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The Florists' Review 



MAucrr I'J. 1014. 



BOSTON SPRING SHOW. 



A Fine Display of Plants. 



'I'lic .•^iiiiiiji; exliiliit ion, wiiicli (losnl 

 III lidstou j\Iarc-h l'>, wiis in in;in\- piii 

 tiiuliir.s tbc liiiest ever ^<('('n tliiTc 

 \('\('r liave liMrtl-woodcil plniits ln'cn 

 (if j:roatei' cxccIIlmu-o. Ail otlicf ]mt 

 plants wore reinarlialily j^ooii. 'I'lic 

 slidwiii^r of cut llowers, liowcn ci'. was 

 ii(»t lip to tli(> marl';, 'i'lio rose incii, as 

 usual, niadc^ a miscraiilt' sliowiii^, tlicic 

 iicinn only twi. cntiii's t'or over *.';iin 

 worth of prcMiiiinis. 'I'lic laination 

 inrn ijiil hotter, Imt ouj^lit to lia\r niaijc 

 a iiiikIi tinoi' showing. 



Tlioinas Kolanij's \\ oihlcil iil ijioiip nl 

 lia ii|-wooi|c(| plants, wliiili w.as awai'lcil 

 a spoi-ial iliploina, was easily the ;^reat 

 est t'eatuie of the show; e\ ery plant 

 was a sper-inieii in peit'eit i-iuidi t imi. It 

 I iiclll'leil some l.eailliriil plants ot ;i(-a 

 '•ias, l-iai leya iia. lciii;^i t'nl la. piiliesi-eii'- 

 :iiiil liet ern|i|iy 1 la .■iiiiniiL; them; also 

 ^ih'h i-liaini I nu smts as .\. h ispLli^si ma, 

 |iar;olii\a. j>ai.'olii\a pc'ihliil.'i, s|iirali-. 

 liiieata aii'l 1 h'li m in oiei i i. l-'inely lluw 

 I'li'il eiii-a^ wi'ic iisdl till :i Imii (|eii nu. 



ami I'atth'ya 'I'riana' thinl. The tiow 

 hyliii'l jihalanopsis, loueorrhoila. anil 

 • attleya intornie(|i:t allia were ainony 

 the i-ertilied \aiieties. 



i'liic- II. W'etterlow, j:,arilener to Mrs. 

 la'ster I, eland, who lia<l the (iiiest (> 

 (l.amens in the show, and these .are al 

 \\ays \\(dl done at tlu^ I'oston shows, 

 ;ils(i sJKiwcd some j^cnistas, l-',riea tnelan- 

 tlier.a and lioioiiias trained as has 

 kets, idiairs and taldes. 



Iiliododondron I'iiik I'earl and White 

 I'earl wi'i'o featured in a niimiier of 

 L:rou)is :nid were exidently populiir with 

 the visitors. William Tliatcdier, ^;.ar 

 deiiei to .Mrs. .1. L. (iardner, and .Mar- 

 tin SwHi\;in. ;^;irdener to \\ . W'liitnian, 

 had scime ^rand (dnerarias and sidii/an- 

 tlins. These exhibitors, with .1. L. 

 Smith. L;ardener to A. W. I'restcui, .and 

 .\le\. .M.Kay, pardoner to K. \. t'l.arke, 

 showed |)utrli hullis ot' ;^rand (juality. 

 .Vniiiii;^ the l.aiLie trumpet ii,an-issi Wan 

 W'a ■. i'reii 's (iiant. Kiii^ .Mfred. \'a- 

 nill;i, <iloiy ot' I.eiden ;iiid Trunipet 

 maximum were noteworthy. .Xnioiiji 

 tuli|i- I'ink r.e;iiity. iMirhess (d' I'.arina, 

 .Idosi \,aii \"ond(d, white; Klaminyo, 

 .Miiiillo, ('ouidinu' d 'Or .and (.^ueeu of 



Thomas Roland's Splendid Group of Hard-wooded Plants at the Boston Show. 



the Netherlands were extra good, while 

 a few of the finest hyacinths were King 

 of the Yellows, Kohinoor, La Victoria, 

 \)ueon of the Wues, Moreno, La Grand 

 esse, Lord Derby and King of the Blues. 



