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HORTICULTURE 



June 22. 19I» 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



BOSTON PEONY AND ROSE SHOW. 

 Tho nnniiul oxhlliHiun of iH-iinles 

 and roses by tho Mass. Horticultural 

 Society, held on Saturday and Sun- 

 day. June IS and 16. was a goorReous 

 display and drew a goodly attendance 

 of the public. There were no cash 

 prizes and all receipts from admission 

 were donated to Boston Metropolitan 

 Chapter of the Red Cross. More than 

 2.0OO peonies and many hundreds of 

 roses were sent In for sale purposes 

 each day, a group of young women 

 serving as sales girls. The outstand- 

 ing novelties in the show were the 

 roses "George Ahrends" and "Bonnie 

 Prince." and the new hybrid orchid 

 "Rheims." The prize awards follow. 



List of Awards. 



I'eunio*.— ColltsMion of 20 u a mod varieties, 

 double: 1st, T. C Thurlow'g Sons, Inc.; 

 2d, .Mrs. Jaiiii>8 McKlssuck. 10 named ra- 

 rletles. doul)le: lut, T. C. Thurlow's Sodb. 

 Ini'. Specimen bloom, double: Ist, R. & J. 

 Farguhar & Co., Mrs. liayiird Thayer; 2d, 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sous. Inc., Mme. Enillc 

 LemolDc. 12 nauied varieties, single; Ist, 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc. tl named va- 

 rieties, double, white: Ist. T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons, Inc.; 2d. Mrs. James McKls- 

 sock. Six. rose pink: 1st. T. C. Thur- 

 low's Suns. Inc. Six, salmon pink: let, 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc. Six, red or 

 crimson : Ist, T. C. Thurlow's Sons. Inc. 

 Vase of 25 blooms, double, white or Blush: 

 Ist, T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc.; 2(1. T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons. Inc. 25 blooms, pink or 

 rose: Ist. T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc.; 2d. 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons. Inc. 'j5. red or crlm- 

 ■on : Ist. T. C. Thurlow's Sous. Inc. 



American Teony .Society s Medal for the 

 largest and best collection of peonies: T. 

 C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc. 



Roses. — Three blooms of white hybrid 

 perpetual: 1st, John B. Wills, Frau Karl 

 Druschkl; 2d, A. L. Stephen, Frau Karl 

 Druschkl. Three, pink hybrlil perpetual: 

 Ist, A. I.. Stephen, George Arends; 2d, A. 

 L. Stephen, Mrs. John Laing. Three blooms 

 red hybrid perpetual: 1st, John B. Wills. 

 Glolre Chedane Guinoisseau; 2d, A. L. 

 Stephen, Glolre Chedane Guinoisseau. Six 

 varieties, one bloom each : 1st. John D. 

 Wills. 24 varieties, one bloom each : 1st, 

 John B. Wills. 12 named varieties, one 

 bloom each: 1st. John B. Wills; 2d, Al- 

 bert Gelger. Jr. Six vellnw : Ist. John B. 

 Wills. Mrs. Aaron Ward ; 2d. W. C. Winter, 

 Katherino Breslaw. Six pink: 1st, John 

 B. Wills. Lady Ashton. Six red : 1st. John 

 It. Wills. George IJlckson. 



Sweet Williams. — Display. 18 vases, not 

 les.s tljan six varieties: 1st, A. L. Stephen; 

 2d. W. C. Winter. 



Silver Medal : R. & J. Farquhar & Co.. 

 display of roses and peonies; T. P. Thur- 

 low's Sons. Inc.. display of peonies; J. K. 

 Alexander, display of peonies; Mrs. C. G. 

 Weld, display of roses; Henry Stewart, 

 display of Oncidlum flexuosum ; A. W. 

 Preston, Laelio-Cattleya Uheims Alba 

 Rubra ; A. W. Preston, Cattle.va Chami. 



Bronze Medal: Blue Hill Nurseries, dis- 

 play of peonies. 



