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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



November 12, 1908. 



was second, had an effective table, Bon- 

 uaffon being the variety used. Sidney 

 Hoffman was third with his centerpiece 

 of Pink Ivory. There was an evident 

 disposition to overdo the decorations on 

 several tables. Decorated fruit tables 

 attracted considerable attention. Isaac 

 Locke & Co. were first in this class, with 

 E. MacMulkin second. Groups of orchids 

 arranged with foliage plants brought out 

 a good competition. The prizes offered 

 were $75, $60 and $50; first went to 

 Seth Borden, F. Varden gardener; 

 Wheeler & Co. being second and E. Mac- 

 Mulkin third. The second prize group 

 was finely arranged, but lacked variety. 



For six vases of carnations, fifty 

 blooms in each, William Nicholson won 

 with a splendid lot, his varieties being 

 Mrs. Patten, Afte't^low, White Enchant- 

 ress, Rose-pink Enchantress, Beacon and 

 Enchantress; C. S. Strout, who was a 

 good second, showed Victory, Beacon, 

 Winsor, Enchantress, White Enchantress 

 and White Perfection; Backer & Co. were 

 third. S. J. Renter had a nice vase of 

 Rose Mrs. Jardine, awarded honorable 

 mention, and Waban Rose Conservatories 

 with White Killarney received a silver 

 medal. This rose was one of the leading 

 attractions of the show. 



Edward" MacMulkin tools first and 

 second for best 300 feet group of flower- 

 ing and foliage plants. Joseph Breck & 

 Sons were first for group of hardy con- 

 iferous trees. New England Nurseries 

 second. For best specimen chrysanthe- 

 mum, Dr. C. G. Weld, W. C. Rust gar- 

 dener, won first prize of $50 and a silver 

 medal with a beautiful plant of Garza; 

 Thomas Proctor, James Marlborough 

 gardener, second and fourth, and Mrs. 

 W. W. Blake, J. L. Smith gardener, 

 third, W, H. Elliott had the best twenty- 

 five commercial specimens. There was a 

 strong entry for twelve single flowering 

 varieties; Mrs. Frederick Ayer, George 

 Page gardener, was first and third; W. 

 A. Riggs, second. The best varieties 

 shown were: Bessie Kennedy, Mrs. S. 

 Untermyer, Mrs. E. A. Isaacs, Irene 



Craig and Miss E. Partridge. Mrs. A. 

 W, Blake was first for six plants with 

 six flowers to a plant. 



The Gane memorial prize went to 

 James Nicol with a superb vase of Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones, equal to any of the newer 

 introductions in the hall; G. W. Knowl- 

 ton second. For 'six vases, ten blooms 

 each, W. S. & J. T. Spaulding, F. E. Cole 

 gardener, won with Dr. Enguehard, Mrs. 

 W. Duckham, Miriam Hankey, Mrs. H. 

 A. Allen, Col. Appleton and Souv. de 

 Calvat Pere. For twenty-five blooms dis- 

 tinct, M. F. Plant, T. W. Head gardener, 

 led, followed very closely by W. A. Riggs 

 and Peter B. Robb. Some of the best 

 flowers shown in this class were: Guy 

 Hamilton, General Hutton, M. F. Plant, 

 Mrs. J. E. Dunne, F. S. Vallis, Mrs. H. 

 Partridge, Miss Clay Frick, Lady Hope- 

 toun, Miriam Hankey, Merstham Crimson, 

 Mrs. W. Duckham, Mary Inglis and F. 

 A. Cobbold. With twelve blooms Japan- 

 ese, M. F. Plant won, Peter B. Robb 

 second. Mrs. Lester Leland, Eric Wet- 

 terlow gardener, was a good first for 

 twelve Japanese incurved with excellent 

 blooms of Mrs. D. V. West, Mrs. George 

 Heaume, Mrs. H. Barnes, Yellow Eaton, 

 W. M. Moir, Dr. Enguehard, Miriam 

 Hankey, Glenview, Mrs. G. E. Neil, Col. 

 Appleton, Mary Donnellan and Mrs. H. 

 Partridge; W. S. & J. T. Spaulding 

 second. Mr. Wetterton was also well in 

 the lead for twelve reflexed with capital 

 blooms of Mrs. J. E. Dunne, Mrs. W. A. 

 Etherington, Reginald Vallis, Mrs. Nor- 

 man Davis, Mrs. Duckham, O. H. Broom- 

 head, Mary Mason, President Viger, Gen- 

 eral Hutton and Souv. de la Oountesse 

 Reily. The same exhibitor was first for 

 anemone flowered; Mrs. J. M. Sears, W. 

 C. Ritchie gardener, second. Peter B. 

 Robb and Bellevue Greenhouses won on 

 pompons. 



For twelve vases singles, Mrs. F. Ayer 

 was first and second, W. D. Sloane, F. 

 Heeremans gardener, third. For large 

 vase of 100 blooms, W. W. Edgar & Co. 

 led with a splendid vase of Bonnaffons; 

 Ai. F. Plant second with a splendid vase; 



W. W. Edgar & Co. third; Edgar Bros, 

 fourth. For ten blooms pink, W. A. 

 Riggs, M. F. Plant and W. S. & J. T. 

 Spaulding won in order named. For 

 white, James Nicol, G. W, Knowlton and 

 M. F. Plant. For yellow, W. A. Riggs 

 and M. F. Plant. For red, W. A, Riggs. 

 For any other color, M. F. Plant, W. A, 

 Riggs and G. W. Knowlton. M. F. Plant 

 had the best six new varieties. 



Among miscellaneous exhibits were the 

 following: Mrs. J. L. Gardner, W. 

 Thatcher gardener, group of palms and 

 flowering plants; the same exhibitor re- 

 ceived a certificate of merit for specimen 

 plant of Alpinia Sanderaj; W. Whitman, 

 M. Sullivan gardener, had a group of 

 palms and chrysanthemums; Thomas E. 

 Proctor a beautiful group of Garza 

 chrysanthemums arranged with palms, 

 also standard chrysanthemums; F. W. 

 Fletcher had seedling single chrysanthe- 

 mums, Ficus altissima and Violet Ba- 

 ronne Rothschild; Lager & Hurrell a 

 group of orchids; Mrs. H. F. Durant, 

 Thomas Watt gardener, a nice lot of or- 

 chids; a specimen of Vanda Sanderiana 

 carrying ten fiowers to a stalk received a 

 certificate, as did a fine plant of Zygope- 

 talum Mackaii from Mrs. A. W. Blake. 



William Nicholson, Philip Dexter, 

 James Salter gardener, and Mangus Val- 

 ley Conservatories had carnations which 

 received gratuities. Sidney Hoffman had 

 a group of palms and chrysanthemums, 

 Mrs. J. W. Sears displays of single and 

 anemone chrysanthemums, W. N. Craig 

 fifty varieties of seedling single chrysan- 

 themums, Mrs. Frederick Ayer Erica 

 melanthera, H. A. Dreer received a cer- 

 tificate of merit for Nephrolepis Schol- 

 zeli and H. H. Barrows & Son honorable 

 mention for Nephrolepis magnifica, an 

 improvement on N. Whitmani. Miss R. 

 Schaller had nice seedling carnations and 

 Philip Dexter good seedling pink anem- 

 one chrysanthemums in the way of Garza. 



There was a splendid lot of vegetables 

 si.own in the lower hall. E. L. Lewis won 



A View of the Autumn Exhibition at Boston^ November 6 to 9. 



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