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HOETICULTUEE 



June 13, 1914 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



A very creditable exhibit was staged 

 by the American Peony Society, in co- 

 operation witli the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety of Chicago and the Chicago Flor- 

 ists" Club, at The Art Institute. June 

 9 and 10. The greater part of the flow- 

 ers were shown by the three local 

 firms, Peterson's Nurseries. W. W. 

 Barnard Co. and Vaughan's Seed 

 Store. B. H. Farr. from Wyomissing, 

 Pa.; E. A. Reeves. Cleveland, O., and 



A. P. Saunders, Clinton. N. Y., came, 

 bringing their exhibits with them, and 

 the flowers came through in excellent 

 condition, notwithstanding the ex- 

 treme weather. 



The fifty blooms of Mons. Jules 

 Elie sent by Jlartin Kohankie from 

 Painesville. 0., won first prize, and 

 were by far the largest blooms 

 staged. The American Peony So- 

 ciety's gold medal again went out- 

 side of Chicago, this time to B. H. 

 Farr. To the local growers belongs 

 the credit of maintaining the show 

 and so warm is the weather that at 

 this writing, the afternoon of the first 

 day. it is predicted that many petals 

 will fall before morning. The large 

 vases of blooms that made such a 

 showing last year have given place to 

 more and smaller ones, somewhat 

 diminishing the apparent size of the 

 exhibit, but the number of blooms 

 shown is probably just as large, and 

 the number of varieties larger than 

 last year. 



Prize Awards. 



OPEN CLASSES. 



Class 1.— Collection of ijot less tli;iu 100 

 named varieties, one of each: Cokl nieilal 



B. 11. Farr: silver medal. E. A. Heeves 

 ■-■—Display of blooms: :jrd, W W 



Barnard Co, 



.').— Largest display of blooms of any one 

 variety: 1st, Vaughan's Seed Store:" i'nd 

 W. W. Barnard Co. 



4.— Vase ol Kill lilooins arj-anged for 

 etlect: 2nd, W. W. Barnard Co. 



■>■— Colleetion of ."lO doulile, in I'O named 

 varieties: 1st, B. II. Farr. 



(5.— Colleetion of I'.j named varieties 

 double, one bloom jjf each : 1st. l'eterson'» 

 Nurseries: 2nd. Vaughan's Seed Store. 



S. — Fifty blooms, white, doiilile. one va 

 riety : 1st and 2nd. Peterson's .Nurseries ■ 

 ord. Vaughan's Seed Store. 



9.— Fifty light pink, double, one variety 

 1st, 2nd and :iv6, I'etersons Xnrseries 



10.— Fifty dark [link, do\ihIe, one variety: 

 1st. Martin Kohankie; 2nd. Vaughan's .Seed 

 Store: .3rd, Peter.son's Nurseries. 



11.— Fifty red or crimson, with stamens 

 double, one variety: 1st, 2ud and "rd 

 Peterson's Nurseriei. 



12. — Fifty red or crimson, without sta- 

 mens, double, one variety: 1st, Peterson's 

 Nurseries; 2nd. Vaughan's Seed Store- 3rd 

 W. W. Barnard Co. 



1-5- — Fifty blooms, any combination of two 

 or more shades, double: 1st. Vaugban's 

 Seed Store; 2nd. Peterson's Nurseries- :'.rd 

 W. W. Barnard Co. 



1-t. — Collection of 12 distinct named va- 

 rieties, double, one bloom of each: 1st, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. 



10. — Twelve white, double. , one variety: 

 1st. 2nd and Srd. I'etersou's Nurseries. 



17. — Twelve light pink, ilonlile. one va- 

 riety: 1st, 2nd and :ird, Peterson's Nur- 

 series. 



IS. — Twelve dark pink, double, one va- 

 riety: 1st and :iid. Peterson's Nurseries; 

 2ud. Vaughan's Seed Store. 



19. — Twelve red or crimson, with stamens, 

 doulde, one variety: 1st, 2nd and .^rd, 

 Peterson's Nurseries. 



2(1. — Twelve red or crimson, without sta- 

 mens, double, one variety : 1st and 2nd, 

 Peterson's Nurseries; ;^rd. K. A. Reeves. 



21. — Twelve blooms, one variety, auy 

 combination of two or more shades, double: 

 2ud, A'anghan's Seed Store. 



HAROY PERENNIALS — CUT BLOOlls. 



Class 22. — Collection of Hardy Perennials, 

 other thau ijeonies : 1st. X'aimh.in's Seed 

 Store. 



Amateurs and Private Gardeners Only. 



Class 2:i.— Collection of bhioms. variety, 

 iiuality and quantity to be considered: 

 :;rcl. A. P. Saunders. Clinton, N. Y. 



2.-|. — Collection of 11) named varieties, 

 double, three of each: 3rd, A. P. Saunders. 



HARDY PERENNl.^LS — CUT ULOOJIS. 



Class .33. — Collection of hardy perennials, 

 other than peonies, quality and variety 

 considered: 1st. A. P. Saunders. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY, 



The Florists' Society's regular meet- 

 ing was held at J. A. Peterson's home 

 on Monday afternoon and evening in 

 the bii'ch pergola in front of the house. 

 The nominations to be balloted upon 

 at the annual meeting next month 

 were as follows; President, Jas. Al- 

 len. Ed. Schumann; vice-president. 

 Max Rudolph, Fred Backmeier; secre- 

 tary, Alex. Ostend.arp, Chas. .Murphy; 

 treasurer, Chas. H. Hojfmeister. Gus 

 Adrian; trustee. J. A. Peterson. Frank 

 Volz. The outing committee appoint- 

 ed consists of J. A. Peterson. C. E. 

