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HORTIOULTUEE 



July 24, 1915 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY 



The seventh annual meeting of this 

 society was held at Newport, R. I., 

 on Thursday afternoon, July 15. In 

 the absence of President C. C. Morse 

 and Vice-President A. M. Kirby, Wil- 

 liam Sim was asked to preside. Ad- 

 dresses of welcome to the society were 

 made by President William MacKay 

 on behalf of the Newport Horticul- 

 tural Society and Mr. Sheffield for the 

 Newport Garden Association. Presi- 

 dent Morse's address was read as it 

 appeared in our issue of July 17. 

 Secretary Bunyard made a general 

 report of progress for the year, and 

 the report of the treasurer was favor- 

 able. Prof. A. C. Beal made a detailed 

 report on the Trial Grounds at Cor- 

 nell University. J. Harrison Dick 

 gave a valuable lecture on the Sweet 

 Pea, its history, literature, diseases 

 and culture and its future possibili- 

 ties, and Geo. W. Kerr gave a talk on 

 Sweet Peas for Amateurs. 



Officers were elected as follows: 

 President, William Gray, Newport, 

 R. I.; vice-president, George W. Kerr, 

 Doylestown, Pa.; secretary, H. A. 

 Bunyard; treasurer, A. T. Bodding- 

 ton; recording secretary, J. H. Pep- 

 per; executive committee member, 

 W. Atlee Burpee. Bar Harbor, Me., 

 was selected as the next meeting 

 place. 



Response of President-Elect Gray. 



It is with a deep sense of the honor 

 you have conferred upon me, and of re- 

 sponsibility as well, that I accept the 

 office of President of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society. 



While our exhibitions are growing 

 more successful from a horticultural 

 standpoint, I am sorry the financial 

 end does not look so bright and I 

 strongly appeal to the florist, gardener 

 and amateur to help the good work 

 along by becoming members of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society. The gar- 

 dener is the one to get the amateur in- 

 terested by giving freely of his advice 

 in regard to methods of growing, etc. 

 In every community the gardener can 

 take at least one amateur under his 

 guidance and help arouse the amateur 

 spirit which is so latent on this side 

 of the Atlantic. This is right in line 

 with the work of horticultural socie- 

 ties — the promotion of horticulture. 

 Some of our seed firms do not realize 

 the possibilities in this movement and 

 should do all they can to help the good 

 work along. With all pulling together 

 the Society could be put on a basis 

 where it would not be compelled to ac- 

 cept the invitation of other horticul- 

 tural societies to enable it to hold ex- 

 hibitions. 



Our conventions in my mind 

 should be made up of delegates from 

 the different horticultural societies in- 

 structed by a vote of their respective 

 societies, as to the best time and place 

 to hold an exhibition. A place and 

 date could thus be arrived at that 

 would be satisfactory to the majority. 

 I promise to do all I can to help the 

 work along and I thank you for the 

 honor that you have conferred upon 

 me. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



The Seventh Annual Exhibition of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society, with 

 the co-operation and support of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society and the 

 Newport Garden Association, was held 

 at the Casino, Newport, R. I., on 

 Thursday and Friday, July 15 and 16. 

 and was nothing short of a triumph 

 from the standpoint of quality, extent 

 and completeness. The arrangement 

 was all that was possible, considering 

 the rather restricted quarters for an 

 exhibition of such magnitude. In 

 many of the classes there were numer- 

 ous entries and the judges had no 

 easy job on their hands. Standing 

 out prominently in extent and splendor 

 Burpee's big display was easily the 

 crowning feature of the main hall. 

 The stage was occupied by R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., with a lavish display 

 of blooms of Lilium myriophyllum 

 (regale) in an effective setting of 

 palms and other greenery, the whole 

 making an effective foil for the sea 

 of sparkling color that filled the hall. 



The wide veranda which formed the 

 entrance passageway to the main hall 

 from the Casino grounds presented a 

 wonderful sight, the equal of which 

 has never been seen in any exhibi- 

 tion in this country, and those who 

 have seen sweet pea shows abroad 

 say it excelled even those. There 

 were thirty large tubs of growing 

 sweet peas, each specimen six to ten 

 feet high and three to four feet 

 through, loaded with bloom. These 

 brought glory to the Newport grow- 

 ers whose chances in the cut flower 

 classes were killed by unpropitious 

 weather. In the cut flowers Ed. Jen- 

 kins from Lenox made a tremendous 

 sweep, as will be seen by the list of 

 awards which follows. 



H. A. Dreer had a fascinating ex- 

 hibit of nymphreas. arranged in a tank 

 in the form of a horseshoe. This in- 

 cluded several brilliant novelties. It 

 was in charge of J. S. Hay. In their 

 sweet pea display the variety Royal 

 Purple was grand. W. A. Manda had 

 an interesting and varied collection 

 of new and rare stove and greenhouse 

 plants which attracted much atten- 

 tion. Bobbink & Atkins had a stand 

 of cut roses and hardy garden peren- 

 nials. 



On Thursday a party from the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston, 

 115 in number, under the guidance of 

 Secretary W. N. Craig, visited the 

 show and made the tour of some of 

 the prominent estates. The trade 

 visitors from New York and vicinity 

 were quite numerous. Among the 

 places inspected by the out-of-town 

 people none attracted more attention 

 and interest than the Mrs. H. D. Auch- 

 incloss estate where the rose garden, 

 wild garden and rock garden under 

 the care of Superintendent Mahan ex 

 emplify the highest attainments in 

 their respective fields. 



LIST OF AWARDS. 