First Class Certificate of Merit : Thomas 

 N. Cook, new rose Chlslaine de Fellgonde; 

 B. & J. Farquhar & Co., new peony Mrs. 

 Bayard Thayer. 



Honorable Mention: Boston Cut Flower 

 Co., display of flowers in baskets and 

 vases:; Houghton. Gorney Co., display of 

 flowers In liaskets and vases; Scth A. Bor- 

 den, seedling lilies, umbellatum type. 



Vote of Thanks: Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 display of roses: Mrs. Fred I.. Oaks. Iris 

 sibirica ; Henry R. Comley, basket of roses; 

 R. M. Saltonstall. fuchsias. 



Awards for Fruits. — Strawberries. — One 

 plate of 4S berries of any variety intro- 

 duced since 1914: Ist, Louis Graton, St. 

 Martin. Single plate, any variety : 1st, H. 

 L. Crane. Barrymore; 2d, W. C. Cooper, 

 Wm. Belt. Best new strawberry of merit 

 not yet introduced, 48 berries : Louis Gra- 

 ton, silver medal. Two plates of Marshall : 

 1st, R. M. Saltonstall. 



Vote of Thanks: Hlllcrest Farm, white 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, June 24. 



* Florists' and Gariieners' Club of 

 Ithodi. Island. Swartx llail. Provl. 



; d.n.i-. It. 1. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Iljilllniore, I'-lorlslH' iOxchango Hall, 

 llnltlmure, .M<l. 



Tuesday, June 25. 



.Ni'nport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport. U. I. 



'I'arrytown Horticultural Society, 

 'i'arrylnwn, N. V. 



Wednesday, June 26. 



American Association of Nursery- 

 nieii. Hotel Sherman, Chicago, III., 

 June 2(1 to 28. 



Ovster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 lijster Bay, .N. Y. 



Friday, June 28. 



<'unni'cticut H<)nleultural Socteiy, 

 ('i>unty llidg., llartfoni. Conn. 



.Monmouth County llortiiultural 

 Soilety. Red Bank. N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 P:isadeiia, Calif. 



I'eopie's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 I Association, I'aterson, N. J. 



strawlierri.s; W. C. Winter, Superb Kver 

 bearing Strawiierry. 



Awards for Vegetables. — Beans, string, 50 

 pods: 1st. K. A. Clark, Giant Stringless. 

 Beets, twelve ; 1st. K. A. Clark. Crosby's ; 2d. 

 .Mrs. Henry I.vman. Lettuce, 4 heads: 1st, 

 Mrs. Il.-nr.v Lyman; 2d, Mrs. Henry Lyman. 

 Four lii'ails of Cos or Uomaine: Ist. -Mrs. 

 Henry Lyman. Little Gem; 2d, .Mrs. Henry 

 Lyman. Nonesuch. Peas, collection, 3 va- 

 rieties: 1st, K. A. Clark; 2d, .Mrs. Henry 

 Lyman. Fifty pods: 1st, Mrs. Henry Ly- 

 man. Alaska. Collection of Vegetables. 10 

 varieties: 1st. Mrs. Henry Lyman. • 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of the above society 

 at Glen Cove, June 12th, six active 

 members were elected. A fine display 

 of roses were on exhibition and 

 awards were as follows: Jas. McCar- 

 thy 1st for 6 varieties, 6 flowers of 

 each; for 3 II. P. roses; for out-door 

 flowers, and best 12 strawberries. 

 Frank Watson, 1st 3 H. P. roses: 12 

 mixed roses, and 25 sweet peas. Thos. 

 Scott. 2nd, 12 mixed roses. Wm. Mil- 

 stead, 2nd, 3 vases of sweet peas, and 

 25 sprays sweet peas. Thos. TwigK, 

 1st tor delphinium. Louis Hubbard. 

