June 26, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



847 



The old officers were all re-elected ex- 

 cept that A. H. Fewkes of Newton 

 Highlands, Mass., succeeds E. B. 

 George as vice-president. The next 

 meeting and exhibition will be held in 

 June, iyi6, at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City. 



DIRECTORS OF NEW YORK CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE. 



PEONY SHOW AT BOSTON 



The joint exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society and the 

 American Peony Society at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Saturday and 

 Sunday, June 19 and 20 was a brilliant 

 spectacle, altogether the most exten- 

 sive and impressive showing of peo- 

 nies ever seen in Boston. The effect 

 was enhanced by very large groupinss 

 of herbaceous flowers in which irises 

 and campanulas predominated. Roses 

 of rare quality, strawberries, etc., and 

 the entire space of the three halls was 

 filled with exhibits. The displays of 

 herbaceous perennials from the exhib- 

 itors named in the prize awards have 

 never been excelled even in Boston. 



R. &. J. Farquhar & Co., had the 

 largest display, filling 600 sq. ft. of 

 floor space. The sensation of the peo- 

 ny show was their two vases of the 

 superb Richardson production Walter 

 Faxon. The collection by the secre- 

 tary of the Peony Society, A. P. Saun- 

 ders of Clinton, N. Y., contained some 

 200 varieties. Another immense dis- 

 play was that^^ of T. C. Thurlow's Sons 

 Co., which comprised over 1,000 blooms 

 in 137 named varieties. The new va- 

 riety Cherry Hill was a prime attrac- 

 tion in this exhibit. It was originally 

 shown under the name of Gov. Guild, 

 but not disseminated. Other large 

 peony groups were staged by J. K. 

 Alexander, Blue Hill Nurseries. Mrs. 

 Mary Flood, George N. Smith of Wel- 

 lesley Nurseries and others. 



The roses did not make the show- 

 ing that was expected, the date being 

 a few days too early for this backward 

 season, but the quality was very fine. 

 In strawberries which were also back- 

 ward the interest centered around the 

 new undisseminated variety Juditli 

 shown by F. S. De Lue, which won the 

 coverted silver medal. 



The gold medal of the American Pe- 

 ony Society for the best exhibit of 

 peonies was well won by T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons Co. A. P. Saunders received 

 the silver medal for an unnamed seed- 

 ling. The prizes for 25 named vari- 

 eties, one of a kind, were won. 1st by 

 A. H. Fewkes; 2nd, by T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons Co. President Farr had a 

 small collection which did not reach 

 the hall until Saturday evening. Cot- 

 tage Gardens sent a splendid vase of 

 tbe fine white Marie Lemoine, from 

 Queens, N. Y., which was a convinc- 

 ing proof of tlie value of this variety 

 as a late bloomer. The list of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 awards was as follows: 



Peonies — CoUection of twenty vjirieties. 

 double: 1st, A. P. Saunders; 2ud, 'I'. I'. 

 Tluirlow's Sons Co. Ten varietie.s, doulile: 

 1st, T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co.; 2ud, Mrs. 

 Frederick Kellog.e. Specimen Ijlooni, 

 double: 1st, O. N. Smith; 2nd, A. P. S:uin- 

 <lors. Twelve, sinjjle: T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons Co. Twelve .lapanese, sinjJrle: A. H. 

 Fewkes. Six, double, white: 1st, 'I'. C 

 Thurlow's Sons Co.; 2nd, Mrs. C. S. Minot. 

 P>ose pink: T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. Ued 

 or 1 rimson : T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. 

 Twfnty-fivc, double, white or blush: 1st, 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. ; 2nd, Mrs. ,1. L. 

 (Jardner. Pink or rose: 1st. T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sims Co.: 2nd. ditto. Red or crim- 

 son: T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. Twelve 

 double, one flower of eaob : 1st, \Villiani 

 Whitman ; 2nd. Robert C. Morse. Twelve, 

 pink: A. P. Saunders. Twelve, white. 1st, 

 A. P. Saunders; 2nd, S. A. Perkins. 



I.efi to KiKiit. Standing— Phil. !•". Kessler, C. Beekmau. Fred. Smitli. .I..I111 s.-hneider, 



,Tasper Mc^lullen, John A. Leaoh. 

 Sitting — Alex. Burns, A. Schultheis, W. H. Siebreiht. FraLik Millang. Victor S. Dorval, 



Gustav C. C. Schrader. 



Twelve, red: 1st, A. P. Saunders; 2nd, 

 William Whitman. 



Hardy Roses — Collection, named: 1st. \\'. 

 J. Clemsoii. 



II. I*. Koses — Twelve named varieties, 

 three of each, W. .1. Clemsou. six do. Isf, 

 T. X. C .ok, 2nd, Mrs. Frederick Ayer : 

 twehe do. one of each, W. J. Clemson ; six 

 do, T. .N. Cook. 



