AFBIL 1, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



35 



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



:i miinbcr ui' |)ri/('s in iiidhidiuil chisst's. 

 <)tli<'is wild wi'Tc succrssl'nl wi'ic: Mrs. 

 • I. L. Ganincr. W. A. h'ig^s ami Mis. 

 J. M. Scars. W. < '. Kitcliic .<;nr.lcii(>r. Tlie 

 <-()llfc'tiuu of sc('(lliii>i aitiaryllis from Mrs. 

 Si'ars were .snpcrli and well iiiL'ritccl the 

 ~il\i'r iiii'ilal awardiMl. 



Sidii/.authus prizes went to Mrs. .1. L. 

 tiardiu'r and .1. 1>. liailcv. !•]. 1!. Dane, 

 l>. .McKcn/ir yaidi'iicr. liad llic l)t!St or 

 <'liid i;rnii|>. scL'iiriiiy tlic sihcr medal. A 

 liiir Cvpiipcdimn Mamlia' secured a cer- 

 tilicate of merit; Setli Uordeii, J*'. Vardon 

 uardiner. was second and K. .1. Milton 

 ihird. -Iidins Hoeius iiad a luce yroiip 

 "I iii'cliiijs mil for com|ielit ion. K. (). 

 ' 'ipi't liail a ninnher of liood see(llini>s. 

 -iriirinii a certificate for lirassij ( 'at t leva 

 ^nsanna'. Duncan Finl:iyson also re- 

 '•''ived a certificate i't<\- a tine form of 

 l.ielia pleyans. .Mrs. A. W. I'dakc. .1. 1.. 

 •■^niiiii yarilener. and Sitli I'xirdcn had 

 'lir lii-^t ^pci-inuMi (ircliids. 



Roses and Carnations. 



In tilt- rose classes coni|H'l i 1 ion was not 

 '^'■'■11. W'alian Coiiserxatoriev led for 

 I I'aiitU's: F. li. I'ierson ('n.. secoml. 

 Miiiilrosc « ! re(>uljouscs ieij with liride, 

 I'lidesmjiid aucl IJiidininiKl. all of fine 

 •inality. \V. II. fllliott was srcond for 

 Uiclimoiid. first for Killaiiu'v, third for 

 my oll.cr ]iink. and third for any other 

 \ariely. F. H. I'ieisou Co. look file silver 

 'ne(|;il foe \)f.y.\ |i|.\\ rose iini ill commerce 

 ^i'li White Killarney. 



I'ailen ic (jO., with a ^land \ase of 

 ''leir new \\hit(\ (iene\ie\e. won for best 

 '"" <-aniatiiMi -. They alsn led fur crim 

 ~""- '^ilh line dowers of Sara Nicholson. 

 ^V Wheeler ;ind Ivlward Winkler folh.w- 

 I'lU "illi l|,-iri-\- f'enn. C S. Strout had 



the best vase iit' dark pink ami Wiiisor 

 shade of pink, {'alien «.V ( 'o. ami i'.aeker 

 \' t 'o. Iii'in<i Second ami third in latter 

 class. i;. 1). Kimball and I'allen v.*i: Co. 

 had the b< si I'lmdianl ress shade nt' pink. 

 Fdl- sr;il!els .Inllll I !a 1 r led with splendid 

 neacdii; I'ailen \ C(,.. si.,-und : l'>. I'. 

 Winch, third. I'ailen iV C,,,. with Whit.' 

 I 'eifeci ion. were lirst lOi- \\hiii's; ( . S. 

 Siiinit secoml, with While l-andianl res--. 

 I'atten tV < o. also wuii im white \arie 

 eated with \'arieoated Lawsoii and yel 

 hiw \aiieyated with their S(>e(lliny, llallie 

 Siarieii. S. .1. (loddard made a fine 'iis 

 play (if carnal icins. The New llamiishire 

 AL;''i<Mdlural ('olli'^e had siuiie ni,-e si-ed 

 lini;s. awarded hundrable mention. 



