HOETICULTURE 



July S, 1916 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY 



The eighth annual exhibition and 

 convention of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society will be held at Bar Harbor, 

 Me., under the auspices of the Bar 

 Harbor Horticultural Society on Satur- 

 day and Sunday. July 15th and 16th. 



J.^jl6. 



PROGRAM. 

 Saturday, July 15, 1916, 3 P. M. 

 Addresses of Welcome by the Presi- 

 dent of the Bar Harbor Horticultural 

 Society. 



President Gray's Address. 

 Secretary's Report. 

 Prof, A. C. Beal's Report on Our 

 Trial Grounds at Cornell University. 

 Treasurer's Report. 

 Nomination of Officers for 1916-1917. 

 Invitations for the next meeting 

 place. 



Lecture by David Burpee, "The 

 Future of the Sweet Pea, and the possi- 

 bilities of securing a pure yellow 

 variety." 



Election of Officers. 

 Addresses and Discussions. 

 Question Box. 



Sunday, July 16, 1916, 10 A. M. 

 Unfinished Business (if any). 



List of Prizes, Etc. 

 Entries must be made on tne forms 

 supplied by the Secretary, Harry A. 

 Bunyard, 40 V>\ 28th street. New York 

 City, and mailed to reach him in New 

 York not later than Wednesday, July 

 12th. After this date address commun- 

 ications care of A. E. Thatcher, Bar 

 Harbor, Me. 



All exhibits must be staged by 

 12 o'clock on Saturday, July ISth. 



Exhibits sent by express shouU^ be 

 addressed as follows: 



For Exhibition. 



Express prepaid. Perisiiable. 



Must be Delivered Immediately. 



A. E. Thatcher, Bar Harbor, M"., 



Manager. 



Sweet Pea Exhibition. 



Section A — Private Gardeners. 



Class A. 1. Ai-tluir T. Boddingtnn Co., 

 Inc.. Challenge Silver Cup, value $.10. For 

 a collection 25 varieties, not less than 20 

 stems to a vase, to be shown with sweet 

 pea foliage only. To be won twice by the 

 same exhibitor. Also cash prizes of $2.5, 

 $15 ana $10. 



A. 2. Weeber & Don Prize. Fni- 100 

 sprays mixed, arranged for eSect, $5.00. 



A. 3. Thorburn Prize. Silver Cup, for 

 12 vases. 12 Spencer varieties. 20 blooms 

 to a vase. 



A. 4. Breck Prizes. For R vases. 25 

 to a vase. Spencer varieties : 1st, ST.iSO ; 

 2d. $2.50. 



A. 5. Dreer Prizes. Vase of Constance 

 Hinton: 1st. $5.00: 2d. $2..tO. 



A. 6. Vase of Mrs. P. Hallern : 1st. $.5.00; 

 2d. $2.50. 



A. 7. Hitchings' Prize. Silver Cup, for 

 8 vases, 20 stems to a vase, S Spencer vari- 

 eties named. 



A. 8. Carters Tested Seeds Prizes. Three 

 tubs of sweet peas, any color, in bloom: 

 1st, $10.00; 2d, $5.00. 



A. 9. National Sweet Pea Societv's 

 (Great Britain) Prizes. Display for effcet : 

 1st, Silver-Gilt Medal: 2d. medal. 



A. 10. Farquhar & Co. Prizes For 6 

 varieties. 1 vase of 20 sprnvs to each vari- 

 ety: 1st, $12.00; 2d, $8.00. 



A. 11. National Association of Gardeners' 



Prize. For the most meritorious exhibit by 



a member of the association : Silver Medal. 



Section B — Private Gardeners and 



Amateurs. 



Class B. 1. Burpee Prizes. 12 vases, 12 

 varieties: 1st. Silver Cup. valui^ .$23 00, 

 and $10.00 cash: 2d, $10.00; 3d, $.5.00. 



r.. 2. Stumpp & Walter Prizes, (i vases 

 r, Spencer varieties: 1st. $10.00: 2rt. .$.5.00. 



I'.. .'!. Michell Silver Medal tor v.'ises. C 



Spencer varieties, 



B. 4. Michell Bronze Medal. For 2j 

 lilooms Illuminator. 