 2nd for out-door flowers. Wm. Noo- 

 nan, 2nd for 12 strawberries. Veget- 

 ables exhibited by Joe Mastroaini 

 were awarded cert, of culture. Cert, 

 of culture to Frank Petroccia for let- 

 tuce. All the exhibition flowers were 

 donated to the Base Hospital at 

 Mineoia. Our next meeting will be 

 held on Wednesday, July 10th. and 

 will be known as Vegetable Night. 

 Competition. 6 tomatoes, 25 string 

 beans and 25 pods of peas. 



H.vitRT G<>oi)i!.\ND. Cor. Sec'y. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held 

 their meeting June 13th at the estate 

 of Henry Blixen. Woodlawn Gardens. 

 Edwardsviiie, 111., about 40 members 

 present. It was announced that the 

 club picnic would l)e held at Ramona 

 Park early in July. The next meeting 

 will be held at President Jules Bour- 

 defs home July 11. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



Tiiere was an iillornlaiico of about 

 two hundred at the annual ladles' 

 nighl, June 18th. A einnniittce con- 

 slsilng of \V. J. Kennedy, Donald .Mc- 

 Kenzle and Arthur F. .Miles was ap- 

 Iiointed to draw uj) resoiutionH on the 

 dealii of t'iirl Demayeri". and John L. 

 Sinilh, .Martin I^illy and J. K. Block 

 sidgc were appointed in a similar 

 capacity on ihe death of George 

 Barker, formerly head gardener on the 

 A K. Kslabrook estate. 



Communications were road from the 

 Fuel Commissioners at Washington, 

 Professor Hecht from lils camp at 

 Chillicothe, Ohio, and from Richard 

 Vincent, Jr., president of the Ameri- 

 can Dahlia Society, regarding the 

 dahlia exhibit in Boston in September, 

 all profits of which are to go to the 

 Red Cross. Tliree club members had 

 joined the colors since tlie last meet- 

 ing, malving a total of thirty. An- 

 nouncement was made that the club 

 picnic would l)e held at Cunningham 

 Park. Milton, July 24th, and several 

 generous subscriptions for this event 

 were received from members during 

 tlie evening. Refreshments were served 

 after the meeting, and an orchestra 

 furnished music for dancing. 



CORNELL ROSE TEST GARDEN 



The Auburn (N. Y.) Rose Society 

 made a visit to the Rose Test Garden. 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., on 

 Saturday. June 15. and Inspected the 

 gardens of the Department of Flori- 

 culture. Two beds of roses planted 

 chiefly with hybrid teas comprised 

 one of the notable features of the gar- 

 den. The variety Crimson Queen with 

 its freedom of bloom, was eanoclally 

 worthy of note. Two beds of Dlener's 

 Ruffled Monster Petunias attracted 

 much attention. Two beds of pansies 

 also were in excellent condition for 

 this season of the year. Prof. E. A. 

 White extended a welcome and Dr. A. 

 C. Real explained briefly the develop- 

 ment and purpose of the garden. 



Although the past winter was un- 

 usually severe on roses, many of the 

 hybrid teas came throtigb in good con- 

 dition and were showintc a fine amount 

 of bloom. Many of the hvbrid per- 

 petuals were in good condition. With 

 a few exceptions. Ihe climbers were 

 not in bloom, but thev will mnke an 

 excellent display a little later in the 

 season. Christine Wright, with its 

 fine, large pink flowers, was the most 

 advanced of the climbing roses. The 

 visitors spent considerable time in 

 studying and comnaring varieties and 

 it is certain that if the Auhu'-n enthu- 

 siasts purchase plants of all the varie- 

 ties whose names were recorded in the 

 numerous note books, Syracuse will 

 have to look to her la'irels, otherwise 

 she will no longer be "The Rose City 

 of the Empire State." 



The peonies, of which the Depart- 

 ment of Floriculture has a large col- 

 lection, were just ahont In full bloom. 

 Three varieties which were noticed 

 especially were Asa Gray. Felix 

 Crousse and Albert Crousse. 