I.'. |). Kimball had lirsi fur twenty live 

 a hi i I rlii minis. Fm- Ino sine|(> \i(dels. 

 I'Niey I'.id-.. William Sim and H. .M. 

 Ibiwaid Weill, all showing j'rincess of 

 Wales, |.'or .loiible xioleis. |,. \], Small. 



II. M. S;| inlersnil ;iml N. I'\ CiimK\\ look 



prizes in (Oiler iiame(I, William Sim had 

 lirst Mild third I'or Iwo \ases of (ino e,-icli 

 of swcei |ieas; N. F. (omley. second. 

 .\|]-. Sim aKo had one of his nsiml line 

 displays of iiaiimd \ariclies. and .March 

 ;'.o \\,-is .awarded a silv(>r medal I'oi- :i 

 fii'sh display of pe.as and violets. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



The maniel decoialioii |irizes ;il 1 racted 

 lixc eiitri(s. |]. .MacMulkin took llie h^ad 

 willi a pleasine ai ran^cment of yidlow 

 dalfodils. .\c,aci;i pnbesceiis ami Olaheite 

 iiiaiiei's; Mrs. \\. M. (iill second, with ;i 

 liuhl decoration of Wiiis(M- caiaiai ions ; 

 S. Ibdfman third, with Kill.arney and 

 pink 1> a miller roses. 



.Xnioii^ misc(dlaneous e.\hibiis. .Julius 



b'oehis ( o. s, •cured ;i lilsl idass cellilicale 



for ( )doni(io|ossiim crispum F. 1>. Dane, 

 a nice spotteil tv'pe. and (Jattleyti 

 Schro'dera' Surprise. .Mrs. .1. L. Gardnoi 

 had D.arwiii iiiliiis. W. .\. K'iyya showed 

 well tlowered |i|;inis of Rose Taiisend- 

 xhoii. This \arieiy was (jiiite largely 

 shown ill llie groups, .lohn Streiferd i.^ 

 Soli had a nice t;ron(i of yenistas. 

 Thomav b'olaml for line specimen fi'enistas 

 received a cultural ceil i licate, as did 

 William \ic(iiHivray I'oi ;i specdmen of 

 I •r;icieii;i ( iodselli.a iia ovci ten feet hif;h. 

 .1. L. Smiih received a >-ilver medal for a 

 plaiil of .Neplirole|iiv I'ieisoiii eleven feet 

 ill di.-i ineiei . .\itlmi Ciilliu hail a fine 

 liallooi: specimen of (lloiios.a Kothschild 

 iana. w hii h w ;is awarded a silver medal. 

 This iv beine intrmbiceil ihis season b.v 

 Kiiiizhi \ StriK k. New \nvk. T. D. Hat- 

 ficM had a nice eioiip of hvbrid amarvb 

 lises. 



Mrs. Fie(leriid< .\vei li.ad a handsome 

 collection of spe(Miiien .acacias and some 

 well IbivM'ied ;;ardenia'-. Mrs. J. M. Soars 

 had caimllias. .Mrs. II. F. Durant, 

 Thomas Walt ;^ari|ener. slnnved F^h.aius 

 Ui;iiidifolius. W. ( '. Ward li.ad a betiuti 

 fill iol of paiisie-.. b'oberi P.all.antyne 

 siaoed 'Iwarf blue cinerarias ami was 

 awarded honorable menlion. F. MacMiil 

 kin IukI a disjilay of palms. W. \V. Raw 

 son received a certiticate of meril for 

 Na:-cissiis Kine .\lfred. 



Visitors. 



The a 1 1 em i,-i lice of eaideiieis and llo 

 risis from .all part- ft' New Fnehind and 

 beyond broke .all records I'or ;i Boston 

 show. .\ few of iliosi' iiole(l from a di-- 

 tance were: F. I>. I'ierson, Tarrytov\n, 

 N. v.: .rohii S. ll.iy, Fhilaihdphia; Fd 

 ward K'oehrs. b'ui heifordj N. .r, ; F. '. 



