November 13, 1895.] 



Garden and Forest. 



459 



Dailledouze in the show, one of the rarely seen Mrs. Alpheus 

 Hardy, and a fine flower named E. G. Uihlein, a good yellow, 

 with bronze marking inside of petals and faint striping of 

 bronze outside. Mr. Krayer also received first premium in 

 this class. First premiums in the amateur class were also 

 won by John T. Harrison, gardener to Craige Lippincott, Esq., 

 and by C. W. Cox, gardener to Clay Kemble, Esq. Fifty vases 

 of a half dozen flowers each contained many good blooms, 

 but interest in these was marred because no names were 

 attached. This effective group was not in competition, and 

 came from John CuUen, gardener to Percival Roberts, Jr., Esq., 

 Pencoyd, Pennsylvania. 



In the class of twelve blooms, one of a kind, open to com- 

 mercial growers only, Mr. Hugh Graham's prize lot contained 

 a striking flower of Minerva, one of Charles Davis, resembling 

 Viviand-Morel, its twisted petals a silver terra cotta color 

 tipped with yellow. In the class of thirty-six blooms, three 

 each of twelve varieties, the pink Katherine Leech showed 

 well, as it did generally. The feathery white Enfant des Deux 

 Mondes was also noteworthy. In a similar class the deep 

 chrome-yellow, Louise D. Black, was conspicuous, a globe- 

 shaped flower, seedling of last year, originated by Mr. E. G. 

 Hill. Minerva, Mr. May's seedling of 1894, was also in this lot, 

 and proved its value in the many beautiful flowers seen 

 throughout the exhibition. Other winners of first prizes in 

 these classes were Joseph Heacock, John N. May, Samuel J. 

 Bunting and C. F. Evans. A worthy collection, not entered in 

 any class, was shown by John Curwen, Jr., Villa Nova, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



The best flowers of Philadelphia, the prime favorite of last 

 year's show, were exhibited by Edward Jones, gardener to 

 J. W. M. Cardeza, Esq., and by Joseph Monaghan. These were 

 very large and white, in striking contrast with all other speci- 

 mens of this variety, which were of medium size and a distinct 

 lemon color. It must be said for this variety and for many 

 others, that the season is a week late, and the flowers were not 

 fully matured and at their best. A remarkable flower was Mr. 

 Robert Craig's yellow sport of the white Enfant des Deux 

 Mondes, altogether a pleasing acquisition and better than the 

 type. The color is distinct and even, a delicate canary ; the 

 flower full, of medium size, with no suggestion of coarseness, 

 all softened by an abundant pubescence, an excellent flower 

 for table decorations. 



Some buds of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria showed remarka- 

 bly successful cultivation, and Pearl was still the best yellow in 

 a collection of Roses, which coiDprised good flowers of all the 

 standard and newer sorts. Robert Craig, Charles F. Evans, 

 George Anderson, Hugh Graham and Edward Rieger won 

 first prizes for Roses. Among Carnations, William Scott was 

 the wmning dark pink, and Delia Fox, of the lighter pink 

 sorts, took several first premiums with cut flowers and vigor- 

 ous plants. The fragrant Maud Dean, Lena Saling, Helen 

 Keller and Eldorado were all good, as were also Alaska and 

 Adelaide Kresken, the rose-pink western variety. Annie 

 Lonsdale, a white flower of the highest grade, was shown for 

 the first time, the flowers larger than those of Ada McGowan. 

 John Welsh Young, Myers & Samtman, Hugh Graham and the 

 Penn RockCompany were the successful competitors with Car- 

 nations. An exhibit of a dozen varieties of new French Violets, 

 all grown in the open, was shown by Francois Supiot and took 

 first premium. Two exhibits of Orchids filled an entire room. 

 Mr. Edward Lonsdale's large collection was arranged with 

 graceful effect, and that of Dr. William H. Furness, Walling- 

 ford, Pennsylvania, comprised many choice species and 

 varieties in abundant flowering. The mantel and table deco- 

 rations were popular attractions, the latter judged by a com- 

 mittee of well-known women, patrons of the society, Mrs. J. F. 

 Lundy, Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, Mrs. Stuart Patterson and 

 Miss Maria Blanchard. 



The gay color of the flowers was judiciously relieved by 

 foliage plants, and in this class prizes were taken by Mr. Robert 

 Craig, John Whittaker, C. W. Cox and Wescott's Laurel Hill 

 Nurseries. Two large collections of choice Ferns were those 

 of J. E. Krayer, gardener to W. E. Garrett, Esq., and John 

 Whittaker, Wallingford, Pennsylvania. One of the most showy 

 and yet chaste and elegant features was a large display of 

 medium-sized plants of Adiantum Farleyense, from Mr. Henry 

 A. Dreer. The healthy luxuriant foliage, ranging from rich 

 deep green through many lighter shades into pale pink, was 

 delightful and refreshing, and the effect of this extensive col- 

 lection was heightened by simple arrangement in artistic 

 bowls. Fifty kinds of decorative evergreen plants were shown 

 by the William H. Moon Company. 



