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THE BOSTON MEETING. 



The annual meeting and exhibition of 

 the American Peony Society was held 

 at Horticultural hall, Boston, June 15 

 and 16, in conjunction with the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society's annual 

 peony show. It is a difficult problem to 

 select suitable dates for such an ex- 

 hibition. Probably those decided upon 

 were as good as could have been made 

 for New England, but were much too 

 late for states to tne south and west. 

 Exhibitors, with the exception of C. W. 

 Ward and E. A. Reeves, all hailed from 

 Massachusetts and it was to be regretted 

 that the' largest part of Mr. Ward's 

 extensive collection, which had been in 

 cold storage eight or ten days, dropped 

 to pieces before being staged. It is 

 the same experience he had at Chicago 

 last year. 



While climatic conditions prevented 

 exhibits coming from a distance, and 

 while there were comparatively few en- 

 tries in the Peony 'Society's clsBses, 

 there were a good many visitors from 

 other states and a surprising amount 

 of interest was shown in the flowers 

 by the general pubnc, who attended the 

 exhibition in large numbers. 



There was a good competition in most 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety's classes and the peony display 

 comfortably filled the main exhibition 

 hall, other exhibits being staged in the 

 smaller halls. In looking over the ex- 

 hibits the urgent need or such an or- 

 ganization as the American Peony So- 

 ciety was speedily made apparent. Such 

 a pale flesh variety as Baroness 

 Schroeder was pure white in one exhibit, 

 while side by side another grower had 

 a bright pink variety bearing the same 

 name. L<<dy Alexandra Duff and other 

 Borts showed similar variations in color 

 from different growers. 



The Awards. 



For the largest and best collection, 

 one flower of each, George Hollis was 

 first with a splendid collection which 

 included some very fine seedlings, T. 

 o. Thurlow & Co. second. For twelve 

 L.o^ and most distinct varieties, six 

 blooms of each, C. W. Ward won with 

 a nice selection, T. C. Thurlow & Co 



second. T. C. Thurlow & Co. led for 

 fifty white with a fine vase of Festiva 

 maxima. Judge W. C. Hbitt being sec- 

 ond with the same variety. The second 

 prize for fifty pink, any shade, went to 

 Thurlow. E. A. Beeves, Cleveland, O., 

 had the best fifty crimsons, T. C. Thur- 

 low & Co. second. 



There was little competition in the 

 classes allotted to amateur growers. 

 James McKissick took first for collec- 

 tions of white varieties and pink varie- 

 ties and for six blooms of any one 

 variety. 



In the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society 's classes there was better compe- 

 tition. For thirty or more double varie- 

 ties Wm. Whitman, M. Sullivan gardener, 

 was in the lead with a well grown and 

 staged collection, H. A. Stevens Co. sec- 

 ond, J. McKissick third, George Hollis 

 fourth, and T, C. Thurlow fifth. Wm. 

 Whitman also won the Kelway silver gilt 

 medal for eighteen varieties single or 

 double, George Hollis taking the bronze 

 medal. Wm. Whitman was again in the 

 lead for twelve named double varieties 

 six flowers of each. For specimen bloom 

 Dr. C. G. Weld, W. C. Rust gardener, 

 was first for Baroness Schroeder, T. C. 

 Thurlow second for Lady Alexandra 

 Duff. T. C. Thurlow had the best collec- 

 tion of named singles, Wm. Whitman 

 second. George Hollis had the best 

 twelve vases of Japanese singles. Dr. 

 C. G. Weld led in the large china vase 

 class, followed by E. L. Lewis and E. 



B. Wilder. For six named double whites 

 A. H. Fewkes won with a pretty set. 

 His varieties were Avalanche, Festiva, 

 Duke of Wellington, Festiva maxima, 

 Mont Blanc and Mme. Crousse. In this 

 class T. C. Thurlow was second, H. A. 

 Stevens Co. third. Mr. Fewkes also won 

 for six rose pink varieties, H. A. 

 Stevens Co. second. The latter firm was 

 first for six salmon pink varieties. T. 



C. Thurlow had the best set of red and 

 crimson varieties, H. A. Stevens Co. 

 second. 



H. A. Stevens Co. led for vase of 

 twenty-five white or blush and T. C. 

 Thurlow for pink or rose, with the 

 beautiful bright pink L'Esperance. W. 

 Whitman had the best vase of red or 

 crimson, H. A. Stevens Co. second. For 



named varieties double, non-commercial 

 growers, prizes went to J. L. Blanchard, 

 E. L. Lems and James McKissick. 



There were numerous displays not for 

 competition. A. H. Fewkes and Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill each had fine collections. 

 E. J. Shaylor had a beautiful table of 

 about 200 varieties, including many of 

 the best novelties from Dessert and other 

 European hybridists. C. W. Ward, T. 

 C. Thurlow, Joseph H. White, James 

 Wheeler gardener; Walter Hunnewell, 

 T. D. Hatfield gardener; Mrs. I. Low, 

 Mrs. J. B. Lawrence and others made 

 displays. 



The Best Sorts. 



In the way of strictly first-class 

 novelties there were few sorts shown 

 which were not seen last year in Chi- 

 cago. E. J. Shaylor 's French varieties 

 were very promising. George Hollis, 

 among some good things, showed Bunker 

 Hill, a first-class deep rosy pink which 

 should prove a fine commercial sort. 

 T. C. Thurlow also had some good seed- 

 lings, of which we especially admired 

 Pride of Essex. 



The following varieties, some old and 

 others comparatively new, we especially 

 admired. All the colors are such as to 

 commend them to commercial growers. 

 Festiva maxima, still a leader in its 

 color; Boule de Neige, La Tendreese, 

 Mme. August Dessert, deep daybre.ak 

 pink, rather a flat flower; M. Dupont, 

 white flaked with crimson; Marguerite 

 Gerard, Ideality, a lovely semi-double 

 rosy pink; Langport Queen, Aurora, 

 semi-double blush white; Whittleyi 

 plena, Duchesse de Nemours, Mme. 

 Lebon, one of the best in the deep rosy 

 pink class; Mont Blanc, Venus, soft 

 pink, broad guard petals; Lady Alex- 

 andra Duff, one of the gems of the 

 show; Baroness Schroeder, Halbid, deep 

 pink; Belle Alliance, white; Mme. Calot, 

 Mrs. Rudd, ivory white, Mme. Emile 

 Lemoine, Mme. Boulanger, Marie Jac- 

 quin, Juliette Dessert, Camille Calot, 

 James Kelway, a fine scented white 

 variety; Mrs. Gwyn Lewis, dwarf white, 

 fragrant; and L'Esperance, bright pink. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



Miscellaneous exhibits included a col- 

 lection of eremuri from Mount Desert 

 Nurseries, Bar Harbor, including E. 

 Elwesianus, Turkestanicus, robustus su- 

 perbus and robustus, awarded a silver 

 medal. Blue Hill Nurseries, Julius 

 Heurlin, proprietor, staged a superb col- 

 lection of hardy herbaceous flowers in 

 150 varieties. The labeling was a special 

 feature whiclr other exhibitors might well 

 copy; awarded a silver medal. The 

 same exhibitor had cut sprays of eighty 

 ornamental deciduous trees and shrubs, 



The Boston Peony Show-E. J. Shaylor's DUpky of 200 Varieties. 



