good display 

 of carnations. For vase of 100 blooms, 

 S, J, Goddard won with fine Helen God- 

 dard. The same exhibitor led for crim- 

 son with Harry Fenn; second, M. A. 

 Patten with Harry Fenn ; third, S, J, God- 

 dard with Octoroon, C, S. Strout was first 

 for daybreak pink with Enchantress ; sec- 

 ond, S. J. Goddard with Winsor; third, 

 Patten with Winsor. Mrs. E. A. Mans- 

 field led in the dark pink class witn 

 Lawson; second, W. Whitman with Law- 

 son; third, S. J. Goddard with Helea 

 Goddard. For scarlet, S. J. Goddard, 



