. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 812 The American Florist. June 2S, The Importation of Bay Trees and Palms. The accompanying illustrations give an idea o< the proportions to which the importations of bay trees have grovyn in the past few years, although this is an exceptional shipment, the largest of which there is any record. It was recently entered by Bobbink & Atkins, of Rutherford, N. J., and a special train of ttn cars was made up to convey the consignment from the dock to the nursery. One illustration shows the train, the other the t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 812 The American Florist. June 2S, The Importation of Bay Trees and Palms. The accompanying illustrations give an idea o< the proportions to which the importations of bay trees have grovyn in the past few years, although this is an exceptional shipment, the largest of which there is any record. It was recently entered by Bobbink & Atkins, of Rutherford, N. J., and a special train of ttn cars was made up to convey the consignment from the dock to the nursery. One illustration shows the train, the other the trees themselves, almost 1,500 in all. la addition to this Bobbink & Atkins recently brought from Europe a consignment of palms which amounted to eight carloads. The Rose Show at Boston. The annual rose and strawberry exhi- bition of the Massachusetts Horticult- ural Society was held in Horticultural Hall on Thursday and Friday, June 19 and 20. The roses were excellent, much better in fact than has been the case in recent years so far as local exhibitors are concerned. Mr. Walsh, of Wood's Holl, who has put up invincible rose exhibits annually for a number of years, was unable to compete this year, owing to his plants having been badly damaged by a "smoke ; Themostprom- inent exhibitors of roses were J. H. White, Jas. Wheeler, gardener; Miss E. y Clark, John Ash, gardener; Dr. O. S. Paige, Mrs. E. M. Gill, Peter B. Bradley, A. F. Estabrook, Geo. Barker, gardener; W. T Clemson. Ed. Powell, gardener, and Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. Thatcher, gardener. The special Theodore Lyman prizes for twenty-four hardy roses went, first, to J. H. White and, second, to Miss Clark In the other classes Mr. White secured three first prizes and one second and Miss Clark two firsts and four seconds and her exhibit of Black Hamburg grapes was a prime attraction for visitors. The best singl* bloom of any variety was adjudged to be Mr. Bradley's Paul Ney- ron and the second best Dr.
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