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The Florists' Review 



June 11, 1914. 



hankie's fine vase of M. Jules Elie, 

 which won first prize in its class, was 

 an object of much admiration. A. P. 

 Saunders, secretary of the society, 

 brought some good stock from Clinton, 

 N. Y., and did his part to fill the ama- 

 teur classes, but was alone in this 

 effort, as no other amateur entrant 

 appeared. 



The Arrangements. 



The lack of amateur participants and 



Peony exhibitors face disadvantages 

 that members of the other flower so- 

 cieties do not have to contend with in 

 their exhibitions, and the aid of cold 

 storage to keep their blooms does not 

 nearly offset these. The difference in 

 locality of a score of miles may mean 

 an appreciable difference in the bloom- 

 ing time, and while the exhibitors of 

 greenhouse grown flowers may time 

 their stock almost to the minute, the 

 grower of peonies must depend to a 



Some Peterson Nunery Prize- winners at the American Peony Society's Show. 



the small number of the professional 

 exhibitors — there were six — was due,' 

 according to some, to the lack of pub- 

 licity given the show beforehand, es- 

 pecially in the public press. Be this 

 as it may, the other arrangements were 

 well taken care of by the representa- 

 tives of the three organizations who 

 were back of the undertaking, the 

 American Peony Society, the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Chicago and the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club. The judges ap- 

 pointed for the occasion were Thomas 

 Wallis, of Rose Hill cemetery, Chi- 

 cago; W. A. Rieman, of Vincennes, 

 Ind., and Secretary A. P. Saunders, of 

 Clinton, N. Y. 



Iarg3 extent on chance. Frosts, the 

 weather, etc., cannot be taken into ac- 

 count beforehand, however much they 

 affect the final outcome. Then, too, 

 shipping is usually a more hazardous 

 undertaking with peonies than with 

 other flowers, and one show, therefore, 

 cannot draw competitors from so large 

 a territory as an exhibition of another 

 kind. Taking into account these diffi- 

 culties which face peony exhibitors, 

 an estimate of the Chicago show must 

 prove it a success. 



The Awards. 



The awards in the classes open to 

 commercial growers were as follows: 



OUectlon of not less than 100 named varl- 

 etles, one of each — B. H. Farr, WyomlsBinK. 

 Pa., first; B. A. Reeves, CleTeland, O.. second; 

 no third. 



Display of blooms, variety, quality and quan- 

 tity to be considered— W. W. Barnard Co., Chi- 

 cago, third; no first or second. 



Largest display of blooms of any one variety— 

 Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago, first and second, 

 on Duchesse de Nemours , (Calot) .and Charle- 

 magne respectively; W. W. Barnard Co., third, 

 on Queen Victoria. 



Vase of 100 blooms arranged for effect, usual 

 accessories permitted — W. W. Barnard Co., sec- 

 ond, on Isabella Karlitsky; no first or third. 



Collection of fifty double. In twenty named 

 varieties — B. H. Farr, first; no second or third. 



Collection of twenty-five named varieties, 

 double, one bloom of each — Peterson Nursery. 

 Chicago, first; Vaughan's Seed Store, second; no 

 third. 



Fifty blooms, white, double, one variety — 

 Peterson Nursery, first, on Avalanche; Peter- 

 son Nursery, second, on Baroness Schroeder; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, third, on M. Dupont. 



Fifty blooms, light plnli or pink and cream, 

 double, one variety — Peterson Nursery, first, on 

 Couronne d'Or; Peterson Nursery, second, on - 

 Albert Crousse; Peterson Nursery, third, on 

 Kugenle Verdier. 



Fifty blooms, dark pink, double, one variety — 

 Martin Kobankle, PainesviUe, O.. first, on M. 

 Jules Elle; Vaughan's Seed Store, second, on 

 Jules Calot; Peterson Nursery, third, on Mme. 

 Geissler. 



Fifty blooms, red or crimson, with stamens, 

 double, one variety — Peterson Nursery, first, on 

 Delachle; Peterson Nursery, second, on M. 

 Krelage; Peterson Nursery, third, on Pierre 

 Dessert. 



Fifty blooms, red or crimson, without stamens, 

 double, one variety — Peterson Nursery, first, on 

 Felix Crousse; Vaughan's Seed Store, second, on 

 AugilBtln d'Hour; W. W. Barnard Co., third, on 

 Kubra Triumphans. 



FMfty blooms, one variety, any combination of 

 two or more shades, double — Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, first, on Jeanne d'Arc; Peterson Nursery, 

 second, on Princess Beatrice; W. W. Barnard 

 Co., third, on Magnlfica. 



Collection of twelve distinct named varieties, 

 double, one bloom of each — Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, first; no second or third. 



Twelve blooms, white, double, one variety — 

 Peterson Nursery, first, on Oouronne d'Or; Peter- 

 son Nursery, second, on M. Dupont; Peterson 

 Nursery, third, on Avalanche. 



Twelve blooms, light pink or pink and cream, 

 double, one variety — Peterson Nursery, first, on 

 Eugenie Verdier in clusters; Peterson Nursery, 

 second, oh Claire Dubois; Peterson Nursery, 

 third, on Eugenie Verdier. 



Twelve blooms, dark pink, double, one variety 

 — Peterson Nursery, first, on Livingstone; 

 Vaugban's Seed Store, second, on M. Barral; 

 Peterson Nursery, third, on M. Jules Elle. 



Twelve blooms, red or crimson, with stamens, 

 double, one variety — Peterson Nursery, flrrft, on 

 M. Krelage; Peterson Nursery, second, on De- 

 lachel; Peterson Nursery, third, on Karl Rosen- 

 field. 



Twelve blooms, red or crimson, without sta- 

 mens, double, one variety — Peterson Nursery, 

 arst,. on Directeur Anbry; Peterson Nursery, 

 second, on General Davoust; E. A. Reeves, 

 third, on Modeste Guerin. 



Twelve blooms, one variety, any combination 

 of two or more shades, double — Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, second, on La Tullpe; no first or third. 



Collection of hardy perennials, other than 

 peonies — Vaughan's Seed Store, first; no second 

 or third. 



The Amateur Classes. 



The entries in the eleven classes open 

 to amateurs were conspicuous by their 

 absence. In spite of the generous pre- 





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G>Ilections of 100 Named Varieties, B. H. Farr's in Foreground, at the American Peony Society's Show Tiiis Week. 



