June 19, 1919. 



The Florists' Review 



11 



duty it would be to sell it, cheaply if 

 need be, where it would be used, but not 

 resold. 



As the continued discussion seemed 



likely to accomplish no more than to 

 afford a vent for pent up feelings, a 

 motion was made and carried referring 

 the department store and all related 



questions to a join meeting of the execu- 

 tive boards of the three organizations, 

 growers', wholesalers' and retailers', 

 who will meet June 24. 



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PEONY 10ROWERS MEET 



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THE ANNUAL "CONVENTION. 



Officers Eldcted. 



At the annual business meeting of 

 the American Peony Society, held at De- 

 troit during the evening of June 17, 

 the following officers were elected: 



President — Lee E. Bonnewitz, ama- 

 teur, of Van "Wert, 0. 



Vice-president — Arthur H. Fewkes, 

 professional, Newton Highlands, Mfiss., 

 reelected. 



Secretary — Prof. A. P. Saunders, 

 scientific breeder, Clinton, N. Y., re- 

 elected. 



Treasurer — A. H. Scott, amateur. Oak 

 Lane, Pa., reelected. 



On invitation of Ex-President B. H. 

 Farr, it was voted to hold the 1920 meet- 

 ing at Beading, Pa., at the height of the 

 season at Mr. Farr's nursefy at the 

 neighboring town of Wyomissing, where, 

 Mr. Farr said, he would be able to show 

 thirty acres of 5-year-old plants. Many 

 of those who heard him had not sup- 

 posed such a stock exists anywhere in 

 the world and they agreed it will be 

 worth seeing. 



An Informal Affair. 



' ' Convention ' ' is almost too formal a 

 word to describe a meeting of the Peony 

 Society. It was a gathering of a couple 

 of dozen enthusiasts, amateur and pro- 

 fessional, to talk their hobby. Presi- 

 dent Boyd was absent an^~^ice-presi- 

 dent Fewkes occupied the chair. Treas- 

 urer Scott also was unable to come, but 

 sent his report. Secretary Saunders 

 showed a gain of forty members since 

 the Cleveland meeting a year ago. 



The federal quarantine, shutting out 

 .peonies, was denounced. The society 

 already had sent its protest to Wash- 

 ington. 



Visitors. 



The following were the visitors from 



out of town: 



Baumann, Jacob, Birmlnghain. Mich. 

 Bonnewitz, L. R., wife and daughter, Van 

 Wert, Ohio. 

 Brown, P. C. W., Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Bueehly, E. M., Greenville, Ohio. 

 Dackray, T. D., Toronto, Ont. 

 EmsUe, Reuben, Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Farr, B. H., WyomissinR, Pa. 

 Fewkes, A. H., Newton Highlands, Mass. 

 George, E. B., Painesville, Ohio. 

 Hubbard, C. W., Chicago. 

 Knoble, Herman P., Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Little, Harry F., Goodland, Ind. 

 Morton, James, Chicago. 

 Peterson, W. A., Chicago. 

 Saunders, A. P., Clinton. N. T. 

 Saunders, W. E., London, Ont. 

 Thurlow, Geo. C, West Newbury, Mass. 

 Thurlow, Winthrop, West Newbury, Mass. 

 Vinson, M. A., Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Wassenberg, Chas. F., and wife. Van Wert, O. 

 Weage, D. E., and wife. Coldwater, Mich. 

 WllliamB, W. D., Van Wert, Ohio. 



THE PEONY EXHIBITION. 



the late date that Lee B. Bonnewitz 

 called their atteiition to the opportunity 

 the Peony Society offered, there is a 

 show which enthuses the people of that 

 flower-loving city. President J. F. Sul- 

 livan, of the Detroit Florists' Club, took 

 charge and the arrangements were ideal. 

 The show was staged in the hall of the 

 Board of Commerce building and at- 

 tracted thousands of visitors. 



As an exhibition of peonies it never 

 has been excelled. There were about 

 5,000 blooms set up the first day and a 

 considerable quantity of late arrivals 

 were added the second day. The flowers 

 had traveled unusually well and for 

 quality the show was considered the 

 best of the seventeen the society has 

 held. 



Peonies by tlie Carload. 



No exhibitor ever made an effort to 

 compare with the enterprise of T. C. 



The Editor is pleased when 

 a Reader presents his ideas 

 on .any subject treated in 



As experience is the best 

 teacher, so do we learn - 

 fastest by an exchange of 

 experiences. Many valuable 

 points are brou^t out by 

 discussion. 



