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The Florists^ Review 



Apkif. 17, 1913. 



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BOSTON HAS 

 MARKET SHOW 



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00-OPEEATIVE TRADE EXHIBIT. 



Eclipses all Predecessors. 



The committee in charge of the flower 

 show, held April 12, at the Boston (Jo- 

 operative Flower Market, 2 Park street, 

 might well be pleased with its labors, 

 as it gave Boston by long odds the 

 finest market exhibition it has ever had. 

 It was too bad that exhibits had to 

 be so crowded. Horticultural hall was 

 needed to properly display them. Not 

 only were exhibits numerous, but their 

 quality was superb, carnations espe- 

 ■cially being ahead of most of those 

 shown at the New York exhibition. 

 Most of the premiums were silver cups, 

 cut glass, watches, etc., only a limited 

 number being in cash. 



Roses never were shown here of 

 grander quality. For twenty-five Kil- 

 larney McAlpine Bros., of the New 

 England Rose Co., were easily in the 

 lead and annexed the silver cup offered 

 by Wax Bros. For Richmond the Exe- 

 ter Rose Conservatories led. For White 

 Killarney the New England Rose Co. 

 led, with flowers on 6-foot stems, which 

 made some of the old-timers gasp, as 

 also on American Beauties and Lady 

 Hillingdons, all of superb qualitv. W. 

 H. Elliott led for Mrs. Aaron 'Ward, 

 and Waban Rose Conservatories for 

 Dark Pink Killarney. 



Duplicate classes were allotted for the 

 growers with less than 35,000 feet of 

 glass, who made a fine showing. W. R. 

 Morris led for Killarney and White 

 Killarney. For Richmond N. E. Boyle 

 was first and Robert Montgomery and 

 W. R. Morris equal seconds. Mr. Mont- 

 gomery had the finest Hillingdon and 

 Aaron Ward. For the best new rose 

 Waban Conservatories led with its new 

 scarlet rose and also took the sweep- 

 stakes prize, the Penn silver cup, for 

 the finest vase of roses, with Mrs. 

 Charles Russell. 



Fine Carnation Exhibits. 



Carnations were shown in great abun- 

 dance and the quality was grand. For 

 fifty white L. E. Small led with White 

 Wonder; A. M. Eaton, second, with 

 White Enchantress; J. W. Foote, third, 

 with White Wonder. There were eight 

 entries in this class. C. S. Strout was 

 first for fifty scarlet, with Beacon. All 

 the other entries were of this variety. 

 Pink Delight from C. S. Strout captured 

 first for light pink; second, Arthur Grif- 

 fin, with the same variety. There were 

 ten entries. For fifty dark pink Arthur 

 Griffin was first, followed by Harvey 

 F. Whittemore and Halifax Garden Co. 

 For variegated James Wheeler was first 

 with splendid Benora; second, L. E. 

 Small. ' For fifty flowers of a seedling 

 not disseminated Patten & Co. won, 

 with magnificent flowers of Princess 

 Dagmar. 



In the seedling classes there ,were 

 ;iood entries. A. Roper took first for 

 white, with seedling No. 24, also for 

 rod, with No. 312, and dark pink, with 



No. 1000. Leach's Pink Supreme was 

 invincible in the light pink class, and 

 John Barr's Mrs. B. P. Cheney |or 

 variegated. The Robert Montgomery 

 cup for 100 carnations went to Patten 

 & Co., for Dagmar. They were also 

 first for 100 flowers in six varieties, 

 C. S. Strout being second. Patten's 

 Mrs. C. ,W. Barron was shown in splen- 

 did shape and there were quite a few 

 other good seedlings. 



F. L. Sly had the best 100 Campbell 

 violets. For 100 marguerites there was 

 keen competition, J. W. Simpson win- 

 ning with superb flowers. There was 

 the finest display of snapdragons I have . 

 ever seen at any exhibition. For fifty 

 spikes James Wheeler had a superla- 

 tive vase of his light pink, beating ten 

 other competitors. Fletcher's Melrose 

 showed up well here, also Paul Rich- 

 wagen's Augusta. F. E. Palmer won 

 for twenty-five red, and James Wheeler 

 for yellow, pink and variegated, com- 

 petition being strong in each class. 



Geraniums a Feature. 



For commercial group of foliage and 

 flowering plants William T. Walke won, 

 with a first-class arrangement. His 

 standard geraniums were a feature. A. 

 M. Davenport's group containing Tau- 

 sendschon roses, hydrangeas and foliage 

 plants also was fine. 



W. C. Ward had the best 100 pansies. 

 W. H. Elliott won for twenty-five 

 sprays Asparagus Sprengeri, and Mrs. 

 J. F. Flood for A. plumosus. Edward 

 Bingham led for 100 English primroses, 

 and Lively & Bond for display of bulb- 

 ous flowers. N. F. Comley was first 

 and second for wallflowers. For 100 

 lily of the valley J. H. Leach & Son 

 won with a splendid vase; second, J. T. 

