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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 15. 1020 



cules, Loyalty, Blue Jacket, Bosabelle, 

 Mrs. Tom Jones, Dobbie's Cream, King 

 Manoel and E. F. Felton; second, Wil- 

 liam Noonan. 



A. J. Jenkins won the Weeber & Don 

 prize for three vases with Scarlet Em- 

 peror, Mascot "White and Doris; second, 

 William Noonan. 



The Henderson prizes for fifty sprays 

 of mixed Spencer peas went to A. J. 

 Jenkins, W. G. Taylor, Newport, R. I., 

 and E. H. Wetterlow, gardener for 

 Mrs. Lester Leland, Manchester, Mass. 



The Malvern Greenhouses special for 

 twenty-five sprays of Hercules went to 

 A. J. Jenkins. 



In the amateur classes, prizes were 

 divided between W. G. Taylor, Newport, 

 E. I.; Mrs. A. M. Forbes, Worcester, 

 Mass., and W. D. Blossom, Cliftondale, 

 Mass. The Garden Magazine special 

 went to W. G. Taylor, for Mrs. Tom 

 Jones. 



The James Vick's Sons gold medal 

 went to A. J. Jenkins. 



Burpee's Imposing Display. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 had a long, imposing stand tastefully 

 staged by George W. Kerr and his as- 

 sistants; most of the flowers, having 

 come from Doylestown, Pa., did not 

 stand up as long as the more local 

 flowers. Included in the 100 or more 

 varieties in this fine display were: 

 Barbara, Elegance, Elfrida Pearson, 

 Lavender Gem, Annie Bownass, The 

 President, Mavis, Floradale Fairy, 

 Lilian, Fiery Cross, Isobel Malcolm, 

 Hawlmark Pink, King White, Brocade, 

 Mrs. Tom Jones, Constance Hinton, 

 Edith Cavell, Eoyal Salute, Hercules, 

 Mrs. A. G. Gentle, La France, Warrior, 

 Mrs. Hugh Dickson, Beryl and Daisy- 

 bud. 



In the classes allotted to sweet peas 

 for the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society and calling for a vase of twenty- 

 five sprays of each color, A. J. Jenkins 

 led for white, with Constance Hinton; 

 second, E. H. Wetterlow, with King 

 White. For twenty-five crimson, A. J. 

 Jenkins won with The President, which 

 is really a scarlet; also for carmine, 

 with Eosabelle; second, E. H. Wetter- 

 low, with the same variety. For yellow, 

 Mr. Jenkins won with Dobbie's Cream, 

 and for blue with Blue Jacket; second, 

 Mrs. S. O. Riddle, Philadelphia. 



E. H. Wetterlow had the best blush 

 in Lady Evelyn Eyre, and also won for 

 deep pink with Hercules; second, A. J. 

 Jenkins, with Elfrida Pearson. For 

 orange, A. J. Jenkins won with Robert 

 Sydenham; second, Mrs. S. 0. Eiddle, 

 with Helen Lewis Spencer. 



E. F. Felton, from Mr. Jenkins, was 

 the best lavender; second, E. H. Wetter- 

 low with the s^me variety. Eoyal 

 Purple, from Messrs. Jenkins and Wet- 

 terlow, were the best vases of purple. 

 For maroon Mr. Jenkins was first, with 

 King Manoel; second, Mrs. S. 0. Eiddle, 

 with Othello Spencer. Mrs. C. W. 

 Breadmore, from Mr. Jenkins, was the 

 best picotee, and Loyalty, from Messrs. 

 Jenkins and Wetterlow, was the best 

 striped or flaked. For bicolor other 

 than picotee-edged, Mrs. H. Cuthbert- 

 son, from A. J. Jenkins, was the win- 

 ner. The amateur prizes drew a good 

 competition. The leading winners were 

 Mrs. Alice M. Forbes, Walter D. Blos- 

 som, W. G. Taylor and J. A. Raddin. 



Other Flowers Shown. 



Hillcrest Gardens had the best dis- 

 play of cut rambler roses. Mrs. C. F. 



Upham, H. L. F. Naber and Hillcrest 

 Gardens had the best collections of 

 native plants. 



The Blue Hill Nurseries received a 

 silver medal for a grand collection of 

 astilbes, some of the most striking being 

 Brunhilde, Rose Pearl, Queen of Hol- 

 land, Rubens, Ceres, America, Vesta, 

 Kriemhilde, Pyramide, Juno, Venus and 

 Siegfried. The same firm received a 

 first-class certificate for a new hybrid 

 lily, Philadelphianum x bulbif erum, and 

 honorable mention for the fine white 

 delphinium, Mrs. Eric Wetterlow. 



Thomas Roland had a table of ex- 

 cellent forms of cypripediums, an ex- 

 cellent form of C. Harrisianum superb- 

 um receiving a certificate of merit. A 

 similar award went to E. H. Wetterlow 

 for the fine new yellow tuberous be- 

 gonia, Frau Hellen Harms. W. N. 

