Jinie 23, 1917 



HORT 1 CU LT UKE 



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THE PHILADELPHIA PEONY SHOW 



A competitive display of roses was 

 staged on the second day of the joint 

 exhibition. The judges were Dr. Rob- 

 ert Huey and Roliert Kift. who gave 

 awards as follows: 



Three flowers of Los Angeles— John 

 W. Pepper, Jenkintown. 



Hybrid Tea, three varieties, six 

 blooms of each— 1st, W. S. Ellis, Bryn 

 Mawr: 2nd, John W. Pepper. 



Hybrid Tea, twelve blooms — 1st, Mrs. 

 Charles T. Jones, Pitman, N. J.; 2nd 

 John W. Pepper. 



Hybrid Perpetual, three varieties — 

 1st, John W. Pepper; 2nd, W. S. Ellis. 



Hybrid Tea, one to six flowers each 

 variety — 1st, W. S. Ellis, Bryn Mawr; 

 2nd. Mrs. John Gribbel, Wyncote; 3rd, 

 C. B. Newbold. 



Special prize of $10, one flower each 

 of twelve Hybrid Tea — John W. Pepper. 



There were no exhibitors for the 

 $100 cash prize offered by the Ameri- 

 can Peony Society, the weather condi- 

 tions having been ruinous to all out- 

 door ' rose bloom. The flowers in the 

 one entry, sent from a western grower, 

 fell to pieces when the boxes were 

 opened. 



Peony Awards 

 The judges were A. H. Fewkes, New- 

 ton Highlands, Mass., A. P. Saunders, 

 Clinton. N. Y., and W. H. Thurlow, 

 West Newbury, Mass. They made the 

 following awards: 



Collection of not more than IflO named 

 varieties. 1st. James Bovtl, Haverford. Pa. : 

 2d, Bertrand H. Farr. Reading; 3d. .Tohn C. 

 Wister. Germantown. 



Vase or basket of peonies, not less than 

 100 blooms, arranged for effect, 1st. .Tames 

 Fox. Wyncote; 2d. Miss Gwen Bangh, 

 Media. 



'2o varieties, double. ;i blooms of each. 

 1st. Bertrand H. Farr: 2d. .Tames Fox: -jd. 

 John C. Wister. Germantown. 



Collection of single varieties. 1 bloom of 

 each. 1st. Bertrand H. Farr: 2d, A. P. 

 Saunders. 



Collection of Japanese varieties, one 

 Miiom f M' li 1st. r.ertrand H. Farr; 2d, 

 John C. Wister. 



25 light pink or pink and cream. 1st. Mrs. 

 Charles T. Jones. Pitman, X. J. : 2d. Bert- 

 rand H. F'arr. 



25 red or crimson. 1st. Bertrand H. Fan-; 

 2d, C. B. Xewbold Jenkintown; .3d. Arthur 

 H. .Scott. Oak Lane. 



6 blooms. 1 variety. 1st, Miss Clara An- 

 derson, Van Wert, O. ; 2d, M. Edmund 

 Maule, Moorestown, N. J. 



Specimen, double, 1st : .Tames Boyd. 2<1, 

 E. Irwin Scott. Swarthmore. 



Collection of varieties introduceil since 

 1900. 1st. James Boyd : 2nd. Bertrand 

 H. Farr. 



6 blooms grown more than 300 miles 

 from Philadelphia. 1st. Miss Clara Amler- 

 son : 2d. Mrs. I... K. Bonnewits. Van 

 Wert, O. 



Artistic arrangement of not more than 

 25 peonies in vase, howl or basket. 1st, Mrs. 

 Arthur H. Scott : 2d, Mrs. F. H. Bachman 



Collection of not more than 100 named 

 varieties. 1st. James Boyd ; 2d. E. K. 

 Schultz. Jenkintown : 3d. Arthur H. Scott. 



Collection of not more than 50 double, 

 1st. Mrs. Arthur H. Bailey, Harrisburg. 



Collection of single and .Japanese, 1st, 

 Elmer K. Schultz; 2d. Arthur H. Scott; 3d, 

 A. P. Saunders. 



Collection of white varieties, 1st. Mrs. 

 Arthur H. Bailey; 2d, Arthur H. Scott; 3d, 

 Elmer K. Schultz. 



Collection of red or crimson, 1st. Mrs. 

 Arthur H. Bailev. 2d, Arthur H. Scott; 3d, 

 Elmer K. Schultz. 



3 blooms white, 1st. Mrs. K. S. Holt. W. 

