AUOUST 20» 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Geranium Bed of R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., with A. T. Boddington's Bed of Hyadnthus Candicans in background at left. 



W. W. Edgar Co., certificate of merit 

 for bed of heliotrope carpeted with 

 vinca. 



Robert Craig Co., silver medal for 

 beds of crotons. 



Arthur T. Boddington, silver medal 

 for bed of Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine. 



A, H. Hews & Co., honorable mention 

 for garden pottery, 



Boston parks system, a special di- 

 ploma and commendation to J. B. Shea. 



PEESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



The society never before has had so 

 fine an indoor setting for the annual 

 function at which the members greet 

 the president, his cabinet and their 

 ladies. The ballroom of the Copley 

 Plaza is one of the newest and most 

 up-to-date and was well filled in spite 

 of the drizzling rain that no doubt kept 

 many away. It seems to rain every day 

 in Boston this year. In the receiving 

 line were J. J. Hess and Mrs. Hess, of 

 Omaha; J. E. Evans and Mrs. Evans, 

 of Richmond, Ind.; President Wirth and 

 Mrs. Wirth, of Minneapolis; Vice- presi- 

 dent "Welch and Mrs. Welch, of Boston; 

 W. J. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart, of Bos- 

 ton; R. Vincent, Jr., and Mrs. Vincent, 

 of White Marsh, Md., Erank R. Pierson 

 and M. H. Norton, After the long line 

 of members and ladies had wound its 

 way past the receiving party, dancing 

 followed and refreshments were served. 

 It was a late hour before the affair came 

 to a close, 



LUNCH TO VISITOES. 



A lunch was tendered to some of the 

 prominent local workers, visitors and 

 members of the press at the Parker 

 House, Tuesday afternoon. About sixty 

 gentlemen were present, J. J. Cassidy, 

 who recently took over Doyle's Beacon 

 street store, acted as toastmaster, and 

 ^•^veral gentlemen made short addresses, 

 Hayor Curley made an eloquent speech. 

 '6 pleased his hearers when he an- 

 •^unced that since the opening of the 



convention garden he had been offered 

 $50,000 by a prominent local lady to as- 

 sist in its development, and he assured 

 his hearers that the garden would soon 

 be made one of the great beauty spots 

 of Boston's park system. 



Othfer speakers included Commissioner 

 of Parks John H. Dillon, W. P, Kast- 

 ing. Judge C, A. Holt, Commissioner 

 Charles Gibson, Theodore Wirth, and 

 others, 



AT HORTICULTURAL HALL. 



In honor of the visit of the S. A. F,, 

 the prize and exhibition committee of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 got up, at three days' notice, a fine ex- 

 hibition which filled Horticultural hall, 

 although no prizes or even honorary 

 awards were made. 



William Sim staged a magnificent lot 

 of gladioli, filling 175 large vases, which 

 filled half the lecture hall. He had 5,000 

 spikes in all. His best sorts were: 

 America, Canary Bird, Mrs. King, Eu- 

 ropa. Independence, Kunderdi Glory, 

 Halley, Panama, Hollandia, Scribe, Cyn- 

 osure, Baron Hulot, Sunburst, Dazzler, 

 Aline, Mayor, Niagara and Wild Rose. 



B, Hammond Tracy staged a large and 

 imposing bank of gladioli well arranged, 

 C, W, Brown, of Ashland, had a good 

 collection of named varieties, W, N, 

 Craig showed twenty-five varieties of 

 Wilhelm Pfitzer's newer introductions; 

 some of the finest were Schwaben, Char- 

 lotte Pfitzer and Aprikose. John Lewis 

 Childs had a fine collection of gladioli. 

 The Boston Cut Flower Co, had a fine 

 decoration of palms and large baskets 

 of gladioli, H, R, Comley had a similar 

 display, William Nicholson showed a fine 

 lot of buddleias, and Mrs. E, M, Gill, 

 in addition to a collection of dahlias, 

 had some fine dipladenias and allaman- 

 das, E, F. Dwyer & Sons had a large 

 and representative collection of dahlias, 

 M, Sullivan, gardener to W, Whitman, 

 had two large tables of gladioli, annuals 

 and perennials 



Mount Desert Nurseries had a splen- 



did bank of aconitums. The Eastern 

 Nurseries and T. C. Thurlow's Sons had 

 imposing collections of bardy perennials, 

 also tables of phloxes; F, J. Rea also 

 had a large collection of the latter, R. 

 & J, Farquhar & Co, showed hardy 

 perennials ii quantity; also Lilium 

 myriophyllum, Sargentiae and Henryi, a 

 group of fancy caladiums and a large 

 table of exhibition quality vegetables. 

 The W, W. Edgar Co, had a fine cir- 

 cular group of palms and other foliage 

 plants, gladioli, gloxinias, etc, Jack- 

 son Dawson had a collection of Calluna 

 vulgaris, or Scotch heather, in variety. 

 Mrs, Frank Merriam had large specimen 

 zonale geraniums. This exhibition at- 

 tracted a large attendance, both of con- 

 vention members and the general public. 



REPORT OF TARIFF COMMITTEE. 



[The following Is the report of Wm. F. Gude, 

 ctinliman of the tariff and leRisIatlve committee, 

 presented at the Boston convention, August 19, 

 1014. 1 



With the one exception of a reference 

 for the adjustment of a certain classi- 

 fication of freight rates, the committee 

 ha« had nothing before it. 



In this case, after a visit to the In- 

 terstate Commerce Commission in 

 Washington, the matter was transferred 

 to New York, There the commission 

 heard R. M. Ward, of our committee, 

 and then took the matter under advise- 

 ment. 



In the event the classification is re- 

 duced, it will make considerable differ- 

 ence in the service rendered, as the 

 goods will not go forward as promptly 

 as first-class freight, 



Padueah, Ky.— John Van Aart, for- 

 merly of Newtown, Pa,, who bought the 

 entire plant of C, L. Brunson & Co. 

 here about two years ago, has lately 

 purchased the business of Robt, E, 

 Rudolph, of Padueah. Mr, Van Aart 

 will run both ranges in connection with 

 his store. All his stock is in fine con- 

 dition and he looks for a good fall 

 trade. 



