.ULY 17, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



AMERICA54 SWEET 

 te PEA SOCIETY ie 



FIFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 



A Superb Display. 



Grave doubts were entertained in ad- 

 vance as to whether the exhibition of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society held 

 in Horticultural hall, Boston, July 12 

 and 13, would be at all a creditable one. 

 Massachusetts had been experiencing a 

 long drought and for a whole week in 

 advance of the show the thermometer 

 climbed to 90 degrees and over, but the 

 flowers averaged of much better quality 

 than a year ago. The flowers from 

 Newport, Lenox and Bar Harbor, as 

 usual, were of grand quality. Nearby 

 growers made a rather small showing, 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co. being an excep- 

 tion. More flowers were staged than a 

 year ago and popular interest in sweet 

 peas seemed greater than ever. 



The Business Meeting. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 was held in one of the basement halls 

 July 12. The attendance was good, al- 

 though it was hard to drag members 

 away from the exhibition. J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar. who should have made the 

 welcoming address on behalf of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 was called out of town prior to the 

 meeting. President Sim was in the 

 chair and in a few remarks said he had 

 done all he could to put the society on 

 a higher plane and believed he ha^' suc- 

 ceeded in some measure. \ 



J. H. Pepper, recording secretary, 

 read a letter from A. C. Be^ relative 

 to the society's sweet pea trials being 

 oondupted at Cornell University. They 

 have 200 trials this year, against 370 

 >B 1912. A bulletin will be ready about 

 the end of the year, covering fully all 

 these trials. During the present year 

 thev tried 150 varieties started in 3- 

 ""[n pots and 100 were sown outdoors; 

 all had done well considering the rather 

 untavorable growing season. This re- 

 port was accepted and Prof. Beal given 

 a vote of thanks for same. 



Secretary H. A. Bunyard, in his re- 

 port said the exhibition was decidedly 

 tif" best the society has yet held. The 

 society steadily is growing in strength, 

 '•otti numerically and financially, and 

 nas received sufficient guaranties to 

 'estr off all indebtedness, with a balance 

 on hand. 



idebtednesn, with a balance 



-^'1 invitation was read from the Hor- 



J'ciiltural Society of New York asking 



i"e society to meet there at the time of 



"<• -I line show in 1914 and offering $200 



'^•"•d the premium list. The invita- 



'on was accepted. A letter also was 



nrn- I**'," '^'^^^ Young on behalf of the 



L-,; u oi ^P'''"^ show in New York, 



VN'o, n 1 ^"^ ^^' ^^14' stating that $350 



'" »e set aside for sweet peas. A 



thc'p ^^''^^^^(i from the directors of 



th(> ^ ^V^^a-Pacific Exposition inviting 



IfM-;?!'^ y to meet in San Francisco in 



tion ^"^ °^^^ ^ y^^^ f^^ considera- 



When the election of officers was 

 called the Eev. W. T. Hutchins, in a 

 eulogistic address, nominated Wm. Sim 

 for a third term. Mr. Sim did not want 

 another year of the presidency, but the 

 meeting would not take no for an an- 

 swer, so he gracefully accepted and 

 promised to do all he could in the fu- 

 ture as he had in the past. For vice- 

 president, I. S. Hendrickson nominated 

 Arthur Kirby, of New York. W. J. 

 Stewart seconded and Mr. Kirby was 

 elected by acclamation. M. C. Ebel 

 moved the election of H. A. Bunyard 

 for secretary and S. J. Goddard that of 

 Arthur T. Boddington for treasurer. 

 Both were chosen by u unanimous vote, 

 as was J. H. Pepper for recording sec- 

 retary. William H. Duckham was 

 chosen to fill the vacancy on the execu- 

 tive committee. 



Geo. W. Kerr read his paper, "A 

 Few Notes on Sweet Peas, ' ' which was 

 followed by a short discussion. 



On motion of H. A. Bunyard the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society was 



practically all shriveled up on the first 

 evening, but some pretty hampers, bas- 

 kets and bouquets were shown. Ama- 

 teurs and children each made good 

 showing and competition was keen for 

 the numerous prizes offered by the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society. The 

 prize list follows, with the names of 

 the winning sorts in all the more impor- 

 tant classes: 



PRIVATE GARDENERS' CLASSES. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. prize, six vases of 

 sweet peas, twenty-flve sprays to a vase, six dis- 

 tinct Spencer varieties — T. O. Richardson, New- 

 port, R. I., James Robertson, gardener, first, 

 with Helen Grosvenor, Thointis Stevenson, Asta 

 Ohn and Mrs. Routzahn Spencer as his best vases; 

 G. W. Vanderbllt, Bar Harbor, Me., E. Kirk, 

 gardener, second. 



Thos. J. Grey Co. prize, ten vases of sweet peas, 

 ten Spencer varieties, twenty-flve sprays to a 

 vase — Mrs. T. J. Emery, Newport, R. 1., A. L. 

 Howard, gardener, first, with Thomas Stevenson, 

 Elsie Herbert, King Edward Spencer, I^lmrose 

 Spencer, Crank Dolby, John Ingman, Countess 

 Spencer, Marie CorelU and Aurora Spencer. 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. prize, vase of White 

 Spencer sweet peas — Miss Fanny Foster. New- 

 port, R. I., C. M. Bogholt, gardener, first, with 

 Moneymaker; T. O. Richardson, second, with 

 White Spencer. 



Arthur T. Boddington prize, for collection of 

 twenty-five varieties, not less than twenty-flv« 



Arthur T. Boddington't Exhibit at the Boston Sw«et Pea Show. 



thanked for courtesies and the meetin|| 

 adjourned. 



The Exhibition. 



Outstanding features of the show 

 were the grand displays from R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 

 and Arthur T. Boddington in the com- 

 petition for the C. C. Morse cup; the 

 numerous displays from private gardeTi- 

 ers for the various special prizes, and 

 the retailers' work. The onlv drawback 

 to the latter was that the flowers were 



stems to a vase— Mrs. W. B. Leeds. Wm. Gray, 

 gardener, first, with Carene, Asta Ohn. Helen 

 Lewis, Constance Oliver, Mrs. Breadmore, Bar- 

 bara, Florence Morse Spencer, Primrose Spencer, 

 Enchantress, Mrs. Harry Bell, King Edward 

 Spencer, Colleen, John Ingman, Countess Spen- 

 cer, Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, Lovely, Apple Blos- 

 som Spencer, Martha Washington, Mrs. Town- 

 send, White Spencer, Tennant Spencer, Elsie Her- 

 bert, Othello Spencer and Etta Dyke, all of fine 

 quality; GIraud Foster, Lenox, Mass., E. Jenkins, 

 gardener, second. 



Watklns and Simpson prize, for six vases 

 Spencer or I'nwin sweet peas — G. W. Vander- 

 bllt, first, with Doris Usher, Pearl Gray Spen- 

 cer, Moneymaker, Royal Purple, Royal Rose and 

 Thomas Stevenson. 



H. F. Mlchell Co. prize, vase of twenty-flve 



