July 4, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Sweet 

 Pea Society at the Museum of Natural 

 History, New York, on Saturday, June 

 27 was a well attended and most suc- 

 cessful affair. The addresses by the 

 officers, Prof. A. C. Seal's report on 

 the Cornell Trial Grounds and the lec- 

 ture on Sweet Peas— Past, Present and 

 Future by Franlc G. Cuthbertson were 

 listened to with interest and the ex- 

 hibition was by far the finest ever 

 made in America. 



Lester L. Morse of California was 

 elected as the new president of the 

 society. Vice-president A. M. Kirby, 

 secretary H. A. Bunyard, treasurer A. 

 T. Boddington, recording-secretary J. 

 H. Pepper and the various committees 

 were re-elected. The selection of the 

 next meeting place was left tor the 

 executive committee. 



In the evening there was a banquet 

 to the judges and the officers at Hotel 

 Endicott, attended by about twenty 

 gentlemen. A. T. Boddington was 

 toastmaster and the speeches were 

 varied and interesting, bringing to 

 a happy close a most successful meet- 

 ing. • ^.^. 

 In the list of winners in the exhibi- 

 tion, which appears herewith, it will be 

 noticed that the name of President 

 "Wm. Sim does not appear. This was 

 due to no fault of Mr. Sim. but to the 

 American Express Company which had 

 Mr. Sim's shipments on the trucks at 

 7 a. m. Saturday ready to go to the 

 hall and did not deliver them until 

 1.30 p. m.. after the judging had been 

 completed and the flowers were spoiled 

 by their long exposure to the hot sun. 

 This exhibit by Mr. Sim when arranged 

 filled a table 300 feet long and con- 

 tained over 20,000 flowers, being as 

 large as the rest of the show all to- 

 gether. It filled fifty boxes and oc- 

 cupied fifteen people on Friday, pick- 

 ing and packing, and it is a shame 

 that after such effort and expense it 

 should come to grief through the neg- 

 lect of local transportation employes. 

 Secretary Bunyard's Report, 

 Right at this spot, five years ago al- 

 most to a day, ,Iuly 7, 1909, The Ameri- 

 can Sweet Pea Society was born. At 

 that time I said, "The Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety should be a success, must be a 

 success." I leave it to you that at 

 least we are on our way, if ^ve take 

 the trouble to look over the exhibits 

 now shown here in this building, per- 

 haps the finest general exhibit of 

 sweet peas ever shown in this country 

 — if not in the world. Nearly sixty 

 exhibitors and over 2000 vases of sweet 

 peas besides table and other decora- 

 tive features. We have with us today 

 nearly all our charter members with 

 perhaps one great exception, the gentle- 

 man who helped us to organize our so- 

 ciety when we needed all the moral 

 support that could be brought to bear. 

 I allude to the late Prof. John Craig, 

 who was indeed a gentleman and_ a 

 scholar and who organized our trial 

 grounds at Cornell University and 

 which today are under the efficient 

 guidance of Prof. A. C. Beal. The fol- 

 lowing bulletins have been issued, up 

 to date; No. 319, ""Winter-flowering 



Sweet Peas;" No. 320, "Culture of the 

 Sweet Pea;" and No. 342, "Classifica- 

 tion of Garden Varieties of the Sweet 

 Pea;" all of which have been sent to 

 the horticultural press and to our mem- 

 bers in good standing; today they are 

 standard works. 



In the commercial cut-flower mar- 

 ket the Sweet Pea stands third as an 

 all-around flower and has been a money 

 maker for the growers, commission 

 merchants and retail florists alike. You 

 cannot gainsay that it is one of the 

 most democratic and popular flowers 

 of today. The seedsman, too, will tell 

 you he sells more sweet pea seeds to- 

 day in bulk and in value than any 

 other flower seed. Therefore, the sweet 

 pea is of importance to us all, then 

 why not a society to advance this 

 betautiful and ever increasing popular 

 flower? 



In the past ten years, advancement 

 has been made by the sweet pea. From 

 the Grandiflora type has evolved the 

 Spencer type, the Winter-flowering 

 Grandifloras and now the Winter-flow- 

 ering Spencers. The American Sweet 

 Pea Society has helped to advertise 

 the sweet pea for us all and has helped^ 

 to put it on the horticultural map. 



I regret that the American Sweet 

 Pea Society has not received from some 

 quarters the support it deserved, but 

 then, this is simply the history of all 

 societies. I want to thank the horti- 

 cultural press at this time, however, 

 for their unqualified support and the 

 gentlemen who are not only members, 

 but who have given their time and 

 financial support far beyond their obli- 

 gations to the society. 



We have today, all told, about 200 

 members in good standing and 14 life 

 members. Our financial condition is 

 healthy; no big surplus, but money 

 enough to take care of all obligations. 

 Apart from the exhibition, we do not 

 owe a penny and this is so far financed 

 that we shall more than come out 

 even through guarantees, donations 

 and prizes generously offered by the 

 trade and others. We have no paid 

 officers. 



During the past six years, we have 

 held nine exhibitions, six summer and 

 three winter; two in New York under 

 the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York; twoin Boston, un- 

 der the auspices of the' Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society; one in Philadel- 

 phia, under the auspices of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society and the 

 three winter exhibitions in co-opera- 

 tion with the S. A. F. & 0. H. National 

 and other flower shows, awarding dur- 

 ing that time nearly $10,000 in cash, 

 cups, medals and other prizes in kind. 

