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The Florists^ Review 



July 18, 1912. 



tain of the Blues^ Apple Blossom Spen- 

 cer, Othello Spencer, 



Duncan Finlayson showed a quantity 

 of well grown sweet peas in boxes and 

 tubs. The intense heat had, unfor- 

 tunately, sent these to sleep. Martin 

 Sullivan, gardener to William Whitman, 

 made a large group of palms and hy- 

 drangeas in tubs at the rear of the 

 main hall, which filled up the space 

 President Sim had earlier arranged to 

 fill with sweet peas in tubs. B. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., on the platform of the 

 lecture hall, had a magnificent display 

 of the new Lilium myriophyllum, 

 backed by palms. They also showed 

 two new lilies, L. Bakerianum and L. 

 Chinense, as well as L. Sargentioe. 



The Eastern Nurseries showed fine 

 hollyhocks and Japanese iris. The 

 Mount Desert Nurseries showed the 

 latter in first-class shape. D. Harris 

 Kennedy had Japanese iris. John Lewis 

 Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., had sev- 

 eral shades of yellow callas. H. F. 

 Michell Co., Philadelphia, had a nicely 

 arranged exhibit just inside the hall- 

 way entrance; four white pillars sup- 

 ported a large green canopy, under 

 which were large vases of sweet peas, 

 etc. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, 

 N. J., had a nice display of cut orchids 

 and M. L. Tirrell some charming vases 

 of centaureas. 



The Judges. 



The judges were: 



Commercial Section — C II. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J.; G. W. Kerr, Doyles- 

 town. Pa.; Harry Turner, Yonkers, 

 N. Y.; Edward Kirk, Bar Harbor, Me.; 

 James Bond, Newport, R. I. 



Private Gardeners' Section — C. San- 

 diford, Buffalo, N. Y.; A. Griffin, Wo- 

 burn, Mass.; Charles Knight, Green- 

 wich, Conn.; Peter Murray, Fairhaven, 

 Mass.; William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, 

 Pa. 



Retailers' Section — W. Duckham, 

 Madison, N. J.; P. Jenkins, Lenox, 

 Mass.; F. Heeremans, Lenox, Mass. 



Amateurs — W. Nicholson, Framing- 

 ham, Mass.; W. N. Craig, North Easton, 

 Mass.; .loseph Clark, Manchester, 

 Mass. 



School Garden Section— Rev. W. T. 

 Hutchins, Millbury, Mass.; W. Miller, 

 Bar Harbor, Me.; V. E. Palmer, Brook- 

 line, Mass.; William Swan, West Man- 

 chester, Mass. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 



ciety 's classes were jiassed upon by 

 their regular plant and flower com- 

 mittee. 



Local Entertainment. 



President Sim entertained the judges 

 to luncheon at the Copley Square ho- 

 tel, July 13. In the evening the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club gave a din- 

 ner in the lower hall to 200. Presi- 

 dent Thomas Pegler presided and in- 

 troduced W. J. Stewart as toastmaster. 

 He warmly welcomed everyone and 

 guaranteed that everyone would work 

 loyally for a grand show in Boston in 

 1913. W. Atlee Burpee was the first 

 speaker. During his interesting ad- 

 dress he spoke of a beautiful new 

 cream-colored duplex or triplex sweet 

 pea evolved by Edwin Lonsdale at 

 Floradale, Cal., which has been named 

 Floradale Fairy. This will not be in- 

 troduced, probably, before 1914, but 

 will create a sensation, he said. W. A. 

 Manda spoke of the London Interna- 

 tional Show and how he upheld the 

 American flag. Edwin Jenkins thanked 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club for 

 courtesies extended. J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar welcomed everyone on behalf of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety and pledged every aid to mak- 

 ing the show in 1913 a fine one. He 

 also spoke of the London International 

 Show. The Rev. W. T. Hutchins said 

 New England is getting ahead of Cali- 

 fornia in growing fine sweet peas. He 

 gave some interesting reminiscences. 

