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The Florists^ Review 



Jvvu 0, 1921 



PEONY SHOW 



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PEONY SHOW AT BOSTON. 



June 18 and 19. 



Those interested in peonies now have 

 all their thoughts turned to Boston, 

 where the eighteenth annual exhibition 

 of the American Peony Society, in co- 

 operation with the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, will be held at Hor- 

 ticultural hall, Boston, Saturday and 

 Sunday, June 18 and 19, 



The business meeting, preceded by 

 the usual banquet, will be held on Sat- 

 urday evening, June 18, in the banquet 

 room of Horticultural hall. Those who 

 intend to take part in the banquet will 

 please notify the local committee as 

 soon as possible on Saturday, or before. 



As there is no hotel conveniently 

 near the hall, headquarters will be at 

 Horticultural hall, which can be 

 reached by taking any outward bound 

 Huntington avenue car. The following 

 hotels are located within easy reach of 

 these cars: Hotel Lenox, Copley Plaza, 

 Hotel Vendomc, Hotel Brunswick, Hotel 

 Touraine and the Parker House. 



Premiums. 



The big exhibit will be that which is 

 to receive the American Peony So- 

 ciety's gold medal and $50. This will 

 be for a collection of not more than 100 

 named varieties, double and one bloom 

 of each. There will be second and third 

 prizes. Then there will be prizes rang- 

 ing from $6 to $15 for the best in the 

 following groups: Collection of ten 

 named varieties, double and three 

 blooms of each; twenty blooms, double, 

 named, white or cream and of one va- 

 riety; twenty blooms, double, named, 

 light pink or pink and cream and of one 

 variety; twenty blooms, double, named, 

 dark pink and of one variety; twenty 

 blooms, double, red or crimson, named 

 and of one variety; six specimen 

 blooms, double, named and of any va- 

 riety; one specimen bloom, double, 

 named and of any variety; collection 

 of new varieties introduced since 1905; 

 ten prizes, one for the best bloom of 

 each of the following varieties: La 

 France, La Lorraine, Kelway's Queen, 

 Miss Salway, Bayadere, Marie Stuart, 

 Venus, Eugene Verdier, Eugenie Ver- 

 dier and Mont Blanc, and honorable 

 mention will be given for any new 

 seedlings. 



Some Special Prizes. 



There will also be some special prizes, 

 as follows: 



The Harrison memorial prize, for a 

 new yellow peony, was founded by L. R. 

 Bonnewitz. At least six blooms must 

 be shown, and the winning variety must 

 be better than any variety now in com- 

 merce. The winning variety is to be 

 named C. S. Harrison. The prize is $100, 

 and the competition is to bo open unt^l 

 July 15, 1924, unless the prize is 

 awarded before that date. 



The Sisson memorial prize, for a new 

 pink peony, was founded by W. A. 

 Sisson, of Rosendale, Wis., in honor of 

 his mother, Pamelia Sisson, whose name 

 will be given to the winning variety. 



The prize is $100, and the winning va- 

 riety must be a delicate pink, touched 

 with lavender, and not before intrp- 

 duced into commerce. The competitioh^ 

 will be open until July 15, 1925, unless ^ 

 the prize is awarded before that date. - 



The J. A. Taylor prize is for a seed- 

 ling, herbaceous peony of special merit 

 and of distinctive color. The prize is 

 $100. 



The W. W. Cook prize of $25 is for a 

 seedling peony of the Japanese type 

 and of special merit and distinctive 

 color. 



The silver medal offered by the Gar- 

 den Club is for the best display of seed- 

 ling, herbaceous peonies, all varieties to 

 have been original with the exhibitor. 



The Judges. 



The judges of the exhibits will be: 

 For the open classes, Harry A. Norton, 

 Quebec; Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing, 

 Pa., and A. H. Scott, Philadelphia. For 

 the amateur classes, Professor A. P. 

 Saunders, Clinton, N. Y. ; James Boyd, 

 Haverford, Pa., and R. T. Brown, Long 

 Island, N. Y. The local committee con- 

 sists of A. H. Fewkes, Winthrop H. 

 Thurlow and Harry A. Norton. 