About one-fourth of $4,000 in premiums was offered for fruits 

 and vegetables alone, a new experiment which added much in 



interest and beauty, and the fragrance of the large room 

 assigned to fruits was not less rich "than of those given over to 

 more assthetic exhibits. Showy collections of apples from 

 J. M. Kaighn, Charles Wright and James H. Bull won pre- 

 miums, and magnificent grapes from Gebhart Huster, Mr. 

 Bull and Mr. C. C. Corby were similarly honored. Messrs. 

 EUwanger & Barry's collection of pears comprised seventy 

 varieties, many of unusual size and beautiful coloring. 



A collection of remarkably clean and smooth roots grown 

 from Dreer's seeds by R. C. Kaighn, EUisburg, New Jersey, 

 won first premium. Eighty-five varieties of forty-two different 

 kinds of vegetables grown out-of-doors and in cold frames, 

 from Buist's seeds, secured a prize of $100 for John McCleary, 

 gardener to William Weightman, Esq., Germantown. An 

 entire room was given to products from Michell's seeds, 

 where, besides staple vegetables of good quality, many 

 curious ones were shown. Prizes offered by W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co., for vegetables grown from their seeds, were awarded 

 to R. C. Kaighn, C. W. Cox, R. B. Plumly and R. James, for 

 excellent specimens in seven classes. 



In the absence of remarkable exhibits, such as those formerly 

 made by A. J. Drexel, Esq., George W. Childs, Esq., and Miss 

 Baldwin, which in themselves were sufficient to make a note- 

 worthy show, this year's exhibition was altogether creditable 

 and interesting. The picture-lined walls and the statuary dis- 

 posed in the halls made effective foils, and were a welcome 

 change from the usual autumn foliage and evergreen decora- 

 tions. Since the first exhibition of the society in 1828 these 

 annual shows have occurred regularly in various places, those 

 of 1855 and 1856 in a tent in Penn Square, the site of the present 

 municipal buildings. Interest has not flagged since the de- 

 struction by fire of Horticultural Hall in 1893, and a year ago the 

 society created, besides sections on decorative plants and flow- 

 ers, those on vegetables and small fruits, plant-foods, insectivora 

 and fungous diseases, forest and fruit trees, farm and dairy, 

 subjects which were discussed at the monthly meetings during 

 the year. The new home of the society is well advanced, and 

 its opening is arranged to occur simultaneously with the next 

 Chrysanthemum show. The building will cost nearly $250,000, 

 the ground being valued at $300,000 more. 



The Boston Chrysanthemum Show. 



'X'HE exhibition of Chrysanthemums held by the Massachu- 

 •'• setts Horticultural Society in Boston last week attracted 

 the usual crowd of visitors, and it was certainly not inferior 

 either in quality or in arrangement to any of its predecessors. 

 While the leading exhibits showed no marked advance, there 

 were fewer poor flowers shown than on some former occa- 

 sions, and throughout it was of high average quality. The 

 number of specimen plants was smaller than in previous 

 years, but their absence was more than made up by the masses 

 of smaller plants grouped with Palms and Ferns for decora- 

 tive effect. The prize for the best twelve specimen plants 

 went to Mr. N. T. Kidder, of Milton (William Martin, gardener), 

 who exhibited the largest plants ever seen here, although they 

 were not the most highly finished. The best of them were 

 lora, pink ; Portia, pink ; SuperbajHora, pink ; Golden Hair, 

 light bronze ; and the crimson John Shrimpton, probably the 

 best single plant in the room. The plants exhibited by Mr. 

 Walter Hunnewell(T. D. Hatfield, gardener), were probably the 

 most even lot ever exhibited by him— low plants, good shape 

 and finish and effective in their arrangement of color. Among 

 the plants were Columbine, a fine bronze ; G. W. Childs, crim- 

 son ; Louis Menand, bright red ; Octavie Mirabeau, a delicate 

 pink ; Louis Boehmer, pink — a strikingly good plant ; Ivory, a 

 perfect globe of white ; and Clinton Cha'fant, an exquisite yel- 

 low. Dr. Weld, of Brookline, had some plants in six-inch pots 

 with a single large flower to each, which were superbly grown, 

 the plants being only about two feet high and the flowers of 

 the largest size. 



The usual gigantic single flowers were displayed in 

 greater abundance than ever, and bunches of these on 

 long stems in large vases produced magnificent decorative 

 effects. The most reirlarkable of these bunches were from the 

 garden of Mr. John Simpkins, of Yarmouthport (James Bry- 

 don, gardener), one being composed of the pure white flowers 

 of the Queen, and the other of varieties in different colors. A 

 remarkable exhibit was made by E. M. Wood & Co., of Natick, 

 in the form of a row of nine vases, each carrying ten specimen 

 flowers of one variety. In this collection especially good were 

 the pink Viviand Morel and the yellow H. L. Sunderbruch, 

 while Inter-Ocean, Philadelphia and Robert Mclnnis were 

 also noteworthy. There were comparatively few Pompon or 

 Anemone-flowered Chrysanthemums shown. These plants 



