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The Florists' Review 



JUMK 15, 1916. 



membership now stands at 150, an in- 

 creasing percentage being amateurs. 



The treasurer's report, also presented 

 by the secretary, showed a cash bal- 

 ance of slightly over $1,700, against 

 $1,577.78 last year. 



Officers Elected. 



It has become custom in the Peony 

 Society to reelect its quartette of offi- 

 cers, as follows: 



President — Bertrand H. Farr, Wyo- 

 missing. Pa. 



Vice-president — A. H. Fewkes, New- 

 ton Highlands, Mass. 



Treasurer — J. H. Humphreys, Phila- 

 delphia. 



ture *' Collection of 100 named vari- 

 eties, one bloom of each." 



A directors' meeting was authorized 

 for midwinter to arrange for the Phila- 

 delphia meeting, with a view to securing 

 increased attendance and more numer- 

 ous entries. 



The secretary was authorized to pub- 

 lish two bulletins in the coming year, 

 the same as in the preceding year. 



No action was taken following a dis- 

 cussion relative to admitting garden 

 clubs as annual or life members. 



' Scale of Points. 



At this meeting the society adopted 

 the following as the first official Amer- 



Simon* Cheveller, Light Pink Modesto Ouerin, Rose. 



Prize \7lnners in Qass for Six Specimen Blooms at National Peony Show. 



Secretary — A. P. Saunders, Clinton, 

 N. Y. 



James Boyd, an amateur, of Haver- 

 ford, Pa., was elected a director for 

 three years to take the place of John 

 M. Good, of Springfield, O., whose term 

 expired. 



Philadelphia was selected for the 

 1917 meeting, in cooperation with the 

 June show of the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas, who was a pio- 

 neer peony specialist in Indiana, now 

 resident at Whittier, Cal., was elected 

 to honorary membership, as was the 

 firm of Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France. 



A vote of thanks was sent Mrs. Ed- 

 ward Harding, for her prize of $100 

 offered for a peony of American origin, 

 not yet in commerce, light colored, dou- 

 ble, to be awarded by the nomencla- 

 ture committee of the Peony Society 

 to such a variety as the committee 

 would wish to put in its list of best 

 sorts, open for competition until 1920 

 unless won before that date. 



Life membership was created, the 

 fee to be $25 and to be placed in a 

 permanent fund. 



Acting on President Farr's recom- 

 mendation, the society voted to renew 

 its effort to secure a complete collection 

 of varieties for the trial grounds at 

 Arlington Farm, near Washington, 

 which the government maintains as the 

 American Peony Society Collection. 



In the past tlae gold medal first class 

 on the premium list has called for a 

 collection of not less than 100 varieties. 

 This was changed by the adoption of a 

 resolution striking out the words "not 

 less than," so that it will read in fu- 



ican scale for judging cut blooms of 

 the peony: 



Color 20 points 



size 20 points 



Stem 20 points 



Form 15 points 



Substance 15 points 



Fragrance 10 points 



Total 100 points 



The Exhibition. 



. While the exhibition was smaller than 



many of its predecessors, it neverthe- 

 less made an e:^cellent showing in the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 

 It had received so little ^publicity that 

 the attendance was not large, even 

 after the weather cleared, and at first 

 it was handicapped by rains. The qual- 

 ity of the blooms was never better; 

 while the season has been backward, 

 the conditions seem to have favored the 

 peony, for the flowers were fine. The 

 collection of James Boyd, Philadelphia 

 amateur, was specially commendable. 



Nothing new developed. There was 

 no award in any of the three classes 

 for new varieties. The best blooms in 

 the show were Kelway's Glorious, Mar- 

 guerite Gerard, Germaine Bigot, Tou- 

 rangelle, Humei carnea, Albatre, Mrs. 

 Pleas' Jubilee, La Tendresse, Primevere, 

 Duchesse de Nemours, Marie Crousse 

 and Venus. 



The Awards. 



The awards in the open classes, where 

 trade growers only competed, were as 

 follows: 



Collection of not less than 100 named varie- 

 ties, one bloom of each — B. H. Farr, Wyomia- 

 slng. Pa., first. -- 



Vase or basket of peonies, not less than 100 

 blooms, arranged for eftect — Cottage Gardens 

 Co.. Queens, N. Y., first; B. H. Farr, second. 



Twenty-five varieties, double, three blooms of 

 each — George H. Peterson, Fairlawn, N. J., flist; 

 Cottage Gardens Co., second; B. H. Farr, third. 



Collection of single varieties — B. H. Farr, 

 first. 



Twenty-five blooms, white or cream, double, 

 one variety — S. G. Harris, Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 first and second; B. H. Farr, third. 



Twenty-five blooms, light pink or pink and 

 oream, double, one variety — B. H. Farr, first, 

 on Marguerite Gerard; Cottage Gardens Co., sec- 

 ond; George H. Peterson, third. 



Twenty-five blooms, dark pink, double, one 

 variety — Cottage Gardens Co., first; S. G. Har- 

 ris, second; E. H. Farr, third. 



Twenty-five blooms, red or crimson, double, 

 one rariety^^ottage Gardens Co., first; B. H. 

 rarr. second. 



Six specimen blooms, double, any one variety 

 —George H. Peterson, first, on Slmone Cheve- 

 lier; S. G. Harris, second, on Modeste Guerin. 



One specimen bloom, double, any variety — 

 B. H. Farr, first; George H. Peterson, second; 

 S. O. Harris, third. 



In the regular amateur classes the 

 exhibitors and prize-winners were James 

 Boyd, Haverford, Pa.; A. L. Gifford, 

 Tarrytown, Pa., and Prof. A. P. Saun- 

 ders, Clinton, N. Y. In the "limited 

 amateur" classes the exhibitors and 



Peony Marguerite Gerard> Premium Winner in Light Pink. 



