June 2t;. 1920 



II () irn CULTUKE 



11 



PEONY SHOW IN BOSTON 

 While three days of rain made it 

 dilticult to get a good (•ollection ot 

 flowers for exliibitton at thi> I'l'oiiy 

 Show at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 last Saturday and Sunday, neverthe- 

 less a very good showing was made 

 and was enjoyed by a large number 

 of people. 



In addition to the peonies, there 

 were two exhibits of orchids, one 

 made by .Mr. A. C. Burrage of Beverly, 

 continuing the series ot displays he 

 has been making this season. Mr. 

 Burrage is certainly doing a fine 

 piece of work In all these e.xhihitions 

 which are proving a magnet for llow- 

 er lovers In large numbers, and whicli 

 are remarkable, not only tor the (lual- 

 ity of the flowers themselves, but also 

 for the superb way in which thoy are 

 staged. 



In the larger hall .Mr. Butterworth, 

 of Framingham. also had an orchid 

 exhibit, which was confined exclu- 

 sively to Miltonias. It was the best 

 display of the kind ever made in Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, and Mr. Butterworth 

 was overwhelmed with congratula- 

 tions. 



The list of prizes and gratuities 

 awarded follow: 



Theodore Lyman Fund No. 2 



Herbaceous Peonies.— ritlleotiim of 20 

 uamed varieties, double, one flower ot eaeli : 

 1st. George N. Smith; 2n<l. T. C. Thinlow's 

 Sons. Ine. Collection of ten nameil varie- 

 ties. doul>le. one flower of eacli : 1st. Ar- 

 thur H. Fewkes. Specimen bloom. doul)le; 

 1st. George N. Smith. Mnus. .Tules Kiie; 

 2nd. Mrs. Percy G. Brown. Mnie. I'alot. 

 Collection of twelve named varieties, sin- 

 gle, one bloom of each : 1st. T. C. Tliiir- 

 low's Sons, Inc.; 2nil. McKissocI; Ganleus. 



For non-commercial growers only. — (_'ol- 

 lectlon of twelve named varieties, double, 

 one flower of each: 1st, Itobert C. Morse. 

 Collection of twelve blofnns. Pinlv, one or 

 more varii-ties: 1st. Kobert C. Morse. Col- 

 lection of twelve blooms, white, one or 

 more varieties: 1st. Kobert C. Morse 



The American Peony Society's Meilal. — 

 For the largest ami best collection of Peo- 

 nies: T. C. Thurlow's Sons. Inc. 



(Jold Medal: .T. T. Butterworth, superior 

 cultivation of Mlltonia vexillaria varieties. 



Silver Medal : A. C. Burrage, specimen 

 plant of Cattleya Mossiae. 



Honorable Mention: T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons. Inc.. seedling Peony No. I: Hillcrest 

 Gardens, si-v varieties of wild flowers from 

 South Africa. 



Vote of Thanks : Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 display of hardy Roses. Poppies and Car- 

 nations; Hillcrest Gardens, collection of 

 hardy perennials and shrubs: Mrs Hett.v 



K. Farr, Begonia Betty Farr; Miss Come- 

 lla Warren. Oncldium crlspum and Hy- 

 drangea otaksa. 



Gratuity; McKlssock tJanlens. displav 

 of Peonies. 



Cultural Certllicate; Hillcrest Gardens, 

 display of vegetables and fruit. 



A RAINY DAY AT HILLCREST 

 Word came in the morning that one 

 boy was ill at home with the mumiis. 

 We did not want the other boys to be 

 ill,. so kept them in out of the rain. 

 They had cut up the rhubarb for can- 

 ning and were waiting for the pine- 

 apples and sugar to come. 



W'e look the time, for reading the 

 observation papers the boys had 

 written earlier in the morning. Some 

 spoke of the calasoma beetle they 

 had seen running quickly up the trees. 

 Another wrote of a calasoma beetle 

 he had noticed in a cold frame, which 

 beetle was covered with little red 

 spiders. Another paper contained 

 this account of the depredations of 

 the gypsy caterpillars. 



"While I was spraying last Thurs- 

 day I noticed particularly the way 

 that some ot the young pines were 

 eaten by the caterpillars. I did 

 not know before the pines were 

 touched by caterpillars but I think 

 those insects will eat anything that 

 is tender and it was the young needles 

 just sprouted on the ends of the 

 twigs which were infested. 



"I think that when the gypsy moth 

 is brought fully under control our 

 woods will be fine looking, without 

 holes In the leaves." 



This paper shows that we need to 

 give a study hour to the difference 

 between worms and insects. It also 

 shows that the boys are taught to 

 use their eyes. In talking with one of 

 the older boys about his lite at Hill- 

 crest, he said: 



"Why, I care so much more about 

 nature than do the other boys I meet. 

 Do you remember the afternoon when 

 we boys all climbed up into an apple- 

 tree with Mr. Wilfrid Wheeler. I have 

 known how to graft an appletree ever 

 since I saw him do it. Then there 

 was the day we hived a swarm ot 

 bees on the farm 1 helped another 



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boy to hive a swarm of bees after 

 that. I knew how to do it." 



This morning a boy had written 

 an n instead ot an m in his paper, 

 that little error led to an interesting 

 talk about the alphabet, ot how it had 

 come down to us through the ages. 

 Of how in the Mohammedan countries 

 the script differed from ours, being 

 more ornamental and in those coun- 

 tries where the sentiment of the peo- 

 ple was averse to depicting lite in any 

 form, their buildings were decorated 

 often by inscriptions. 



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Hillcrest Gardens. June 21st, 1920, 



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