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HOBTICULTUEE 



June 21. 1913 



PEONY SHOW AT BOSTON. 



The special peony show of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 on Saturday and Sunday. June 14 and 

 15. was one of the most brilliant dis- 

 plays ever seen in Horticultural Hall. 

 Three distinct and remarkable feat- 

 ures were the display of peonies by 

 R. &. J. Farquhar & Co., comprising 

 several hundred varieties, the sensa- 

 tional exhibit of Eremurus robustus 

 and E. Himalayicus by Mr. Thatcher 

 of the Mt. Desert Nurseries and the 

 collection of Spencer sweet peas by 

 Wm. Sim. Each of these three exhibits 

 was awarded the gold medal of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and in each case this high recognition 

 was worthily bestowed. The erenvurus 

 group contained no less than one hun- 

 dred and fifty stately spikes and cre- 

 ated a sensation among the visitors. 

 E. J. Shaylor and G. H. Peterson were 

 also extensive exhibitors of peonies. 

 Eastern Nurseries and Old Town Nur- 

 series made displays of hardy herbace- 

 ous flowers, and the fuchsias from 

 Mrs. Frederick Ayer were very hand- 

 some. Awards were as follows: 



Herb.iceous Peonies — Collection of 20 va- 

 rieties, double : 1st, Geo. H. Peterson : 2ii. 

 .lames McKissoek; 3d, T. C. TburloWs 

 Sons Co. Ten varieties: 1st, Geo. H. 

 Peterson ; 23, Mrs. J. L. Gardner ; 3d, 

 James McKissoek. Specimen bloom : 1st, 

 Geo. H. Peterson; 2d, Wm. Whitman. Col- 

 lection of 12 varieties, single: 1st, T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co. Vase of blooms on 

 long stems, arranged for effect : 1st, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner. Six named double varie- 

 ties, wbite: 1st, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 2d. 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. : 3rd. Dr. Charles 

 S. Minot. Six rose pink: 1st. Mrs. .T. L. 

 Gardner; 2d, James McKissoek; 3d, T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co. Six red: 1st, James 

 McKissoek ; 2d, T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. 

 Vase of 25. white: 1st. Mrs. .T. L. Gardner; 

 2d. Geo. H. Peterson : 3d, John R. Comley. 

 Twenty-five, pink: 1st. Wm. Whitman; 2d, 

 Geo. H. Peterson: 3d. Wm. Whitman. 

 Twenty-five, red: 1st. Geo. H. Peterson; 

 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gardner: 3d. Wm. Whit- 

 man. Twentv-five. any other color; 1st, 

 Wm. Whitman: 2d. T. C. Thurlow's Sons 

 Co.; 3d. James McKissoek. 



Gratuities: E. J. Shaylor, display of 

 peonies ; Breck, Robinson Co., display of 

 peonies and herbaceous flowers; G. W. 

 Page, collection of seedling peonies; Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill, peonies and roses ; A. W. Pres- 

 ton, collection of pyrethrums: Thos. T. 

 Watt, orchids; J. T. Butterworth, orchids 

 and Spanish iris; Eastern Nurseries, her- 

 baceous flowers; M. P. Haendler. herba- 

 ceous flowers; Mt. Desert Nurseries, her- 

 baceous flowers' Mrs. Frederick Ayer. 

 fuchsias; Ellen Page, collection of native 

 plants; Wm. Whitman, peonies: W. Heu i- 

 tis & Son, collection of vegetables. 



Gold Medals: Wm. Sim. collection of 

 sweet peas ; Mr. Desert Nurseries. Eremu- 

 rus ; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., display of 

 peonies. 



First Class Certiflcates of Merit: Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries, seedling peony ; C. S. 

 Sargent. Geum coccineum var. Bradshawi : 

 Wm. Sim. sweet peas. 



Honorable Mention : Dr. C. S. Minot. 

 seedling peonies: Thos. T. Watt, speci- 

 men Dendrobium thyrsiflorum. 



SPRING SHOW, NEW YORK, 1914. 



The joint committees of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York and the 

 New York Florists' Club held a meet- 

 ing on Friday, June 13. Permanent 

 organization was effected as follows: 

 Prank R. Pierson, chairman; John 

 Young, secretary: F. R. Newbold, 

 treasurer; H. A. Bunyard. C. H. Totty 

 and Wallace R. Pierson. publicity 

 committee. It was decided to invite 

 all local societies to cooperiite. The 

 secretary announced the guarantee 

 list to be over $4500 to date. 



Another meeting was arranged for 

 Wednesday, the 18th, when the 

 schedule would be considered so that 

 it could be sent out at once. Great in- 



terest in this exhibition is being shown 

 in all quarters and many of the lead- 

 ing retailers have signified their in-' 

 tention of taking an active part. 



John Young, Sec. 



A CARD FROM MR. TOTTY. 



Members of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists and National Association of 

 Gardeners: 



I wish to thank each and every one 

 of you individually for the magnifi- 

 cent gift which I received last week in 

 recognition of my work as chairman 

 of the International Flower Show. 



This present is all the more appre- 

 ciated because it was entirely unex- 

 pected. I feel the success of the show 

 was due, not so much to my hard 

 work, but to your earnest co-operation 

 with me in every way. 



