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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw41amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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VIEW OF A PORTION OF THE MAIN HALL AT THE BOSTON SHOW. Vase of 10 blooms, white.—P. B. Robb, first; J. S. Bailey, second; W. W. Edgar & Co.. third. Vase of 10 blooms, yellow.—Morton F. Plant, first; J. S. Bailey, second; P. B. Robb, third. Vase of 10 blooms, any other color.—Mor- ton F. Plant, first; Mrs. Fred'k Ayer, sec- ond; F. H. Kennard. third. Twelve vases single, 12 distinct varieties, six cut sprays each.—Mrs. J. M. Sears, first; Mrs. Fred'k Ayer, second; W. A. Riggs, third. Best decoration of chrysanthemums for table of 10 covers.—W. J. Creed, first; Edw. MacMulkin. second; Mrs. E. M. Gill, third. Best vase of 75 blooms in the society's large china vases.—W. A. Riggs. first; W. W. Edgar & Co., second; Edw. MacMulkin, third. Gratuities. Edward MacMulkin display of palms, ferns, bay trees, chrysanthemums and other plants; Wm. Whitman, display of chrysan- themums and foliage plants; Bellevue Nurs- eries, display of hardy pompon chrysanthe- mums; Miss E. J. Clark, display of single chrysanthemums; H. E. Converse, display of cut chrysanthemums; Mrs. J. M. Sears, dis- play of anemone-fiowered chrysanthemums; Thomas E. Proctor, specimen chrysanthe- mum plant Ellen Totty; Dr. C. G. Weld, specimen chrysanthemum plant Mayor Wea- ver; Wlnthrop Ames, display of cut chrys- anthemums: James Nicol, vase of chrysan- themums; Carl Jurgens, vase of American Beauty roses; Carl Jurgens, vase of lilv of the valley; Miss E. J. Clark, bunch of Bos- ton violets; M. A. Patten, four vases of carnations; Mrs. A. "W. Blake, Nephrolepis Whitman!: F. W. Fletcher, display of coleus and Ficus altissima: Mrs. E. M. Gill, dis- play of cut flowers; N. F. Comley, large vase of cut flowers. The National Chrys- anthemum Society's trophy was awarded to W. A. Riggs for the most meritorious dis- play of chrysanthemums. Silver Medals.—T. D. Hatfield, for artistic display of chrysanthemums; R. & J. Far- quhar & Co.. for meritorious display of con- iferous trees and shrubs. Bronze Medals.—Wm. C. Rust, chrysan- themum chair; R. Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co., display of pompon chrysanthemums: Lang- water Gardens, display of single chrysan- themums. First Class Certificates of Merit.—Bellevue Nurseries, Anemone Japonlca Prince Henry; Julius Roehrs Co., Croton F. Sander; Peter Fisher, new carnation, Mav Day. Honorable Mention.—R. "& J. Farquhar & Co.. display of begonias, dahlias and ferns; Julius Roehrs Co., display of orchids; Lager & Hurrell, display of orchids; W. W. Raw- son & Co., display of cut nerines; S. J. God- dard, new carnation. Pink Delight; M. A. Patten, white carnation, Shasta. Vote of Thanks.—Langwater Gardens, vase of chrysanthemum. Old Gold. The Lenox, Mass., Flower Show. A report of the Lenox annual chrys- anthemum exhibition has already appeared in the horticultural papers, in which the prize list has been fully given, and various comments append- ed. Lenox, Mass., nestles itself among the beautiful Berkshire mountains, and as an ideal summer home has few equals. Here the New York business man can retire for his happy vacation, and can rely on peace and solitude undisturbed. It is off the beaten track and all we hear of Lenox is an occasional note in the society columns. These business men and million- aires have their gardens and garden- ers and in the outdoor life and the beautifying of their places they take especial pride, but the gardeners who are largely responsible for the ap- pearance of their places get little of the passing comment. Now and then we read of some of their horticultural doings in a vague way, but any one who is a competent judge and who visits some of these places, and par- ticularly their flower show, feels that these men are very much slighted by the press generally. In Lenox they are doing a pioneer work horticultur- ally in many respects, and this is very clearly emphasized at their ex- hibitions. Perhaps the most outstanding and leading features of these exhibitions are the plant groups. Here these groups are put up on a scale that we never see attempted at any of our other exhibitions. It is a long way by rail to transport these delicate plants to any of our large centers, but it certainly would be a grand feature for some of our New York exhibitions to have one or two of them just for once, as a sample. Perhaps if some of the show committees would use a little persuasion and some liberal donor provide the necessary transport charges, we might be able to see this consummated. Here the groups are put up with remarkable taste and so aftanged that when you stand in front of them you can see the individuality of every plant used. It is within the province of the gardener to produce fine specimens, but usually when he groups them they are so massed aa to hide their individual beauty. In building the one side mounds so often seen, it is not really necessarj' to have good plants, as only one side, and sometimes only the top, shows. To show them to perfection, considerable decorative art is necessary, and this the gardeners in Lenox seem to study to as great an extent as they do the cultural details. It is not the intention of the writer to discuss the superior merits of either of the groups as put up by J. Hecremans. A. or E. Jenkins. The judges had their own troubles in making the awards, but in any case they were all really good from the most critical standpoint, and were certainly a revelation to the writer and others, and an object lesson in their line. Notable among the indi- vidual plants used were some speci- mens of Croton Warreni at least five feet high and perfect in foliage and color, several beautiful orchids, and many well grown palms, while the groundwork was mainly composed of Adiantum Farleyense, lily of the val- ley, and Gypsophila paniculata. For

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