 E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 spoke of his travels and suggested that 

 a great improvement can still be made 

 in the arrangement of sweet peas. A 

 ladies ' orchestra furnished vocal and 

 instrumental music, which was much 

 appreciated. 



An automobile trip through the Bos- 

 ton parkways was given the visitors 

 from a distance Sunday afternoon and 

 much enjoyed. 



Visitors. 



Among the many visitors noted from 



a distance were: 



Harron. Leonard. New York. 



Keal, Prof. A. C, Ithaca, N. Y. 



BcrKlioit, C. M., N'ewpoit, U. I. 



Bond, James, Newport, U. I. 



Bunyard. 11. A., New York. 



Burpee, Mr. and Mrs. W. A., Philadelphia. 



Burton, W. T., Bar Harbor. Me. 



Oe Ln Mare, A. T., New York. 



Dorward, A. J., Newport, R. I. 



Duckham, Wni.. Madiaon, N. J. 



Khel. M. <•.. Madison. N. .T. 



Koiilsliam. (!co. . I.enox, Mass. 



Fuid, Maurice, I'hlladelphia. 



Gray, William, Newport, 11. I. 



(Srcen, F. C, Providence, R. I. 



Heeremans, A., Lenox, Masti. 



Heeremans, F., I..^nox, Mass. 



Hutchins, Rev. W. T., Millbury, Mass. 



Jenkins, Allan, I.«nox, Mass. 



Jenkins, Edwin, Lenox, Mass. 



Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W., Doylestown, Pa. 



Kirk, Edward, Bar Harlrar, Me. 



Kleinheinz, Wm., Ogontz, Pa. 



Knight, Chas., Greenwich, Conn. 



Logan, Thomas, Jenkiustown. 



Manda, W. A., South Orange, N. J. 



Miller, William, Bar Hartwr, Me. 



Muller, A., Rutherford, N. J. 



Nichols, Howard, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Patterson, Adam, Saugatuck, Conn. 



Pepper, H. Howard, Providence, R. L 



Pepper, J. IL, New York. 



Roi)ertsou, Colin, Newport, R. I. 



Robertson, James, Newport, R. I. 



Robertson, W., Jenkinstown, Pa. 



Sandiford, C, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Thatcher, A. E., Bar Harbor, Me. 



Totty. C. H., Madison, N. J. 



Turner, Harry, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Review of Varieties. 



In looking over the host of varieties 

 of sweet peas on exhibition, one could 

 not fail to be struck with the immense 

 advance made in recent years with 

 this beautiful and most useful of all 

 garden annuals. Harking back to the 

 days well remembered by many, of the 

 old Painted Lady, Butterfly, Striped 

 Invincible, Violet Oueen and, in later 

 years, Blanche Ferry, Countess of Rad- 

 nor and Orange Prince, what an 

 immense advance we see! Even fine 

 grand iflora sorts, such as Dorothy Eck- 

 ford, are passing and this section was 

 little in evidence at the_ show, it be- 

 ing Spencers everywhere. Quite a few 

 of the new duplex or double standard 

 sorts were seen. These are fine, but 

 we do not admire these as we do sorts 

 with single standards, which are lighter 

 and airier, and we doubt if progress 

 is being made in the right direction 

 in developing this type; still, they have 

 many admirers. 



Taking the varieties in tlieir color, 

 whites were shown in great numbers. 

 Nora Unwin, of the better known va- 

 rieties, showed up in great shape, as 

 did ICtta Dyke Spencer and White 

 Spencer. Poor old Dorothy Eckford 

 is quite out of the running. Of the 

 newer sorts White Queen will he a 

 winner, as will lolanthe. 



In light pinks Dainty Spencer was. 

 fine. When fully open it is pure white, 

 with a delicate pink edge, and car- 

 ries strong stems. Florence Morse 

 Spencer, delicate blush, edged pink,, 

 is fine. Miss Hugh Dickson, of a uni- 

 form light pink color, is a perfect 

 gem and every florist should grow it. 



View in the Main Hall at the Natioral Sweet Pea Show, Boitoo, July 13. 



