JULY 18, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



9 



Bouquets at the Boston Ezhibition of the American Sweet Pea Society. 



Picotee edged, 50 sprays — Mount Desert Nur- 

 series, first. 



RETAILERS' SECTION. 



Boston CoSperatlve Flower Market Cup, for 

 ■basket — Wax Bros., first, using Countess Spencer 

 and Frank Dolby; H. R. Comley, second, using 

 Nora Unwin. 



Mantel decoration — Wax Bros., first; Boston 

 •Cut Flower Co., second. 



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

 H. R. Comley, second. 



Hamper — H. R. Comley, first, using Countess 

 Spencer; Wax Bros., second. 



Corsage— Boston Cut Flower Co., first; Sidney 

 Hoffman, second. 



Henry Fv.«lchell Co. Silver Medal, for center- 

 piece — Penn the Florist, first, using Frank 

 Dolby; H. R. Comley, second. 



There was a splendid display from the chil- 

 dren, the quality being superior to that of the 

 amateur classes. The towns of Framingham, 

 Natlck, North Easton. Nabant and Saugus 

 showed particularly well.. Great Interest was 

 taken In this department. Prizes were donated 

 by F. R. Pierson Co., S. J. Goddard, James 

 Wheeler F. E. Palmer, Thomas Roland. Arthur 

 T. Boddlngton, Vaughan's Seed Store, Henry F. 

 Mlchell Co., Joseph Breck & Sons and the Boston 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club. 



OPEN AND MISCELLANEOUS. 



Wm. Sim Prize, for display In pots, tubs or 

 boxes — Duncan Flnlayson, first. 



Lunt-Moss Co. Prize, for display, both plants 

 and foliage other than sweet peas admissible — 

 Henry F. Mlchell Co., first. 



C. C. Morse & Co. Cup, for collection, open to 

 the seed trade only— W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 

 first; Arthur T. Boddlngton, second; Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., third. 



Henry A. Dreer Prize, for Queen Alexandra 

 Spencer— S. P. Shotter, first; Glraud Foster, 

 ■second. 



Henry A. Dreer Prize, for Blanche Ferry 

 Spencer — Glraud Foster, first; S. P. Shotter, 

 second. 



Henry A. Dreer Prize, for Ruby Spencer— 

 Glraud Foster, first: S. P. Shotter, second. 



Henry A. Dreer Prize, for Juanlta Spencer — 

 Glraud Foster, first; S. P. Shotter, second. 



National Association of Gardeners' Cup, for 

 12 vases, 12 varieties, 25 sprays each — Adam 

 Patterson, Saugatuck, Conn., first; Adam Rob- 

 ertson, Jenkinstown, Pa., second. 



Most meritorious exhibit In the hall — W. Atle^ 

 Burpee Co., Philadelphia, first, gold medal. 



MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY'S PRIZES. 



Table decoration for 10 covers — Duncan Fln- 

 layson, gardener to Lars Anderson, first, silver 

 medal; Mount Desert Nurseries, bronze medal; 

 David Taskglan, gardener to Mrs. C. G. Rice, 

 third. 



White, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, first; Glraud 

 Foster, second; Mrs. J. S. Kennedy, third. 



Crimson or scarlet, 25 sprays — Eric Wetterlow, 



gardener for Mrs. Lester Leland, first; Glraud 

 Foster, second; Wm. Gray, third. 



Rose or carmine, 25 sprays — E. L. Lewis, 

 gardener for Col. F. Mason, first; Mrs. J. S. 

 Kennedy, second and third. 



Yellow or buff, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, first: 

 S. P. Shotter, second; W. J. Clemson, third. 



Blue, 25 sprays— Glraud Foster, first; Mrs. 

 Lester Leland, second; Edward Parker, third. 



Blush, 25 sprays — Mrs. Lester Leland. first; 

 W. J. Clemson, second; Mrs. Lester Leland, 

 third. 



Cerise, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, first; S. P. 

 Shotter, second; Wlnthrop Ames, third. 



Deep pink, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, first; 

 S. P. Shotter, second. 



Cream pink, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, first: 

 S. P. Shotter, second; Mrs. P. O. Forbes, third. 



Orange, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, first and 

 second; Mrs. J. S. Kennedy, third. 