 I hear someone say, "how about affil- 

 iation?" which also reminds me about 

 a letter I received today from a mem- 

 ber who resigned saying he could not 

 afford to be continually paying out 

 dues to so many societies. I wrote 

 him that I was feeling the same way 

 and suggest a blanket due covering all 

 societies. If the S. A. F. & 0. H. should 

 say to us, as a mother society, "come 

 and sit on our knee and tell us all 

 your troubles and let us see if we can- 

 not help you and your good work 

 aicng," I think we would at least 



meet her half way. 'Tis true, we have 

 not received any help directly, though 

 her members are always willing to 

 help us financially and morally. I am 

 grateful for all the suport, also espec- 

 ially to the Horticultural Society of 

 New York, the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society and the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, who have been 

 more than generous and courteous in 

 the past. The future too, is brighter 

 today than ever for our youthful and 

 useful society and in conclusion I 

 might add the prophetic simile of Rev. 

 W. T. Hutchins, 



"The Sweet Pea has a keel that was- 

 meant to seek all shores; it has wings 

 that were meant to fly across all conti- 

 nents; it has a standard which is friendly 

 to all nations; it has a fragrance like the 

 universal Gospel; yea, a sweet prophecy 

 of welcome everywhere that has been abun- 

 dantly fulfilled.'' 



Prize Awards. 



PBIVATE GARDENERS — SECTION A. 



I'eter Henderson & Co.'s prizes, for 12 

 Vises 12 varieties of Spencer Sweet Peas: 

 l^t Mrs W. B. Leeds, Newport, R. I., 

 "■ird. Wm. Gray; 2nd, Giraud Foster, 

 Leuo^;, Mass., supt. Edwin Jenkins; 3rd, 

 M. T. Cockcroft, Naugatuck, Conn., gard. 

 .Vcl.im Paterson. 



\ T Boddington prizes, for collection 

 •^5 varieties: 1st, and challenge cup, Mrs. 

 W B Leeds; 2nd. Adolph Lewisohn, 

 Aidsley, N. Y., gard. J- Canning ; 3rd Mrs. 

 Benj. Stern, Eoslyn, N. Y., gard. W. U. 



^'•rhe'stumpp & Walter Co.'s prizes for 

 six vases Spencer varieties: 1st, J- J- 

 Downey. Portchester, N. ^■. S^rd. Thos. 

 Ryan: 2nd, Giraud Foster; 3rd, Mrs. Eobt. 

 w'iutlirop, Lenox, Mass. xi-„i,fir, 



H A Dreer prizes for Florence Nightin- 

 -ilf.'- 1st H Darlington. Mamaroneck, 

 NY "ard P. W. Popp; 2nd. J. W. Pepper, 

 .T^enkintown, Pa., gard. W Robertson. 

 Oueen Alexandra Spencer; 1st, J. W. Pep- 

 ix'r White Spencer; 1st, Giraud Foster, 

 2nd, J. W. Pepper. _ . 



Mount Desert Nurseries prize, best vase 

 of one variety, arranged f'"' ««<=^\ • ^fj' 

 Mrs W. B. Leeds; 2nd. H. W. 1 iscner, 

 N.'W Canaan. Conn., gard. E. Bottomley. 



Watkins & Simpson prize, six vases 

 Sponcer- 1st. Paul M. Warburg, Hartsdale, 

 \ Y gard. Frank C. Luckenbacher. 

 " Michell silver medal, for best vase 

 Spencer varieties: M. T. Cockcroft^ 



Knight & Struck Company s prizes vase 

 containing 25 spra.vs in variety no two- 

 alike in shading: 1st. Mrs. W B, Leeas, 

 Cl J. J. Downey: 3rd, Giraud Foster 

 " Burnett Brothers' silver cup. For best 

 three vases, distinct colors, Paul M. war 



'"\merican Sweet Pea Society's prizes, for 

 the best display for effect: first pnze /The 

 \merican s„Vet Pea Society's Silver Medal 

 ;,T $2^00; second prize. The American 

 sweet Pea Society's Bronze Medal and 

 .M.-,.nn. 1st and silver medal. A .4. Mason, 

 Tuxedo N Y., gard. David S. Miller; 2nd, 

 Ind bronze medal "Highlawn" Lenox, 

 Miss £rard Geo. Foulsham. 



TtbleTeeor.ation : 1st. and Thos. P. Gal- 

 V • cup. F. Berthuser, Greystone. Yonkers, 

 N Y • 2nd, H. L. Pratt, Glen Cove. L. I.,. 

 -ard. H. Gaut. 



1-KIVATE GARUENERS AND .«! .\TEURS— SEC- 

 TION B. 



W. Atlee Burpee cup. tor 12 vases, 12 

 v:iiieties: Paul M. Warburg. 



W. Atlee Burpe*; prizes. For one variety 

 .■Sponcer introduced 19U : 1st. .T J. Dois - 

 ,uv; 2nd. Giraud Foster: .3rd, Mrs. Moses 

 T:>ylor, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.. gard. Alex. 



"sn"toir°& Sons' cup, for best table of 

 ?uoet Peas, covering 12 square feet. 

 HJ-hlawn, Lenox. Mass. ^. 



Weeber & Don Pri^^e for vase of IW 

 spr.iys. arranged for effect. W. E. Keis, 

 u'iid. Mr. Grunert. 



AlI.VTEfKS — SECTION C. 

 si.p.-inl prizes in these classes were of- 

 I i.y Peter Henderson & Co.. A. i- 



