July 22, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



105 



Tile annual meeting and exhibition 

 cf the American Sweet Pea Society 

 was held in Bar Harbor, Me., on Sat- 

 urday and Sunday, July 15 and 16. The 

 attendance was considered very good 

 for a location so remote from the 

 principal centres. There were fifty 

 or more in attendance from outside 

 of the state. The exhibition was a dis- 

 appointment as to extent but in (lual- 

 ity the plants and flowers were 

 superlatively good and the arrange- 

 ment of the hall was excellent, pre- 

 senting a well-balanced picture as a 

 whole. The weather had been very 

 cruel to the local growers, fog and 

 sudden high temperature having de- 

 nuded the plants of the buds that were 

 expected to bloom for the show and 

 make the display an unprecedented 

 success. Newport, R. I., experts, who 

 had also been counted upon as large 

 contributors to the display and the 

 competition, had been hit by the er- 

 ratic weather, as well, and not a sin- 

 gle sweet pea came from that quarter. 

 Lenox, Mass., saved the day, Messrs. 

 Ed. Jenkins and S. W. Carlquist both 

 staging large exhibits of superb 

 beauty. 



W, Atlee Burpee's display was also 

 marvelously fine and its admirable ar- 

 rangement brought much admiration 

 and many compliments for George W. 

 Kerr who here demonstrated not only 

 his knowledge of sweet peas but his 

 artistic skill in showing them to best 

 advantage. The Burpee flowers were 

 grown locally for the exhibition by A. 

 E. Thatcher of the Mt. Desert Nurser- 

 ies. 



Possibly the most impressive fea- 

 ture of the show, and one that should 

 be a prominent part of every sweet 

 pea show was the array of trained 

 plants in tubs. These were from eight 

 to ten feet high and well furnished 

 with blossoms. They were shown by 

 Mt. Dessert Nurseries, and John Stal- 

 ford, the florist. The best specimens 

 in the Mt. Desert Nurseries' collec- 

 tion were Illuminator, orange, Her- 

 cules, pink. Moneymaker, white, and 

 Florence Nis;htingale, lavender. Mr. 

 Stalfords best were Royal Purple and 

 Hercules. 



The Burpee flowers were arranged 

 in terraced vases and tall columnar 

 clusters of tubes, all displayed in 

 groupings of self colors against a dark 

 velvet background and interspersed 

 with the delicate tracery of sprays of 

 Eulalia gracillimum. It w-on the sil- 

 ver cup offered by C. C. Morse & Co. 

 of San Francisco, Cal. The following 

 is a list of a few of the outstanding 

 varieties shown in this great collec- 

 tion ; 



Fiery Cross, Cherub, The President, 

 Margaret Atlee. Florailale Fairy. Uolit, 

 Sydenham. Irish r.elle. King: White, Con- 

 stance Hinton. Thus. Stevensun. Mrs. Uiait- 

 zahn, Doris t'sher, Marjraret Madison. Or- 

 ihid. Florence NiKhtinpale. Kiujr Alfred, 

 .ilfrerl Watkins and Verniilion Brilliant. 



The Boddington Challenge Cuii and 

 cash prize of 125 was won for the sec- 

 ond time by Edwin Jenkins, gard. for 

 Garand Foster, Lenox, Mass., and the 



cup thus Lccumes liis peruuuieiil prup- 

 erty. This ciass called for collection 

 of 25 varieties not less than 20 stems 

 to a vase, shown with sweet pea 

 foliage only. The best varieties shown 

 in this collection were the following: 



Constance Ilinton. white; Edna .May Im- 

 proved, white: iler<-nles. dark pink; Lady 

 Kvelyu Kyre, li^rlit pink ; Floradale Fairy, 

 cream; Snnproof Crimsim, crimson: Scarlet 

 Emperor, scarlet: Kdward Cowdv, oranjre; 

 Itlue Monarch, dark Idne; Alfred Watkin. 

 lijrht blue; Don .Alva. lavender; Mrs. Cuth- 

 herts'in. liicolor: Kiu^r Mauoel. niaro()n. 