Lavender, 25 sprays — Mrs. J. S. Kennedy, first 

 and second; Mrs. P. O. Forbes, third. 



Violet or purple, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, 

 first: S. P. Shotter, second; Mrs. Lester Leland, 

 third. 



Magenta, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, first; S. P. 

 Shotter, second; Wlnthrop Ames, third. 



Mauve. 25 sprays — Mrs. J. S. Kennedy, first; 

 Glraud Foster, second; Wlnthrop Ames, third. 



Maroon, 25 sprays— S. P. Shotter, first; Glraud 

 Foster, second. 



Picotee edged, 25 sprays — S. P. Shotter, first 

 and second. 



Stripped or flaked red or rose, 25 sprays — Glr- 

 aud Foster, first: S. P. Shotter, second; Wln- 

 throp Ames, third. 



Stripped or flaked blue or purple, 25 sprays — 

 S. P. Shotter. flrst; Glraud Foster, second; Mrs. 

 Lester Leland. third. 



Fancy, with three colors. 25 sprays— S. P. 

 Shotter, flrst; Glraud Foster, second. 



Btcolor, 25 spra.vs — Girand Foster, first; S, P, 

 Shotter. second: Mrs. J. S. Kennedy, third. 



Marbled or mottled, 25 sprays — Glraud Foster, 

 flrst: S. P. Shotter, second; Wlnthrop Ames, 

 third. 



Rev. W. T. Hutchins, display of sweet peas, 

 gratuity. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., gold medal for Llllum 

 myrlephyllum, also flrst class certificate for 

 LUtfiin Duchartrel. 



/M, L. Tirrell, flrst class certificate for new 

 /soft pink Centaurea cyanus Tlrrell's Pink. 



Arnold Arboretum, first class certlflcate for 

 Lilium Chlnense. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., honorable mention 

 for Llllum Sutchuenense and Araucarla excelsa 

 Sliver Star. 



Arnold Arboretum, honorable mention for 

 Llllum Bakerianum. 



Special Exhibits. 



The display of W. Atlee Burpee & 

 Co., Philadelphia, was the most striking 



in the hall. Geo. W. Kerr, who ar- 

 ranged it, used large trumpets effect- 

 ively to break up any monotony. 

 There were nine of these, which con- 

 tained the following varieties: Mrs. 

 Hugh Dickson, White Spencer, Tennant 

 Spencer, Constance Oliver, Improved 

 Helen Lewis, Nora Unwin, Duplex 

 Spencer, Florence Nightingale and Au- 

 rora Spencer. There were over 125 

 varieties in the collection. Among 

 noteworthy varieties were Scarlet Em- 

 peror, Melba, Duplex Mary Garden, 

 Irish Belle, White Queen, Dobbie's 

 Cream, Faulkner's Primrose, Prince 

 George, King Manoel, Helen Grosvenor 

 and G. C. Wand. 



T. J. Grey Co., Boston, had 100 

 vases of sweet peas and a fine display 

 of Perfection brand lily of the valley. 

 Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, had sweet 

 peas backed with hardy perennials. 

 Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York, had 

 a fine display of excellent flowers, in- 

 cluding many novelties. These arrived 

 quite late in the afternoon of July 13, 

 but looked fresh and bright when 

 staged. Fottler, Fiske, Eawson Co., 

 Boston, had 110 varieties of sweet 

 peas arranged with gypsophila. Stumpp 

 & Walter Co., New York, had eighty 

 varieties of sweet peas, all well grown. 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York, had 

 a long table of well grown flowers con- 

 taining nearly 100. varieties. 



The National Association of Gar- 

 deners offered a silver cup for twelve 

 vases of sweet peas, twenty-five sprays 

 of each. This was captured by Miss 

 M. T. Cockroft, Saugatuck, Conn., Adam 

 Patterson, gardener, with Baby Spen- 

 cer, Earl Spencer, Tennant Spencer, 

 Mrs. Spencer, Flora Norton Spencer, 

 Lovely Spencer, King Edward Spencer, 

 Countess Spencer, W. T. Hutchins, Cap- 



