JCI^T 2, 1014. 



The Florists' Revkvc 



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Display of Arthur T. Boddington, New York, at the Exhibition of ttie Atrerican Sweet Pea Society. 



When the time came for the nomina- 

 tion and election of officers President 

 Sim gracefully declined renomination 

 and Lester L. Morse, of San Francisco, 

 was unanimously chosen to succeed him. 

 The remaining officers were reelected, 

 and William Sim was elected to fill the 

 vacancy on the executive committee. 



Prof. A. C. Beal then gave an inter- 

 esting report on the society's trial 

 grounds at Cornell University and re- 

 ceived high commendation from A. T. 

 Boddington and F. G. Cuthbertson in 

 the discussion that followed. In this 

 Maurice Fuld and Arthur Kirby also 

 took part, and the general opinion was 

 that the tests should be continued, Mr. 

 Cuthbertson read his paper on "Sweet 

 Peas: Past, Present and Future," 

 which appears in this issue of The Re- 

 view, and was accorded a hearty vote 

 of thanks. The society adjourned to 

 attend the banquet to the judges at 

 6:30 p. m. at the Hotel Endicott. 



The Banquet. 



The banquet proved to be a most 

 enjoyable aflfair. After the excellence 

 of the menu had been p\it to the test, 

 A. T. Boddington assumed the role of 

 toastmaster. F. R. Pierson responded 

 for the Horticultural Society of New- 

 York and predicted a great future for 

 the Sweet Pea Society, characterizing 

 this year's exhibition as the best ever 

 shown in this country. George Kerr, of 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co., responded for 

 the judges, and President Sim for the 

 American Sweet Pea Society. F. G. 

 Cuthbertson, ajieaking for the Panama- 

 Pacific International Exposition, ex- 

 pressed the hope that the society might 

 meet in San Francisco next year, dwell- 

 ing upon the assured success of the 

 world 's fair there. 



Joseph A. Manda spoke for the New 

 York Florists' Club and told of the suc- 

 cess of the Newport show, of which he 

 was manager. George Stumpp and 

 Robert Koehne responded for the retail 

 florists, whose displays did much to- 

 ward making the show an artistic suc- 

 cess. For the gardener, W, Angus 

 spoke and J. W. Everitt for the ama- 

 teur. 



^Tlio seedsmen's advocate was Arthur 

 Kirby, of Peter Henderson & Co. J. H. 

 Dick responded for the press and .T. H. 

 Pepper for the ladies. Harry A. Bun- 

 yard, the hard-working secretary of the 

 society, whose work was so large a 

 factor in the success of the meeting, 

 and Harry Turner, who, as manager of 

 the exhibition, proved to be the right 

 man in the right place, were also called 

 upon to speak. 



The Attendance. 



The judges of the exhibition who were 

 in atten<lance at the banquet were: 

 Prof. A. C. Beal, chairman, Ithaca, N. 

 Y.; F. G. Cuthbertson, San Francisco; 

 C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., Geo. W. 

 Kerr, Doylestown, Pa.; Charles Knight. 

 Oakdale, L. I.; Percy Hicks, Oceanic. 

 N. .!.; Leonard Barron, Garden City, 

 N. Y.; Arthur Herrington, Madison, N. 

 .1.; John Everitt, Glen Cove, L. 1.; 

 Thomas Murray, Tuxedo, N. Y.; Robert 

 Koehne, New York City, and W. Angus, 

 Chapinville, Conn. 



Others whose attendance at the ban- 

 quet was noted were: F. R. Pierson, 

 Wm. Sim, A. T. Boddington, H. A. Bun- 

 vard, Harrv Turner, Samuel Burnett. 

 W. H. Wai'te, Arthur M. Kirby, .Tohii 

 C^anning, D. Gray, A. Watkins, F. J. 

 Michell, Jr., A. G. Campkin, Phil. 

 Freud, Chas. W. Ashmead, J. W. Lynes. 

 .T. A. Manda, George Stumpp, J. Car- 

 man, J. H. Pepper, J. H. Dick, A. F. 

 Faulkner and .1. Austin Shaw. 



No register was kept of the visitors 

 at the exhibition, but in addition to 

 those noted above, the following visit- 

 ors from out of town were noted: Chas. 

 Russell, Tarrytown, N. Y.; J. Robinson, 

 Roslyn. Pa.; Henry Gautj Glen Cove, 

 L. I.; Wm. Robinson, .Tenkintown, Pa.; 

 F. R. Cooper, Wellington, New Zealand. 



SECRET A£Y BXTNYABD'S REFOBT. 



[Report of Secretary Harry A. Bunyard, pre- 

 sentert at the annual meetinB ot the American 

 Sweet Pea Swiety In New York, June 27.) 



Right at this spot, six years ago 

 almost to a day, July 7, 1909, the Amer- 

 ican Sweet Pea Society was born. At 

 that time I said, "The Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety should be a success, must be a 



success. ' ' I leave it to you that at 

 least we are on our way, if we take the 

 trouble to look over the exhibits now 

 shown here in this building, perhaps 

 the finest general exhibit of sweet peas 

 ever shown in this country, if not in 

 the world. Nearly sixty exhibitors and 

 over 2,000 vases of sweet peas, besides 

 table arrangements an<l other decora- 

 tive features. 



We have with us today nearly all our 

 charter members, with perhaps one 

 great exception, the gentleman who 

 lielped us to organize our society when 

 we needed all the moral support that 

 could be brought to bear. I allude to 

 the late Prof. W. ('. ("raig, who was 

 indeed a gentleman and a scholar and 

 who organized our trial grounds at Cor- 

 nell University, which today are under 

 the etticient guidance of Prof. A. C. 

 Beal. 



The following ))«]letins have been 

 issued up to date: ifo. 319, "Winter- 

 Klowering Sweet Peas;" No. 320, "Cul- 

 ture of the Sweet Pea," and No. 342. 

 "Classification of Garden Varieties of 

 the Sweet Pea," all of which have been 

 sent to the horticultural press and to 

 our members in good standing; today 

 they are standard works. 



Importance of Sweet Pea. 



.Some have said, "Why is the Amer- 

 ican Sweet Pea Society f" This is am- 

 biguous and not exactly good grammar. 



In the cut flower market the sweet 

 pea stands third as an all-around flower 

 and has been a money-maker for the 

 grower, commission merchant and retail 

 florist alike. You cannot gainsay that 

 it is one of the most democratic and 

 popular flowers of today. The seeds- 

 man, too, will tell you he- sells more 

 sweet pea seed today, in bulk and in 

 value, than any other flower seed. 

 Therefore, the sweet pea is of import- 

 ance to us all. Then why not a society 

 to advance this beautiful and ever- 

 increasingly popular flower t 



In the last ten years there have been 

 great strides and advancement made 

 in the sweet pea. Prom the grandiflora 

 type has evolved the Spencer type, the 

 winter-flowering grandifloras and now 