B. 5. Watkins & Simpson Prize. 

 vases of Spencer, 6 varieties : 1st. $10.00. 



B. 6. Bunyard Prize. For the most 

 novel arrangement of sweet pea.s; 1st, 

 $10.00; 2d, $T.50; 3d, $5.00. 



B. 7. Coats Prizes. Decoration for tabic 

 of eight covers: 1st, n Silver Cup and 

 $2.5.00; 2d, $15.00; 3d, $10.00. Exhibitors 

 will be allowed to use sweet pea foliage, 

 asparagus, smilax, gypsophlla, or all; rib- 

 l>ons also allowed. 



B. 8. Kennedy Prizes. 12 vases, 12 vari- 

 eties: 1st. $15.00; 2d, $10.00. 



B. 9. Malvern Greenhouses Prizes. 2j 

 spravs of Hercules: 1st, $10.iH); 2d, $7.50; 

 3d. $5.00. 



B. 10. (For Ladies Only^ Mt. Desert 

 .\urseries. Table decoraUon : 1st, $10.00; 

 2d. $7.50; 3d, $5.00. 



B. 11. Sutton Silver Cup, value $25.00. 

 For besi table of sweet peas, covering 12 

 square feet. . , 



Section C is for amateurs and children. 

 Section C — Is for Amateurs and Chil- 

 dren. 

 Section D — Open and Miscellaneous. 



Class D. 1. Morse Silver Cup. value 

 $2.5.00. For the finest and most meritorious 

 display (open to the seed trade only). 



D. 2. Rice Seed Co. Prizes. For IWIO 

 Noveltv, 20 spravs, 1 variety: 1st, $5.00; 

 2d. $3.00; 3d, $2.00. 



D. 3. Lord & Buruham Prize. (FlorisI 

 growers only). A gold watch for the best 

 display, arrangement to count. 



D. 4. American Sweet Pea Society's Sil- 

 ver Medal will be awarded for the best col- 

 lection of Novelties which did not appear 

 before 1915 



D. 5. American Sweet Pea Society's Sil- 

 vei- Medal for collection of Novelties ap- 

 pearing in 191C catalogues only. Bronze 

 Medal will be awarded for the second Ijest 

 collection. 



D. C. For sweet peas not yet in com- 

 merce the American Sweet Pea Society's 

 medals and certificates will be awarded in 

 this class. 



D. 7. S. A. F. & O. H. Siver and Bronze 

 medals will also be awarded in this class. 



Section E. 

 (Classes 1 to 21 Opeu to All.^ 

 Class E. 1. Mrs. Alfred Anson. For tul) 

 of any white, cream or cream-vellow vari- 

 ety: 1st, $8.00; 2d. $6.00; 3d, $4.00. 



E. 2. Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle. For tub 

 of any scarlet, crimson, rose or carmine 

 variety: 1st, $8.00: 2d, .$6.00; 3d. $4.00. 



E. 3. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. For tub 

 of any lavender, mauve, purple or blue 

 variety: 1st, $8.00; 2d, $6.00; 3d, $4.00. 



E. 4. Thomas J. Grey & Co. For tub of 

 any pink, orange or salmon variety : 1st, 

 ^S.OO; 2d. $6.00; 3d, $4.00. 



E. 5. Town of Eden. For display ar- 

 ranged against a wall, on a table 3x10 ft.: 

 1st. Silver Cup: 2d. $15.00; 3d. $10.(K). 

 Spencer Varieties. 



1st, $5.00; 2d, $3.00; 3d, .$2.00, are offered 

 in each of the following classes, 20 sprays 

 in each : 



E. 6. Fottler. Fiske. Raw.son Co. 20 

 sprays, any white. 



E. 7. Northeast Harbor Nurseries, any 

 crimson or scarlet. 



E. S. New York Florists' Club, any rose 

 or carmine. 



E. 9. New York Florists Club, any light 

 pink. 



E. 10. New I'ork Florists' Club and 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston. 

 any deep pink, 



E. 11. Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, any bltie. 



E. 12. Gardeners' and Florists' Cbib of 

 Boston, any mauve. 



E. 13 to E. 21, cream or orange-yelknv : 

 salmon or orange: lavender; maroon or 

 purple; picotee-edged : striped or flaked red 

 or rose; striped or flaked blue or purple; 

 bieolor other than picotee-edged; any other 

 color. 



