March 25, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Another Arrangement of the Notable Exhibit of White Killarney Staged by F. R. Pierson Co. 



dard, who showed Priscilla, Lady Boun- 

 tiful, Victory, Enchantress, Winsor and 

 Fenn. There were several othpr excellent 

 entries in this class. The Roper special, 

 for 100 Fair Maid, went to L. E. Small, 

 while the Barr special, for 100 Queen, 

 was taken by Thomas Capers. 



William Nicholson had a fine vase of 

 Toreador. Backer & Co., E. Cartwright 

 and Littlefield & Wyman all had fine 

 white seedlings. S. J. Reuter had Ruby. 

 Nelson & Johnson had a promising dark 

 pink. A. Roper had two pleasing light 

 pink varieties. 



Violets and Peas. 



Violets made a fine showing, the qual- 

 ity being excellent. Lewis Smith was 

 first, for 100 Campbell; Lewis Small, 

 second. N. F. Comley won for 100 Marie 

 Louise and 100 any other double, with 

 Neapolitan. J. H. Newman led for 100 

 Princess of Wales, with superb flowers, 

 with H. F. Woods a close second. N. F. 

 Comley took the Fiske Seed Co. special 

 for a collection of violets, being the only 

 -competitor; his varieties were La France, 

 Princess of Wales, California, Marie 

 Louise, Campbell and Neapolitan. F. W. 

 Fletcher showed Baronne Rothschild in 

 good shape. William Sim had splendid 

 vases, not for competition, of Boston and 

 Princess of Wales. 



For twenty-five snapdragons there were 

 fleven good entries, F. L. Hardy being 

 first and S. J. Goddard, second. C. J. 

 Harvey had the best twenty-five wall- 

 flower. John McFarland won for 100 

 lily of the valley; A. N. Pierson, second. 

 For 100 white sweet peas, N. F. Comley 

 took first with Mont Blanc; L. E. Small, 

 second, with Florence Denzer. N. F. Com- 

 ley was first and second for 100 pink, 

 with Christmas Pink and Reselected 

 Blanche Ferry, and first for 100 any 

 ■other color, with a seedling, Violet Com- 



ley. William Sim made a grand display 

 of eighteen named sweet peas, not for 

 competition. E. J. Hearn and N. A. Hud- 

 son had the best fifty marguerites. 



For 100 pansies, W. C. Ward was first ; 

 N. F. Comley, second. John McFarland 

 received the novelty prize for an excel- 

 lent vase of gardenias. E. Cummings took 

 the Hall & Cole cup for display of vege- 

 tables grown under glass. 



Plants. 



Thomas Roland won the A. H. Hews & 

 Co. special cup for the best commercial 

 group of foliage and flowering plants. 

 Acacias, genistas, boronias and Rose Tau- 

 sendschon and Baby Rambler were extra 

 good. William Walke had a well ar- 

 ranged group of plants, for which he was 

 given the Boston Plate & Window Glass 

 Co. special, offered but not competed for 

 in one of the rose classes. In his group 

 were some fine amaryllis. Begonia Presi- 

 dent Carnot, lilies and genistas. W. W. 

 Edgar Co. had a good group of palms 

 and other foliage plants, azaleas, genis 

 tas, etc., and included was a big speci- 

 men of Adiantum Edgari. John Stricfert, 

 of East Braintree, had a splendid table of 

 genistas, also dracajnas and geraniums, 

 and J. Lister had nicely flowered ericas. M. 

 B. Dallachie had English primroses. Mr. 

 Coolidge, of Cambridge, had a nice group 

 of azaleas, geraniums, etc. John Barr 

 had fifty beautifully grown and bloomed 

 cyclamens in 6-inch pots, taking first for 

 twenty-five pQja. These were splendid 

 commercial plants, and were greatly ad- 

 mired. 



Retail Exhibits. 



The design work was an attractive fea- 

 ture, and brought out a splendid entry. 

 Sidney Hoffman had the best arranged 

 basket, using white carnations. Julius 

 Zinn led ten competitors for a wreath. 



using croton and other colored leaves, 

 Coeos Weddelliana leaves, freesia and 

 antirrhinum with adiantum. Penn Bros, 

 had the best of four shower bouquets of 

 valley and green. The H. M. Robinson 

 special, for table centerpiece, went to H. 

 R. Comley, who used Narcissus Victoria 

 and Adiantum Farleyense. The strong 

 competition in the design classes would 

 seem to warrant offering even more prizes 

 for retailers another year. 



In the way of miscellaneous exhibits, 

 J. Tailby & Son had Formosa lilies. As- 

 paragus plumosus variegatus and Aspara- 

 gus elongatus; Thomas Stock, nice blue 

 cornflowers; A. S. McDonald, a stand 

 containing fine samples of leucothoe, 

 galax leaves and hardy ferns; R. E. Lass- 

 man had excellent ranunculi ; Daniel 

 Iliffe, greenhouse fittings. 



The sweepstakes, a cut glass bowl, 

 value $50, offered to the winner of the 

 most first prizes in money, went to N. F. 

 Comley. The attendance of members of 

 the trade and the public was large during 

 the whole time the exhibition was open. 



W. N. Craig. 



LIST OF SWEET PEAS. 



A new catalogue of sweet pea names 

 will soon be issued by the National Sweet 

 Pea Society (England) and every new 

 member of the society will receive a copy 

 free. Old members, who had a cata- 

 logue in the "Sweet Pea Annual" of 

 1908, and non-members, may purchase 

 copies for 12 cents, post free, on appli- 

 cation to the secretary, C. H. Curtis, 

 Adelaide road, Brentford, Middlesex, 

 England. It is an interesting list, com- 

 piled by Miss Jessie Cuthbertson, and it 

 is now no secret that this young lady is 

 to receive a gold medal from the N. S. 

 P. S. in recognition of her work on the 

 catalogue. 