Section A — Private Gardeners. 



Peter Henderson & Co.'s Prizes — 12 v.ises, 

 distinct Vcirieties: 1st, Giraud Foster, 

 supt. Edwin .Jenkins; 2nd, Mrs. Robt. Wln- 

 tlirnp. supt. S. W. Carlqulst; 3rd, A. C. 

 .Tames, gard. J. H. Greatorex 



Thorburn Cup— 12 vases of 12 Spencers: 

 1st, Giraud Foster. 



Arthur T. Boddington Prizes — 1st and 

 challenge cup for collection, 25 varieties, 

 Giraud Foster; 2nd, A. C. James. 



Weeber & Don Prize — For vase of 100 

 sprays mixed, arranged for effect: Mrs. W. 

 W. Sherman, gard. Andrew Hamsey. 



Mount Desert Nurseries Prize — For vase 

 of one variety, any color: Mrs. Thos. J. 

 Emery, gard. A. D. Dorward. 



.Joseph Breck & Sons' Prizes — For Svasea 

 Spencers: Mrs. Eobt. Winthrop. 



Henry A. Dreer Prize — For vase of Royal 

 Purple; Giraud Foster. Vase of Margaret 

 Madison Improved: 1st, Mrs. H. D. Au- 

 chincloss. gard. John Mahan; 2nd, R. Pulit- 

 zer, gard. F. Hitchman. 



Hitchings & Company's Cup — For 8 vasea 

 of Spencers : 1st, Giraud Foster ; 2na, Col. 

 Chas. Pfaff, gard. Geo. Melvin. 



Sutton & Sons' Cup — For table of Sweet 

 Peas: Mrs. Thos. J. Emery. 



The Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., Prizes — 

 For 6 tubs of Sweet Peas, any color, to be 

 exhibited in bloom: 1st, Miss Edith Wet- 

 more, gard. S. Johnson; 2nd, Stuart Dun- 

 can. 



American Sweet Pea Society's Prizes — 

 For display for effect, covering a round 

 table, about four feet across: Society's 

 silver medal and 1st, Mrs. W. G. Weld, 

 gard. James Watt; 2nd and bronze medal, 

 Mrs. W. B. Ijeeds, gard. Wm. Gray. 



Section B — Private Gardeners and 

 Amateurs. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co.'s Prizes — For 12 

 vases 12 varieties : 1st and silver cup, 

 Giraud Foster; 2nd, Lester Leland, gard. 

 E. H. Wetterlow. 



Stumpp & Walter Co.'s Prizes— For 6 

 vases. 6 Spencers : 1st, A. N. Cooley ; 2nd, 

 Mrs. French Vanderbilt, gard. Daniel Hay; 

 3rd, Mrs. Rob't Winthrop. 



H. F. Michell Co.'s Prizes— Silver medal 

 for 6 vases, 6 Spencers: Col. Chas. Pfaff. 



Michell Seed House bronze medal — For 26 

 blooms "Illuminator:" A. N. Cooley, gard. 

 Ed. Edwards. 



Michell Seed House silver medal — For 

 vase Spencers, mixed : A. N. Cooley. 



Thomas J. Grey Co.'s Cut Glass Bowl— 

 For centerpiece for table: 1st, Mrs. W. W. 

 Sherman : 2nd, Mrs. T. J. Emery. 



Watkins & Simpson Prize — For six vases 

 Spencer, six varieties: Giraud Foster. 



Section C — Amateurs 



who do not employ a gardener regularly. 

 John Lewis Childs' prizes and American 

 Sweet Pea Society's prizes won by about 

 six competitors. 



Section D — Retailers. 



Decoration for table of eight covers: 1st, 

 Alfred T. Bunyard, with canopy design of 

 piuk sweet peas and gypsophila; 2nd, J. 

 G. Leikens, with branching design of pink 

 sweet peas. Mantel Decoration : 1st, J. Q. 

 Leikens with white and lavender peas and 

 l';irleyense ferns; Bunyard exhibit disqual- 

 ified for use of material not specified in 

 schedule. Bridal Bouquet of Sweet Peas: 

 1st. A. T. Buny.ird; 2nd, J. G. Leikens. 

 Hamper of Sweet Peas: 1st, J. G. Leikens. 

 Corsage of Sweet Peas : 1st, A. T. Bunyard ; 

 2iid. J. G. Leikens. 



Section E — School Children. 



The Mrs. E. B. Auchincloss prizes and 

 .\merican Sweet Pea Societ.v prizes, seven 

 classes won by (our competitors. 



Section F — Open and Miscellaneous. 



The C. C. Morse & Co.'s Cup— For the 

 finest and most meritorious display (open 

 to the seed trade only) : 1st, W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co. 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co.'s Prizes — For 

 ini.5 Novelty Sweet Peas: 1st, Giraud Fos- 

 ter; 2nd, Mrs. Robt. Winthrop. 



Lord & Burnham Co.. gold watch — For 

 the best display of Sweet Peas, arrange- 

 ment to count : 1st, John G. Stalford ; 2nd, 

 Oscar .Schulz. 



Silver medal for best collection of Pea 

 Novelties appearing in 1915 catalogs only : 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 



Sweet Peas not yet in commerce: Silver 

 medal to W. Atlee Burpee & Co., for Fiery 

 Cross : certificates of merit to W, Atlee Bur- 

 pee ..1- Co., for Cherub and President. 



National Sweet Pea Society of Great 

 Britain Prize — For the largest and most 

 meritorious exhibit of Sweet Peas: Gold 

 medal to W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 



