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Q In response to the numerous inquiries from our 

 customers and friends who want to visit our nurseries 

 while in Boston during Convention vv/eek, we wish 

 to state that we shall be glad to have them visit our 

 nurseries any time during their stay here. We will 

 have a Private Gardeners' Day at our Dedham 

 Nurseries on Wednesday afternoon, August 19th. 

 Come and meet your friends. 



R. &■ J. FARQUHAR &■ CO. 



Boston, Mass. 



miles from the heart of New York 

 City. The building is located on the 

 main thoroughfare along the Hudson 

 River between New York and Albany 

 and the north and west. It is esti- 

 mated that on pleasant days between 

 three and four hundred automobiles 

 an hour on the average pass the build- 

 ing. 



All in all, it is a building that must 

 be seen to be appreciated. Neither 

 photographs nor description can con- 

 vey the general effect of the beauty of 

 the structure. William R. Cobb, Gen- 

 eral Manager of the Lord & Burnham 

 Company, is the architect, and the de- 

 sign as worked out is the result of the 

 collaboration of Mr. Pierson and Mr. 

 Cobb, the latter, of course, having car- 

 ried out the technical construction and 

 the general design. 



BAR HARBOR SWEET PEA SHOW. 



The Bar Harbor Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its second annual Sweet 

 Pea" Show on July 25 and 2i;. This ex- 

 hibition was under the direction of the 

 following committee; William T. Bur- 

 ton, chairman; Edward K:irk. Clarence 

 E. Dow, John H. Stalford, John Ren- 

 wick. The staging of the flowers was 

 under the care of Arthur E. Thatcher, 

 who had charge of the exhibits, and 

 acted as manager for the show. Wil- 

 liam Sim. of Cliftondale, Mass., and 

 George Cruickshank, of Boston, acted 

 as judges, and made the following 

 awards; 



12 vases, 12 varieties: 1st, Mrs. John S. 

 Kennpdy, gard, William T. Burton; 2nd, 

 Mrs. E. C. Cuslimaii. iiard. .lolin lUinviok. 



6 vases, 6 varieties; Isf, Mrs. .lohn .S. 

 Kennedy; 2nd, Mis. E. C. Cusliman. 

 • 25 sprays, dark pink: 1st, Mrs. .Tolin S, 



Kennedy; 2nd, A. C. Gurnee. gard. Charles 

 L. Shand. 25 light pink : 1st, Mrs. John 

 .S. Kennedy ; 2nd, Mt. Desert Nurseries, A. 

 E. Thatcher, manager. 25 white: 1st, Mrs. 

 John S. Kennedy; 2nd, D. C. Blair, gard. 

 Eu.gene Mitchell. 25 lavender: 1st, Mrs, 

 Edgar Scott, gard. Almado Jlitchell ; 2nd, 

 Mrs. John S. Kennedy. 25 mauve or blue: 

 1st, A. C. Gurnee; 2ud, Mrs. John S. Ken- 

 nedy. 25 crimson or scarlet : 1st, Mrs. 

 Edgar Scott; 2nd, Mrs. J. T. Bowen, gard. 

 .-Vrthur E. Chilmau. 25 orange or salmon: 

 1st, D. C. Blair; 2nd, Mrs. E. C. Cushman. 

 25 any bicolor : 1st, A. C. Gurnee; 2nd, 

 Mrs. John S. Kennedy. 25 mixed: 1st, 

 Mrs. John S. Kennedy ; 2nd, D. C. Blair. 

 25 yellow or buff: 1st, D. C. Blair; 2nd, 

 Mrs. E. C. Cushman. 25 any other variety: 

 1st, D. C. Blair; 2nd, Mrs. E. C. Cushman. 



Light Pinlc— 25 Hercules: 1st, Mt. Des- 

 ert Nurseries; 2nd, D. C. Blair. 25 Doris 

 Lsher: 1st. Mrs. John S. Kennedy; 

 2nd, Edward Kirk. 25 Elfrida Pearson : 

 1st, Mrs. John S. Kennedy. 25 Mrs. Rout- 

 zahn Spencer; 1st, John H. Staltord ; 2nd, 

 Mrs. E. C. Cushman. 



Orange— 25 Thomas Stevenson : 1st, Mrs. 

 John S. Kennedy; 2nd, Mrs. Edgar 

 Seott. 25 Barl)ara: 1st, D. C. Blair. 25 

 Edith Tavlor: 1st, Mrs. John S. Kennedy. 



Mauve^25 Irish Belle or Dream: 1st. 

 Mrs. John S. Kennedy ; 2nd, A. C. Gurnee. 

 25 Asta Ohn : 1st, Mrs. John S. Kennedy ; 

 2nd, D. C. Blair. 



Scarlet — 25 Searlet Em_peror : 1st, D. 

 C. Blair; 2nd, John H. Stalford. 



White- 25 King White: 1st, Mrs. John 

 S. Kennedy; 2nd, D. C. Blair. 



Rose Pink— 23 Royal Rose: 1st, iirs. 

 John S. Ivennedy. 



Display, :iO square feet: 1st, Mrs. E. C. 

 Cusliman. 



Display. 50 square feet: 1st. Mt. Desert 

 Nur.serie's; 2nd. A. C. Gurnee. 



Table decoration of sweet peas, sweet 

 pea and other foliage allowed: 1st, Jit. 

 Desert Nurseries; 2nd. John TI. Stalford. 



Amateur Classes;— 30 sprays white: Isl. 

 Marston Salisbury. .'iO pink: 1st, I. 

 .Miller; 2nd, John Stalford. Jr. :)0 laven- 

 der: 1st, Marslon Salislmry; 2nd. I. Mil- 

 ler. .'!0 orance: 1st, .fohn Staltord. Jr. 

 30 red: 1st, Marston Salisbury: 2nd. I. 

 Miller. ,30 sprays mixed: 1st. I. Miller. 



Besides the above prizes, a special 

 award was given John H. Stalford for 



a meritorious display of sweet peas in 

 a space covering 30 square feet. 



Cl.vre.xce E. Dow. Sec'y 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The largest and finest exhibition of 

 sweet peas ever seen in Worcester was 

 the verdict at the weekly show of the 

 Worcester county horticultural society 

 in Horticultural hall, Thursday after- 

 noon. July 23. A special feature was 

 the table decorations. The first prize 

 table by Mrs. Percy G. Forbes was 

 decked with deep shaded sweet peas, the 

 centerpiece being a flat glass basket 

 with the blossoms, and at each place 

 was a smaller basket with the flowers 

 surrounded with smilax. Miss Lucy M. 

 Coulson's table took second. Pale pink 

 sweet peas were used and tiny place 

 cards in tinted colors with corsage 

 bouquets of sweet peas were at each 

 place, and on the centerpiece, a large 

 vase of the flowers, was perched a 

 white butterfly. The third prize was 

 by Mrs. Leonard C. Midgley. It was 

 done in white, the only color being the 

 green candles with delicate green 

 shades. The centerpiece was a high 

 slender vase set on a glass plate and 

 surrounding it were smaller vases all 

 linked with a glass chain work. Harry 

 L. Randall showed a splendid basket 

 of sweet peas which won first prize. 



The annual Summer flower show of 

 the North Shore Horticultural Society 

 will be held August 26 at Mrs. R. 

 C. Winthrop's estate at West Manches- 

 ter, Mass., where the show has been 

 held for the past two years. 