 Butterworth. R. T. McGorum had the 

 best mignonette and Edward Wood the 

 best novelty exhibit, a grand vase of 

 Roman anemones. Bachelors were fine: 

 first, L. E. Small; second, N. F. Com- 

 ley. 



Sweet peas were remarkably fine. 

 For four varieties, 100 flowers of each, 

 William Sim won, with White Spencer, 

 new Fink Spencer, Countess Spencer 

 and Christmas Pink Spencer, the last 

 named being grand. Mr. Sim took first 

 for 100 white, with Winter Cheer, also 

 for pink with Christmas Pink, lavender 

 with Wallacea and for vase of 200 as- 

 sorted flowers. For any other color J. 

 K. Chandler & Son led with Pink 

 Beauty. William Sim showed a superb 

 vase of Greenbrook. Mrs. J. F. Flood 

 had the best vase of callas. 



Betailers to the Front. 



The retailers put up many notable de- 

 signs. According to the visitors to the 

 New York show, the work eclipsed that 

 seen at the Grand Central Palace. Zinn, 

 Comley, Hazelton, Penn, Wax Bros., 

 Hoffman and other prominent retailers 

 were represented. For floral wreath F. 

 H. Hazelton won, with a charming ar- 

 rangement of pansies. Hoffman had 

 the best table centerpiece, with a pretty 



arrangement of pink sweet peas, Taft 

 and Dorothy Perkins roses. Zinn hail 

 the winning shower bouquet, usino 

 white sweet peas, also the best basket, 

 in which Rosy Morn snapdragon, cat- 

 tleyas, Taft roses and yellow violas 

 with Cocos Weddelliana and Farle\ 

 ense fern made a pretty arrangement. 

 For basket of yellow marguerites ar 

 ranged with blue bachelor's buttons, 

 Mann Bros, were first. N. F. Comley 

 also had a fine basket. 



A few of the miscellaneous exhibits 

 noted were: E. K. Farr, Stoneham, 

 table of show pelargoniums; J. 1). 

 Twombly, beautiful basket and window- 

 boxes filled with ivy geraniums; James 

 Delay & Sons, nephrolepis; A. F. Cool 

 idge, collection of bedding geraniums; 

 A. E. E. Koch, Marguerite Mrs. Sander. 



Judges of the Show. 



The judges were: Roses — Eber 

 Holmes, Wm. Malloy, A. Cartwright. Car- 

 nations — Peter Fisher, -M. A. Patten, A. 

 A. Pembroke. Misqjaianeous — Robert 

 Cameron, W. N. Crai^ Wm. Sim, Wm. 

 Nicholson. Floral Designs — F. E. Pal- 

 mer, J. L. Miller, C. A Hathaway, 



The general committee on the show 

 consisted of W. H. EJliott, chairman; 

 F. L. Wheeler, secretary; J. McFarland, 

 R. Montgomery, L. E. Small, Edw. 

 Wood, J. M. Cohen, Geo. Barr, A. E. 

 Batley, D. J. Lamey, B. A. McGinty. 

 A. F. Capers, D. Carmichael, W. W. 

 Tailby, N. F. Comley, Jas. Wheeler, H. 

 T, Capers, Alex. J. Montgomery, W. E. 

 Holden, E. W. Hutchinson, W. E. San- 

 derson and A. R. Hutson. The show 

 attracted a large attendance. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The semi-stagnation into which the 

 flower market had fallen has given 

 place to greater activity and conditions 

 this week show a decided improvement. 

 Carnations are, if anything, in the best 

 position and values on them have im- 

 proved. We iave had considerable 

 dark, rainy weather and this has tended 

 to reduce the output. The favorites 

 continue to be Gloriosa, Rosette and 

 Pink Delight. Roses are now of fine 

 quality, but do not sell as well as car 

 nations. American Beauties, while not 

 abundant, are more plentiful than they 

 were and sell well. All the yellow va- 

 rieties, such as Ward, Hillingdon anil 

 Sunburst, are in good demand; so i^^ 

 Prince de Bulgarie. Killarney Queen 

 is now seen of superb quality, while 

 Richmond is splendid. 



Violets are done, except for a lim- 

 ited number of doubles. Pansies are 

 quite popular and large numbers of 

 these are coming in from some of tin' 

 specialists. Dutch bulbous stock from 

 indoors still holds out well, and if hot 

 weather holds off a supply of these will 

 be had for a couple of weeks longer. 

 The Darwin and other late tulips are 

 popular. Quite a few Spanish iris anil 

 some gladioli are arriving. There has 

 been a fairly good call for both lilies 

 and callas. Snapdragons are seen io 

 large numbers. Pink shades sell thi- 

 best; next to these, white and yellow. 

 Yellow marguerites and blue cornflo^' 

 ers are favorites. Each of these are 

 seen with, in some cases, 24-inch stems- 

 Sweet peas are fine and in demand. 

 Some of the Spencer type are now ar 

 riving. For valley the call has been 

 quite good the last few days. The 



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