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June 6. ISKi 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Tilt' Ihlrlcciitli iiMiiiiai iiii'i'tiiiK uiul 

 IwtOrih niiiiiinl t'xlilblilon of iIiIk bo- 

 cl€«ty will be hold ill <oiintH-tUiii with 

 tht> |)i>on>' ••xhiliKlun of Iho MiisBuchu- 

 Hi'ttH llorllrtiltiinil Socloty at Hortl- 

 ciilturnl lliill, HoHtuii. Mubh.. mi Sntur- 

 ilny and Suiidny. June IL' and i:!. 



Thi' Ani(*rlran I'eoiiy Sock'ty's pre- 

 niluD list Is an follows: 



Commercial Claxes — Open to All. 

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■ ... i., . 11 of Si 

 tiiiniKl v.i oncli, 

 Nl fN '.'n ; |i.(.iilo« 



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.'.O l>l»ollii> iif oin- mrlilv. <l<.iil.l.' nhllc. l81 



SIO. •.•nd J.', w ,.ii.- vnrl.iy. .|,.iii,|p dark 



pink or r M oiif vn- 



rli-ly. don Ilk. 1st JKI, 



-•nil J.".. .'•' ,1,...|, (.rlin- 



-.•n. Isi $1' !,,1 iM'.St lol- 



1..II..11 ..f i~t SIU, I'lid 



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lircvloiis to 

 rlety Intro- 

 Amateur Classes — Open to Amateur 

 and Private Growers Only. 



I i.lioctlnn of v:irli'tl(>s ii:iiucd,~one Oowor 

 ..( rai-li. silver iiiciliil. ;;nd $!.">. Collection 

 white varlollpti. ..n.' Monni of (..qcli. 1st $10, 

 L'nd K>- Collmtiiin ..f ilark pink or rose, 

 ..ne bloom of on.li. l.<t :flii. 'Jnd S5. Colk'r- 

 tlon of Ralmon ..iml ttffh ml. .red, one Miioin 

 of each, l»l $10. I'lid $.'.. rollection of crlin 

 Min, one bloom of eiicti, Isl $10, ind $.">. Si\ 

 I. looms, any vnrlcty, unmed, 1st $C, 2nd $1 



M^uachusetts Horticultural Society 

 Prizes. 



Collection of I'u iiiiiu<.<l varieties, doiilil.'. 

 one flower of e.uli, 1st $V.'. 2n(l .<s. Colle. 

 lion of 10, double, three ll.iwers of e.ieli 

 Ist $12, 2nd $S. Spet-iiiien Mooni. double, 

 l..-t $2, 2nd $1. Colle<tl..n of 12 named v:i 

 rielles, slnsrle. one liloom of eaeli, 1st S.".. 

 2nd $4. Twelve .Tap.inese, siiifrlc. 1st ¥.'.. 

 2nd $1. Six d.iuMe varieties, wlilte, on. 

 II.. Her of ejiili. 1st $1. 2nd $2. Six iianiei! 

 double, rose pink, 1st .<!, 2nd $2. Six 

 doul>Ie, salmon pink, 1st $1. 2nd $2. Six 

 diiulile, red or <t1iiisi.ii, 1st $1. 2nd .<2. Six 

 di.tifde varieties, any ..tlier eolor, 1st .<t. 

 2nd $2. Vase o' 2.'> double, white or blush. 

 1st $«, 2nd $4. Vose of 2.".. double, pink or 

 rose, Ist $C, 2nd ?l. Vase of 2."«, double, 

 red or crimson. 1st .'d. 2nd $4. Vase of 2."!. 

 double, any olhir eolor. 1st $6, 2nd SI. 

 I'ollectlon of 12 named varieties, double, 

 one Dower of eaeli, for non-eommerelal 

 .-r..wers only, two prizes, 1st $S, 2nd $."). 

 ■ ■ tlon of 12 blooms, pink, for private 

 i.ners only. Ist $4, 2nd $2, Colleetion 



■ 1.' blooms, white, for private y.irdeners 

 only, Ist $4, 2nd $2. Colleetion of 12 

 blooms, red, for private gardeners onlv, 1st 

 .<M, 2nd $2. 



All consignments of flowers for ex- 

 hibition must be addressed to Horti- 

 cultural Hall. 300 Massachusetts ave- 

 nue, Boston, .Mass., in care of Wm. P. 

 Rich. 



Express charges on all exhibits must 

 be prepaid, antj should be .so marked 

 on the boxes, as no charges will be 

 paid by the manager. 



Owing to the uncertainty of the sea- 

 son it is earnestly desired that all in- 

 tending exhibitors will send their en- 

 tries to Secretary Rich of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society not 

 later than Monday, June 7, so that 

 notices may be sent, if found neces- 

 sary to change the dates. 



All entries not staged by 1 P. M. 

 June 12 will be disqualified from any 

 and all competition. 



