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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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The Sweet Pea Section of the National Flower Show, Boston, March 28, 1911. 



Presentation to Thomas Roland. 



President Asmus rose and stated he 

 had one more pleasant duty to perform. 

 He spoke of Thomas Eoland's hard 

 work for the National Show and the 

 wonderful exhibits he had made. He 

 also referred to the fact that he be- 

 came the proud father of a little daugh- 

 ter during the show and on behalf of a 

 number of friends presented him with 

 a beautiful solid silver baby's set of 

 dishes, spoons, etc. Mr. Eoland, who 

 seemed completely nonplussed for a 

 time, feelingly and appropriately re- 

 plied. He said two things had espe- 

 cially pleased him: One was the ad- 

 vent of a little girl to his household; 

 the other was the way everyone had 

 worked for the big show and helped to 

 make it such a success. He was enthu- 

 siastically applauded on taking his seat. 



FARTHEST AFIEIJ). 



Of all the many hundreds of trade 

 visitors at the second National Flower 

 Show whose names appeared in the long 

 list published in last week's issue of 

 The Review, that one farthest from 

 home was James Forbes, of Portland, 

 Ore. Mr. Forbes traveled clear across 

 the continent to see the great Bostoji 

 exhibition and says he was well repaid 

 for his effort. He is a member of Mar- 

 tin & Forbes Co., a firm of florists wide- 

 ly known on the coast. He served most 

 efficiently on the board of judges at 

 Boston. 



SOCIETY DAY AWARDS. 



Society and rose day, with the price 

 of admission doubled, did not in the 

 least detract from the attendance 

 March 31, and it added materially to 

 the gate. There was a truly magnifi- 

 cent showing of cut flowers arranged 

 for effect, and of work by some of the 

 progressive retailers. On the whole this 

 was the most successful day of the 

 show. The awards were: 



Oisplay of roses covering 200 square feet. 

 A. N. Piprson, Cromwell, Conn., first; A. Fareii- 

 wald. Roslyn, Pa., second; W. H. Elliott, Brigh- 

 ton, Mass., third. 



Exhibit of carnations covering 50 to 100 square 

 feet, Peirce Bros., Waltham, first- S. J. Goddard. 

 Frnraingham, second; Patten & Co., Tewksbury, 

 third; Halifax Garden Co., Halifax, fourth. 



Mantel decoration of carnations, Boston Cnt 

 Flower Co., Boston, first; Edward MacMulkin, 

 Boston, second; Edward MacMulkin, third. 



Table decoration, S. Hoffman, Boston, first; 

 Edward MacMulkin, second. 



Bride's bouquet, Boston Cut Flower Co., first; 

 Penn The Florist, Boston, second. 



Floral design, S. Hoffman, first. 



One hundred cut roses arranged for effect, S. 

 Hoffman, first; Edward MacMulkin, second. 



Basket of carnations, Julius Zlnn. Boston, 

 first; J. J. Casey, Boston, second; Penn The 

 Morlst, third. 



line, Mass.; treasurer, Kobert Bottomly, 

 New Caanan, Conn. 



After the business meeting a banquet 

 was held, for 150 members and guests, 

 at which the principal speakers were 

 Robert Craig and F. R. Plerson. 



GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers held its annual convention at Boston 

 March 29, presided over by William 

 Kleinheinz. The following officers were 

 elected: President, Thomas Logan, 

 Jenkintown, Pa.; first vice-president, T. 

 J. Kempton, New York, N. Y.; second 

 vice-president, R. H. Caverly, Lowell, 

 Mass.; secretary, Basil Noyce, Brook - 



MASSACHUSETTS MEDALS. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety provided a number of its medals 

 for award to the exhibitors at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show and also furnished 

 its own judges to place them indepen- 

 dently of any awards by the show 

 judges. The committee on awards con- 

 sisted of T. D. Hatfield, A. H. Fewkes, 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, Joseph Clark and 

 Peter Fisher. The awards were: 



Gold medal to W. A. Manda for display of 

 palms, troe ferns and other tropical plants. 



Gold medal to Thomas Roland for group of 

 arneias and other plants. 



(Jold medal to R. & J. Farquhar & Co. for 

 Dutch garden. (The award for this was at first 

 only a silver medal, but was changed to a gold 

 modal April 1.) 



Silver mednl to M. H. Walsh for collection of 

 ramblrr roses. 



Silver mednl to Mrs. Frederick Ayer, George 

 Page, gsrdeiier, for collection of hard-wooded 

 plants. 



Silver medal to Clement Newbold, Germantown, 

 Pa., for specimen azaleas. 



Silver medal to Sidney Hoffman for old- 

 fashioned garden. 



Silver medal to Prof. C. S. Sargent, Charles 

 Sander, gardener, for collection of Iraantopbyl- 

 liinis. ^ 



SPECIAL AWARDS. 



There were a number of exhibits at 

 the Boston show that were not in com- 

 petition and which would have gone 



