July 19, 1913 



HOETICULTUEE 



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The fiftli annual exhibition and con- 

 vention of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society held in Boston on Saturday 

 and Sunday, July 12 and 13, was a 

 gratifying success in every respect. 

 The joint exhibition of this society 

 and the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society completely filled the three 

 halls of the Horticultural Building. 

 The weather for a few days bad been 

 favorable for the flowers and thus 

 quality was assured where in the 

 heated term of the previous week it 

 did look very dubious. There was a 

 goodly number of visitors from New 

 York, Philadelphia. New Jersey and 

 New England generally, the Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners having called their 

 meeting for the same date and place 

 as the Sweet Pea Society, many of the 

 members of the former being also 

 members of the latter. 



The Exhibition. 



The prize list was a tempting one 

 and the classes were filled almost to 

 the limit. Only seven of the Sweet 

 Pea Society's premiums were uncom- 

 peted for, three of these being in the 

 children's classes and three being in 

 the classes for novelties of 1912 and 

 1913. In this latter respect the show 

 was somewhat of a disappointment, 

 the only novelties obtaining recogni- 

 tion being W. Atlee Burpee's Illumina- 

 tor, which received a certificate of 

 merit and William Sim's exhibit of 

 new winter-flowering varieties which 

 was accorded a silver medal. A gold 

 medal was awarded to W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee Company for the finest display of 

 sweet peas. This exhibit was very ex- 

 tensive and showy. 



Taking up the Sweet Pea Society's 

 premiums in order as they appeared 

 on the schedule awards were made as 

 follows: 



Section A. for Private Gardeners. 



R. & .T. Farijnbar & Co. prize for .six vases 

 of six Speueer.s : 1st. Mrs. T. O. Riehardson, 

 Bard. Jas. Roliertsou, Newport, R. I.; 2nd, 

 G. W. Vauderbilt. gard. E. Kirk, Bar Har- 

 bar, Me. 



Thos. J. Gre.v Co. prize, ten vases of ten 

 Spencers: 1st, Mrs. T. J. Emery, gard. A. 

 L. Dorward 



.Jerome B. Kioe <-'o. prizes for vase of 

 white Spencers: 1st. Miss Fannie Foster, 

 gard. C. M. Bugholt, Newport ; 2nd. Mrs. 

 T. (J. RicliardMon. 



A. T. Boddington prizes for collection of 

 2."p varieties, not less than 2.5 stems to a 

 vase: 1st, Mrs. W. B. Leeds, gard. W. 

 Gra.v, Newport : 2nd, Giraiid Foster, gard. 

 Ed. .Jenkins. Both of these exhibits were 

 superli and as representing the premier 

 collection of the show, winning also the 

 Boddington challenge cup. we here give 

 the list of varieties staged by Mr. Gray. 

 They were as follows : .Martha Washing- 

 ton, Asta Ohn. Carcne. Mrs. Townsend, 

 Helen I^ewis. Constance Oliver. Barbara. 

 Mrs. C. W. Breadmore. White Spencer. En- 

 chantress. Florence Morse, Hercules. Prim- 

 rose. Mrs. Henry Bell. Tennant. King Ed- 

 ward, Colleen. Elsie Herbert. .John Ing- 

 man. Othello Spencer. Mrs. Hardcastle 

 Sykes. Countess Spencer, Etta Dvke. Love- 

 ly. .\pple Blossom. 



Watkins & Simpson prize for six vase3 

 Spencer : (J. W. Vanderbilt. 



H. F. Jlichell gold and silver medals for 

 Vermillion Brilliant: 1st. S. Carlnuist, 

 Lenox : 2nd. Mrs. T. .J. Emery. 



H. F. Michell medals for "best vase of 

 Spencers, not less than 100 blcjoms: 1st. 



.Mrs. T. O. Richardson; 2ud, Mrs. T. J. 

 Emery. 



Peter Henderson & Co. prize for 12 vases 

 of 12 varieties: 1st, Mrs. W. B. Leeds; 2nd, 

 D. F. Roy, Marion. 



Society's medals for display covering 24 

 sq. ft.: 1st, Mrs. W. B. 'Leeds; 2ud, High- 

 lawn, gard. Geo. Foulsham. Lenox. 



Section B, for Private Gardeners and 

 Amateurs. 



W. Atlee Burpee cup for 12 vases, 12 

 varieties; Miss P. Foster. 



W. Atlee Burpee's prizes for vase of 1913 

 Spencer : 1st. Miss F. Foster, variety Dec- 

 orator; 2ud, S. Carlquist, variety Charm; 

 ;!rd. H. lieeremans, variet.v Orchid. 



W. Atlee Burpee prizes for vase of Gran- 

 difiora type: 1st, Highlawn, variety Queen 

 .\lexandra : 2nd. H. Heeremans, variety 

 King Edward VII. 



Sutton & Son's cup for best table of 

 sweet peas : A. W. Preston, gard. J. L. 

 Smith, Swampscott, Mass. 



J. Horace McFarland Co. prize for six 

 Spencer and six Grandiflora : H. Heere- 

 mans. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. prizes for six vases 

 Spencer: 1st. Mrs. T. J. Emery: 2nd, S. 

 Carlquist; 3rd, H. Heeremans. 



Section C, for Amateurs. 

 Prizes offered by Peter Henderson & Co.. 

 A. T. Boddington. .John Lewis Childs and 

 b.v the Society were all well-competed tor 

 and awarded. 



