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nOKTlCULTURL 



June 26, 1909. 



A PEONY DAY. 



Keposing in simple rural dignity on 

 the crest o£ a riclily wooded eminence 

 in one of tlie loveliest sections of east- 

 ern Massachusetts, overlooking the 

 valley of the winding Charles river 

 and a verduie clad landsc;ipe of rare 

 beauty, far removed from the disturb- 

 ance of train or trolley car, is the 

 home of one of the best known and 

 best informed peony specialists of our 

 day, E. J. Shaylor. Skirting the 

 grounds adjoining the broad piazzas 

 just now are great masses of rich col- 

 or and the air is redolent with the in- 

 comparable aroma from the peony 

 fields where this peony enthusiast 

 spends most of his waking hours and 

 if he should ever be accused of sleep- 

 ing with his beloved plants I question 

 whether he would not plead guilty. 



To this enchanted spot, a few days 

 ago, came a delegation from the Gard- 

 eners' and Florists' Club of Boston and 

 spent an afternoon of lare enjoyment 

 in inspecting the flowers, inhaling the 

 country air, admiring the view and en- 

 joying the unconventional hospitality 

 of a host and hostess who aie excel- 

 lent exponents of the art of making 

 visitors feel at home and it may be 

 recorded as having been one of the 

 best field days the club has ever had. 

 There are larger peony fields than 

 Mr. Shaylor's but it is a question 

 whether there are any where can be 

 seen more new varieties or a better 

 selection of the really distinct and 

 high-class varieties. There are many 

 seedlings but only one has been named 

 thus far, Georgianna Shaylor, and 

 none of the others will be given a 

 name unless they demonstrate some 

 special distinction or quality as com- 

 pared with existing varieties. Georgi- 

 anna Shaylor has developed quite not- 

 iceably since it was certificate'l last 

 year "by the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. It is a broad petalled 

 soft pink, than which there is nothing 

 in the whole list more promising. 



Some time ago when Mr. Shaylor 

 had a controversy as to the identity 

 of the much-lauded Lady Alexander 

 Duff, Messrs. Kelway sent him, under 

 the label of "Lady Alexander Duff, 

 True," a plant which has now flowered 

 and proves to be both lovely and dis- 

 tinct, unquestionably different from 

 any variety Mr. Shaylor has ever seen. 

 It bears some resemblance to Ger- 

 maine Bigot but the stigma is pink in 

 Duff whereas in Bigot it is crimson. 



Improvement in the peony follows 

 the line of the broad petalled type. 

 Mme. Savrean by Brochet is a remark- 

 ably handsome flower. This variety 

 has not yet been put on the market 

 in America. It is creamy white with 

 petals of great substance, foliage and 

 stem remarkably sturdy. Le Cygne is 

 one of Lemoine's new ones, a pale yel- 

 low and Prime Vere is another from 

 the same raiser. Both are very prom- 

 ising, but as they were only received 

 last fall their full character has not 

 yet been developed as it takes at least 

 thi-ep years after division before a fair 

 estimate of a variety can be made. Of 

 Deseret's novelties very few have even 

 bloomed this year. One of them, Mad- 

 eline Gauthier, has flowered and is a 

 beauty, single pink with bright yellow 

 anthers. 



Mr. Shaylor has proved Pottsii Alba 

 as sold by some nurserymen to be 

 none other than Eugenie Verdur. It 



is a noble variety with broad softly 

 flushed petals. Kelway's Summer Day 

 is very close to Festiva Maxima ui 

 every respect. 



Mr. Shaylor pronounces the lists of 

 the most useful varieties as given by 

 Geo. C. Thurlow in last week's issue 

 of HORTICULTURE to be about as 

 good as anyone could name. Among 

 the most impressive varieties in his 

 own collections are Mons. Dupont, a 

 very synmietrical cieamy white with 

 petals occasionally red tipped; Mme. 

 iLniile Lenioine, an exquisite flowei-, 

 pink in centre, with strong upright 

 habit; Therese, a beautiful soft pink 

 flower with broad cupped petals; 

 Marie Crousse, similar in color; Asa 

 Gray, pink uniquely veined and pen- 

 cilled with darker pink; James Kel- 

 way, an enormous white with very 

 leathery foliage; Avalanche, very 

 handsome white with crimson-tippe I 

 cupped petals; Rosa Bonheur, one ot 

 Deseret's, a late blooming, lull, deep 

 pink; Adolph Rosseau, one ol the best 

 of the reds, not the darkest but a tall 

 gr.^\\er and sure bloomer. Among Mr. 

 bhaylor's seedlings one or two very 

 promising reds are under watch. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES AND COIVl- 

 MENTS. 



