. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g2. The American Florist. 171. DESIGN FOE THE TULIP BORDER AT THE WORLDS FAIR. tracted much notice. The named gladioli were very fine indeed and occupied one table, nearly the length of the hall. H. B. Watts had a splendid display; he showed 38 magnificent varieties that w^ould have been hard to beat anywhere. The competition was very close in nearly all of the different classes and kept H. F. A. Lange, the judge, puzzled for quite a little while. S. Pittsfield, Mass. The Berkshire Agricultural Society, said to
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g2. The American Florist. 171. DESIGN FOE THE TULIP BORDER AT THE WORLDS FAIR. tracted much notice. The named gladioli were very fine indeed and occupied one table, nearly the length of the hall. H. B. Watts had a splendid display; he showed 38 magnificent varieties that w^ould have been hard to beat anywhere. The competition was very close in nearly all of the different classes and kept H. F. A. Lange, the judge, puzzled for quite a little while. S. Pittsfield, Mass. The Berkshire Agricultural Society, said to be the oldest agricultural sociely in the world, held its annual show and fair at Pittsfield on September 13, 14, 15, 16. Through the efforts of Col. Walter Cutting, who is president of the society, Mr. H. F. I/Ucas and a number of the florists and private gardeners of this sec- tion, special attention was paid this year to the horticultural department and they were rewarded with a display far ahead of anythingeverbefore accomplished here. The grounds occupy an elevated loca- tion whence a magnificent view of the Berkshire hills and valleys is obtained, and on the most sightly spot was erected a large tent which was devoted exclu- sively to the horticultural display. Out- side the tent the usual accompaniments of a county fair were to be seen; merry-go- rounds, fakirs, agricultural implements, cattle, horse fanciers, pop com, country lassies, tidies, bed quilts, poultry and pigs; but inside the charmed circle, horticul- ture alone held sway, and the display put up by the Lenox and Pittsfield garde- ners would compare favorably in many respects with that of some of our well known horticultural societies. The col- lection of stove and greenhouse plants was especially good. From Col. Cutting, Mr. A. P. Mere- dith gardener, came a very large exhibit including stove plants and ferns, French cannas and several well bloomed speci- mens of Dendrobium formosum gigan- teum. The collectio
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