The large stage was banked with 

 brilliant masses of larkspur, astilbe, 

 spiraea, foxgloves, sw'eet williams, lil- 

 ies, hemerocallis, gypsophila, peonies 

 and other hardy perennial flowers 

 from Mt. Desert Nurseries. In front 

 on the main floor was placed the sweet 

 pea exhibit by the same exhibitor. Here 

 the flowers were cut in long vines with 

 foliage and buds and shown in separate 

 colors in pyramidal branching bamboo 

 stands with telling effect. The leading 

 varieties in this collection were Flor- 

 ence Nightingale, lavender, Carene, 

 orange, Lilian, cream pink, President, 

 scarlet, and Royal Purple. 



The silver cup offered by the town 

 of Eden for the best display on a table 

 3 X 10 ft. was won by Malvern Green- 

 houses, John H. Stalford, prop., with 

 a fine lot of sweet peas arranged with 

 gypsophila and elegant taste shown in 

 the placing of colors. 



R. & J. Farquhar sent a grand group 

 of cut blooms of their new Regal lily, 

 which made a fine show and filled the 

 hall with perfume. 



LIST OF AWARDS. 



Section A. for I*rivate (lardeners. Girard 

 Foster, jrard. Ed. Jenkins, liodiliiifrton Cup 

 for collection, Weeber 4.V Don prize for 100 

 sprays arranjred for effect. Dreer's prize for 

 Constance Ilinton. Farquhar's prize for IS 

 varieties. Mrs. Koht. Winthrop, gard. S. W. 

 Carlquist, F.reck"s prize for :i vases, Dreer's 

 lind prize and Fartiubar I'nd i>rizo. 



Section H. Privati' ilanleners and Ama- 

 teurs. S. VV. Carlquist, F.urpee Cup for 11.' 

 vases and Malvern Greenhouses' L'nd prize 

 for Hercules. Ed. Jenkins, Stumpp & 

 Walter's prize for 8 vases. Watkins \- Simp- 

 son's prize for (J vases and Malvern Green- 

 houses' prize for Hercules. Mrs. .John G. 

 Stalford, lUmyard prize for most novel ar- 

 rangement and Mt. Desert Nurseries' prize 

 for tahle decoration. Mrs. H. Hinkle, Mrs. 

 A. M. Coats' Cup for tahle decoration. Mrs. 



A. E. Thatcher. Mrs. Coats' 2nd prize. 

 Section C, Amateurs only. Miss Isahel 



Miller captured six Ists. and two L'nds. : B. 



B. L.von two Ists. 



Sec. D. Open and Miscellaneous. W. Atlee 

 Burpee A: Co.. C. C. Morse & Co.'s Cup for 

 displav. John Stalford. Jerome B. Rice 

 Co.'s prize for I'.tlC. novelty. S. W. Carl- 

 quist. Itice Co.'s l'nd prize. Ed. Jenkins 

 Kice Co.'s :fril i>rize. .Mt. Desert .Nurseries, 

 Lord A- Burnham Co.'s gold watch, for hest 

 arrangeil clisplay. 



Sec. E. (ipen. John Stalford. Anson prize 

 for best tub of any white variety, Mrs. 

 Carnegie prize tor tub any lavemler \ariety. 

 Town of Eden prize for display on table 

 3 X 10 ft.. .\". y. Florists' Club's prize for L'O 

 .spravs pink, and live 2nds. and one ;ird. 

 Mt. Desert Nurseries, T. J. Grey Co.'s prize 

 for best tub of any pink variety, Hinkle 

 prize for best tub of any scarlet and two 

 linds. Ed. Jenkins. Fottler Fiske. Kawson 

 prize for 20 sprays white. Northeast Harbor 

 Nurseries' prize "for 20 sprays scarlet. N. Y. 

