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The Florists' Review 



JcNB 22. 1922 



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PEONY SOCIETY'S CONVENTiB^. 



Proves Most SuccessfuL 



The American Peony Society, in co- 

 operation with the Ontario Peony So- 

 ciety and the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety, held the nineteenth annual exhi- 

 bition in the large armories, London, 

 Ont., June 16 and 17. 



The armories, which form a most dif- 

 ficult place to decorate, were delight- 

 fully entrancing, with the thousands of 

 peonies, large and small, in all colors of 

 old and new varieties, and with, last 

 but not least, the large quantity of 

 numbered seedlings. 



Arthur H. Fewkes, president of the 

 society, at the annual banquet, held at 

 the Tecumseh House, was loud in his 

 praises of the local societies for obtain- 

 ing such facilities for the show. He 

 said that of all the shows he had at- 

 tended, this was the first one which had 

 been efficient enough to allow the judg- 

 ing to be done by daylight. 



Bertrand H. Farr asserted that of all 

 the seventeen peony shows he has at- 

 tended, this year's was the top-notch 

 in quantity and quality. 



Elect Officers. 



At the business meeting held the 

 night of June 17, numerous items of im- 

 portance to the peony grower were dis- 

 cussed. There was a lengthy discussion 

 on some method of registering peonies, 

 so that there would not be several 

 names in different parts of the country 

 for the same peony. Professor Crowe, 

 of Guelph, gave an interesting talk on 

 a method of registering fruits, and 

 wondered if the system described would 

 be applicable to the peony growers. 



The local committees for this show 

 were headed by K. Casselman, Gordon 

 Philips, J. C. Middleton, \V. E. Saunders 

 and S. F. Wood. 



The election of officers took place, 

 with the following results: President, 

 A. H. Fewkes, reelected; vice-president, 

 W. H. Thurlow, West Newberry, Mass.; 

 treasurer, Dr. W. E. Upjohn, Augusta, 

 Mich.; recording secretary, W. F. 

 Christman, Minneapolis; corresponding 

 secretary, W. E. Saunders, London, 

 Ont., and director, James Boyd, Haver- 

 ford, reelected. 



St. Paul, Minn., is the lucky place to 

 be chosen for the peony exhibition for 

 next year. 



Decisions of the Judges. 



The results of the judging in classes 

 open to commercial growers were as fol- 

 lows: 



Not more than 100 namtKl varieties, dnnlplc. 

 one >>l6om eaoli-- 



one bloom eiirli- W. 11. Tluirlow, Wi^st Nt-wlmry. 

 flrHt; F. \j. Oreen. Greenwood, second, and T. H. 

 Hill, London, third. 



Ten named varieties, double, three l>l(H>m.< 

 each — W. H. Thurlow, West Newlmr.v. first, and 

 M. E. Hlacklock, Meadowvale. second. 



Twenty blooms, double, nanie<l. white m 

 Team, one variety — M. E. Hlacklock. Meadow- 

 fale, on liaroness Schroeder. first, and T. H. 

 Hill, IjOndon, on Madame Emile I.<<'moine, sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty blooms, double, named, linht pink or 

 pink and cream, one variety — M. K. Hlacklock, 

 Meadowvale, on Venus Kelway, first, and W. H. 

 Thurlow, West Newbury, on Sarah Bernhardt, 

 uecond. 



''■»-..ntv blooms, double, named, dark pink, one 



variety — T. H; Hill, London, on Madame Forel, 

 first, and M. B. Hlacklock, Meadowvale, on 

 Claire Dubois, second. 



Twenty blooms, double, named, red or crim- 

 son, one variety — M, B. Hlacklock, Meadowvale, 

 on Felix Crousse, first, and T. H. HIU, London, 

 on Louis Van Houtte, second. 



Six blooms, double, named, any variety — 

 Henry 8. Cooper, Kenosha, Wis., on La Perle, 

 tirst, and A. P. Saunders, Clinton, N. Y., second. 



One bloom, double, named, any variety — W. 

 H. Thurlow, West Newbury, on Avalanche, first, 

 and J. C. Fairely, London, on .Soulange, second. 



Representing various types of flower. There 

 was a fine display, but no prize was given. 



Japanese and single varieties, three of each — 

 H. M. Bolph, Uarkbam, first, and S. F. Wood, 

 lx>ndon, second, the best exhibits of this class 

 being King of England, Gypsy and Japanese. 



New varieties. Introduced since 1905 — A. P. 

 Saunders, Clinton, N. Y., first, and Lee R. Bon- 

 newltB, Van Wert, O., second. 



Best blooms of ten varieties— .\. P. Saunders, 

 on La France, first; W. H. Thurlow, on Iji 

 Lorraine, second; A. P. Saunders, on Kelwa.v 

 Queen, third; A. P. Saunders, on Miss Solway, 

 fourth; A. P. Saunders, on Bayadere, fifth; H. 

 Bartley, London, on Venus, Kelway, sixth, and 

 W. H. Thurlow, on Mont Blanc, Lemoine, sev- 

 enth. 



Seedling class — Honorable mention to A. M. 

 Brand, of Farilwult, Minn., for his seedlings: 

 No. 20-22, a faint pink; 20-27, a light pink, 

 and 20-23, a pure white. Honorable mention 

 to W. H. Thurlow, of West Newbury, for his 

 seedlings: No. 19, a dark rose-colored peony, 

 quite odoriferous; 16, an excellent specimen of 

 good lasting qualities; Katherine Havemeyer. 

 pink, lighter than 16, and President Wilson, light 

 pink. Honorable mention to Professor Saunders 

 on No. 8-77, which is of a delightful rose color. 

