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APBIL 1, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Japanese Garden of R. & J. Farquhar & Co., at the Boston Spring Show. 



a number of prizes in individual classes. 

 Others who were successful were : Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, W. A. Eiggs and Mrs. 

 J. M. Sears, W. C. Ritchie gardener. The 

 collection of seedling amaryllis from Mrs. 

 Sears were superb and well merited the 

 silver medal awarded. 



Schizanthus prizes went to Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner and J. L. Bailey. E. B. Dane, 

 D. MeKenzie gardener, had the best or- 

 chid group, securing the silver medal. A 

 fine Cypripedium Mandias secured a cer- 

 tificate of merit; Seth Borden, F. Vardon 

 gardener, was second and E. J. Milton 

 third. Julius Roehrs had a nice group 

 of orchids not for competition. E. O. 

 Orpet had a number of good seedlings, 

 securing a certificate for Brasso-Cattleya 

 Susannae. Duncan Finlayson also re- 

 ceived a certificate for a fine form of 

 Laelia elegans. Mrs. A. W. Blake, J. L. 

 Smith gardener, and Seth Borden had 

 the best specimen orchids. 



Roses and Carnations. 



In the rose classes competition was not 

 koen. Waban Conservatories led for 

 Beauties; F. E. Pierson Co., second. 

 Montrose Greenhouses led with Bride, 

 Bridesmaid and Eichmond, all of fine 

 quality. W. H. Elliott was second for 

 Richmond, first for Killarney, third for 

 any other pink, and third for any other 

 variety. F. R. Pierson Co. took the silver 

 medal for best new rose not in commerce 

 \vith White Killarney. 



Patten & Co., with a grand vase of 

 their new white, Genevieve, won for best 

 100 carnations. They also led for crim- 

 son, with fine flowers of Sara Nicholson, 

 W. Wheeler and Edward Winkler follow- 

 ing with Harry Fenn. C. S. Strout had 



the best vase of dark pink and Winsor 

 shade of pink, Patten & Co. and Backer 

 & Co. being second and third in latter 

 class. R. D. Kimball and Patten & Co. 

 had the best Enchantress shade of pink. 

 For scarlets ,lohn Barr led with splendid 

 Beacon; Patten & Co., second; B. P. 

 Winch, third. Patten & Co., with White 

 Perfection, were first for whites ; C. S. 

 Strout second, with White Enchantress. 

 Patten & Co. also won for white varie- 

 gated with Variegated Lawson and yel- 

 low variegated with their seedling, Hattie 

 Starrctt. S. J. Goddard made a fine dis- 

 play of carnations. The New Hampshire 

 Agricultural College had some nice seed- 

 lings, awarded honorable mention. 



R. D. Kimball had first for twenty-five 

 antirrhinums. For 100 single violets, 

 Estey Bros.. William Sim and H. M. 

 Howard won, all showing Princess of 

 Wales. For double violets, L. E. Small, 

 H. M. Sanderson and N. F. Comley took 

 prizes in order named. William Sim had 

 first and third for two vases of 600 each 

 of sweet peas; N. F. Comley, second. 

 Mr. Sim also had one of his usual fine 

 displays of named varieties, and March 

 .30 was awarded a silver medal for a 

 fresh display of peas and violets. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



The mantel decoration prizes attracted 

 five entries. E. MacMulkin took the lead 

 with a pleasing arrangement of yellow 

 daffodils, Acacia pubescens and Otaheite 

 oranges; Airs. E. M. Gill second, with a 

 liglit decoration of Winsor carnations; 

 S. Hoffman third, with Killarney and 

 pink Rambler roses. 



Among miscellaneous exhibits, Julius 

 Hochrs Co. secured a first class certificate 



for Odontoglossum crispum E. B. Dane, 

 a nice spotted type, and Cattleya 

 Schroedorw Surprise. Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 had Darwin tulips. W. A. Eiggs showed 

 well flowered plants of Rose Tausend- 

 schon. This variety was quite largely 

 shown in the groups. John Streiferd & 

 Son had a nice group of genistas. 

 Thomas Roland for fine specimen genistas 

 received a cultural certificate, as did 

 W'illiani .Mt-Gillivray for a specimen of 

 Dracaena Oodseffiana over ten feet high. 

 J. L. Smith received a silver medal for a 

 plant of Nephrolepis Piersoni eleven feet 

 in diameter. Arthur Griffin had a fine 

 balloon specimen of Gloriosa Eothschild- 

 iana, which was awarded a silver medal. 

 This is being introduced this season by 

 Knight & Struck, New York. T. D. Hat- 

 field had a nice group of hybrid amaryl- 

 lises. 



Mrs. Frederick Ayer had a handsome 

 collection of specimen acacias and some 

 well flowered gardenias. Mrs. J. M. Sears 

 had camellias. Mrs. H. F. Durant, 

 Thomas Watt gardener, showed Phaius 

 grandifolius. W. C. Ward had a beauti- 

 ful lot of pansies. Eobert Ballantyne 

 staged dwarf blue cinerarias and was 

 awarded honorable mention. E. MacMul- 

 kin had a display of palms. W. W. Eaw- 

 son received, a certificate of merit for 

 Narcissus King Alfred. 



Visitors. 



The attendance of gardeners and flo- 

 rists from all parts of New England and 

 beyond broke all records for a Boston 

 show. A few of those noted from a dis- 

 tance were: F. E. Pierson, Tarrytown, 

 N. Y.; John S. Hay, Philadelphia; Ed- 

 ward Boehrs. Rutherford, N. J.; F. C. 