 Craig received honorable mention for 

 aii early white Phlox paniculata, bloom- 

 ing earlier than Miss Lingard. Iris- 

 thorpe Farm received the same for a 

 display of Japanese iris, and Thomas 

 Roland a similar award for cypripe- 

 diums. 



E. H. Wetterlow had a fine table of 

 hardy roses on long stems, and Henry 

 Stewart, gardener for Miss C. Warren, 

 had a long table filled with splendidly 

 flowered specimens of Oncidium flex- 

 uosum, also Japanese iris. 



Albert 0. Burrage, for whom Douglas 

 Ecclestone is superintendent, staged a 

 splendid group of orchids in about 100 

 varieties. Included were groups of fine 

 cattleyas like Dowiana and gigas, hand- 

 some odontoglossums, oncidiums, cyp- 

 ripediums, ondontiodas, Stauropsis Bate- 

 manii, lycastes, brassavolas, brassias 

 and other species, all finely flowered. 

 First-class certificates were awarded to 

 Odontoglossum Hyeanum and Cattleya 

 Rhoda. 



The judges of the American Sweet 

 Pea Society classes were: William C. 

 Rust, James Methven and W. H. Golby. 

 The Burpee exhibit received the gold 

 medal offered in class 19. A. J. Jen- 

 kins won first for display in class 16, 

 a silver cup, with fifty splendid vases. 



Visitors. 



Among visitors from a distance noted 

 at the exhibition were: George W. 

 Kerr, Doylestown, Pa.; David A. Bur- 

 pee, Philadelphia; W. A. Sperling, New 

 York; J. S. Hay and Hosea Waterer, 

 Philadelphia; J. I. Ammand and George 

 Ammand, Glen Riddle, Del.; W. G. Tay- 

 lor and William Gray, Newport, R. I.; 

 Allen J. Jenkins, Shrewsbury, Mass.; 

 T. A. Weston, New York; Edward C. 

 Vick, Newark, N. J.; A. F. Faulkner, 

 New York; Eobert Kift, Philadelphia; 

 George W. Goold, Sussex, N. B. 



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AMEBICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETT. 



Annual Meeting. 



The American Sweet Pea Society held 

 its annual meeting at Horticultural hall, 

 Boston, July 10, in conjunction with 

 its annual show and the exhibition of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Socie- 

 ty. There was a moderate attendance. 



The oflScers elected for the coming 

 year are as follows: 



President — W. A. Sperling, New 

 York. 



Vice-president — David Burpee, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Secretary — E. C. Vick, Newark, N. J. 



Treasurer — William Sim, Cliftondale, 

 Mass. 



Executive committee — James Stew- 

 art, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; John H. Stal- 

 ford, Bar Harbor, Me.; William Noonan, 

 Locust Valley, N. Y.; T. W. Weston, 

 New York, and William Gray, Newport, 

 E. L 



The meeting place for 1921 will be 

 decided upon later. 



President Kerr's Address. 



President Kerr in his official address 

 spoke as follows: 



"It is again my privilege and pleasure 

 as president of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society to welcome the members present 

 to this the twelfth annual meeting and 

 exhibition of our society. It is always 

 a pleasure to come to Boston; any meet- 

 ing of horticulturists held here is in- 

 variably a meeting of enthusiasts. 

 Although our last show here brought, 

 out many excellent exhibits, yet it fdll 

 considerably short of the numbers we 

 had at our 1912 and 1913 exhibitions 

 in the same hall. There are, however. 



a number of reasons for this falling 

 away of exhibitors, and it is, I know, 

 not due to any lack of interest in the 

 flower, but may be traced directly to 

 the abnormal conditions prevailing gen- 

 erally throughout the country. Then 

 again, many growers who had intended 

 exhibiting were unable to do so on ac- 

 count of the backward spring. These 

 conditions have again been duplicated 

 this year. Lack of help in the gardens, 

 supplemented by unseasonable weather, 

 has had much to do with the falling 

 off which is so noticeable in looking 

 round the show. 



"In spite of our rather poor ex- 

 hibitions during the last four years our 

 society has been holding its own finan- 

 cially, and this is a matter on which 

 we must congratulate ourselves. If we 

 can only hold our own for a time, there 

 is no doubt that conditions generally 

 will sooner or later be so improved that 

 we may expect the old time enthusiasm 

 and so more spirited competition. 



Marked Improvement^ 



"However, even though our exhi- 

 bitions have not of late brought for- 

 ward the number of exhibits we would 

 expect and rejoice to see, yet the quality 

 of the flowers presented has on the 

 whole been wonderful and a great ad- 

 vance on those shown at the earlier 

 exhibitions of our society. Improved 

 methods of culture and the introduction 

 of new and superior varieties no doubt 

 accounts for this improvement. The 

 wonderful varieties offered during the 

 last two years should still further add 

 to the interest taken in the queen of 

 annuals. As it is, more space is devoted 

 by our seed growers to this flower than 

 perhaps all other flowers put together. 