IT. T. Roses — Twelve varieties, throe 

 blooms of each. 1st. Hemlock Hill Rose 

 ilanlen. 2nd, Thomas X. Cook; liest variety 

 introduced since ltil2. Thomas X. Cook: six 

 white. 1st, William Sim. 2nd. Mrs. Fred- 

 erick Ayer: six yellow. 1st. William Sim, 

 2nd. Thomas X.Cook: six piuk. 1st, Thomas 

 X. Cook, 2ud, Frederick Ayer: six red, 1st, 

 William Sim, 2nd, Thomas X. Cook: basket 

 artistically arranged. 1st, Albert Geiger. 

 .Ir., 2nd. Mrs. >.'. P. Cutler: most artistic 

 decor.-ition roses. 1st. Mrs. Frederick Ayer, 

 2nd. Thomas X. Cook. 



Ilarrly Herbaceous Flowers — Twenty-five 

 species" and varieties: Weld Garden. 

 Display of hardy herbaceous flowers; 1st, 

 Bay State Xurseries; 2nd, Eastern Nur- 

 sery. Company. 



Campanula Medium— 1st. William Whit- 

 man; 2nd, E. I!. Dane. 



Gloxinias — 1st. Mrs. .T. L. Gardner: 2nd. 

 Miss Cornelia Warren. 



Sweet Williams — 1st, Mrs. .1. L. Gardner: 

 2ud. Weld Garden. 



Gratuities — Miss Cornelia Warren, roses: 

 W. A. Riggs, hydrangeas; Miss Cornelia 

 Warren, hvdrangeas; Mrs. Frederick Ayer, 

 iris: Blue Flill Nurseries. T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons Co., G. N. Smith, ,T. K. Alexander, 

 Mrs. Flood, William Whitman, Mrs. N. P. 

 Cutler and Mrs. E. M. Gill, peonies. 



Silver Medal— R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 artistic display of peonies; E. B. Dane, ar- 

 tistic display of orchids; T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons Co., peony Cherry Hill. 



Certificate of Honorable Mention — Wil- 

 liam Sim, sweet peas and hybrid tea roses. 



Totty for roses, Mrs. Brant for blue ram- 

 bler rose. E. Gruber a silver medal for 

 standard fuchsias. R. D. Foote certificate 

 of merit for Cattleya gigas Sanderiana, 

 .and Ed Reagan cultural certiticate for 

 delpiiiuiums, anchusa and campanulas. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Tb.e Paterson (N. J. I Florlcultural 

 Society save a free Hower show at 

 the Second National Bank on Satur- 

 day, June 12. Among the large ex- 

 hibits were peonies from George H. 

 Peterson, and roses from Richard 

 Petrie, W. E. Parker, J. C. Hardy, Mat- 

 thew Morgan, Jas. Schofield and 

 others. First, second and third prizes 

 were awarded in 31 classes. 



The Central New York Horticul- 

 tural Society gave a successful peony 

 show in Butler Memorial Hall, New- 

 Hartford, on Tuesday evening, June 

 15. Prof. A. P. Saunders of Clinton 

 made a fine exhibit of peonies and 

 Dr. W. A. Rowlands of Utica was rep- 

 resented by a good showing of carna- 

 tions and sweet peas. There were 

 about twenty exhibitors in all. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



Tliis society held a very successful 

 rose show in Madison, N. J., on June 

 17. There were no money prizes of- 

 fered and the use of the hall was do- 

 nated. Among the names on the list 

 of winners were: 



Wm. Duckham, Mrs. Elwood Brant, 

 David Francis, Robert Francis, I'rank Cul- 

 len, Robert Tyson, Li. A. Lockwood. Mrs. 

 W. P. Jenks, Emll Graber and Charles 

 P.arbaur. The same exhibitors were largely 

 represented in the miscellaneous section, 

 also Mrs. C. H. Stout. Short Hills, who re- 

 ceived a special for sweet i)eas, and E. 

 r.«andle. also for sweet peas. Robert Tyson 

 received a cultural certificate for green- 

 housB grapes. Certifleates were also given 

 to L. A. Lockwood for peonies, C. H. 



The annual June exhibition of the 

 Medford (Mass.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in the vestry of the 

 Mystic Church on Saturday, the 19th. 

 Owing to the lateness of the season, 

 roses were somewhat scarce. Some 

 good roses, clean and well grown, but 

 only partly open, were staged by Mrs. 

 Gates, Miss Hatch, Miss McKay and 

 Josiah Teel. Peonies were extra good, 

 Mrs. Roberts and Hon. Wilton B. Fay 

 being the principal winners. Mrs. Rob- 

 erts also had a grand lot of iris very 

 artistically arranged. Fine bachelor's 

 buttons and foxgloves won prizes tor 

 Mrs. Higly. Mrs. Hall won on table 

 decoration. On the whole the exhibi- 

 tion was one of the liest the society 

 has held. Eric Wetterlow. John Jaf- 

 frey and A. Magnuson, Manchester, 

 Mass., acted as judges. 



The president of the Society is Mrs. 

 Lester Williams; Mrs. Harry Randall, 

 secretary; Miss R. M. Arrington, 

 treasurer. George F. SrEw.vitr. 