 Cvitchell. Wm. Mur])hy and :\iax Ru- 

 dolph. During the late afternoon Mr. 

 Peterson showed his guests through 

 the greenhouses, and everything was 

 found to be fully up to the reputation 

 of this place. After the meeting the 

 company adjourned to the house, 

 where a little spread was enjoyed and 

 Mrs. Peterson and Clarence Peterson 

 showed lantern slides of pictures 

 taken by members of the family on 

 their various trijjs to the different 

 conventions and meetings, about this 

 city during the flood of 1913 and of 

 various flowers. These pictures, ex- 

 cept most of those of the flood, were 

 of persons and events intimately con- 

 nected with the trade and consequent- 

 ly were \'ery interesting. At the close 

 of the programme E. G. Gillett. on be- 

 half of the members of the Society, 

 thanked .Mr. and Mrs. Peterson and 

 their family for their kind and elab- 

 orate entertainment. 



ROSE AND PEONY SHOW. PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



"Rose and peony show" rolls trip- 

 pingly ofl' the tongue, ergo the head- 

 ing; but it was really more of a peony 

 event, although there was an interest- 

 ing display of roses also. The rotunda 

 and the lower hall were well filled 

 with these, also with a fine showing 

 of hardy perennials, on the 4th inst. — 

 this being the annual June 'event of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Socie- 

 ty at Horticultural Hall. 



Joseph Hurley had a rich display of 

 twelve of the best of the sixty-five 

 varieties in the Hunter collection of 

 peonies. Some of the most charming 

 of the twelve we made a note of and 

 pass the list along: Marie Durex. 

 Mme. de Bettencourt. Mme. Farrell. 

 Etienne Mechin. Mme. Le Graye and 

 Livingston. A fine pink marked Duke 

 of Wellington in this collection was 

 shown at the next table by Dreer and 

 was a sulphur white. One of the finest 

 peonies in the show for size and beau- 

 ty was exhibited in another collection 

 and had no name on it at all. And 

 yet we profess to believe that a flower 

 show is held to educate the public. 

 Forget that. Flower shows are held 

 so that the gardeners may gather in 

 some prize money. No exhibit, how- 

 ever nieritorious,_ should get a premi- 



um unless properly named. Show 

 management that permits such crude- 

 ness and provincialism is open to criti- 

 cism. 



Samuel Batchelor exhibited in the 

 same class as Mr. Hurley and put up 

 a fine showing. Dreer had sixteen 

 handsome roses nearby but not for 

 .competition. One of the finest of 

 these was Agnes Mary Kelway. but it 

 was not shown at its best, the blooms 

 being rather passe. In the classes for 

 smaller quantities there was good 

 competition, there being from five to 

 six entries in each. The varieties, 

 however, were largely the same as in 

 those already mentioned, as was the 

 case also with the big mixed vases. 



In outdoor roses there was a fairly 

 good showing. William Robertson 

 staged thirty-seven varieties of hybrid 

 teas. Axel Lindroth twenty and David 

 Aiken forty-one varieties, for the Huey 

 prize. The gems in this competition 

 were white Killarney, Killarney Queen, 

 Caroline Testout, Mme. Segund Weber, 

 Ophelia, and General McArthur. 

 Among the lot was our old friend La 

 France — bull-nosed as ever. There 

 was only one showing for the Dreer 

 prize of twenty new H. T.'s, but that 

 one was fine and proved one of the 

 features of the exhibition. This was 

 staged by Robertson, one bloom of 

 each only, but enough to show the 

 beautiful novelties, as they were all 

 in splendid form and finish. Among 

 the notable ones were Bianca, Mrs. 

 F. Grey, Duchess of Sutherland, Wil- 

 lowmere. Earl Gosford, Marcella and 

 British Queen. The showing of H. 

 P's was very meagre. Jacqueminot, 

 Mrs. John I.aing. Captain Hayward. 

 and Prince Camille de Rohan being 

 about the only items to be seen. 



The display of hardy perennials was 

 very interesting, Robertson and Batch- 

 elor both staging fine collections. 

 Among the choicer items in this con- 

 nection were Siberian iris, gaillardia, 

 digitalis, oriental poppy, Spirea arun- 

 cus, dicentra, delphinium, pyrethrum. 

 coreopsis, aquilegia, valerian, eremu- 

 rus, and fraxinella. One of the seldom- 

 seen things was Clematis recta from a 

 bush six feet in diameter and five feet 

 high. This may be best described as 

 a bush C. paniculafa flowering from 

 June to August. A fine thing. I mean 

 to have one in my garden when I 

 make my fortune in the seed business 

 and retire to my farm. 



One of the features of the show was 

 an artistic staging by Thos. Meehan 

 & Sons of a few seasonable gems full 

 of interest. Mr. Matthews who had 

 charge of this exhibit is an artist at 

 staging. Pterostyrax hispldum (the 

 Japanese wistaria tree) was a revel- 

 ation to most of us. The parent tree 

 is now forty feet high and the young 

 ones for sale are so scarce, as yet, 

 that few of us know what a beautiful 

 thing this is. The real Styrax japonica 

 was also shown and a blush pink 

 seedling from same with smaller flow- 

 ers. Tamarix gallitzia. Phlox argil- 

 lacea. a silvery pink midway between 

 the subulata and decussata in flower- 

 ing. A new oriental poppy. Princess 

 Ena, Hemerrocallis Meehani, a new hy- 

 brid very large and very bright yel- 

 low, two fine varieties of Penzance 

 sweetbriars and a nice lot of Paul's 

 Carmine Pillar rose, were all notable 

 features of this small, but exceelingly 

 intei'esting exhibit. 