Flowers shipped from a distance by 

 express should be addressed to William 

 P. Eich, secretary, Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Horticultural hall, 

 300 Massachusetts avenue, Boston, 

 Mass. All charges must be prepaid. A 

 card notifying him that a package has 

 been shipped should be mailed in time 

 to reach him not later than Saturday 

 morning, June 18, as such packages are 

 likely to be delayed and to need hunt- 

 ing. Entries should be sent to Mr. Eich 

 as early as possible, so that space ar- 

 rangements may be made properly. 



BUTTERFLY SUNBURNS. 



Under separate cover we are mailing 

 you some Butterfly rose wood. This is 

 from a house of young grafted plants 

 benched March 17. The plants are 

 growing rapidly and, with the exception 

 of a few affected leaves such as the 

 sample, they are in excellent condition. 

 Can you tell us whether this is more 

 than a sunburn? We have had some 

 extremely hot weather, followed by a 

 week of cloudy weather, but this does 

 not look like sunburn to us. Any in- 

 formation you can give will be greatly 

 appreciated. A. N. K. — Minn. 



The trouble is sunburn; when stock is 

 grown soft and quick and then exposed 

 to a hot sun it always burns the tops 

 more or less. Yours seems to be just a 

 case of a little more than the average 

 burning. 



Tampa, Fla. — C. B. Stow has sold his 

 business in Saugerties, N. Y., and will 

 start again in this town. 



Drumright, Okla. — Jacob Schmid, for- 

 merly with a store in Okmulgee, plans 

 to build a greenhouse in this town soon. 



Denver, Colo. — To the customers of 

 the Sensation Dahlia Gardens, the pro- 

 prietor, L. M. McHenry, has sent a 

 special announcement reading: "We 

 wish to announce that our beautiful 

 peonies are now ready for your inspec- 

 tion. Dahlias will be in full bloom 

 about July 20. Come and see our flower 

 gardens. ' ' 



Wausau, Wis. — A hail storm on the 

 evening of May 22 caused large damage 

 at the greenhouses of M. Philipp & Co., 

 the loss in glass and stock being be- 

 tween $9,000 and $10,000. One of the 

 hailstones, says Mr. Philipp, weighed 

 as much as two pounds. The Boy 

 Scouts of Wausau assisted Mr. Philipp 

 in repairing the houses. 



Beacon, N. Y. — For thirteen years 

 the Home Garden Brigade, instituted 

 by Benjamin Hammond, has been or- 

 ganized among the school children, with 

 the intent of making a prettier, neater 

 and better home town. Each scholar 

 in the brigade receives a card which 

 enumerates certain prizes to bo 

 awarded. The strides by which Mr. 

 Hammond's work has progressed is 

 shown by the fact that the names of 

 members of the brigade occupied five 

 columns in the Beacon Herald May 23. 



Owosso, Mich. — C. Marcus Anderson 

 has purchased the share of his partner, 

 Joseph Smith, in the Owosso Floral Co. 

 He will continue to use the Owosso 

 Floral Co. as the store name. 



Okmulgee, Okla.— The H. D. Ellis Co. 

 has on the ground, ready to put up, 

 material for three greenhouses, 28x80 

 feet. Mr. Ellis plans to erect three 

 small houses, 11x100 feet, after the 

 completion of those now under con- 

 struction. He says that the last sea- 

 son was a good one in every line. 



Lake Charles, La. — Charles D. Otis, 

 proprietor of the Lake Charles Green- 

 house & Nursery, started June 2 on 

 an 8,000-mile trip to the coast and 

 back. He expects to be gone from six 

 to eight weeks, going by the southern 

 route to San Diego, where he will spend 

 two weeks, and returning by way of 

 Yellowstone park and northern cities. 



Newport, R. I. — Patrick J. Keenan 

 observed an anniversary June 2 that 

 does not come in the life of every man. 

 He had been just forty years on the 

 estate on Narragansett avenue, now 

 owned by E. Horace Gallatin. Mr. 

 Keenan went there first as assistant to 

 his father, Thomas Keenan, who was 

 gardener for the late Edward H. Scher- 

 merhorn. He grew up there, working 

 as assistant to his father, and when the 

 latter retired eleven years ago, the son 

 took charge. The estate is one of the 

 best looking in that locality, which 

 speaks well for Mr. Keenan. 