I only regret I am unable to share 

 this beautiful gift with my fellow com- 

 mitteemen, who worked hard and 

 faithfully and without whose assist 

 ance the show would be an impossible 

 undertaking. 



Trusting I may have the pleasure of 

 reciprocating in some way in the near 

 future, I remain. 



Very sincerely yours, 



Charles H. Tottt. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The New London (Conn.) Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold its rose exhi- 

 bition on June 24. 



The Ladies' Society of American 

 Florists offer a yearly bowling prize 

 of $25 to the lady having the highest 

 score, said lady bowler to be a mem- 

 ber of the Ladies' S. A. F. 



Mrs. Chas. H. May.nard, 

 Sec. Ladles' S. A. F. 



The annual rose and strawberry ex- 

 hibition of the Huntington Horticul- 

 tural Agricultural Society, with the 

 added attractions of ice cream and 

 cake and a dance at the end, drew a 

 large crowd at the Bijou Opera House 

 Thursday, June 12. The display was 

 one of the finest ever given by the 

 ■ society. Some of the finest estates on 

 the North Shore of Long Island were 

 among the exhibitors. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural Society 

 was held in the Town Hall. Lenox, on 

 Saturday evening, June 7th. H. Heere- 

 mans, F. Butler and Wm. Griffin were 

 appointed as a committee for the Au- 

 gust exhibition, for which the sched- 

 ules have been issued. There was a 

 very fine exhibit of Clarkia Veitch's 

 Queen Mary from R. W, Paterson's 

 place, gard. Thomas Proctor, which 

 was awarded a diploma. The National 

 Association of Gardeners have offered 

 a silver vase for the most meritorious 

 display at the fall exhibition, which is 

 open to all members of the Lenox So- 

 ciety. J. M.uR, Asst. Sec. 



The New Jersey Floricultural Socie- 

 ty have decided to continue their agita- 

 tion to have professional gardeners on 

 park and shade tree commissions. At 

 a meeting held in Lindsley's Hall, 

 Orange, N. J., last week, a communi- 

 cation was received from Prof. M. A. 

 Blake of the State Agricultural Col 

 lege at New Brunswick, endorsing the 

 movement. Wm. A. Manda deplored 



the lack of American appreciation of 

 fiowers and the men who raise them 

 and contrasted this with conditions in 

 England. M. C. Ebel advised the gar- 

 deners not to take any positions on 

 commissions where they did not re- 

 ceive pay. 



"Rose Night" brought out one of the 

 largest and most beautiful exhibitions 

 of the June flowers seen at a meeting 

 of this society. George Wraight, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. M. B. Metcalf of Orange, 

 won first prize. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island has won a signal victory 

 in its fight tor the unrestricted use of 

 flowers at the summer graduations in 

 schools, especially in the city of Prov- 

 idence. Following a conference be- 

 tween a committee representing the 

 club, and Isaac O. Winslow. superin- 

 tendent of the schools of Providence, 

 the latter agreed to see to it that all 

 flowers delivered at schools at gradu- 

 ation periods will be accepted, placed 

 in a separate room and delivered to 

 the graduates at the close of the exer- 

 cises. In making this arrangement 

 the florists feel that they have won a 

 good fight. For the past two years 

 there has been a spirit of antagonism 

 rampant in the I'rovideuce schools, 

 particularly the faculty, against the 

 use of flowers. Last year at some of 

 the schools flowers sent there on or- 

 der were refused admittance to the 

 buildings. The committee, composed 

 of Eugene Appleton, Robert Johnston 

 and William E. Chappell. made its re- 

 port at the regular meeting of the 

 club, held in Swarfs Lodge Hall, 

 Providence, Monday evening. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society was held in Doran's Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn.. June I'oth. The 

 second Summer Show of the society 

 will be held in the Town Hall, Green- 

 wich, Conn.. June 20-21, when it is 

 hoped a large entry will be made in 

 the various classes for the valuable 

 prizes offered. After a very warm de- 

 bate it was decided to hold the Third 

 Annual Outing at Rye Beach early in 

 August, date to be announced later. 



The exhibits were of excellent cul- 

 ture. The judges' decisions were as 

 follows: 



Mr. McAllister, honorable mention for 

 rose Conrad F. Meyer and strawberry 

 Gandy; Thos. Ryan, honorable mention for 

 sweet peas; Jas. Tierney, honorable men- 

 tion for sweet peas: Oscar Addor, cultural 

 certificate for Cattleya Mendelli; W. D. 

 Matervowski. highly commended for peo- 

 nies; Paul Daunger, vote of thanks for Ex- 

 celsior rye. seven feet high; Dan Pastori, 

 \"nte of thank.s f<ir sweet wilUams. 



The third annual fall exhibition will 

 be held in the Armory. Stamford, 

 Conn., Oct. iBlst-Nov. 1st. Schedules 

 are out. Owex A. Hunvvick. 



Cor. Sec. 



NEWS NOTES. 



New York, N. Y.— C. C. Trepel is 

 iloiibling bis floor space in Blooming- 

 dale's and is adding two more green- 

 houses to the conservatories on the 

 roof. 



Sedalia, Mo. — The Archias Floral 

 Co. has purchased an entire block on 

 which they will erect a range of rose 

 houses. Other impiovements are 

 planned which will more than double 

 the present plant. 



