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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOVBMBBB 16, 1011. 



tant of the year, plays secoud fiddle to 

 those held during winter and spring. 



The only exhibitor of specimen 

 plahts, which used to be such a feature 

 in Boston, was James Marlborough, gar- 

 dener to Thqmas E. Proctor. He had 

 superb specimens of Mayor Weaver, 

 Garzd, Enguehard, Emmy Lou, etc. The 

 last named, one of Mr. Marlborough's 

 seedlings in the way of Garza, received 

 a silver medal for the best plant in the 

 show. D. f. Roy, gardener to H. E. 

 Converse, had the best specimen singles 

 and Eric Wetterlow, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lester Leland, had capital plants carry- 

 ing six specimen blooms. W. H. Elliott 

 captured first and second for twenty- 

 five commercial plants, none of these, 

 having stakes. 



There were three excellent orchid 

 yroups: Wheeler & Co., Paul de Nave 

 and J. T, Butterworth, winning in the 

 order named. 



In the 300 square feet group of foli- 

 age and flower jjlants, Edward Mac- 

 Mulkin led with a fine lot of plants, 

 W, W. Edgar Co. being an excellent 

 second. George Page, gardener tt> Mrs. 

 Frederick Ayer, and M. Sullivan, gar- 

 dener to W. Whitman, were first in the 

 classes for palms. 



There was practically no competition 

 in the cut bloom classes, several having 

 no entries at all in spite of the good 

 money prizes. For the large vase of 

 seventy-five blooms, Alex McKay, gar- 

 dener to E. A. Clark, was in the lead 

 with a splendid mixed assortment; W. 

 W. Edgar Co. second and third with fine 

 vases of Eaton and Bonnaffon. James 

 Nieol captured the H. A. Gane special 

 for a vase of Mrs. Jerome Jones with 



any other color. George Page, W. A. 

 Biggs and H. E. Converse had the best 

 singles. 



For dinner table decoration of chrys- 

 anthemums, MacMulkin won, using 

 Garza and yellow pompons. Hoffman, 

 who was second, had a pleasing combi- 

 nation of brown and yellow pompons, 

 but used too much material. Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill was third. MacMulkin was 

 first for the best decorated fruit table. 



Wm. Downs, gardener to E. S. Web- 

 ster, received a silver medal for be- 

 gonias, Winter Cheer and Elatior, raised 

 by Veitch & Sons, of London, beauti- 

 ful plants, finely flowered and with 

 wonderful commercial possibilities for 

 Thanksgiving and Christmas trade. E. 

 A. Wetterlow had an interesting hybrid 

 begonia, incarnata crossed with a tuber- 

 ous variety. The foliage resembled in- 

 carnata, but the flowers, which were 

 scarlet and carried in bunches, were 

 similar to the tuberous varieties. He 

 was awarded a first-class certificate. 

 W. W. Edgar Co. showed a group of 

 cyclamens anil Lorraine begonias, all 

 showing the high culture characteristic 

 of this growing firm. Thomas Roland 

 showed a large table of acacias, dra- 

 cffinas, Otaheite oranges, Lorraines and 

 other decorative plants. George Melvin 

 received a certificate of merit for Capsi- 

 cum capsicastrum Melvini with pointed 

 berries, and Thomas E. Proctor secured 

 the same award for his new chrysanthe- 

 mum, Emmy Lou. 



H. H. Barrows & Sou received honor- 

 able mention for Nephrolepis Whitmani 

 compacta, ofy a neat, compact habit. 

 C. H. Totty showed a collection of new 

 single mums and the new rose, Sun- 



Botfvardla on a W^ienlioeber Table. 



a magnificent vase. He was also 

 awarded a silver cultural medal. None 

 of the newer mums can touch this va- 

 riety as grown by Mr. Nicol. He took 

 second prize with the yellow sport of 

 Mrs. Jones and was also first for ten 

 pink chrysanthemums with grand Mir- 

 iam Hankey. Alexander McKay took 

 first for ten white, ten yellow and ten 



burst, which secured a first-class certifi- 

 cate. A similar award went to S. J. 

