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NOVBUBBB 14, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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The best twelve Japanese were from 

 the same exhibitor and were F. S. 

 Vallis, W. E. Etherington, Lady Car- 

 michael, F. T. Quittenton, Pockett's 

 Crimson, Reginald Vallis, Brighthurst, 

 Mrs. J. E. Dunne, Lady Hopetoun, Chel- 

 toni and Mile. Simon Jossier. For 

 twelve Japanese incurved Mr. Roy also 

 led, with H, E. Converse, Wm. Turner, 

 Mrs. G. C. Kelley, Onunda, Well's Late 

 Pink, Ongawa, Poughkeepsie, Glenview, 

 Appleton, W. Duckham, W. R. Brock 

 and Pockett's Surprise. For twelve 

 varieties, reflexed, Eri<; Wetterlow, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. L. Leland, won with a 

 splendid lot of flowers. For twelve 

 sprays pompons E. A. Butler was first, 

 with Edgar Bros, second and third. W. 

 Abraham, gardener to E. D. Jordan, 

 had the best twelve vases of singles. 

 For the Gane memorial prize for Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones, that veteran exhibitor, 

 James Nicol, was again invincible, 

 showing superb flowers, with W. S. 

 Russell second. 



For ten blooms white, James Nicol 

 was first, with Merza; Alex. McKay, 

 gardener fo E. A. Clark, second, also 

 with Merza; W. W. Edgar Co., third. 

 For ten yellow, W. S. Russell was first, 

 with Appleton; W. W. Edgar Co., sec- 

 ond; E. A. Clark, third. For ten blooms 

 pmk James Nicol was first, with Miriam 

 Hankey; W. W. Edgar Co., second; 

 E A. Clark, thir^. For the best vase 

 of seventy-five blooms W. W., Edgar Co, 

 captured all three prizes, their Bon- 

 naffon and Eaton being fine. 



The retailers came out strongly for 

 the table decorations of chrysanthe- 

 mums laid for ten covers. Ladies 

 judged this class. First went to Mac- 

 Mulkm, who used Garza and adiantum 

 entirely. H. R. Comley was second, 

 with yellow pompons tastefully ar- 

 ranged. F. H. Houghton was third, 

 with Bonnaflfon and baby yellow pom- 

 pons. The Boston Cut Flower Co. had 



a pretty table arranged with pompons. 

 There were eight entries in this class. 



For the best basket of chrysanthe- 

 mums the Boston Cut Flower Co. led 

 with a beautiful basket of Nagoya. 

 The Rosary was second, with Bonnaffon 

 and baby yellow pompons. MacMulkin 

 was third, with a mixed basket of pom- 

 pons. 



James Marlborough, gardener to 

 Thomas R Proctor, had a grand lot of 

 specimen plants showing superb cul- 

 ture. These included a pair of perfect 

 Garza, Mayor Weaver, Canary Bird, 

 single yellow; Touring Club, Dr. Engue- 

 hard and Yellow Feather, single. For 

 two beautiful specimens trained as 

 baskets he received a bronze medal. 

 These showed true artistic skill. W. W. 

 Elliott had a nice group of commercial 

 bush plants, taking first for twelve 

 specimens, also for twelve single flower- 

 ing varieties. These were all unsup- 

 ported. For six plants carrying six 

 flowers each Mrs. Lester Leland won 

 with a splendid half dozen. 



For a pair of specimen kentias George 

 Page, gardener to Mrs. F. Ayer, led, 

 followed by M. Sullivan, gardener to 

 W. Whitman, and W. W. Edgar Co. 

 For a pair of arecas Duncan Finlayson 

 was first; George Barker, gardener to 

 A. F. Estabrook, second; Mrs. F. Ayer, 

 third. For three Gloire de Lorraine be- 

 gonias J. S. Bailey was first; E. A. 

 Clark, second, the latter winning for 

 three Glory of Cincinnati. 



In the way of groups, the large hall 

 was well furnished. For the 300-foot 

 group of foliage and flowering plants, 

 W. W. Edgar Co. led with a splendid 

 group. This included many well flow- 

 ered azaleas. Edward MacMulkin was 

 second. For the 150-foot group for pri- 

 vate gardeners Wm. Thatcher, gardener 

 to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, was first. T. D. 

 Hatfield, gardener to Walter Hunne- 

 well, had the best 300-foot group of 



chrysanthemum plants. Wheeler & Co., 

 with a charming arrangement chiefly 

 of cattleyas, oncidiums and Dendrobiuin 

 Phala-nopsis, led in the orchid group, 

 E. MacMulkin being second. 



There were numerous miscellaneous 

 exhibits. Mrs. F. Ayer had a splendid 

 collection of single chrysanthemums, 

 A. N. Pierson Co. had a good display of 

 single, pompon and anemone chrysanthe- 

 mums, also Rose Milady, which showed 

 up well. It was awarded a first-class 

 certificate. Mrs. E. M. Gill had a fine 

 general collection of chrysanthemums. 

 She also had a well arranged basket. 

 Edgar Bros, had some fine vases of 

 pompons. A. M. Davenport and W. C. 

 Ritchie, gardener to Mrs. Francis Pea- 

 body, had groups of well grown Lor- 

 raine begonias. Julius Roehrs Co. had 

 stove plants, orchids and ericas. 

 Thomas Roland had a splendid group, 

 including ericas, crotons, cyclamens, 

 nerines, celosias, etc. Duncan Finlayson 

 had a group of Lorraine begonias and 

 Phoenix Roebelenii. E. A. Clark had 

 a group of kentias and begonias. Will- 

 iam Sim filled a large stand with splen- 

 did Princess of Wales violets, and W. 

 Whitman had a fine group of foliage 

 plants and chrysanthemums. 



Rose Mme. Charles Russell shown 

 with 5-foot stems, from the Waban 

 Conservatories, was the real sensation 

 of the show. This was constantly sur- 

 rounded by an admiring crowd and 

 earned a gold niedal, the society's 

 highest award. 



George Melvin secured the S. A. F. 

 silver medal for American novelties 

 with Solanum capsicastrum Melvini. 

 Wheeler & Co. secured a silver medal 

 for Cattleya labiata, and Mrs. H. A. 

 Wheeler and Potter & Co. the same 

 award for a grand display of their new 

 crimson carnation. Princess Dagmar. 

 L. C. Midgley received honorable men- 

 tie^ fpr bis new scarlet carnation, £u- 



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