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'£ii6\i7brists' Review 



JUNB 24, 1915. 



system (fo good that no variety can ^_, 

 a market until it bears the stamp of th 

 society's approval through its registra- 

 tion committee. 



The Business Year. 



Treasurer J. H. Humphreys sent the 

 following statement of the society's 

 business year, June 6, 1914, to June 15, 

 1915: 



ii^^ECEIPTS. 



Balance as per last report $1,394.96 



To dues $207.00 



To admission fees, 1914 20.00 



To admission fees, 1915 80.1S 



To Interest 13.90 821.05 



Total $1,716.01 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Horticultural Society at Chicago. $89.00 

 Treasurer, for postage 1912-13 . . 4.23 

 C. G. Brajnnar & Co., medal 35.00 138.23 



By balance $1,577.78 



Total 1,716.01 



The Election. 



Three officers who have served the 

 society for several years were given 

 the reward of loyalty in the form of 

 reelection. With a former secretary in 

 the vice-presidency, the roster for 1916 

 stands: 



President — B. H. Farr, Wyomissing, 

 Pa. 



Vice-President — A. H. Fewkes, New- 

 ton Highlands, Mass. 



Treasurer — J. H. Humphreys, Qer- 

 mantown, Pa. 



Secretary — A. P. Saunders, Clinton, 

 New York. 



Director for Three Years — R. T. 

 Brown, Queens, N. Y. 



It was voted to hold the annual meet- 

 ing in June, 1916, with the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York. The secre- 

 tary reported the receipt of many in- 

 vitations, especially from the west. 

 New York, it was stated, had not had 

 the Peony Society since 1909. The 

 president was empowered to appoint a 

 local committee to make arrangements 

 for the New York show. 



The Membership. 



There was a good addition to the 

 list of members, most of the new names 

 being those of amateur growers. At 

 present over two-thirds of the society's 

 membership is east of Ohio, but a large 

 proportion of the new members are 

 from the west. The list added is as 

 follows: 



'Oeorge B. Hart, Lynnbrook, N. Y. 



Frank W. Campbell, 23 La Motbe Ave., De 

 trolt, Mich. 



Dr. Geo. W. Post, 4138 Washington Blvd. 

 Chicago, 111. 



James Boyd, Twenty-fifth and Wharton Sts. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Arthur E. Winston, 5 Cboate St., Wakevllle 

 Maine. 



Judge F. H. Cutting, Municipal Court, Du 

 luth, Minn. 



Henry L. Eowley, Waterbury, Conn. 



Mrs. Geo. O. Fraser, 300 South St.. Morris 

 town, N. J. 



Homer Reed, Kansas City Peony Gardens, Kan 

 sas City, Mo. 



Alfred T. Towney, Arlington, Md. 



A. L. Gifford, 334 Fourth Ave., New York 

 N. Y. 



Howard B. Weed, Beaverton, O. 



W. S. Linton, Saginaw, Mich. 



J. C. Wister, Pliiladelphla, Pa. 



A. L. Underwood, Cheyenne, Wyo. 



A. S. Parker, Detroit, Mich. 



Milton Nursery Co., Milton, Ore. 



The Exhibition. 



The peonies on exhibition were nu- 

 merous and nearly filled the main ex- 

 hibition hall. The greater portion of 

 these, however, were shown for pre- 

 miums and gratuities offered by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 The largest exhibitors in the competi- 

 tive classes were T. C. Thurlow's Sons 

 Co., A. P. Saunders, Dr. C. S. Minot, 

 A. H. Fewkes and Mrs. J. F. Flood, 

 but there were many large non-com- 

 petitive exhibits. Awards in the lead- 

 ing classes for the American Peony So- 

 ciety's premiums were as follows: 



Largest and best collection of not less than 

 100 named varieties — T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co., 

 first, with 136 varieties of fine quality. 



Six blooms, any variety — A. P. Saunders, first, 

 on Therese; T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co., second, on 

 Lad.v Alexander Duff. 



Twenty-flve named varieties, double — T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co., first, on M. M. Cahuzac, 

 Lamartine, M. Dupont, Felix Crousse. Therese, 

 Lady Alexander Duff, Triomphe de I'Exposition 



de Lille, Mme. Auguste Dessert, Modeste Onerln, 

 Mme. Ducel, Mme. Calot, Dr. Caillot, Asa Gray, 

 Kosa Bonheur, Marguerite Gerard, Ducbesse de 

 Nemours (Calot), Mr. Manning, Venus, Marie 

 Jacquln. 



Twenty-five named varieties, double — A. H. 

 Fewkes, first, on Claire Dubois, La Lorraine, 

 Rosa Bonheur, Walter Faxon, Admiral Togo, 

 Lamartine, Mile. Eugene Verdier, Souvenir de 

 Gaspard Calot, Sarah Bernhardt, Grover Cleve- 

 land, Mme. Aug. Dessert, Avalanche, Germaine 

 Bigot, Neptune, L'lndispensable, Etienne Mechin, 

 M. Dupont, Mont Blanc, La Fayette and Baron- 

 ess Scliroeder; T. 0. Thurlow's Sons Co., second; 

 Mrs. C. S. Minot, highly commended. 



Collection of singles, ope wborl of petals — T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co., first, the best varieties being 

 Emily, Duchess of Portland, Stanley, Black 

 Prince, Queen of May, Rosy Dawn, Hermes, De- 

 fiance, Victoria, Areos, Mrs. Key and Dread- 

 nought. 



Fifty blooms, white, double — Mrs. J. F. Flood, 

 first, on Festlva Maxima; Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Queens, N. Y., second. 



Fifty blooms, double, dark pink or rose — T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co., first, on Modeste Guerin. 



Fifty blooms, double, salmon pink or flesh— 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co., first, on Venus. 



Largest collection of Japanese varieties — A. P. 

 Saunders. 



New seedling — Many seedlings were shown, but 

 none was deemed worthy of the silver medal. 



Best new variety Introduced since 1910. — A. P. 

 Saunders, on Jules Dessert. 



AMATEURS AND PRIVATE GROWERS. 



Largest and best c<Jlection — A. P. Saunders 

 won silver medal on 100 varieties, all clean, fresh 

 flowers. 



Collection of white varieties — A. P. Saunders, 

 second. 



Collection of dark pink or rose — A. P. Saunders, 

 second. 



Collection of salmon and flesh — A. P. Saunders, 

 first. 



Collection of crimson— A. P. Saunders, first. 



Six blooms, any variety — A. P. Saunders, first 

 and second. 



The judges were Messrs. Dauphin, 

 J. H. Humphreys and James McKis- 

 sock, 



A. P. Saunders showed forty-five va- 

 rieties of seedlings,- some being ex- 

 tremely good. The best were: White 

 Wings, Jean Bancroft, No. 340, Fa- 

 vorite, No. 295 and Gaiety. The lat- 

 ter has a clear yellow center with pink 

 guard petals, and is quite striking. 

 Massachusetts Society Awards. 



Awards in the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society's classes were: 



Twenty named varieties, double — A. P. Saun- 

 ders, first, on Tecumseh. Venus, Lucrece, Mar- 

 fuerlte Gerard, Ducbesse de Nemours (Calot), 

 as. Kelway, Mme. Auguste Dessert, Volcan. 

 L'lndispensable, Le Cygne, M. Martin Cahuzac, 



Exhlbh of T. C. Thurlow's Son« Co., at the Peony Show at Boston, June J9 and 20, J9I5. 