 Renter & Son for their sport of White 

 Killarney rose. A. N. Pierson showed 

 Killarney Queen and Double White Kil- 

 larney, each receiving a first-class cer- 

 tificate and showing up well.* 



There were no classes allotted to car- 

 nations, but C. S. Strout had a fine col- 



lection, including splendid White Won- 

 der, Gloriosa, Pink Delight, Beacon, 

 Enchantress, Winsor, Melody, White 

 Perfection and White Enchantress. A 

 promising flesh pink seedling, Beacon x 

 Victory, received honorable mention. 

 A. A. Pembroke had excellent Gloriosa, 

 White Wonder and other varieties and 

 two good seedlings. One named Bev- 

 erly, similar in color to Pink Delight, 

 received honorable mention. 



E, S. Webster received honorable 

 mention for Celosia Thompsoni pyram- 

 idalis. William Sim had a superb 

 table of some 600 pansies. He was 

 awarded a bronze medal. No finer 

 pansies were ever exhibited in Boston. 

 Mrs. Francis Peabody had a group of 

 Lorraine begonias and Wm. T. Walkc 

 an artistic pyramidal arrangement of 

 the same begonia; also Garza, Anna and 

 other mums and ferns. James Wheeler 

 had three vases of antirrhinums which 

 for the season were grand and kept him 

 busy booking orders for cuttings. W, A- 

 Riggs had a huge vase of Bonnaffons ou 

 the lecture hall stage, finely arranged. 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill had an interesting gen- 

 eral collection of mums. There was a fine 

 fruit display and the Boston jDark de- 

 partment in connection with it had nu- 

 merous vases of berry-bearing shrubs 

 which proved of great interest. 



W. N. Craig. 



FLOWER SHOW ADMISSIONS. 



It will be recalled that the advanc- 

 ing of the price of admission to the 

 first national flower show, at Chicago, 

 to 75 cents occasioned some slight criti- 

 cism at the time and that for the sec- 

 ond national show, at Boston, the fee 

 was 50 cents. In view of this the gate 

 charges for next spring's international 

 show at London will be of interest. 



The prices originally fixed for the 

 eight days of the exhibition- are as 

 follows: 



sterling. Dollars. 



Ist day 2 2 10.3s 



2nd day .-.. 1 1 <• "i.ai 



3rd day 10 <i 2.40 



4th day 5 1.2(i 



Sth day 2 « .60 



.\11 subsequent days 10 .24 



Because this scale of charges met 

 with criticism, the directors decided to 

 reduce the fee after 5 p. m. to one- 

 half, this to apply only on the first 

 four days. Professional gardeners will 

 pay the regular fee the first day, but 

 on the second day will be admitted for 

 $1.20, on the third day for 60 cents and 

 on all later days for a shilling, 24 

 cents. But what would an American 

 gardener or florist say if he were asked 

 to pay $10.38 to get into a flower show 

 at its opening! 



In explaining the scale of charges the 

 directors say: "The directors have 

 retained the original prices for admis- 

 sion during the greater part of each 

 day, chiefly on account of the limited 

 space at their disposal. The actual 

 size of the ground is twenty-one acres; 

 but at least seven acres are occupied 

 by trees, shrubs, etc., which leaves only 

 fourteen acres for tents, exhibits, of- 

 fices, etc. Applications for space have, 

 naturally, been very numerous, and 

 ground has to be allotted for paths, 

 promenades, and so forth. It must also 

 be remembered that, apart from the 

 visitors themselves, there will be a 

 large number — say, 3,000 — of ofiicials 

 and servants, including jurymen, ex- 

 hibitors, attendants, etc." 



Aldan, Pa. — Clement S. Levis has 

 erected another greenhouse. 





