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JUNB 17, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



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AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting at Beading. 



In more ways than one it was a warm 

 welcome wliich the city of Reading gave 

 the American Peony Society Thursday 

 and Friday, June 10 and 11. The ther-» 

 niometer began to climb Thursday morn- 

 ]ng and before the convention closed the 

 "pretzel city" was one of the hottest 

 places in the country, the mercury 

 marking weH up into the nineties. In 

 spite of this, there was a fairly cool 

 breeze and the members and visitors 

 enjoyed themselves as well as could be 

 expected. 



Officers Reelected. 



The business sessions of the associa- 

 tion were taken up with the usual reu- 

 tinc details. In the election of officers 

 for 1920-21, there was no opposition and 

 the executives of last year were re- 

 elected, as follows: President, Lee R. 

 Bonnewitz, Van Wert, O.; honorary 

 president, C. W. Ward, Eureka, Cal.; 

 vice-president, A. H. Fewkes, Newton 

 Highlands, Mass.; secretary, A. P. 

 Saunders, Clinton, N. Y., and treasurer, 

 A. H. Scott, Front and Market streets, 

 Chester, Pa. The board of directors for 

 tlie new year' includes the president, 

 vice-president, secretary and treasurer, 

 ex-officio, and B. H. Farr, R. T. Brown 

 and T. A. Havemeyer. 



Exhibition Fully Successful. 



The exhibition of cut blooms, which 

 was probably the finest ever held by the 

 society, was staged at the Hotel Berk- 

 shire. Last fall, when the committee 

 was casting about for a place to hold 

 tlie exhibition. Manager Kline told the 

 representatives that he would be glad 

 to have them use the hotel, that "they 

 could go the limit and have the whole 

 building if necessary." As a result, 

 peonies filled the main lobby, the dining 

 room and the grillroom of the Berk- 

 shire. There were peonies in vases, 

 peonies in jardinieres, peonies in bas- 

 kets and even peonies in the button- 

 lioles of the waiters. 



The Chief Exhibits. 



The outstanding feature of the exhi- 

 bition was a superb specimen bloom of 

 I-e Cygne, exhibited bv Movilla Gar- 

 •lens, Haverford, Pa. The bloom was 

 •mniense, white and dazzling in its 

 I'urity of color. 



Six specimens of the double white 

 "iibilce were exhibited by Lee R. Bonne- 

 \^itz and wore awarded first prize in 

 'Ills class. M"". Bonnewitz also received 

 I'rst j)rize for three blooms of Thcrese 

 '"Hi a number of other valuable awards. 



Another blue ribbon winner was the 

 Viiriety La France, rose pink, a new 

 V<^'ony originated and introduced by E. 

 -^^- Buchlcy, Oreenville, O. 



One hundred named varieties ex- 

 '"'•ited by Movilla Gardens attracted 

 "'uch attention and received a blue 

 c-ard. 



Jn the center of the lobby was a»- 

 ranged an immense basket of twenty- 

 ^'ve blooms, exhibited by Mrs. George 



S. Pomeroy, of Reading. To this group 

 was awarded the Reading Chamber of 

 Commerce silver cup for the most artis- 

 tic arrangement. 



The judges included: For the open 

 classes — A. P. Saunders, Clinton, N. Y.; 

 Winthrop H. Thurlow, West Newbury, 

 Mass., and Harry A. Norton, Ayers Cliff, 

 Quebec, Ont. For the amateur classes — 

 James Boyd, Haverford, Pa.; R. T. 

 Brown, Queens, L. I., and B. H. Farr, 

 Wyomissing, Pa. 



Prize-Winners. 



Besides the winners in the advanced 

 amateur and novice amateur classes, 

 there were the following prize-winners 

 in the open classes: 



Collection of not more than 100 named va- 

 rieties, double, one bloom of each — James Boyd, 

 Haverford, I*a., first award, American Peony- 

 Society gold medal and $50. Second and third 

 classes, no award. 



Collection of ten varieties, double, three 

 blooms of each — James Boyd, first; E. M. Buch- 

 ley, Greenville. O., second. 



Collection of single varieties, one bloom of 

 each — Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, L. I., first; 

 L. R. Bonnewitz, Van Wert, O., second. 



No award was made in the exhibition of 

 Japanese varieties, one bloom of each. 



Twenty blooms, white or cream, double, one 

 variety — Cottage Gardens Co., first; E. M. Buch- 

 ley, second. 



Twenty blooms, light pink or pink and cream, 

 doiil)le, one variety — Cottage Gardens Co., first. 



Twenty blooms, dark pink, double, one va- 

 riety — Cottage Gardens Co., first. -^ 



Twenty blooms, red or crimson, double, one " 

 variety — E. M. Buchley, first. 



Six specimen blooms, double, any variety — 

 L. R. Bonnewitz, first; B. M. Buchley, second. 



One specimen bloom, double, any variety — 

 James Boyd, first; L. R, Bonnewitz. second. 



Collection of new varieties, introduced since 

 1905 — James Boyd, first award. Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society silver medal and $15; 

 L. R. Bonnewitz, second. 



Prizes of $2 each were awarded for the 

 best vlises of not more than three blooms each 

 of the following varieties: Therese, L. R. Bon- 

 newitz; M. Martin Cahusac, L. H. Bonnewitz: 

 M. Jules EUe, Mrs. Haldeman O'Conner. Ilarris- 

 burg; Festiva Maxima, Miss Alice Bonnewitz. 



For the most artistic arrangement of not more 

 than twenty-five peonies in a vase, dome or 



basket. — Mrs. George S. Pomeroy, "Wernersvllle, 

 Pa., first. 



In the seedling class and the class in which 

 the Harrison memorial prize of $100 was offered 

 for a new yellow peony, there were no awards. 



1921 FLOWER SHOW. 



Preliminary Schedule Sent Out. 



The preliminary schedule has been 

 sent out for the eighth international 

 flower show, which is to be held March 

 14 to 20, 1921, at the Grand Central 

 Palace, New York, under the auspices 

 of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York and the New York Florists' Club. 

 Besides the classes for private growers, 

 there are classes for commercial grow- 

 ers in plants in flower, palms and foliage 

 plants, ferns, bulbous plants, orchid 

 plants, cut orchids and roses in pots sthd 

 tubs. 



One notable feature is the special, 

 open class for the best development of 

 a garden covering 1,000 sqjrfare feet, 

 with great latitude as to^tne type of 

 garden and kind of exhibjfts. A special 

 sweepstakes prize of a500 will be 

 awarded for the best exhibit and an 

 additional $4,000 has been appropriated 

 for this class. The first four entries 

 will have the preference in the allot- 

 ment, as the space is limited. There 

 "^i^l also be a challenge cup to be com- 

 pel^d-fer-tty garden clubs. 



The Committees. 



The flower show committee consists 

 of the following: T. A. Havemeyer, 

 chairman; John Young, 43 West Eight- 

 eenth street. New York, secretary; 

 Frederic R. Newbold, treasurer; F. L. 

 Atkins, John Canning, W. H. Duckham, 

 A. M. Henshaw, Arthur Herrington, 

 Joseph A. Manda, A. L. Miller, F. W. 



President of the American Peony Society in his Gardens, at Van Wert, Ohio. 



