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HORTICULTURE 



June 17, 1911 



tribution, and I trust will be made use 

 of by all persons interested in peony 

 culture. This bulletin is only sent 

 outside of the State to members of the 

 Peony Society and to ofHcers of the 

 State Experiment stations interested 

 in horticulture. 



Wishing you a very successful meet- 

 ing, and assuring you and the mem- 

 bers of the Society of our desire to 

 co-operate in the fullest manner pos- 

 sible in your good work, believe me. 

 Yours sincerely, 



JOHN CRAIG, 

 Comm. on Nomenclature. 



Cornell University. 



A letter was read from Secretary 

 Fewkes enclosing his resignation 

 from that office. Mr. Brown voiced 

 the regrets of the Society in losing a 

 secretary who, since its organization, 

 has filled the office faithfully and ©f- 

 flciemtly. He moved and it was voted 

 that the resignation be accepted with 

 regret. The following officers were 

 elected: President. B. H. Farr, Read- 

 ing, Pa.; vice-president, C. J. Maloy, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, A. P. 

 Saunders, Clinton, N. Y,; treasurer. J. 

 H. Humphreys, Chestnut Hill, Phila.: 

 director for three years, E. A. Reeves, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



Tbe following question was read 

 for discussion: "What shall be con- 

 sidered the proper size of a plant for 

 the retail trade?" An interesting dis- 

 cussion ensued and it seemed to be 

 the opinion of those present that a 

 "three to five eye" or wholesale di- 

 vision should be grown a year to 

 make a strong plant for retail. 



On the question "At what stage 

 should a peony blossom be cut to get 

 the best results as a cut flower?" 

 tliere was also considerable discus- 

 sion. It was generally considered that 

 a bud should be cut .lust as it was 

 breaking into the bloom, but Pres. 

 Farr remarked that some varieties 

 such as Madame Lebon should be left 

 on the plant a little longer. Mr. 

 Brown thought tlais question would be 

 a valuable one to discuss at the next 

 meeting. The cut flower business in 

 peonies is increasing every year. 



The Exhibition. 



The vestibule of the hall was occu- 

 pied by the splendid exhibit of the 

 Andorra Nurseries. This firm, E. A. 

 Reeves, and Bertrand H. Farr, were 

 the stars of the show and reaped a 

 rich reward in glory and orders. 

 Cornell University sent a nice collec- 

 tion of well-grown blooms, which 

 were much admired. Jno. Lewis 

 Childs exhibited some fine gladioli of 

 the new and choice sorts like Europa 

 and Sulphur Queen, also two vases 

 of Calla Elliottiana — very well-flnished 

 flowers. 



The Meehan prizes for best paint- 

 ings of peonies were awarded to the 

 exhibits of Miss Elizabeth Chase 

 Burt and Helen K. McCarthy. We are 

 not artists, but of all the rank de- 

 cisions of a committee — as Gordon 

 Smirl used to say when lie got the 

 •worst of it on 'mums, "sich jedging!" 

 There were twenty-five entries. 



W. W. Harrison, Glenside, Pa., ex- 

 hibited a collection of out-door grown 

 roses (not for competition). 



Henry A. Dreer exhibited a fine 

 collection of hardy roses, embracing 

 some fifty varieties of the most popu- 



lar favorites of the daJ^ This proved 

 a great attraction to the show. 

 Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas, on the sec- 

 ond day, sent in a fine exhibit of 

 their new climbing roses. These 

 proved a centre of interest. James 

 Farrell their foreman, who is 

 recognized as a leading hybridizer — 

 and worthy of being classed with 

 Dawson, Walsh and other pioneers in 

 the rose world— stated that he con- 

 sidered their "Purity" climber to be 

 one of the best things they had 

 got yet. This will not be sent out un- 

 til next year. Their Christine Wright 

 is already on the market. Seedling 

 No. 36 looks very much like an im- 

 proved American Pillar. Their seed- 

 ling No. 46 is a great improvement on 

 the original White Rambler— flowers 

 three times the size and borne in the 

 greatest profusion. Columbia is very 

 delicate in its coloring and beautiful 

 in the bud. No. 6.5 is three times the 

 size of Crimson Rambler, and will 

 give even more bloom than that re- 

 markable variety. All the sorts men- 

 tioned from Hoopes are the work of 

 Mr. Farrell. 



Peony Awards. 



Collection of uametl varieties: Cottage 

 Gaf'leiis, first; B. H. Farr, second. 



Fifty blooms white, George H. Peterson, 

 first; E. A. Reei'es, second. 



Fift.v (larl; pink, E. A. Reeves Cottage 

 Gardens Co. 



Fifty sahnon, S. G. Harris, Tarrvtown, 

 N. Y. 



Fifty crimson, Cottage Gardens, E. A. 

 Reeves. 



Tv.elve varieties, F. B. Van Voorst. 



■r-nenty-flve pink. E. A. Reeves. 



Twelve pink, S. G. Harris. 



Rose Awards. 



'1 welve hybrid tea. Miss Gertrude Elv. 



Eighteen remontant, W. AV. Frazier. " 



The .iudges were J. H. Humphreys, 

 Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., W. 

