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The Florists^ Review 



June 15, 1916. 



mcinhorsliij) now stands at 150, an in- 

 creasinj,' j)ercentagc beinjj amateurs. 



The treasurer's report, also presented 

 by the secretary, showed a casli bal- 

 ance of slightly over $],7U0, against 

 $1,577.78 last year. 



Officers Elected. 



It has become custom in the Peony 

 Society to reelect its quartette of otM- 

 cers, as follows: 



President — Bertrand II. Farr, Wyo- 

 missing, Pa. 



Vice-president — A. II. Fewkes, New- 

 ton Highlands, ]Mass. 



Treasurer — J. 11. Humphreys, I'hila- 

 delphia. 



ture "Collection of 100 named vari- 

 eties, one bloom of each." 



A directors' meeting was authorized 

 for midwinter to arrange for the Phila- 

 deipliia meeting, with a view to securing 

 increase<l 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 oflficial Amer- 



Siinone thevelu-r, IJirht Pink Modeste Guerin. Rose. 



Prize Winners in Class for Six Specimen Blooms at National Peony Show. 



Secretary — A. P. Saunders, Clinton, ican scale for judging cut blooms of 

 N. Y. the peony: 



.lames Bovd. an amateur, of Haver- Color 20 points 



ford, Pa., Vvas elected a director for S'/p r" J'"!"!" 



., ' i i 1 ii 1 i? T I StPin 2(» jmints 



three years- to take tlie ])lace ot .lohn Form ]r> points 



M. Gooii, of Springfield, 0., whoso term Substnnco l.T l)oints 



„ • , 11^ 11 Fragrnnci; 10 points 



expired. ' 



I'hiladelphia was selected for the Total loo points 



1917 meeting, in coiiper.-ition with the The Exhibition. 

 Juno show of the Pennsvh ania Horti- 

 cultural Societv. While the exhibition was smaller than 



Miscellaneous Business. 



!Mrs. Sarali A. Plcis, wlio was a i)io- 

 neer jioony s|)('ci;ilist in Indiana, now 

 resident at "Whittier, Cal., was idected 

 to hoiKn-ary membership, as was the 

 firm of Lemoine k, Son. Nancy. France. 



A \-ot(' of tlianks was s(Mit !Mrs. p]d- 

 ward Harding, for her jirize of $100 

 offered for a peony of American origin, 

 not yot ill coiihikmio. light cfdored, dou- 

 ble, to be awarded by the nomencla- 

 ture coii!!nitt(^(^ of the i'coiiy Society 

 to sucli .'I variety as the committee 

 would \visli to juit ill its list of best 

 sorts, open for coniiM'titioii until 19211 

 unless won before^ tliat date. 



Ufc mciiilicisliiii was (•r(\'it('d, tlit^ 

 fe(> to be .*2." and lo lie jdaced in a 

 ]ierni;inent fund. 



Acting on President I'arr's recom- 

 nu'iidatioii. tlio soricty voted to renew 

 i1s efToit to serine a complete ccdlection 

 nf v;irietics for the tri;il grounds at 

 Ailiiiu^du Farm, near "Washington, 

 \\liiili till' go\ (•rninent tnaintaiiis as the 

 Anioiiian Peony Society Collection. 



In tlic jiast file t;<ild medal first class 

 nil tlic I'lciiiium list lias called for a 

 rollec-tioii of not less than Piii varieties. 

 This was clian^M'd by the a<loption of a 

 resolution striking out tlie words "not 

 less lliaii."' so fliat it will read in fu- 



many of its predecessors, it neverthe- 

 less made an excellent showing in the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 

 It had received so little publicity that 

 the attendance was not largo, 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 dc Nemours, Marie Crousse 

 and Venus. 



The Awards. 



The awards in the open classes, where 

 trade growers only competed, were as 

 follows: 



t'olU'c! ion of not less tliiin loO niinipd varie- 

 tiis, one bloom of t'acli — B. H. Fair, Wyomis- 

 sinp, I'a., tirst. 



\ a^c or liaslii't of peonies, not less tlian 100 

 bl^'cnis. arraii;:('(l for cffoct — Cottase (Jardens 

 » o.. Qiipcns. X. v.. first: It. II. I''arr, socond. 



Twenty live Vi'.riotii'S, doiililc. three blixtnis of 

 each — (Jeorjie H. I'eterson. I'airlawn, N. J., fljst; 

 I'ottage Carileiis Co.. secoml: I!. II. Karr, third. 



C<]lleetion of single varieties — 15. H. Farr, 

 first. 



Twenty-five blooms, wliito or eream, dotible, 

 one variety — S. C. Harris. Tarrylowu, N. Y., 

 tirst and second: H. H. Karr, third. 



Twenty-five bkHJins. li^lit piiili or pink and 

 cream, donble. one variety — 15. II. Farr. first, 

 on Marguerite Gerard; Cottage Gardens Co., sec- 

 viiil: (leiUKe II. Peterson, tliii'd. 



Twenty-five blooms, darli pinlj. double, one 

 variety — Cottage CanU'iis Co.. first; S. ti. Har- 

 ris, second: 1'. H. Farr, tliird. 



Twenty-five blooms, red or crimson, double. 

 I'ne variety — Cottage Gtirdens Co., tirst; H. H. 

 I arr. si-eond. 



Six specimen blooms, double, any one variety 

 - George II. Peterson, first, on Simone Cheve- 

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



One specimen bloom, double, an.v variety — 

 IS. H. Farr. first: George II. Teterson, second; 

 S. <;. Harris, tiiird. 



In the regular amateur classes the 

 t'xiiiliitois and jtrize-winners were .lames 

 Boyd, Ilaverford, Pa.; A, L. GifTord, 

 Tarry town. 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. 



