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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apml 1« ^•09. 



Thomas Roland's Silver Medal Group at the Boston Spring Show. 



Stoidlp, first with Killarney; J. F. Ain- 

 mann, second with Chatenay. 



Vase of twenty-five white roses, W. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey, first with Bride; J. F. 

 Ainmann, second also with Bride. 



Vase of twenty-five red, J. F. Ammann. 

 first with Eichmond. 



In the display stock Fred H. Weber 

 made a clean sweep on first. 



Display of lily of the valley, F. H. 

 Weber, first. 



Display of violets, F. H. Weber, first. 



Basket of spring flowers, F. H. Weber, 

 first; Koenig Floral Co., second. 



Table decoration of spring flowers, F. 

 H. Weber, first. 



Display of hardy shrubs in bloom, in- 

 cluding trees and vines, not more than 

 four of any one variety, William Schray 

 & Sons, first; Koenig Floral Co., second. 



J. .1. B. 



BOSTON'S SPHING SHOW. 



A Great Succesf. 



The exhibition briefly referred to in 

 last week 's Review, and which is still in 

 progress, the major i)ortion of the lead- 

 ing exhibits being still in place, is far 

 the most successful from every point of 

 view of any horticultural show Boston 

 has yet held. It was thought that with 

 two big trade shows immediately preced 

 ing the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety's show, the latter might suffer, but 

 as a matter of fact it only seemed to 

 galvanize new life and enthusiasm and 

 the record-breaking attendance of the 

 public attested the popularity of it. On 

 the third day, March 26, cash receipts ex- 

 ceeded by several hundred dollars the 

 total receipts for the spring show of 

 1908. Saturday broke all records again 

 and it was decided to hold the show open 

 to include Sunday, April 4. The attend- 

 ance this week continues good. 



The Japanese Garden. 



The ininiense success of the show is 

 due to the Japanese garden by R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. This is on a magnitude 

 never before attempted at any exhibition, 

 either in America or Europe. It entailed 

 an outlay of thousands of dollars, the (> 



being scores of wagon-loads of plants re- 

 quired to furnish it. The designing and 

 planting were done with exquisite taste; 

 the variety of plants used was legion, 

 from the big magnolias, cherries, for- 

 sythias and peaches down to the tiniest 

 rock plants. Tree and herbaceous peo- 

 nies, chrysanthemums, lilies, astilbes, 

 primulas and hosts of other flowering sub- 

 jects were utilized, and all the evergreens 

 j)eculiar to the land of the Mikado. Under 

 artificial light the sacred mountain of 

 Japan, Fujiyama, looked realistic in the 

 distance. We were pleased to note the 

 enthusiasm of the most liberal patrons 

 of horticulture for this peculiarly inter- 

 esting and satisfying style of garden. A 

 gold medal, the highest award of the so- 

 ciety, was inadequate for this superb 

 garden. 



The Pot Plants. 



Robert Cameron's big group in the 

 main hall was arranged in that gentle- 

 man's usual finished style and well mer- 

 ited the silver medal awarded. Thomas 

 Roland 's silver medal group of Easter 

 plants has never been equaled in Boston. 

 The beautiful Acacia pubescens and a 

 host of other choice things were all splen- 

 didly grown, and a gold medal would not 

 have been too high an award. Edward 

 MacMulkin 's second prize group was also 

 fine, the best that gentleman has ever 

 staged. 



M. H. Walsh's ramblers were, as usual, 

 a great feature. He captured all prizes 

 in the rambler classes. Among his new 

 sorts we noted Maid Marion,, a beautiful 

 single pink, awarded certificate of merit; 

 Friar Tuck, single pink; Kalmia, single 

 pink; Troubadour, double scarlet; Alan- 

 a-Dale, large single pink, loose flowers; 

 and Excelsa. Of older kinds, Delight, 

 Lady Gay, Hiawatha and Milky Way 

 were excellent. 



The azaleas were specially good, E. 

 MacMulkin, W. Whitman, M. Sullivan 

 gardener, and E. W. Breed being prize 

 winners. E. MacMulkin, Mrs. F. Ayer, 

 George Page gardener, and W. Whitman 

 had the best palms, while for ericas, Mrs. 

 Ayer had the field to herself. J. R. Lee- 

 son, J. Cartwright gardener, had the only 

 entry of miscellaneous hard-wooded 

 plants. The Bellevue Nurseries, with a 

 pretty rock garden, secured first for not 

 less than twenty-five varieties of herba- 

 ceous and alpine plants in bloom. 



Cyclamens, as usual, were up to Bos- 

 ton 's high standard. Dr. C. G. Weld, W. 

 C. Rust gardener, E. J. Milton, Mrs. F. 

 Ayer and J. S. Bailey, W. MeGillivray 

 gardener, taking the prizes. John Barr 

 had a handsome table of commercial 

 stock in 5-inch pots. Cinerarias were ex- 

 tra good, especially W. Whitman's C. 

 stellata plants, being four to five feet 

 across. Other winners were W. A. Riggs, 

 Dr. C. G. Weld, J. S. Bailey and Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, W. Thatcher gardener. 



Dutch bulbs were of fine quality. W. 

 Whitman had the best group and won 



Edward MacMuIktn's Mantel Decoration at the Boston Spring Show. 