 W. Kline, Sinking Spring, Pa., and W. 

 H. Thurlow, West Newbury, Mass. 



It was voted that the next meeting 

 be held at Ithaca, N. Y., and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to consider the 

 advisability of holding auxiliary meet- 

 ings in difl^^erent localities. Resolu- 

 tions were passed on the death of 

 George H. Hollis of South Weymouth, 

 Mass., also thanks for the hospitali- 

 ties shown by the Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



IVl A SS A C H U S ETTS HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the Rhododendron Exhibition on 

 June 10-11, 1911, the following awards 

 were made for plants and flowers: 



Orchids— Display of 23 plants arranged 

 tor effect with foliage plants: 1st, .]. T. 

 Butterworth; 2d. Mrs. J. L. Gardner: ad, 

 J. T. Butterworth. 



Gold Medal— E. J. Shaylor, collection of 

 peonies. 



Silver Medals— R. & J. Farqubar & Co., 

 display of peonies, iris and other plants; 

 Wnltcr Iluuiiewell, Cattleya Wellesleiana. 

 Bronze Medal—,!. T. Butterworth, speci- 

 men Miltonia vexill.nrin. 



I'ir.-it Class Certificate of Merit— F. .T. 

 lica. new aster, AmcUns Beaute Parfait; 

 Langwater Gardens seedling, Cattleva Lod- 

 dig'csii X Laelia purpurata alba. 



Cultural Certificate— .7. T. Butterworth, 

 Kiiecinjcn Cattleya Mendelii Morganiana. 



Ilonurable .Mention — Milton Lockwood. 

 new h.vlirid peony, L'Esperance; R. & .T. 

 Farqubar, display of tree peonies; R. & J. 

 Farqubar. Iris pallida. 



Vote of Thanks— Walter Huunewell, dis- 

 play of rhododendrons; Mrs. D. S. Gveen- 

 ongh, hybrid columbines. 



Gratuities — Mrs. .T. L. Gardner, display of 

 rhododendrons; T. C. Thurlow & Sons Co., 

 lieonics; Wm. Whitman, peonies; Mrs. .7. L. 

 Gardner peonies: Harvard Botanic Garden, 

 ■water lilies: J. T. Butterworth, orchids: 

 Wm. Whitman, palms and Canterbury bells- 

 Mr.*:. E. M. Gill, cut fiowers. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the New York Club 

 on Monday evening, June 12, was a 

 good one, full of animation. The 

 three essayists were all on hand and 

 read their papers— John G. Esler on 

 Hail Insurance, Robert MacNiff on 

 The Auction Business, and L. W. C. 

 Tuthill on Advertising, the latter 

 bringing out quite a lively discussion 

 and general approval of the views ex- 

 pressed. 



There were numerous committee re- 

 ports. Resolutions of condolence on 

 death of John H. Taylor were pres- 

 ented by W. P. Sheridan. Frank 

 Traendly reported for the transporta- 

 tion committee recommending the 

 "certificate plan" to the Baltimore 

 Convention and it was voted that the 

 members go in a body on Monday 

 afternoon. August 14. 



Among the exhibits shown was a 

 Cybotium species from R. G. Wilson 

 which the committee were not able to 

 name and asked for further time. The 

 same exhibitor showed .also a new 

 blush sweet pea. John Lewis Childs 

 made a fine display, including gladi- 

 oli, dwarf calla "Mrs. Roosevelt," and 

 calla •■Elliottiana," peonies La Co- 

 quette, Mme. de Galhan, Floral Treas- 

 ure, Susie Mallard, Felix Crousse and 

 Couronne d'Or. Cottage Gardens Com- 

 pany showed a fine collection of peon- 

 ies. 



Committees were appointed as fol- 

 lows: On death of daughter of 

 Charles Schenck, Messrs. H. A. Bun- 

 yard, C. H. Totty and Robert Simp- 

 son. On the death of Chas. Armitage 

 Messrs. F. H. Traendly, H. A, Bun- 

 yard and J, Austin Shaw. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The "Rose Night" of the Society 

 was held Friday evening, June 9th, at 

 Orange. There were not so many rose 

 exhibitors as usual but the exhibits 

 staged were excellent. S. M. & A. Col- 

 gate. Wm. Reid, gard., won the spe- 

 cial prize for the best display. In the 

 exhibits for points the orchid displav 

 was excceedingly fine. Coelogvne Day- 

 ana by Lager & Hurrell, received 99 

 points. Thomas Jones showed a Cat- 

 tleya gigas with 42 flowers which re- 

 ceived 99 points. Joseph A. Manda 

 had a fine Oncidium rubes for which 

 he received 9.5 points. Cultural certifi- 

 cates were given to C. W. Ashmead for 

 roses. Max Schneider for strawberries 

 and Lager & Hurrell for Dendrobium 

 suavissima. Certificates of merit to 

 C. W. Ashmead for strawberries and 

 Lager & Hurrell for Brassavola Dig- 

 byana. The judges were Malcolm 

 MacRorie, John Hayes and John Dcr- 

 van. 



The Society will have an intermis- 

 sion during July and August. Deder- 

 ick Kindsgrab will act as president for 

 the rest of the term. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The club held its 25th anniversary 

 meeting on Thursday afternoon, June 

 S. According to Secretary Beneke the 

 meeting was the best attended of the 

 year. Piesident Connon and all the 

 other oflicers were present. Chairman 

 Guy of the trustees reported that the 

 invitations for the 25th anniversary 

 banquet on June 2S had' been mailed 

 and that all arrangements are com- 

 pleted for this great event.. The trus- 



