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The Florists^ Review 



June 9, 1921 



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PEONY SHOW 



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PEONY SHOW AT BOSTON. 



June 18 and 19. 



Those intcrcstcil in jicoiiios now have 

 all their thdut^lits turned to Boston, 

 whore tlie eifiliteenth annual e.\hil)iti()n 

 of the American J'eony Society, in co- 

 operation with tlie Massacliiisetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, will he held at Hor- 

 ticultural liall, Hoston, Saturday and 

 Sunday. June 18 and 1!». 



The business iiieetin<;, jireceded by 

 the usual hanciuet, will lie held on Sat- 

 urday eveninfj, .lune 18, in the b.anquet 

 room of Horticultural hall. Those who 

 intend to take ])art in the bau(|uet will 

 please notify the local committee as 

 soon as jiossible on Saturday, or before. 



As there is no hotel conv(>niently 

 near the h.all, head(|uarters will be at 

 Horticultural hall, which can Ije 

 reached by taking' .any outward bound 

 Huntington avenue car. The followinjj; 

 hotels arc located witliin easy rt'.ach of 

 these cars: Hottd T>enox, ("opley J'laza. 

 Hotel Vendome, H<itel Brunswick, Hotel 

 Touraine ;:nd the l';irker House. 



Premiums. 



The bi<; exhibit will be that which is 

 to receive the American I'eony So- 

 <'iety"s jjold medal ami $'>(K This will 

 be for a ctdlection of not more Ihaii IdO 

 named variities, double .'ind one bloom 

 of each. There will be secoinl .and third 

 ]irizes. Then there will be jirizes rany;- 

 lUii from !f»! to .$1.") fur the best in the 

 I'ollowinj: jrroups: Collection of ten 

 named varieties, double and three 

 idooms of e.acli; twenty blooms, double, 

 named, white or cre.'im and of one va- 

 riety; twenty blooms, double, n.amed, 

 li^^'ht }dnk or {)ink and cream and of one 

 \;iriety: twc'Uty blocuns. double, n.amed, 

 d.ark 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; (Hie sfiecinieii bloom, doubl(>, 

 named and of any variety; collection 

 of new varieties introilueed since lOOH; 

 ten prizes, one for the best bloom of 

 each of the f(dlowin}i varieties: I^a 

 ^''rance. La I>orraine, Kelway's Queen, 

 Miss Salway, H.ay.aderi', Marie Stu.art. 

 Venus. Eutjene X'erdier. Phigenie Ver- 

 (lier and Mont Hlanc. and lionorable 

 mention will be jjiven for any new 

 seedlings. 



Some Special Prizes. 



There will also be some sjie<-ial jirizcs. 

 as follows: 



The H.arrison njemorial [prize, for a 

 Jiew yellow ]ieony. was founded by L. H. 

 Honnewit z. At least six Idooms must 

 be shown, anil the wiMiiini,'' \ariety must 

 bo better th.an any \ariety now in com 

 7nerc(>. The winnii];; variety is to be 

 n.amed ( '. S. Harrison. The jirize is .^loii. 

 and the ciiiii|iet it ion i< to lie ojieii until 

 .7uly I'l. IML'4. unless the jirize is 

 awarded befori' that dati'. 



The Sisson men\ori;il ]irize. for ;i new 

 pink peony, was t'onnded by \V. A. 

 Sisson. f)f Kosendale, Wis., in hfinor fit' 

 hi-i Uicither, r.amelia Sisson, whose name 

 will be ^i\en U> the winning variety. 



The prize is .$100, and the winning va- 

 riety must be ii delicate pink, touched 

 with lavender, and not before intro- 

 duced into commerce. The competition 

 will be open until July 1."), I'.t2r), unless 

 the ]irize is awarded before that date. 



The ,1. A. Taylor ]>rize is for a seed- 

 ling, herbaceous ]ieony of special merit 

 and of distincti\e color. The jirizo is 

 $100. 



The \V. W. Cook prize of .$2,") is for a 

 s(>edling ]»eony of the .lapanese tyiH' 

 and of special merit and distinctive 

 color. 



The silver medal offered by the Gar- 

 den Club is for the best display of seed- 

 ling, herb.aceous peonies, all varieties to 

 liave been origin.al with the exhibitor. 



