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JUHB 22, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



241 



Photo by GlbBon. 



General View of the Exhibition of the Peony Society at Chicago, June 16 and 17. 



torium, Chicago, at 11 a. m. Saturday, 

 June 17. President Ward complimented 

 Chicago on the exhibition then in prog- 

 ress and read an address, which appears 

 elsewhere in this issue. Secretary A. H. 

 Fewkes read the minutes of the 1904 

 meeting and then his annual report, as 

 follows: 



"The present membership of the so- 

 ciety is thirty-six, not including two 

 honorary members. 



"Since the last meeting the president 

 has appointed two European representa- 

 tives of the nomenclature committee, A. 

 Dessert, Chenonceaux, France, to repre- 

 sent that country, and August Koene- 

 mann, of Neides-Walluf, Germany, to 

 represent the latter. 



' * During the past year I have had con- 

 siderable correspondence in regard to 

 peony lists with the object of completing 

 our preliminary list, but there are some 

 which are still to be received before it 

 can be published. The publishing of the 

 report of 1903-1904 has also been de- 

 layed for unavoidable reasons. 



"In the matter of the incorporation 

 papers, Mr. Lown, the attorney, reported 

 to me that the certificate of incorpora- 

 tion was filed in Albany, N. Y., July 2, 

 1904, and a certified copy of the same 

 was deposited at the New York county 

 clerk's office on July 11, thereby com- 

 pleting the legal incorporation of the so- 

 ciety. 



' ' The exhibition held during the meet- 

 ing at New York was a fairly good show, 

 there being about seven exhibitors who 

 staged many fine flowers, but there was a 

 «reat lack of names thereby reducing the 

 value of the show. C. W. Ward, Queens, 

 i^- Y., showed about 200 varieties, all 

 jmnamed but under number. Frank 

 ^-ould, with John J. Morris, Esq., Comp- 

 'on. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 Miowed about sixty-three varieties, all 

 Kn^^T> ^'^"'^"'■ra Nurseries, Chestnut 

 ^i"l, Philadelphia, Pa., twenty varieties, 

 ••» • named. Siebreeht & Son, a large dis- 

 "ay of unnamed flowers, including about 

 jnirty-two varieties. C. Betscher, Canal 

 iJo\er, O., forty varieties, all named. C. 



& M. Wild, Sarcoxie, Mo., about ten 

 varieties, and F. 8. Eosenberg, Walden, 

 N. Y., about eighteen vases unnamed." 



The secretary then read the report of 

 Treasurer J. H. Humphreys. The bal- 

 ance June, 1904, was $175.50; receipts, 

 $57.55; expenditures, $23.98; present 

 balance, $209.07. 



The judges of the exhibition were Ed. 

 Kanst, P. J. Hauswirth and Charles 

 Klehm. They reported as follows: 



Judges' Report 



Largest and best collection, one flower 

 of each variety. Cottage Gardens, Queens, 

 N. Y., first; Vaughan's Greenhouses, sec- 

 ond. 



Best twelve varieties, six flowers each, 

 Peterson Nursery, first; Vaughan's 

 Greenhouses, second. One entry disquali- 

 fied for wrong count. 



Collection rose pink varieties, Peterson 

 Nursery, first. 



Collection salmon and flesh varieties, 

 Peterson Nursery, first. 



Collection white varieties, Peterson 

 Nursery, first. 



Collection cream and light yellow va- 

 rieties, J. F. Rosenfield, Westpoint, Neb., 

 first; Peterson Nursery, second. 



Collection crimson without stamens, 

 Peterson Nursery, first. One exhibit 

 disqualified because of too many stamens 

 showing. 



Collection crimson with stamens, Peter- 

 son Nursery, first. 



Collection tricolor varieties, Peterson 

 Nursery, first. 



Twelve best varieties, twelve blooms 

 of each, first, Peterson Nursery, silver 

 cup. 



Festiva maxima, 100 blooms, 

 "Vaughan's Greenhouses, first. One entry 

 disqualified for short count. 



Best 100 blooms pink, first, Peterson 

 Nursery, on Livingstone; second, same 

 exhibitor, on Delicatissima. 



Best 100 blooms crimson, first, E. A. 

 Reeves, Cleveland, O., on Grandiflora 

 rubra; second, same exhibitor on Rich- 

 ardson's Rubra superba. 



Cottage Gardens were given honorable 



mention for extensive display and so 

 were Vaughan's Greenhouses for peren- 

 nials, etc. 



Mr. Ward called the judges' attention 

 to the rule prohibiting more than one 

 award to one exhibitor in the same class 

 and the report was amended to give sec- 

 ond for lOO pink to J. F. Rosenfield for 

 Floral Treasure and second for 100 

 crimson to Mr. Rosenfield, for No. 206. 



On motion of W, A. Peterson honor- 

 able mention was given the decorative 

 display of Klehm 's Nursery, mention of 

 which had been omitted, due to the mod- 

 esty of one of the judges. 



J. B. Deamud, exhibitor manage, was 

 given a vote of thanks for his services. 



Elections. 



Elmer D. Smith, H. J. MuJlin and J. 

 M. Hood were elected to membership. 

 One other application was referreu to the 

 board of directors because not accom- 

 panied by the membership fee. 



Boston was selected for next year's 

 meeting place. 



It was early apparent that ofiice seeks 

 the man in the Peony Society. Mr. Pet- 

 erson declined the presidency and Mr. 

 Ward only accepted re-election under 

 pressure. He said he doesn't like refer- 

 ences to Mr. Wjard's Peony Society and 

 thought it wise to put in some one else, 

 but the members didn't concur. The of- 

 ficers elected are: President, C. W. 

 Ward, Queens, N. Y. ; vice-president, Wm. 

 A. Peterson, Chicago; secretary, A. H. 

 Fewkes, Newton Highlands, Mass.; 

 treasurer, J. H. Humphreys, German- 

 town, Pa. 



Visitors. 



Among the visitors noted were Fred 

 Lemon and Miss Sarah A. Hill, of the 

 E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.; E. A. 

 Reeves, Cleveland, O.; C. W. Ward and 

 his secretary. Queens, N. Y.; C. S. Har- 

 rison, York, Neb.; A. H. Fewkes, New- 

 ton Highlands, Mass.; Robert George, of 

 Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O.; 

 G. C. Perkins, of Jackson & Perkins Co., 

 Newark, N. Y.; Wm. C. Barry and C. 