The Leo Niessen Co. will commence 

 the 6 p. m. early closing for the sum- 

 mer on Monday, June 2Sth. 



Miarguerite II, the new yacht being 

 built by Blatz of Kensington, for A. 

 B. Cartledge of Pennock Bros., will be 

 launched in the near future. 



Miss Marguerite Harris, daughter of 

 William K. Harris, with a party of 

 friends sailed from New York on the 

 ifith inst. for a European tour. 



John Mclntyre has treated himself 

 to a new office, nicely fitted up and 

 will prove a great comfort in the con- 

 duct of his rapidly extending business. 



Frank Bennett, of Bordentown, N. J., 

 will take a trip to Europe in the near 

 future, and among other points of in- 

 terest will visit his old home in Eng- 

 land. 



William Warner Harper cordially in- 

 vites visitors to Andorra Nurseries, 

 City Line and AVissahickon Drive, 

 Chestnut Hill, to view their magnifi- 

 cent collection of Japanese Irises, 

 which are now at their best. 



George Anderson had to go to Jen- 

 kintown last week to answer a charge 

 of auto speeding. The defendant knew 

 very well they had the wrong man on 

 their list as his wagon had not been 

 cut of the garage on the date speci- 

 fied. Still, it was some satisfaction to 

 go up and get a smile at the expense 

 of the Montgomery County authori- 

 ties. 



Louis and Charles Berger, scions of 

 the well-known family of florists of 

 that name in Germantown. have start- 

 ed in the insecticide business under the 

 tiile of the Philadelphia Insecticide 

 Co., at 6117 Germantown avenue. Their 

 new insect powder is highly spoken of 

 by those who have tried it. They are 

 also offering nicoticide of their own 

 manufacture at very reasonable prices. 



" tvmfy Bug Hmm f>/s Oomm," 



Insect-destroying 

 preparations that do 

 their work well and 

 effectively are the 

 cheapest. Bowker's 

 Arsenate of Lead 

 and Bowker's Pyrox 

 are recognized stand- 

 ard insecticides and 

 fungicides for both 

 indoor and outdoor 

 use. Bowker's Insect 

 Emulsion destroys 

 many kind of plant 

 lice, black and green 

 flies, etc. Call or 

 send for catalogue. 



DHU/VCD INSECTICIDE 

 DUflNCn COMPANY 



.43 CHATHAM ST. BOSTON 



west of his present location. The price 

 stated is fifty-five thousand dollars. 

 The building is profitably rented at 

 present, but is intended in the near 

 future for the new Kift flower store 

 and office building. This should prove 

 a profitable investment as real estate 

 values are rapidly advancing in the 

 neighborhood. 



William Falck, of the Pennock Bros.' 

 establishment, will be given a farewell 

 dinner at Boothby's on Saturday even- 

 ing, .:;6th inst, by his store associates. 

 Mr. Falck will shortly sail for the 

 other side and will locate with his 

 brother, who is in business in Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark. Good wishes from 

 the many friends he has made in 

 Philadelphia during the past fifteen 

 years go with him. 



Commencing last Monday, June 21st, 

 the McKissick flower market closes for 

 the summer at 6 p. m., daily. To ac- 

 commodate out-of-town customers, 

 they have arranged to keep the store 

 open for two hours each Sunday morn- 

 ing from 9 to 11. It is seldom we see 

 such Kaiseriu roses as those they had 

 on sale there last Saturday. Centaurea 

 imperialis, the first of the season, and 

 a fine assortment of gladioli were also 

 conspicuous features. 



Robert Kift has purchased the prop- 

 erty at 1S21 Chestnut street, one block 



"Make your garden glad," is the 

 happy slogan and trade-mark of the 

 E. Winterson Co., Chicago. Why 

 didn't I think of that! They are 

 branching out and are now seedsmen, 

 plantsmen, and nurserymen — besides 

 being large commission handlers ot 

 cut Howers and florists' supplies. Their 

 catalogue is original and it will pay 



