Mabch 20, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



13 



First Prize Group of Cyclamens in Foreground of the Boston Spring Show. 



For six specimens in not over 10-inch 

 pots competition was close, E. H. Wet- 

 terlow, gardener to Mrs. Lester Leland, 

 won. Weld Garden was second and Mrs. 

 E. G. Weld third. For six Cineraria 

 stellata, William Whitman was first and 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner second, the latter 

 being first for six Cineraria grandiflora. 

 Mrs» Lester Leland showed the best six 

 schizanthus, immense specimens, with 

 Weld Garden second. 



The prizes for Dutch bulbous plants 

 brought out an excellent competition. 

 The leading prize winners were Dr. C. 

 G. Weld, Wm. Whitman, A. W. Preston, 

 Geo. Barker, gardener to A. F. Esta- 

 brook; B. G. Chamberlain, gardener to 

 Francis Skinner; Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 and J. T. Butterworth, and in the ama- 

 teur classes H. S. Band and Miss M. A. 

 Band. Dr. C. G. Weld had the best 

 twelve aniaryllis and Francis Skinner 

 won for six pots of longiflorum lilies. 

 For general display of spring bulbous 

 plants Mrs. J. L. Gardner took first and 

 second with two fine collections. 



For a group of orchids Donald Mc- 

 Kenzie, gardener to E. B. Dane, was the 

 only exhibitor. Some choice hybrids 

 were included. For specimen orchid W. 

 A. Manda won, with a finely flowered 

 Phalsenopsis Schilleriana. Mrs. Lester 

 Leland was second, with Cattleya Per- 

 civaliana. Weld Garden was third. 



The rose classes, as usual, were rather 

 lightly contested, for, with liberal prizes 

 offered and roses hard to sell in the 

 markets, local growers should have 

 made a better showing. For four va- 

 rieties, twelve blooms each, W. H. El- 

 liott won. He also was first for twenty- 

 five Lady Hillingdon, first for twenty- 

 five pink, with C. Miller, and second for 



Killarney, the Waban Bose Conserva- 

 tories being first. They also took the 

 silver medal for the best new rose, with 

 Mrs. Chafles Bussell. 



The carnation men made a good show- 

 ing, the flowers being of uniformly high 

 quality. For 100 blooms of one variety 

 A. A. Pembroke took first and second. 

 For fifty crimson W. B. Nicholson won, 

 with fine Pocahontas. Scott Bros, were 

 second, with British Triumph. For 

 white A. A. Pembroke took first and 

 third with White Wonder and White 

 Enchantress, and C. S. Strout second 

 with White Wonder. For fifty dark 

 pink A. A. Pembroke took first with 

 Bosette, and S. J. Goddard second with 

 Helen Goddard. In the Enchantress 

 shade class S. J. Goddard, C. S. Strout 

 and A. A. Pembroke won in the order 

 named, all showing splendid Pink De- 

 light. For variegated A. A. Pembroke 

 was again in the lead with Benora, 

 Ja^es Wheeler being second with the 

 same variety. In the Winsor shade class 

 A. A. Pembroke and S. J. Goddard took 

 first and second with Gloriosa. 



Edward Bingham took first for both 

 single and double violets. William Sim 

 captured all the firsts for sweet peas, 

 with superb flowers, being in addition 

 awarded a cultural certificate for them. 

 There were fine lots of antirrhinums 

 shown. For twenty-five spikes prizes 

 went to F. W. Fletcher, James Wheeler 

 and Geo. E. Buxton. 



There were eight entries for best 

 table decoration laid for six covers. Mrs. 

 Duncan Finlayson took first, having a 

 lightly arranged centerpiece of Christ- 

 mas Pink sweet peas. Wax Bros, took 

 second, using a mixture of yellow mar- 

 guerites and blue cornflowers. H. E. 



Comley was third, using yellow roses. 



In the way of miscellaneous exhibits 

 William Sim had a grand display of 

 pansies and was awarded a silver medal. 

 He also received a silver medal for an 

 artistic display of Princess of Wales 

 violets. Knight & Struck Co. showed 

 a nice collection of ericas and other 

 hard-wooded plants. Mrs. E. M. Gill 

 had a general display. F. W. Fletcher 

 had a table of antirrhinums, including 

 his new waved type. Thomas Q. Watt 

 showed orchids, strelitzias and statices. 

 B. & J. Farquhar & Co. received a silver 

 medal for a fine lot of cyclamens. They 

 also had a group of the yellow Jas- 

 minum primulinum. 



Joseph Breck & Sons Co. received a 

 silver medal for a collection of narcissi 

 and tulips, including a number of the 

 newer varieties. The Breck-Bobinson 

 Co. had a nice collection of evergreens 

 and was awarded honorable mention. 

 E. B. Dane received a silver medal for 

 Brasso-Cattleya Bowena. T. D. Hat- 

 field, gardener to Walter Hunnewell, 

 had a large group of palms and Erica 

 melanthera and was awarded a silver 

 medal. W. A. Manda showed several 

 novelties: Anthericum Mandaianum, 

 Begonia Mrs. Kimball and Nephrolepis 

 tuberosa plumosa received honorable 

 mention. 



S. J. Goddard received honorable men- 

 tion for a seedling crimson carnation, 

 No. 59, and H. A. Stevens the same 

 award for his new shrimp pink seedling, 

 Eleanor. F. B. Pierson Co. showed 

 nephrolepis in variety. A. N. Pierson 

 had Adiantum Farleyense and Bose Mi- 

 lady. Charles Sander had a beautiful 

 display of single azaleas, crosses be- 

 tween A. Hinodigeri and other small- 