The officers of the American Peony 

 Society are as follows: President, Ber- 

 trand H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa.: vice- 



lUi bldellt, K. U, (iiul>;e. I'aillcBVille, 



O.; ireiihiner, J. H. lluiii|ilireyK, Ocr- 

 muiituwii, I'u.: HecTotury, A. P. Sauii- 

 derH, Clinton, N, Y. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular iiioiitlily iiifelilig of the 

 OyHter Hay, N. Y.. Hortiiiilturul So- 

 ciety was lield .May 2<>. There was a 

 large atletidaiict and llnal jirepara- 

 tioiis for our show on June lltli were 

 made. 



There was a good exhibition of flow- 

 ers and vegetables. Awards were 

 made as follows: Monthly prize, as- 

 paragus. Clias. E. Moyses; lilac, 

 Arthur Patten: peonies, Jas. Diickhani. 

 Lupins, hiuiorable mention. Alfred 

 Walker; seedling melon, certificate of 

 merit, Jos. Robinson : sweet peas, hon- 

 orable mention, Frank Kyle; spinach, 

 lionorahle mention, .Alfred Walker. 

 .\lr. Robinson's seedling melon. Royal 

 Sovereign X. Northwood. attracted a 

 great deal of attention and when the 

 judges and a number of the members 



B. H. F.\i{i! 

 President American Pioiiy Society. 



tasted it, it was unanimously declared 

 .A 1, a distinct new variety. 



Miss Elizabeth S. Hoyt offered a 

 prize of $.'..00 for the best vase of 

 delphiniums at our coming show; A. 

 R. Kennedy offered a prize of $10.00 to 

 be used as the Society saw fit. 



.Mr. Moyses gave a talk on aspara- 

 gus; Mr. Walker spoke on the culture 

 of Dictamnus alba; Mr. Robinson gave 

 the history of his seedling melon; 

 Harry Lee of Westbury gave a little 

 talk on the doings in Westbury, and 

 Jno. Sorosick closed the evening with 

 one of his humorous talks. 



A. R. Ke.wedv, Sec'v. 



I lie June Flower Show committee, 

 created (lulte a furore by his report 

 nil the hIiow, to lie held June 10, In 

 Hartford. Tentative iilans lall for a 

 tea-garden and young ladies will serve 

 A light lunch. John F. Huss, Warren 

 S .Mason and A. N. I'lerson, Inc., have 

 promised flowers and plants for dec- 

 orative purposes. Dijilomas will be 

 given for exhibits of merit. Stumpp 

 *i Walter Company offer 12.50 in gold 

 lor tlie best display made by any one 

 cxliibitor. 



A specimen of Campanula Media 

 lavender, measuring more than three 

 feet high and containing some 248 

 blooms, created (|uite a sensation 

 among the members by Its beauty 

 and spendid growth. Alfred Cebel- 

 ius received a first - class certifi- 

 cate for specimen Campanula Media. 

 John F. Huss a certificate of merit for 

 shrub bloom. Warren S. Mason a cer- 

 tificate of merit for hardy garden flow- 

 ers. The next meeting will be held In 

 Unity Hall, Hartford, on Wednesday 

 evening, June 9th. 



Alfbed Dixon, Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Tlie Hougluon Horticultural Society 

 announces its schedule of prizes for 

 the Fall Exhibition, September 14. 15 

 and 16, at Lynn, .Mass. Special prizes 

 from a number of seed and nursery 

 firms appear in the list. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York and the American Rose Society 

 will have a joint exhibition at the 

 N. v. Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 

 on June 5th and 6th. The medals of 

 the American Rose Society will be 

 awarded as sweepstake prizes for rose 

 collections. 



The exhibitions of the Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society will be held as 

 follows: June Show — June 11th at 

 Cxninasium, Y. M. C. A. building, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. November Show — 

 November 3, 4, 5, at Music Hall, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular second May meeting 

 of the Connecticut Horticultural So- 

 ciety May 28 Edward A. Brassill, for 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold three exhibitions of 

 plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables 

 in Horticultural Hall, Boston, during 

 the moirth of June, The first takes 

 place Saturday and Sunday, June 5 

 and 6. Rhodoilendrons. azaleas, and 

 irises will be tlie principal features on 

 these days. The second exliibition, 

 June 12 and 13, will he the annual 

 peony show which will have additional 

 interest tliis year on aciount of the an- 

 nual meeting and exhibition of the 

 -American Peony Society which will be 

 held in connection with it. The third 

 sjiow, June 19 and 20, will liave roses 

 and strawberries for its principal at- 

 traction. This is one of the most in- 

 teresting exliibitions of the floral year. 

 At all of these shows other features of 

 horticultural interest may be expect- 

 ed and many exhibits of seasonable 

 (lowering plants, fruits and vegetables 

 will be staged. These exhibitions are 

 free and will be open Saturdays from 

 12 to 6 and Sundays from 2 to 6 

 o'clock. W. P. Rich, Sec'y. 