Tlie grouj) of roses, genistas and aza- 

 leas from W. W. Kdgar ("o. was extra 

 line. The cyelamons from the Fottler, 

 Fiske, Kawsoii Co. wore splendid com- 

 mercial plants, being stocky and heav- 

 ily flowered. 



The vas(>s of Killariu'v Queen and 

 Mrs. Knssell roses on (i-foot stems, from 

 W'ub.au Conservatories, wori^ grand. 

 Their new rose, Mrs. Moorficdd Storey, 

 •awarded' a silver modal, is of .a lovely 

 soft jiink sliade. It kept fresh right 

 thia)ugh the sliow ami was greatly ad 

 mired. Ilailley, from the Montgomery 

 <'()., took e\oryoiie 's eye. Its deliglit 

 ful perfume could be detected some 

 distance away. 



.\. A. Peinbroko had the held .almost 

 lo himsidf in the c.ariiatioii idasses. Ili^ 

 White Wond(^r, White I'^ncliantress. Me 

 nor.a, I'ink Delight ami Itosette were 

 extra fine. In the chiss for Km blooms, 

 Albert h'oju-r's new variety, Miss Alici' 

 • 'ooinbs, beat I'einbroko's Benora. Pat- 

 ten \- (ai. had tine Princess Dagmar. 

 .Matciiless, from Cottage Gardens Co., 

 loomed U]i w(dl, as did Pink Supreme 

 from .1. Li-acli & Sou, and lmpro\'ed l']n 

 I hantress from R. 1). Kimliall. William 

 Sim's sweet peas were as line as over. 

 In the aiitirrhintim class, Nelroso won 

 over Buxton's Pink. Both were well 

 sliown by Goo. K. liuxton. dames 

 Wheeler's yellow marguerites wtMo 

 splendid. Walter Angus had an ox 

 tensive collection of camellias; th(>so 

 are becoming quite popular ag.'iiii. 



S. .1. Goddard had u fine lionorary 

 disj)lay of carnations, including Y(dlow 

 stone, Kosette, Benora, I'ink Doliuht, 

 White Wonder and Gloriosa. 



There wore twelve entries for the 

 best dinner table decoration, most of 

 the largo retailers competing. Society 

 ladies ofliciated as judges. F. K. 

 P.almor's lirst prize table had a charm- 

 ing .and simi)l(^ centerpiece of ytdlow 

 ilaft'odils and Acacia pubescens. For 

 <()rsagos ho used daffodils and violets. 

 Hoffman, who was second, nsed Azalea 

 mollis in light shades. Mac^Iulkin was 

 third, with .a pretty arraHgemont of 

 rrunus triloba .and light piid< Azalea 

 Indica. 



melanthera, codono.jes, jiorsoliita alb.a 

 and peisoliita rose.a bidiig inidinlod; 

 also boroni.as. ( hori/ein.as, opacris, lii^ht- 

 (■(dori'd c.aimdli.as and (dher sulijects. 

 Mr. K'oland h.ad also three large and 

 su]jorbly flowered ]daiits (d llrica mo 

 l.aiithora. which stood at intervals on 

 the lecture hall llooi. These were eight 

 to nine feet hij:li .and six to seven feet 

 across, prcdiably the mo>t wdiiderful 

 sjiocimelis ot' this he.ath e\ei exhibiti'd. 

 They were :iwarileil .a i.'<dd medal. 



There were splemlid cidlectioiis (d' 

 hard wooded plants Ifuin li.arz .\ndei 

 son, l>iinian rinlayson, gardener; .Miss 

 < '. W;irri'n. II. Stewart, gardener: 

 Thomas K. Pioctor. .lames .Marlbor(ju;^li. 

 gardener; W.alter Ihmnew.dl. T. D. Hat 

 lieM. ;:ardeiier; W. W. Ildizai- <'o., and 



ot Im I'x, 



Thr orrliid ;j|oii].v |.\- !•'. .1. l>ol;in 

 ~k\. IMward .M;o-Miilkin .and l.ar/. .\ii- 

 li'l^oii were hot I'W oi t liy. The la-t named 

 jioiip coid.aini'd ;i I mh'i t i I'n 1 i-ol li .-t ioii 

 n| i-\ inbidiiiins. I Si-nd told iiin nobile 



Willi t'or the lic-t ^penmi'ii orchid, 

 <'oiii:i\nc rri-t;ita alb.a bein^ s,.rond. 



Group at the Boston Spring Show Staged by Duncan Finlayson. 