Special Prize by Mt. Desert Nurseries for 

 best single vase exhibited in classes E. 6 

 to E. -21, $10.00. 



The Garden Magazine Achievement Medal 

 will be awarded to the exhibitor taking the 

 most first prizes in E. C to E. 21. 



Schedule In full with rules, etc., may 

 be obtained from Harry A. Bunvard, 

 Secretary, 40 West 28th St., New York 

 City. 



Exhibition Committee: Geo. W. Kerr, 

 chairman; Wm. H. Duckham. J. Harri- 

 son Dick, A. N. Klrby. W. A. Sperling. 



Judges for the Exhibition: Prof. A. 

 C. Beal, chairman, Ithaca, N. Y.; Wil- 

 liam H. Duckham, Madison, N. J.; W. 

 N. Craig, Brookline, Mass.; Chas. H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J.; Julius Cheval- 

 ley. Blue Point, L. I.; Geo. W. Kerr, 

 Doylestown. Pa.; J. Harrison Dick, 

 New York; Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, 

 Pa.; Arthur Herrlngton, Madison, N. 

 J.; Geo. W'yness, Prides Crossing 

 Mass.; George Critchley, Lawrence, L, 

 I.: John Everitt, Glen Cove, L. I.; A. 

 Bauer, Deal Beach. N. J.; William Sim, 

 Cliftondale. Mass.; Frank H. Traendly, 

 New York City; Geo. T. Schuneman, 

 Rookville Center, L. I.; Geo. Thomp- 

 .'jon, Lenox, Mass.; Thomas Murray, 

 Tuxedo, N. Y. ; Fred Heeremans, 

 Lenox. Mass.; Leonard Barron, Garden 

 City, L. I.: J. Tansy, Tuxedo, N. Y,; 

 .A. N. Kinney. New York City; E. Barth, 

 Tuxedo. N. Y.; D. McGregor, Tuxedo, 

 N. Y.; Howard Nicols, Yonkers, N. Y.: 

 .Arthur Golding, Tarrytown. N. Y. 



A GREAT EXHIBITION AND SPLEN- 

 DID OUTING COMBINED 



The prosiiect tor the Sweet Pea Ex- 

 nibition at Bar Harbor in connection 

 with our annual convention July 15th 

 and IGth shows great promise. There 

 will be many exhibits from Newport, 

 Lenox and other eastern points. Bar 

 Harl)or itself is an ideal place for 

 growing sweet iieas. Schedule is now 

 on hand and can be had on application 

 to the secretary. About one thousand 

 have already been sent out to pos.sible 

 exhibitors. The prize list is very large 

 and generous and keen competition is 

 expected. 



Visitors, exhibitors and judges going 

 from New Yor'K will leave on the Met- 

 ropolitan Line to Boston at 5 P. M., 

 Thursday, July i:3th, reaching Boston 

 the next morning. They will leave in 

 the afternoon with the Boston contin- 

 gent on the Eastern Stearashl|) Line to 

 Bar Harbor. Friday. P.' M.. July 14th. 

 The fare between Boston and Bar Har- 

 bor is $10.50 a round trip, staterooms 

 $1.50 and $2.00. Fare, New York to 

 Boston is $8.00 return, staterooms $1.00 

 and $2.00, according to location. 

 Through tickets to Bar Harbor can be 

 procured at either point. Early reser- 

 vations are requested as traveling at 

 this season of the year is very heavy. 



For further particulars, write to the 

 secretary. 



Harkt a. Buntard, 



40 West 28th St., New York, N. Y. 



BOSTON SWEET PEA EXHIBITION. 



The annual exhibition of sweet peas 

 by the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, Saturday and Sunday, July 8 

 and 9. In addition to the usual classes 

 open to all growers there are eighteen 

 prizes offered tor exhibits by amateurs. 

 There will be also exhibits of other 

 seasonable flowers both cultivated and 

 wild and the displays of fruits are now 

 becoming prominent. The exhibition 

 is free and will be open Saturday 

 from 12 to 6 and Sunday from 1 to 6 

 o'clock. Wm. P. Rtrn, Sec'y. 



