AUGUST 20, 191*.. 



The Rorists' Review 



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Five Beds of A. N. Pierson, Inc., G>ntainiag Polyantha Roses, Herbaceous Perennials and Bedding Plants. 



nice bed of the large and handsome 

 Ooleus Brilliancy. 



F. E. Palmer, Brookline, Mass., filled 

 a bed eighty-five feet in length with 

 the rich dark blue Petunia Veilchen- 

 blau, bordered with Marigold Legion of 

 Honor, with an edging of white ver- 

 bena, a charming combination. 



Eastern Nurseries, HoUiston, Mass., 

 filled a large, irregular bed with taxus 

 and other evergreens, with a ground- 

 work of Pachysandra terminalis. They 

 also had a perennial bed filled with pink 

 and white phloxes, with Viola cornuta 

 as a groundwork. 



William Tricker, Arlington, N. J., 

 had the largest collection of aquatics 

 in the garden. Unfortunately, owing to 

 the coldness of the water, the nymphseas 

 had made but little growth. He had a 

 nice bed of pennisetums; P. macroatrum 

 in the center, followed by P. Japonicum, 

 then P. Kuppellianum, and a border of 

 bulbosum. Another bed, of Perry's 

 variety of Lythrum roseum, was good, 

 with a border of Vinca minor aurea. 



A. F. Coolidge, Cambridge, Mass., 

 filled a large bed with geraniums of 

 the best commercial varieties, all well 

 flowered. 



Edward MacMulkin, Boston, showed 

 a large bed with a central block of 

 Physostegia Virginiana, dotted with 

 Dracaena australis. Lobelias, gera- 

 niums, begonias and other plants filled 

 the rest of the bed. 



Dreer's Aquatics. 



H. A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, had 

 <<■ large collection of nymphseas and 

 other aquatics. The water lilies showed 

 ♦he lack of warm weather in their 

 frrowth. Some of the best sorts noted 

 \vere: N. Bissetti, Gladstoniana, Aurora, 

 f'iorata rosea, rubra rosea, odorata sul- 

 I'lnirea, Marliacea Candida, Marliacea 

 ^;' ea, Mrs. C. W. Ward, Devoniensis, 

 J'lnk Trelease, Zanzibariensis, O'Mar- 

 ■J"y, Wm. Stone, pulcherrima and 

 '^'•ntata. ' 



'"• Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White 



^!n-sh, Md., had a circular bed with a 



Jl^'tral mass of the brilliant double 



'"inet geranium, Maryland, with a dou- 



ble row of Scarlet Bedder, and a border 

 of the salmon-colored Miss Lawrence. 



Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., Boston, 

 had a large, circular raised bed of the 

 concern's special lawn seed. This lawn, 

 seeded June 11 and first mowed June 

 25, was as nearly perfect as could be; 

 entirely clear of weeds. The bed was 

 marked off with lines of achyranthes 

 to represent a clock, the hour figures 

 being done in alternantheras. A figure 

 of Mercury in bronze stood in the cen- 

 ter of the bed. The same firm had in 

 another part of the garden a pleasing 

 bed of white speciosum lilies, tuberous 

 and fibrous-rooted begonias, and Alter- 

 nanthera brilliantissima. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 had a circular bed planted with the 

 new deep salmon geranium. General 

 Funston, a pleasing color, and bordered 

 with Alternanthera Jewel. 



F. W. Fletcher & Co., Auburndale, 

 Mass., had a large bed of Antirrhinum 

 Nelrose, dwarf in habit outdoors and 

 floriferous. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, New York and 

 Chicago, had a bed of the brilliant scar- 

 let canna. Firebird. 



Axel Magnuson, Manchester, Mass., 

 showed a bed of a new maroon-colored 

 salvia, as yet but little open. Thie bed 

 was bordered with double white pe- 

 tunias. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., had a 

 bed of Gladiolus Peace not yet in flower. 



H. E. Comley, Boston, had a small 

 circular bed of cosmos. Marguerite Mrs. 

 Sander, and coleus. 



S. J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass., 

 filled a bed with the bright pink be- 

 gonia, Gloire de Chatelaine, easily the 

 finest bedding begonia seen in the 

 garden. 



Craig's Crotons. 



Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, had 

 a large bed of the firm's newer and 

 choice crotons, with a groundwork of 

 freshly seeded lawn, which made them 

 show up their brilliant colors well. 

 These were not planted until August 14. 



John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. Y., 

 contributed a large bed of choice gladi- 



oli, which were all well in flower. Some 

 of the best varieties were: Meyerfurst, 

 Winsome, Gleam, Rose Spray, Sulphur 

 King, Scribe, Snow King, Attraction, 

 Charmer, Radiance, Sunburst, Lydia 

 and various primulinus hybrids. 



E. E. Stewart, Brooklyn, Mich., 

 showed a nice bed of gladioli, in 

 eighteen varieties. These include some 

 new and choice kinds. 



William Sim, Cliftondale, Mass., filled 

 a circular bed with pink antirrhinum, 

 bordered with alternanthera. 



W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley, Mass., 

 had a splendid bed of standard and 

 dwarf heliotropes, bordered with varie- 

 gated vinca. The bed was dotted with 

 white speciosum lilies; the latter were 

 added August 15. 



B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass., 

 showed a large bed of gladioli, with a 

 groundwork of sweet alyssum. None 

 of the gladioli were open for the con- 

 vention. 



Galvm Shows Shield. 



Thomas F. Galvin, Inc., Boston and 

 New York, planted a fiue carpet bed, 

 on which the lettering stood tip boldly. 

 The wording was "Thomas F. Galvin, 

 Inc., 1847-1914, Bpston and New York." 

 Echeverias, alternantheras and blue 

 lobelias were chiefly Used. 



Bidwell & Fqbes,. Kinsnian,: 0., had a 

 w«ll flowered ted of gladioK. The best 

 varieties seen were: Mrs. J. Lancashire, 

 Panama, Niagara, E. E. Stewart, Purity 

 and Chicago White. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, con- 

 tributed what was the largest and most 

 imposing feature of the garden, in the 

 form of a Japanese garden, tastefully 

 planted. A pergola opened upon a rus- 

 tic winding bridge about 110 feet in 

 length, which led to a charming rustic 

 tea house, with central table, settees, 

 and even window boxes filled with 

 growing plants, in the center of the 

 lagoon. The shores of the waterway 

 were tastefully planted with water-lov- 

 ing subjects. Choice evergreens were 

 used in profnsion in the shore plantings, 

 and tan bark was used instead of stone 

 or gravel for the walks. The firm's 



