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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



JUNB 15. 1911. 



ety, named, crtmsou, first, Cottage Gardens Co. ; 

 Mcond, E. A. Reeves. 



Class 7. — Peonies, best collection of not less 

 than twelve varieties, named, one of each variety, 

 second, F. B. Van Vorst, Uackensack, N. J. 



Class 15. — Peonies, best vase of twenty-five 

 pink, of one variety, first, E. A. Reeves. 



Class 16. — Peonies, best twelve pink varieties, 

 •Ix blooms each, first, S. G. Harris. 



Class 18. — Best American seedling peony, not 

 tn commerce in 1908, B. H. Farr, first on Carl 

 Roscnfleld. 



Thomas Meehan & Sons prizes for painting of 

 peonies: Elizabeth Chase Burt, first; Helen K. 

 McCarthy, second; Florence M. Miller and Eliza- 

 beth Schwarz, honorable mention. 



The Business Session. 



The annual meeting of the American 



Peony Society was held in the lecture 



room of Horticultural hall at 10:30 a. 



tn., Friday, June 9, President Bertrand 



H. Farr in the chair. The secretary's 



report was read by W. Thurlow, in the 



absence of A. H. Fewkes, and showed a 



membership of sixty-three, divided as 



follows : 



Sew York 18 Iowa 2 



Pennsylvania 8 Illinois 6 



Massachusetts 12 Missouri 2 



New Jersey 2 Minnesota 1 



Ohio 7 Nebraska 2 



Canada 2 Michigan 1 



Maine 1 



Also five honorary members. 



George Hollis, a charter member, was 

 <?ulogized, Mr. Fewkes stating that his 

 death was a serious loss. 



Mr. Thurlow read the treasurer's re- 

 port, as follows: 



Balance from last report $300.96 



Receipts this year 312.60 



Total; 



$613.56 



Expenditures this year |215.77 



Balance 397.79 



Total $613.56 



After President Bertrand H. Farr had 

 read his address, published elsewhere 

 in this issue, a letter was read from 

 Prof. John Craig, of Cornell University, 

 who is in charge of the nomenclature 

 of the peony, stating that he was un- 

 'able to be present because of the ill- 

 ness of Mrs. Craig. In reply to the re- 

 quest for the art committee's report, 

 Mr. Humphreys said that the pictures 

 were painted especially for this pre- 

 mium and that the judges, five of the 

 best Philadelphia artists, found it hard 

 to decide, so keen was the competition. 

 One of the art judges, by the way, is 



a near relative of Jackson Dawson, of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, Boston. 



It was proposed that the American 

 Peony Society work in connection with 

 the various local sh9W8 in order to 

 bring out and properly judge the peo- 

 nies in different sections of the coun- 

 try, because of the impossibility of 

 getting peonies from all sections of the 

 country into one great show, owing to 

 varying weather conditions. Ithaca, N. 

 y., was selected as the meeting place 

 for 1912. The society has for a num- 

 ber of years been working on the peony 

 question at Cornell University, where 

 it has a collection of 2,000 varieties. 

 It had been hoped to have an exhibit 

 from this collection, but as the Cornell 

 season is from three to four weeks 

 later than at Philadelphia, only a few 

 varieties were fit to send. Among these 

 were James Kelway, one of Kelway's 

 introductions, wrongly known as Lady 

 Alexander Duff, and Martin Cahuzac, 

 a deep bronzy red. The blooms of 

 Cahuzac are said by the growers to be 

 the finest they had ever seen. 



A letter was read from A. H. Fewkes, 

 Newton Highlands, Mass., declining re- 

 nomination as secretary. This was ac- 

 cepted with regret, as the work of Mr. 

 Fewkes has been of great value to the 

 society. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the 

 Pgwreylvania Horticultural Society for 

 "tne use of Horticultural hall, and to 

 David Bust for the many courtesies 

 shown the exhibitors and members. Mr. 

 Bust said that it was a pleasure to do 

 all he could for the members of the 

 Peony Society and that the members 

 of the Horticultural Society were hap- 

 py to have them there. 



After the adjournment of the meet- 

 ing many of the members went out to 

 the Andorra Nurseries as the guest of 

 J. H. Humphreys, where a pleasant af- 

 ternoon was spent on the banks of the 

 picturesque Wissahickon. 



Those Present. 



The attendance was slightly larger 

 than at the Boston meeting of last 

 year. Among those noted were: 



Anderson, A., Hackensack, N. J. 

 Bassett, George, Hammonton, N. J. 



Brown, R. T., Queens, N. J. 

 Karr, B. H., Beading, Pa. 

 Farrell, James, West Chester, Pa. 

 Harris, 8. G., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Humphreys, J. H., Chestnut Hill, Pa. 

 Meehan, S. Mendelson, Germantown, Pa. 

 Mlchell, Henry F., Philadelphia. 

 Peterson, George, Fair Lawn, N. J. 

 Reeves, B. A., Cleveland, O. 

 Sims, Harry C., Rlverton, N. J. 

 Styer, J. J., ConcordviUe, Pa. 

 Thurlow, W., West Newbury, Mass. 

 Wild, Gilbert H., Sarcoxle, Mo. 

 Wlnthrop, T. H., Needham, Mass. 

 Van Vorst, F. B., Hackensack, N. J. 



PRESIDENT FABS'S ABDBBSS. 



[Deliveied at' the annual meeting of the 

 American Peony Society, in Horticultural 

 hall, Philadelphia, June 8 and 9, 1911.] 



The passing of another year marks 

 the ninth in the history of the Ameri- 

 can Peony Society, and it is gratifying 

 to see again so many faces that have 

 become familiar from having met them 

 as regular attendants at so many for- 

 mer meetings. This loyalty of the 

 older members, the steady increase in 

 membership of the society and the 

 interest taken in the present ezhibi' 

 tion are encouraging evidences of the 

 continued popularity of the peony and 

 of the enthusiasm which still animates 

 the members of its society. Though 

 but a handful in numbers, you are to 

 be congratulated on the success which 

 has so far attended your efforts, for 

 the solution of the problem of peony 

 nomenclature is so vast and difficult 

 an undertaking that it would not have 

 been surprising had the work ended in 

 failure. 



That such is not the case is due to 

 the perseverance and determination of 

 the members of the society, aided by 

 the efficient support given by the au- 

 thorities of Cornell University and the 

 generous contribution of plants from 

 the most prominent growers in this 

 country and in Europe. Small as our 

 membership is, it is doubtful whether 

 any similar society has ever conceived, 

 carried out and concluded an operation 

 of this kind on anything like as com- 

 plete and comprehensive a scale as the 

 peony test at Cornell. 



Work of Nomenclature Oommittee. 



For the information of those who 

 have not kept fully in touch with the 

 work at Ithaca, I will state that two 



Some of the Exhibits by the Andorra Ntinery at the Philadelphia Peony Show. 





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