The Judges. 



The judges of the exhibits will be: 

 For the open classes, H.arry A. Norton, 

 Quebec; Hertrand H. Farr, Wvomissing, 

 I'a., and A. H. Scott, I'hiladelphia. For 

 the^tunatetir classes. Professor A. P. 

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

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

 Island, X. Y. The local committee con- 

 sists of A. H. Fewkes, Winthrojt H. 

 Thurlow and Harrv A. Norton. 



Flowers shipped from a distance by 

 express should be addressed to William 

 P. Hich, secretary, M.assachus(>tts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Horticultural hall, 

 :!(I0 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. Rich 

 as e.arly as possible, so that space ar- 

 rangements may be made properly. 



BUTTERFLY SUNBURNS. 



Fnder 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 bo greatly 

 appreciated. A. N. K. — Minn. 



The trouble is sunburn; when stock is 

 grown soft and quick and then exposed 

 to !i 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 .ag.ain in this town. 



Drumright, Okla.- .lacob Schmid, for- 

 nic^rly with a store in Okmulgee, plans 

 to build a greenhouse in this town soon. 



Denver, Colo. — To the customers of 

 the Sensation D.ahlia (lardens. the pro- 

 prietor, L. M. McHenry, has sent a 

 sjiecial announcement reading: "We 

 wish to ;innounce that our Ix-autiful 

 peonies are now ready for your insjiec- 

 tion. D.ahli.as will be in full bloom 

 .about .July L'(i. Come and see our tlower 

 g.ardens." 



Wausau, Wis. — A hail storm on the 

 evening of !^fay 22 caused large d.anange 

 at the greenhouses of M. Philiyip «S; Co.. 

 the loss in glass and stock being be- 

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

 h;iilstones, snvs Mr. Philipp, weighed 

 •as jHiich as two pouncls. The Boy 

 Scouts ot' W.ausau assisteil Mr. I'liilipp 

 in refiairing the houses. 



Beacon, N. Y. — For thirteen years 

 the Home (I.arden P>rigade. instituted 

 by Benjamin Hfiminond. lias been or- 

 g.aliized .among the schoid chiMren. with 

 the intent of making ;i ]iretti<'r, neater 

 and better hfiine town. l^ach sohol.ar 

 in the brigaile receives a card which 

 eniimer.ates certain prizes to bo 

 awarded. The strides bv which Mr. 

 ll.ammond's work has progressed is 

 sl]ow]i by the fact that the names of 

 tiiemliers of the brigade occupied five 

 I (diimns in the Beacfin Her.ald Mav 23. 



Owosso, Mich.' — C. ^larcus Anderson 

 has purchased the share of his p.artner, 

 .(oseph Smith, in the Owosso Floral (,"o. 

 He will continue to use the Owosso 

 Floral Co. .as the store name. 



Okmulgee, Okla.— The H. I). Ellis Co. 

 has on the ground, readv to put up, 

 materi.al for three greenhouses, 28x80 

 feet. Mr. Ellis plans to erect three 

 smjill houses, 11x100 feet, after the 

 completion of those now under con- 

 struction. Ho savs that the last sea- 

 son was a good one in every line. 



Lake Charles, La. — Charles I). Otis, 

 ]iroprietor of the Lake Charles Greon- 

 liouso & Nurserv, started Juno 2 on 

 an 8,0(10 niilo trip to the coast and 

 back. He ex]iects to be gone from six 

 to eight weeks, going by the southern 

 route to San Diego, where he will spend 

 two we(d<s, and returning by way of 

 Yellowstone park ami northern cities. 



Newport, R. I. — I'.itriik J. Keenan 

 oliser\(d an anniversarv .lune 2 that 

 does not come in the life of every man. 

 He had been just forty years on the 

 ist.ite on X.arragansett avenue, now- 

 owned by R. Hor.ace G.allatin. Mr. 

 Keenan went there first .as assistant to 

 his f.ather. Thomas Keen.an. who w.as 

 gardener for the l.ato Eclw.arcl H. Scher- 

 merhorn. Ho grew u]i there, working 

 .as assistant to his f.ather, .and when the 

 latter retired eleven years ago. the son 

 took ch.argo. The estate is one of the 

 best looking in that locality, which 

 speaks well for Mr. Keenan, 