Oood penmanship, spellins and 

 grammar, though desirable, are not 

 necessary. Write as you would talk 

 when doing your best. 



WE SHALL BE CLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM YOU 



A Splendid Display. 



When the Detroit florists put their 

 shoulders to the wheel, as they always 

 do for trade affairs and as thev did at 



Thurlow 's Sons Co., of West Newbury, 

 Mass. This concern paid $277 for the 

 use of a refrigerated express car in 

 which to bring 2,000 blooms to the show. 

 In addition, they put into the car eight 

 tons of ice at their own expense. But 

 the result was the flowers traveled per- 

 fectly and the prize list shows the Thur- 

 low name in many places. As the date 

 was a little early for West Newbury, 

 a second express shipment of 1,000 

 blooms came after the judging and was 

 added to the general display for the 

 second day. 



The Thurlows were the largest com- 

 mercial exhibitors, but B. H. Farr, of 

 Wyomissing, Pa.; D. W. C. Buff, of St. 

 Paul, and Albert Pochelon, of the Bemb 

 Floral Co., Detroit, each showed well. 



The semi-professional growers, those 

 who have large collections and large 

 stocks, ran the commercial men a close 



race in the open classes. Lee E. Bon- 

 newitz and Prof. A. P. Saunders were 

 large exhibitors and for general inter- 

 est their blooms were a feature of the- 

 show. Another amateur who was well 

 to the front was Wm. McClellan, of 

 Saginaw. 



A complete list of the exhibitors is as 

 follows: 



Mrs. Herman Schmidt, Detroit. 

 O. A. Bisk, Cleveland. 

 Harvey Eckenbarry, Van Wert, O. 

 Rowancroft Gardens, Meadowvale, Ont. 

 Will McClellan, Saginaw, Mich. 

 Joseph A. Schulte, Detroit. 

 Alice Bonnewitz, Van Wert, O. 

 D. W. C. Ruff, St. Paul, Minn. 

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

 L. Bemb Floral Co., Detroit. 

 Dr. Neeley, Paulding, O. 

 Jacob Baumann, Birmingham, Mich. 

 Lee R. Bonnewitz, Van Wert, O. 

 B. H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa. 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co., West Newbury, 

 Mass. 

 Mrs. Leonora Kudner, Lapeer, M^ch, 



Seedlings and ilovelties. ^ 



Your real enthusiast is less interested 

 in quality flowers of the older varieties 

 than he is in the newer things and the 

 seedlings at Detroit were a center of 

 attrflction. The new ones were prin- 

 cipally from Prof. Saunders. His Grace 

 McLean, which took the prize for the 

 best undisseminated variety of Ameri- 

 can origin and also was given an award 

 of merit, is a pink of promise by com- 

 parison with standard sorts. His Grace 

 Loomis is a white of large size com- 

 parable with No. 35, the Shaylor peony 

 which achieved fame last year by win- 

 ning the long-standing Harding prize 

 for an American peony * ' of outstanding 

 merit." His Immortelle also was note- 

 worthy. Mr. Farr had a good one in 

 No. 6, receiving honorable mention. 



Conspicuous varieties of recent 

 American origin included Longfellow 

 (Brand). Walter Faxon (Hollis) and 

 Milton Hill (Richardson). E. B. Brown- 

 ing and Martha Bulloch, both Brand 

 varieties, made new friends. 



Jubilee (Pleas) and Lady Alexandra 

 Duff (Kelway), top-notchers last "year, 

 did not show up so well in this exhibi- 

 tion. 



Kelway 's Glorious, white, among the 

 Saunders exhibits, will be watched. It 

 is well named. Another little known 

 variety of distinct character is Solange, 

 waxy white, with an overtone center 

 variously described as reddish gold, Ha- 

 vana brown, or coffee tinted. 



D. E. Weage, of Coldwater, Mich., at- 

 tracted attention with a vase of Mi- 

 kado, Japanese red. 



Of the older varieties. M. Martin 

 Cahuzac still stands as a challenge to 

 the reds and M. Jules Elie holds its own 

 among pinks. 



For sheer perfection of flower Therese 

 stood out in every collection and added 

 to its steadily widening reputation as a 

 choice exhibition pink. 



The Awards. 



The premium list was divided into 

 three sections, one open to both com- 