 Summit, N. J. ; 2d. Mrs. Owen Moon, Tren- 

 ton. X. J. ; 3d, Mrs. John M. Webster, Van 

 Wert. O. 



3 light pink or pink and cream, 1st, 

 Thomas T. Tavlor, Ogontz; 2d. Mrs. Owen 

 Moon; 3d, Mrs. F. H. Jarrett, Bethayres. 



3 dark pink. 1st. Herbert K. Taylor, 

 Ogontz; 3d. Fisher L. Boyd. Uaverford. 



3 red or crimson, 1st, William T. Taylor, 

 Ogontz; 3d. Fisher L. Boyd. 



Outdoor cut flowers, collection of six 

 species. 1st. W. S. Ellis, Bryn Mawr: 2d. 

 John A. Brown. Devon. 



COMMERCIAL AZALEAS. 



The accompanying illustration 

 shows a house of florists' azaleas (35,- 

 000 plants) growing at Eureka, Cali- 

 fornia. American florists have hereto- 

 fore relied solely on Belgium-grown 

 azaleas. Eighty per cent of the flor- 

 ists of America will stoutly declare 

 the azalea cannot be grown commer- 

 cially in .America. C. W. Ward, of the 

 Cottage Gardens Company does not 

 agree and in proof shows this evi- 

 dence. He tells us that buildings to 

 handle a million azaleas annually are 



Hardy perennials, display of 12 species. 

 Ist, A. P. Saunders. 



being constructed at Eureka and 

 claims that not only can the azalea 

 be grown commercially along a large 

 area bordering the Pacific Coast in 

 Northern California, but it can be 

 grown of better quality and at no 

 greater cost than it is grown in for- 

 eign countries. He declares that every- 

 thing entering into the cost of grow- 

 ing azaleas, save one item of labor 

 alone, costs much less in Eureka than 

 in Belgium, and the increased labor 

 cost is neutralized by the more rapid 

 and vigorous grow^th of the plant. 



BOSTON OUTDOOR JUNE SHOW. 



The closing days of the Outdoor Ex- 

 hibition saw the rhododendrons opened 

 at last and in a blaze of radiant color, 

 as had been hoped would be the case 

 during the earlier days of the show. 

 The weather has been a very serious 

 handicap to the success of the enter- 

 prise. Sunday, the 17th, which was 

 expected to make a record for attend- 

 ance did so but in a negative way, 

 for the winds blew and rain fell in 

 torrents all afternoon. 



The rock garden exhibit of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., has greatly improved 

 In the time since it was planted and 

 as the myriads of alpine plants become 

 Inured to their situation the effect is 

 exceedingly pretty. The half-moon 

 Japanese bridge spanning the pool in 

 this plantation is rather too ponderous 

 and too formal in design for its sur- 

 roundings but tor this defect Mr. 

 Farquhar disclaims responsibility. 



A flue collection of shrub and tree 

 flowers from the Arnold Arboretum en- 

 livened the show for the final days, re- 

 placing exhibits which had lost their 

 beauty and been removed. 



The exhibits of iris blooms sent in 

 by Miss Grace Sturtevant, J. K. Alex 

 ander and others last week were a 

 popular addition to the exhibits judg- 

 ing l)y the notice taken of them by 



visitors. All were in separate vases 

 and labeled. 



In the effort to secure sensational 

 publicity an article describing the 

 "blue rose" and Mr. Rolands alleged 

 scientific research and patience in 

 evolving this wonder got into the 

 daily papers much to the mortification 

 of those who want to see truthfulness 

 observed always concerning such 

 things. It goes without saying, Mr. 

 Roland was not responsible for the yarn. 



THE PHILADELPHIA WAY. 



Editor, HoRiufLTrRE: 



It may be interesting to state that 

 at the last meeting of the Gerraan- 

 tewn, Phila., Horticultural Society, 

 Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, a mem- 

 ber who takes a great interest in its 

 objects, gave the society three $100 

 Liberty Bonds, the interest to be used 

 annually for special prizes, which was 

 liighly appreciated. 



.A.nd the Chestnut Hill, Phila., Horti- 

 cultural Society this week voted to in- 

 vest $200 of its funds in Liberty Bonds, 

 and to co-operate with the ladies in the 

 Floral Pair and Bazaar for the benefit 

 of the Red Cross to be held early in 

 November instead of holding our reg- 

 ular exhibition. We feel that this Is 

 the time to show the benefit to the 

 community of our Horticultural Socie- 

 ty and will continue our meetings and 

 be ready to help in any way we can 

 for the good of our town and country. 



J. S. H. 