 Florists' Club prize for 20 light pink. N. Y. 

 Florists' Club jirize for 20 carmine. G. & F. 

 Club of Boston prize for 2") blue, and for 20 

 picotee edged. '20 striped red. '20 striped 

 blue. 20 bicolor. '20 any other color, 20 

 orange and 20 yellow, also one 2nd and one 

 P.rd. .S. W. Carhiuist. G. & F. Club of Bos- 



: ' 1. i-ii/.L ii.r 2."^ spi.tys luauvr. also for 20 

 maroon, 20 orange, and nine 2nds auil one 

 :>ril. M. A. Clarli one 2nd and two .'Jrds. 



ICdwin .Tonkins won -Mt. Desert Nurseries' 

 lirize for best vase of peas in Class (i to 

 21 with Don Alva. Also Garden Magazine 

 prize for most Ists. in (Masses to 21. 



Si)ecials — K. & J. Farquhar, Collection of 

 Liliuni regak — awarded certiticate of merit. 



.Mt. Desert Nurseries. Collection of cut 

 herbiceous flowers — honorable mention. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The formal opening of the meeting 

 and exhibition took place at 3 P. M. 

 on Saturday. July 15, with a good-sized 

 audience present. Dr. W. .M. Leeds, 

 president of the Bar Harbor Horticul- 

 tural Society, welcomed the Sweet Pea 

 Society to Bar Harbor in a short ad- 

 dress well spoken and appreciatively 

 received. 'Wni. J. Stewart, of Boston, 

 followed briefly, extolling the gran- 

 deur and beauty of Mt. Desert, Na- 

 ture's masterpiece, the gem of the en- 

 tire Atlantic coast, and complimenting 

 the Sweet Pea Society on the work it 

 had done for its favored flower. Chas. 

 H. Totty. of Madison, N. J., responded 

 on behalf of the visitors, expressing 

 the keen pleasure enjoyed and grati- 

 tude for the many hospitalities re- 

 ceived on this memorable visit. 



Announcement was made that the 

 routine business meeting would con- 

 vene at 10 A. M. on Sunday, and ad- 

 journment was made to accept an 

 auto ride of 22 miles through the pic- 

 turesque forest, crag and ocean 

 scenery of Mt. Desert Island. 



THE BANQUET. 



In the evening an elaborate ban- 

 quet was enjoyed at the Malvern 

 Hotel on Invitation extended by John 

 H. Stalford and A. E. Thatcher, of Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries. 



The "post-prandial exercises" were 

 opened by J. H. Stalford, who wel- 

 comed the guests cheerily, and in the 

 course of his remarks threw down the 

 gauntlet for future rivalry to Messrs. 

 Jenkins and Carlquist, who had come 

 up from Lenox, Mass., and worthily 

 captured so many proud honors. 



Secretary H. A. Bunyard was next 

 introduced as the "father of the Sweet 

 Pea Society." Mr. Bunyard eloquently 

 dilated on the beauties of the flower 

 he loves so well and the .good record 

 of the society devoted to its interests 

 and expressed the thanks of the so- 

 ciety for the lavish entertainment pro- 

 vided. 



A. E. Thatcher gave a little talk on 

 his experience as mana.ger of the 

 show stating that the gate receipts 

 had been unexpectedly good, and cor- 

 dially greeted the exhiliitors and other 

 visitors. Edwin Jenkins, referring to 

 the effect of untoward weather condi- 

 tions upon the exhibition, declared it 

 not an impossibility to have sweet 

 peas ready for the exhibition table at 

 scheduled time if the grower will but 

 use judgment and care to overcome 

 unfavorable conditions. He called at- 

 tention to the fact that men and trot- 

 ting horses are provided against ex- 

 posure by wind shields, and declared 

 that his neighbor Carlquist, who had 

 made such a fine showing here had 