Section D for retail florists. In these 

 classes, competed for mainly by three 

 or four Boston florists the first awards 

 were changed in several instances and 

 much confusion and protesting re- 

 sulted. The result as here recorded are 

 given subject to revision. Our opinion 

 is that fiorists from out-of-town who 

 are familiar with the requirements of 

 this kind of work should be called in 

 to do the judging of exhibits in this 

 class. 



Silver and bronze medals for mantel dec- 

 oration : 1st. Wax Bros, white and purple 

 peas, smilax, ferns and palms; 2nd, Boston 

 Cut Flower Co., peas, various colors, and 

 terns. 



Bridal bouquet : 1st, Boston Cut Flower 

 Co.; 2nd. Wax Bros. 



Hamper: 1st. Boston Cut Flower Co., 

 purple peas with chiffon, in bronze ham- 

 per: 2nd, H. Comley, salmon peas in green 

 hamper. 



Corsage: Boston Cut Flower Co., 1st and 

 2nd. 



Section E, for School Children. 



Prizes offered bv F. R. Pierson, F. E. 

 Palmer. A. T. Boddington. H. F. Michell 

 Co., (hardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton and the Society were fairly well com- 

 I)eted for. 



Section F. Open and Miscellaneous Classes. 



C. C. Morse & Co. prize and So- 

 ciety's medals for display, open to seed 

 trade only : 1st. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 with the most elaborate and beautiful lay- 

 <iut in the exhibition, a pool and fountain 

 in centre, with circular tables and four 

 arches of sweet peas; 2nd, W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co.; 3rd, A. T. Boddington. 



Mt. Desert Nurseries' prize, for basket 

 of sweet peas : Miss M. C. Collins. 



H. A. Dreer prizes for vase of Mrs. Rout- 

 zahn: 1st. Mrs. W. B. Leeds: 2nd, G. W. 

 Vanderbilt. 



H. A. Dreer prizes for George Herbert : 

 1st. H. Heeremans: 2nd. Col. F. Mason, 

 gard. E. I,. Lewis. Taunton. 



Penn cup for display. .50 sq. ft. : Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries. 



Boston Flower Exchange prizes for six 

 vases arranged for effect : Peter Fisher, 

 Ellis. A very flue exhibit. 



John I. Downey, gard. Thos. Ryan, who 

 entered in several classes, showed the most 

 remarkable stems and flowers ever seen on 

 sweet peas but his varieties were faulty as 

 to color and on this he lost out. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 Prizes. 



These were in groups of classes open, 

 for Srencers and Grandifioras. for 



amateurs only, and for children, re- 

 spectively, 46 classes in all. They 

 were practically all competed for ex- 

 cept in the Grandiflora group, where 

 only one entry appeared, showing how 

 completely this class of sweet peas 

 has been superseded. Among the prin- 

 cipal winners were; Mrs. Lester Le- 

 land, Mt. Desert Nurseries, Mrs. T. J. 

 Emery, Col. Chas. Pfaff, G. W. Vander- 

 bilt, Mrs. P. C. Forbes, Mrs. T. O. 

 Richardson, H. E. Converse, Miss F. 

 Foster. S. Carlquist, etc. 



The judging in the class for table 

 decoration resulted in confusion as in 

 the case of the other retail classes 

 above referred to. According to latest 

 information, first was accorded to Wax 

 Bros.; second to Henry R. Comley, 

 pink peas and adiantum being used in 

 both instances. 



There were many creditable exhib- 

 its of other material, including exten- 

 sive fruit and vegetable groups. W. A. 

 Manda received a first-class certificate 

 of merit for Cattleya Harrisonae var. 

 Mandaiana, a lovely flower, and honor- 

 able mention for group of orchids. 

 Other interesting exhibits were or- 

 chids from Julius Roehrs Co. (honor- 

 able mention); F. J. Dolansky and J. 

 T. Butterworth; gladioli from John 

 Lewis Childs and B. Hammond Tracy; 

 tuberous begonias from Mrs. Lester 

 Leland; magnificent collections of her- 

 baceous fiowers from Eastern Nurser- 

 ies, and William Whitman. R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. showed a grand vase 

 of Lilium myriophyllum. 



THE MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Sweet Pea Society was held in 

 the committee room of Horticultural 

 Hall on Saturday afternoon. After the 

 usual routine business. Prof. A. C. 

 Beal's report on the trial grounds at 

 Cornell University was presented. An 

 invitation was extended by M. C. Ebel 

 for the next exhibition to be held in 

 New York City and it was voted to ac- 

 cept and make the date for the last 

 Saturday and Sunday in June, 1914. 

 Secretary Bunyard reported that $350 

 had been appropriated for sweet pea 

 premiums at the proposed Interna- 

 tional Flower Show in New York in 

 March, 1914. The paper by G. W. 

 Kerr, which we present in this issue, 

 was attentively listened to. 



Election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, William Sim, Clif- 

 tondale, Mass.; vice-president, Arthur 

 Kirby, New York City; secretary, H. 

 A. Bunyard, New York; recording sec- 

 retary, J. H. Pepper. New York; treas- 

 urer, A. T. Boddington, New York. 

 William Duckham, Madison, N. J., suc- 

 ceeds W. Atlee Burpee on the execu- 

 tive committee. 



THE BANQUET. 



On Saturday evening an elegant lit- 

 tle banquet was tendered to the visit- 

 ing members of the American Sweet 

 Pea Society and the Gardeners' Asso- 

 ciation by the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston, at the Copley Square 

 Hotel Pifsident W. J. Kennedy pre- 



