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collect these back dues were discussed. 

 A suggestion made, which seemed to be 

 favorably received, was that at future 

 shows members of the Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety only be allowed to compete. This, 

 it was thought, might add new mem- 

 bers and help to keep the dues better 

 paid up. 



Secretary Bunyard said that W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co. and Peter Hender- 

 son & Co. had each given a guarantee 

 of $50 toward the Newport show; also, 

 that this was the first show held at 

 which an admission fee was charged. 

 Of the receipts, one-half went to the 

 Casino management. The American 

 Sweet Pea Society and the Newport 

 Horticultural Society divided the bal- 

 ance equally. The admission fee was 

 50 cents, except that members of gar- 

 deners' and florists' clubs and horti- 

 cultural societies Avere admitted for 

 25 cents on showing their ba<lges. 



The Election. 



New officers were nominated and 

 elected as follows: 



President — AVilliam Gray, Newport, 

 R. I. 



Vice-president — George W. Kerr, 

 Doylestown, Pa. 



Secretary — Harry A. Bunyard, New 

 York. 



Recording Secretary — J. H. Pepper, 

 New York. 



Treasurer — Arthur T. Boddington, 

 New York. 



W. Atlee Burpee was elected to suc- 

 ceed himself as a member of the execu- 

 tive committee for three years. 



Mr. Gray, the new president, tried 

 to decline election, but the members 

 present insisted upon it. In accepting 

 the office he said: 



"It is with a deep sense of the 

 honor you have conferred upon me, 

 and the responsibility as well, that I 

 accept the office of president of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society. Although 

 the exhibitions of our society from a 

 horticultural standpoint are getting to 

 be greater successes every year, I am 

 sorry that the financial end of it is not 

 so bright, and I strongly appeal to the 

 florists, gardeners and amateurs to help 

 the good work along by becoming mem- 

 bers of the society. Much can be ac- 



complished by the private gardeners in 

 arousing the interest of the amateurs. 

 In every community the gardener can 

 enthuse someone over growing sweet 

 peas by giving freely of his advice, and 

 in this way an interest would be aroused 

 in the society and its doings. It would 

 be in line with the chief aim of the 

 horticultural societies' work, the pro- 

 motion of horticulture. Some of our 

 seed firms are not alive to the possi- 

 bilities of this movement, and should 

 give freely of their support to help the 

 good work along. 



"By all working together the society 

 could be put upon a basis where it 

 would not be compelled to accept an in- 

 vitation from another horticultural 

 body to hold joint exhibitions. The 

 convention should be composed of dele- 

 gates (members of the Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety) from the different horticultural 

 societies, duly appointed and instructed 

 by a vote of their society as to the best 

 place and date to hold the exhibition. 

 In this way a time and place could be 

 set that would be satisfactory to the 

 majority. 



' ' I promise to do all I can to help the 

 good work and thank you for the honor 

 you have conferred upon me." 



Mr. Gray, who is superintendent for 

 ^Irs. W. B. Leeds, in Newport, is a 

 noted grower of sweet peas and set a 

 high-water mark at the exhibitions of 

 the society in Boston and elsewhere, 

 which fairly took members' breaths 

 away. With so level-headed, thought- 

 ful and practical a man at its head, the 

 society need have no fear of any slump 

 in its popularity. 



Bar Harbor Next. 



Invitations were forthcoming from 

 .T. H. Stalford, on behalf of Bar Har- 

 l)or, Me., and Arthur T. Boddington, for 

 Lenox, Mass. It developed that Bar 

 Harbor had asked for the show in 1915 

 and gracefully stepped aside in favor of 

 Newport, so after a vigorous talk from 

 A. E. Thatcher on behalf of Bar Har- 

 bor, it was voted unanimously to meet 

 there next year. The Bar Harbor mem- 

 l)ers all said they ^p^puld take their 

 flowers to Lenox in 4917, or any other 

 place selected. 



Secretary Bunyard, however, thinks 



that the society will have an exhibition 

 in New York also next year and pos- 

 sibly extend the work to other cities, if 

 it can work up enough enthusiasm and 

 get people to act in different cities. 

 The Sweet Pea Society 's exhibitions 

 must always be more or less local. Pres- 

 ident Gray also said he had felt for 

 some time that in a country so vast as 

 America a national sweet pea society 

 could do mo^e good by starting and de- 

 veloping sectional shows than in at- 

 tempting a single show. 



Papers Bead. 



Althougli it was difficult to hold an 

 audience for the purpose, time was 

 found for the reading of two papers. 

 George W. Kerr, of the Burpee staff, 

 presented an essay entitled "Swfeet 

 Peas for the Amateur," though most 

 of his hearers were professional grow- 

 ers, the amateutp not attending in the 

 hoped-for numbers. J. H. Dick, of New 

 York, read an interesting "Address on 

 the Sweet Pea," in which he covered 

 pretty much the whole subject, from 

 origin to cultivation, from the litera.- 

 ture of the sweet pea to its diseases and 

 its future. 



The Awards. 



The awards were as follows: 



OPEN CLASSES. 



Morso cups, for display, open to the seed trade 

 (.Illy— W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, first. 



lilee prizes, for 1915 novelties — Edwin Jenkins, 

 siiiterlntcndent for Glraud Foster, Lenox, Mass.. 

 lirst, with Royal Purple; S. W. Cftrlquist, su- 

 lierlntendent for Mrs. Rohert Wlnthrop, Lenox, 

 .Mass., second, with Robert Sydenham; no third. 



Lord & Burnham gold watch, for display, open 

 to florist growers only — John G. Stafford, Mal- 

 vern Greenhouses, Bar Harbor, Me., first; Oscar 

 Svluiltz, Newport, second. 



.\merlcan Sweet Pea Society prizes, for collec- 

 tion 1013 novelties— W. Atlee Burpee & Co., sil- 

 ver medal; no second. 



.Vinerican Sweet Pea Society prizes, for yarie- 

 ties not yet in commerce — W. Atlee Burpee & 

 Co., stiver medal for Fiery Cross; certificates of 

 merit for Cherub and President. 



British Sweet Pea Society's prizes, for Largest 

 .•ind most meritorious exhibit — W. Atlee Buipee 

 ik Co., gold medal; no second or third. 



' PRIVATE GARDENERS. 



Henderson prize, for twelve vases, twelve dis- 

 tinct Spencer varieties, twenty sprays to a vase— 

 Kdwin Jenkins, first, with Lady Evelyn Eyre, 

 Orion, Royal Purple, Senator, Arthur Green, May 

 I'nwin, Elfrida Pearson. Uobble's Cream, Illu- 

 minator, Marvel, Agricola and Constance Hln- 

 ton; S. W. Carlquist, second: James H. Greato- 

 rex. gardener for A. C. James, Newport, third. 



Thorburu cup, for twelve vases, twenty blooms 



General View of the Newport Sw^et Pea Show Looking from the Stage. 



