June 21. 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



585 



THAT "ROCKY SHORE." 

 Maybe that McTavish party who 

 writes about divvies and things in 

 your issue of June 7 thinks he's an- 

 other Thomas Carlyle and giving us 

 a new edition of Sartor Resartus? Of 

 course we have to get down to bed 

 rock every generation and be able to 

 think naked without tailor patches 

 on our pants but does McTavish 

 think for a moment that he is the 

 only one that can see past his thumb- 

 nail? He runs you up against a rocky 

 shore, kicks Towser and laughs, and 

 yet he hasn't said anything. Silliest 

 thing I have ever read. Let me ask 

 McTavish something. Did he ever 

 play a game of poker? A game of 

 poker has depths within depths. For 

 instance, a man bluffs on a bobtail 

 flush and if you are a good judge of 

 human nature you know that he is 

 bluffing. So you call him. And you 

 rake in the pot. Dead easy! All you 

 have to be is a good judge of human 

 nature. But suppose that the other 

 fellow is a better judge of human na- 

 ture than you are and he gets you to 

 call him — the poor innocent simp as 

 you think — and he then has the au- 

 dacity to lay down in front of you a 

 straight flush. And rake in the pot! 

 So you try again and assume the in- 

 nocent act when you have a corker 

 of a hand and. blast it all, there isn't 

 a darn one of the six around the table 

 will cough in more than a few cents. 

 So the innocent act in that case does 

 not really seem to be the solution of 

 the poker game. A friend of mine 

 tells me that when things are going 

 steadily against you a good idea is 

 to ask for a stop as you hear the dogs 

 howl along the bay. No one wants to 

 stop so you ask your friend Eddie 

 to take your place for a little while. 

 When you come back you are delight- 

 ed to find that he has gathered in one 

 dollar forty-nine cents and things be- 

 gin to look good to you. But just 

 about then the other sons of guns 

 all want to go to bed as it is 12 o'clock 

 and they have scruples about playing 

 poker on the Sabbath Day. Daniel 

 suggests a game of Roodles to wind 

 up. But no. The majority rules and 

 that ends it. From this brief sketch 

 McTavish may get a glimmering 

 that there are many other things be- 

 sides divvies that lead to God knows 

 where and he and Towser may as 

 well cut off that smirk and bark and 

 sit down in the kirk solemnly and be- 



have. What that Kelt and that Ter- 

 rier need is a good drooking of cold 

 water. Macintosh. 



BOSTON PEONY SHOW. 



The peony show at Horticultural 

 Hall, Saturday and Sunday was one 

 of the season's best exhibits and was 

 largely attended, especially on Sunday. 

 There was a noticeable lack of ama- 

 teur exhibits, however, a fact to be re- 

 gretted. For that matter the total 

 number of exhibitors was small, but 

 those who did show came forward in 

 a most commendable way. 



J. K. Alexander of East Brldgewater 

 had 150 varieties, some of the choice 

 ones being Innocence, pink, with yel- 

 low stamens; Felix Crouse, a deep 

 double red; Monsieur Dupont, white, 

 with ragged edge of pink; Flashlight, 

 pink, with stamens of peculiar shape, 

 and Welcome Guest, a giant pink va- 

 riety, with large, heavy petals. 



The Pride of Essex, a new seedling, 

 was shown by T. C. Thurlow's Sons, 

 Incorporated, of West Newbury. The 

 firm has entered 100 named varieties 

 for the prize of the American Peony 

 Society. The Thurlows are to send 

 out a carload of peonies to Detroit. 

 Mich., for exhibition. 



The showing made by R. & J. Farqu- 

 har & Co., occupies a position in the 

 centre of the hall, and many varieties 

 were grouped in a mound effect, with 

 a tall vase with Walter Faxon as a 

 centrepiece. 



John Allen French Fund. 

 Peonies, Herbaceous — Collection of 

 20 named varieties, double, one flower 

 of each: 1st, T. C. Thurlow's Sons, 

 Inc.; 2d, H. F. Chase. Collection of 

 12 named varieties, double, one flower 

 of each: 1st. T. C. Thurlow's Sons, 

 Inc.; 2d, J. K. Alexander. Specimen 

 bloom, double: 1st, G. N. Smith, 

 Therese; 2d. H. F. Chase, Germaine 

 Bigot. Collection, 12 named varieties, 

 single, one bloom of each: 1st, T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons, Inc. Collection, six 

 named varieties, double. White, one 

 flower of each: 1st, T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons, Inc.; 2d, Mrs. D. W. McKissock. 

 Collection, six named varieties, 

 double, Rose Pink: 1st, T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons, Inc.; 2d, Mrs. D. W. Mc- 

 Kissock. Collection, six named va- 

 rieties, double, Salmon Pink: 1st, T. 

 C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc.; 2d, Mrs. D. 

 W. McKissock. Collection of six 

 named varieties, double. Red or Crim- 



son: 1st, T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc.; 



2d, Mrs. D. W. McKissock. 



The American Peony Society's Medal. 



For the best collection of Herba- 

 ceous Peonies, not more than 100 va- 

 rieties, named, one flower of each: T. 

 C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc. 



Honorable Mention. 



E. J. Shaylor, seedling peonies Mil- 

 dred, Luella Shaylor, and No. 75; R. 

 & J. Farquhar & Co., collection of 

 seedling peonies; G. N. Smith, collec- 

 tion of peonies; R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co., display of peonies; T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons Inc., collection of peonies; 

 J. K. Alexander, display of peonies. 

 Vote of Thanks. 



Hillcrest Farm, display of garden 

 flowers. 



Gratuity. 



G. P. Gardner, Jr., display of hy- 

 drangeas. 



Honorable Mention. 



Hillcrest Farm, collection of straw- 

 berries. 



ROCHESTER. 



Rochester is to have a rose show 

 rivaling the famed ones of Portland, 

 Ore., and Los Angeles. At a meeting 

 June 13, at the Chamber of Commerce 

 the Rochester Rose Society completed 

 its organization and voted to sponsor 

 a gigantic rose exhibition on Monday, 

 June 23rd. Six hundred and fifty va- 

 rieties of roses will be displayed at 

 this show in thousands of blossoms. 

 Indications are that it will be the 

 most gorgeous display the Flower City 

 ever has seen. The exhibits will be 

 banked in groups so that their various 

 colors will harmoniz perfectly. The 

 Chamber of Commerce has been 

 chosen tentatively as the home for tha 

 show. 



Charles H. Vick is father of the 

 project. He will co-operate in mak- 

 ing the exposition one that will sur- 

 pass even those on the Pacific Coast 

 for beauty, and which will attract lov- 

 ers of flowers to Rochester. To ex- 

 hibit one must become a member of 

 the Rochester Rose Society. Three 

 specimens of a given rose will form an 

 exhibit. The show will open at noon 

 and close the same evening. The 

 Rochester Rose Society was born a 

 few weeks ago and now has one hun- 

 dred members. June 18th was its 

 second meeting. The following offi- 

 cers were chosen for its initial year. 

 President, John Dunbar; vice-presi- 

 dents. Frederick G. Barry, A. Schoen- 

 felder; park supts.. Calvin C. Laney, 

 Erickson Perkins, Miss Kate Gleason. 

 Mrs. T. A. Whittle, S. P. Moore and 



