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HOHTICU LT URE 



July 14. 1917 



NOTES ON THE BOSTON ROSE 



AND PEONY SHOW, JUNE 30 



AND JULY 1. 



The Uiisi< ami I'l'oiiv Show on Jiilii- 



30 and July 1. while n»l imrtlculurly 



romarkablo was, neverthek'ss, of much 



inlorest to the public, cspeiiiiUy in the 



way of peonies, for many of the late 



varieties that are seliloni seen at 



earlier shows, were available. 



As an cxhiliition of roses little can 

 be said, although some Rood flowers 

 were shown amonj; the hybrid teas. 

 When we look back to the niagnincenl 

 displays of roses that were put up 

 some years ago we can not help think- 

 ins that sonietliing must be the matter 

 and that the i)ublic is being deprived 

 of one of the greatest treats of the 

 year, both in beauty and instructive- 

 ness. 



Much interest centered about the 

 collection of seedling peonies exhibited 

 by E. J. Shaylor, of Auburndale, Mass., 

 six of which received first class certifi- 

 cates and three honorable mention. All 

 of these are quite out of the ordinary 

 and we might say, are setting the pace 

 for seedling peonies in the future. 



Many fine blooms were shown in the 

 various classes, the most noticeable 

 being Milton Hill, Mrs. Charles S. 

 Minot, Walter Faxon, La Lorraine, 

 Alsace-Lorraine, M. Martin Cahuzac, 

 Sarah Bernhardt, Marie, Lady Alex- 

 andra IJufT. Kosa Bonheur, Kelway's 

 Glorious, Baroness Schroeder, Mme. 

 Auguste Dessert, Mme. Geisler, Mme. 

 Emile Galle, Marie Lemoine, E. G. Hill, 

 Avalanche and L'Indispensable. 



The Thurlow display was a splendid 

 showing of varieties in large vases, 

 all named, occupying the entire north 

 side of the hall. The Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society's Silver Medal 

 was awarded for this as well as the 

 Silver Medal ot the American Peony 

 Society. The display from the Wel- 

 lesley Nursery, by Geo. N. Smith was 

 also awarded a silver medal. 



The appreciation by the public of 

 these exhibitors of garden flowers was 

 shown by the attendance at this show, 

 and one is led to wish that "the powers 

 that be," in the management of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 could be induced to attend these sum- 

 mer exhibitions so that a new light 

 might dawn upon them whereby they 

 might be made to realize their useful- 

 ness and educational value, and so that 

 the Society might be saved from the 

 disgrace of a reception of the almost 

 scandalous schedule tor the present 

 season. 



When we consider that peojile often 

 travel long distances to attend these 

 shows, for the express purpose of see- 

 ing and learning what is best among 

 the host of things exhibited which are 

 suitable for outside planting, the above 

 remarks can not be considered extrav- 

 agant. Visitors from both Ohio and 

 Pennsylvania attended this show, for 

 no other reason than to see and study 



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PITTSBURGH. 



Rudolph Zllke, who has been serious- 

 l.v ill for the past six weeks with an 

 attack of pneumonia, has begun to 

 convalesce. 



Frank Smeller, a designer for Wal- 

 ter A. Faulk, expects to leave tomor- 

 row for service with the First Field 

 Artillery, N. G. P. 



Edward Earl I^udwig expects to 

 leave this week with .\mbulance Com- 

 pany Number Four. X. G. P., for "some- 

 where," presumably France. 



Accompanied by his family, Edward 

 H. Blind of West View, is taking an 

 extended automobile trip including 

 Washington, Philadelphia and Gettys- 

 burg. 



John Greeny, of Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements, has been spending a two 

 weeks' vacation at Atlantic City, prior 

 to leaving for service with Battery K. 

 Miss Eliza McKinley of the same firm 

 is camping near Greensburg, while 

 Walter H. Breitensteln is at Sandy 

 Creek, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mc- 

 Clements, Jr., have returned from 

 their wedding trip. 



Weeks, of .\Ias.-<:ichusett.s. will urge the 

 adoption of his proposed amendment 

 which provides for the correction oX 

 clerical error in invoices and entering 

 merchandise, and defines the scope 

 of the judicial review in customs litl- 

 .uation. 



Importers of florists' supplies will 

 naturally favor the proposal of Sen- 

 ator Weeks, as it is plainly in line 

 with the desires of importers in all 

 lines of business for the simplifica- 

 tion of the present badly tangled cus- 

 toms, laws, rules, and regulations. 

 Senator Weeks is in receipt of a num- 

 ber of communications from various 

 parts of the country detailing cases 

 of this nature which have occurred 

 incident to the importation of such 

 mercliandise into the United States. 

 It is upon these letters from the im- 

 porters that the Senator is going to 

 urge the adoption of his amendment. 



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