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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 4. 1909. 



first, with seedling No. 80; Peirce Bros, 

 second, with Aristocrat. Scarlet, Peirce 

 Bros, first, on Beacon ; F. R. Pierson Co. 

 second, on Victory. Crimson, S. J. Ren- 

 ter & Son first, for Ruby; F. R. Pierson 

 Co. second. Variegated, A. Roper first, 

 on Bay State; S. J. Goddard second, on 

 Priseilla. 



Sanderson led with Farquhar. For Prin- 

 cess of Wales there was a big entry, 

 Esty Bros, first and William Sim second. 

 Any other single, William Sim first, with 

 Boston. For the William Sim special 

 for best display of Boston violet there 

 were some splendid entries. Sidney 

 Hoffman was first and Penn Bros, third. 



Thomas Roland's Cyclamens at the Boston Trade Show. 



The Roses. 



In the rose classes, Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories had the best American Beau- 

 ties. On pink, Montrose Greenhouses won 

 with fine Bridesmaid, beating W. H. 

 Elliott with Killarney. Montrose Green- 

 houses also led for white, W. H. Elliott 

 second, each showing Bride. For red, 

 W, H. Elliott won with Richmond, also 

 any other color with fine Perle. For vase 

 of fifty assorted roses, A. N. Pierson 

 won, Montrose Greenhouses second. 



There was no competition in the classes 

 allotted to small growers with less than 

 30,000 feet of glass. 



Waban Rose Conservatories took the 

 Park Street Market special for a new 

 rose, with W'hite Killarney. W. H. El- 

 liott had fine vases of Isabella Sprunt, 

 Bon Silene, Rhea Reid and Safrano. S. J. 

 Renter and A. N. Pierson showed My 

 Maryland. All these received gratuities. 



The Sweet Peas.' 



There was a splendid lot of sweet peas 

 shown. William Sim swept the deck, 

 with magnificent flowers in every class. 

 He was first for 100 pink, 100 light pink, 

 100 lavender, 100 white, 100 any other 

 color, for the Flower Market prize and 

 certificate for best new variety, for the 

 Zvolanek trophy for 100 each of not less 

 than six varieties, and for the Zvolanek 

 special for a Zvolanek collection of five 

 standard varieties. Passaic Avenue 

 Greenhouses. Clifton, N. J., was second 

 on 100 white and 100 pink. William 

 Sim's varieties were F. Denzer, Mrs. A. 

 Wallace, Governor Fort, Greenbrook, W. 

 W. Smalley, Mrs. F. J. Dolansky, Christ- 

 mas Captain, Mrs. G. W. Lewis, Mrs. 

 C. H. Totty, Mrs. William Sim, Christ- 

 mas Pink and Watchung. 



The Violets. 



Violets made a big showing. Each 

 class called for two bunches of 100 flow- 

 ers each. H. F. Calder liad the finest 

 Campbell. For any other double, H. M. 



William Sim took the special for the 

 best new violet, with Kaiser Wilhelm, 

 Baronne Rothschild pressing it closely. 



Lilies and Bulbous Stock. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. had the best 

 lily of the valley, J. T. Butterworth sec- 

 ond. Mann Bros, won for twelve bunches 

 of bulbous flowers with an excellent lot. 

 J. T. Butterworth won for fifty tulips, 

 with Flamingo; Mann Bros, second, with 

 La Reine. William Nicholson had the 

 best fifty marguerites, S. J. Goddard 

 second. W. C. Ward had the best 200 

 pansies. William Nicholson, with mag- 

 nificent spikes, captured the mignonette 

 prize; H. Waldecker second. Mann Bros. 



and Mrs. W. S. Fraleigh had the best, 

 narcissi. 



The H. F. Michell trophy for twelve 

 pots of Easter lilies went to Peirce Bros. 

 Thomas Roland had the best dozen 

 cyclamen, which captured the Page Pot- 

 tery Co. prize. His group of sixty mag- 

 nificently grown plants was one of the 

 features of the show and also took the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club special 

 for the most meritorious exhibit in the 

 show. 



Retailers' Work. 



For best decorative basket of carna- 

 tions, not over 100 flowers to be used, 

 F. E. Palmer led eight other competitors. 

 He used Beacon to good effect.. The 

 same exhibitor had the best table center- 

 piece, using light pink carnations and 

 coelogyne. H. R. Comley was second for 

 basket, with Winsor. 



The Goddard special for best bouquet 

 of carnations went to Penn Bros., who 

 had a shower bouquet of white flowers. 



The baskets and other decorations were 

 numerous and one of the features of the 

 show. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



Miscellaneous exhibits were numerous 

 and included fine groups of flowering 

 and foliage plants from W. W. Edgar 

 Co. and A. Leuthy & Co. F. R. Pierson 

 Co. had a fine assortment of nephrolepis 

 and numerous carnations, including some 

 fine novelties. Joshua Lawson had a 

 dozen fine specimen cyclamen. Michael 

 Sullivan had a table of specimen cine- 

 rarias. Julius Roehrs Co. had orchids in 

 bloom and samples of newly imported 

 stock. Thomas Watt had a fine specimen 

 of Lselia anceps and an assortment of 

 cut orchids. W. W. Rawson Co. had 

 pink annual lupins and Cheiranthus 

 Kewensis. Peirce Bros, had a group of 

 palms and Easter lilies and W. A. Manda 

 had cut orchids. 



Carnation Novelties. 



There were numerous carnation novel- 

 ties. Dorothy Gordon, from Joseph Hea- 

 cock Co., showed up well. Shasta, from 

 Baur & Smith, looked very fresh after 

 its long journey from Indianapolis. E. 

 H. Richards showed Viola Sinclair. M. 



Part of the Retail Work at the Boston Trade Show. 



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