 Special mention to H. M. Rolf, Markham, Ont., 

 for his Japanese seedling exhibition. 



Collection of double peonies, one of each, rat- 

 ing 9.0 and over — W. H. Thurlow, West New- 

 bury, first. 



Among Those Present. 



Among those in attendance at this 

 meeting and exhibition were the follow- 

 ing: 



Rlacklock, Mrs. M. B., Meadowvale, Itnt. 



Bonuewitz, H. Paul, Van Wert, O. 



Boyd, James, Haverford, P«. 



Krund, A. M., Faribault, Minn. . 



Hreitmeyer, Philip, Detroit, Mich. 



Brethour, Dr. F. G., Toronto, Ont. ■ ' 



Campbell, J. F., New York, N. Y. 



Campbell, F. W, Detroit, Mich. 



Coghmore, J. I., Sheffield, Pa. 



Conn, Mrs. E., Manchester, Bngland. 



Conery, H. H., and wife, Windsor, Conn, 



Cooper, Henry 8., and wife, Kenosha, Wis. 



Crawford, R. S., Cleveland, O. 



Crawford, Mrs. W., La Porte, Ind. 



Crowe, J. W., Guelph, Ont. 



De Yonng, J,, Augusta, Mich. 



Donahue, T. F., Newton Falls, Mass. 



Fairely, William, Norwich, Ont. 



Farr, B. F., Wyomlssing, Pa. 



Fewkes, A. H., Newton Highlands, Mass 



Gunn, W. L. Remington, Ind. 



Halght, Mrs. C, Canton, 111. 



Hardy, Mrs. W. J., Belmont, N. Y. 



Howarth, J. H., Toronto. 



Howe, W. P., Pennington, N. J. 



Howe, Eugene, Pennington, N. J. 



.Johnston, B., Hamilton, Ont. 



Klrkpatrick, Mrs, J., Pentieton, B. C. 



Little, Harry F., Goodland, Ind. 



Lozier, C. B., Elyria, 0. 



McLennan, Prof. A. H., Guelph, Ont. 



Menninger. C. F., Topeka, Kan. 



Mulford, F. L., Washington, D. C. 



Norton, H. A., Ayres Cliff, Quebec. 



Nulury, J. H., Paulding, O. 



Ormiaton, W., Montreal. 



Peachy, John, Brantford. Ont. 



Peterson, W. A., Chicago. 



Rasay, C. E. S., Little Falls, N. Y. 



Upjohn, W. E., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



Reiman, F. A., Vincennes, Ind. 



Snook, J. 8,, Paulding, O. 



Stranger, W. F., West Newbury, Mass. 



Tealdl, Aubrey, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Thurlow, O. Harold, West Newbury, Mass. 



Thurlow, W. H.. West Newbury, Mass. 



Wallace, J. S., Toronto, Ont. 



Wood, S. F., London. 



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GROWERS BANQUET 



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CHICAGO GBOWEBS BANQUET. 



Officers Elected. 



At the business meeting held in con- 

 junction with the third annual banquet 

 of the Commercial Flower Growers of 

 Chicago at the Randolph hotel, June 15, 

 the election of officers for the coming 

 year was the principal business taken 

 up. Those elected were as follows: 

 President, Peter Pearson; vice-presi- 

 dent, George J. Ball; secretary, Otto H. 

 Amling; treasurer, Paul Amling. The 

 executive board lost one member, 

 Walter Amling, whose term expired this 

 year. Andrew Benson was elected in 

 Mr. Amling 's place for a term of three 

 years. 



It was voted that the president of 

 the Commercial Flower Growers of Chi- 

 cago should represent that organiza- 

 tion at Kansas City in the event that 

 the national growers hold a meeting in 

 that city during the S. A. F. convention, 

 August 15 to 17. It was also decided 

 to dispense with further meetings of 

 the organization until September, giv- 

 ing the members a respite of two 

 months. The business session then came 

 to an end, and the members acted on 

 the suggestion of Joseph Kohout that 

 they "return to the ladies," and the 

 banquet and entertainment were on. 



An excellent dinner was served to 

 approximately 100 people. The tables 

 were attractively decorated with ferns 

 and carnations, while two immense 

 vases of peonies adorned the speakers' 

 table. Those attending were given a 



delightful surprise by seeing at this late 

 season a box of jonquils and two boxes 

 of hyacinths in full bloom. The plants 

 were grown by Peter Pearson and were 

 held back by him for the occasion by 

 being placed in a cold storage ware- 

 house for about two months. 



Many of those present responded to 

 the request of the president that they 

 say a few words for the organization. 

 Among these were Loren Miller, Carl 

 E. Both and Herman Schiller, president, 

 secretary and ex-president respectively 

 of the Up-Town Chicago Association, 

 all of whom spoke in high praise of the 

 growers' organization and in particular 

 of its president, Peter Pearson, whose 

 untiring efforts and zeal in behalf of 

 the organization they thought un- 

 equal ed. 



Advertising Shown. 



A great many points were brought 

 out in regard to the recent advertising 

 which was done for Mothers' day and 

 Memorial day. A number of slides 

 were shown of the advertisements that 

 had been run in the daily papers prior 

 to these days. Slides were also shown 

 of the advertising for Christmas, gradu- 

 ation, June brides and the "brides of 

 other Junes." New business creators 

 were also shown, such as bon voyage 

 bouquets, etc. 



Walter McGee, who returned in Feb- 

 ruary from a three years' trip abroad, 

 spoke on his experience in the Old 

 World. Mr. McGee recalled the fact 

 that most of the growing in Europe is 

 being done outdoors and that the glass 



