JOLY 6, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



9 



General View of the Exhibition of the National Sweet Pea Society, Philadelphia, June 29 and 30. 



:ill in spirit atid shall Itnik forwaid caj^i'ily to 

 rfcclviiiK, July 4, upon arrival at .Smilliauiptoii, 

 n <'alilt');raiii tolling of tlio success of tliis tliirtl 

 nniMial exhibition. I ft'il ipiitc sure tliat umlor 

 your able uianaKt'nicnt, and you (irc well entitled 

 to lie called •'llie father of the National Sweet 

 I'ea Society," assisted l)y our vice president and 

 oilier ollieers, toKellier with sueli willinfr helpers 

 as Messrs. Craij;, I'ennoek, Kust. Watson, 

 Miehell, Karl and Kerr, llie exliiliition will he 

 a decided success. 



Such work as you an<l your colaborers have 

 done 80 effectively at the two previous exhiliKions 

 of our infant scK'iety is of la.sliu); value in 

 bringing to the notice of the trade and of 

 growers generally the iiuportanee of the sweet 

 pen as deservedly the most popidar of all llowers 

 grown from seed. 



But should I continue in this strain I niiglit 

 lire you with expressions of my lov(> for the 

 sweet pea, even more than if I couId have been 

 able to deliver in person ••rresl<lent lUirpee's 

 Address," for which the lungrani has me booked. 



Only two words more in closing. .\t our meet- 

 ings we have never discussed polilics. Your 

 present president, theref<irc. ihics n •! know the 

 IKilitical opinions of his fellow nieniliers. What- 

 ever their politics in.ay be. however, I think 

 that most of our members will agree that the 

 i;.t-President of tlie Inili'd Slates acted wisely 

 in urging as his successor I'resideMt Taft, who 

 certainly, despite all criticisms, will make good 

 as an honest, intellig<nt executive. 



Now would it be asking too much for me to 

 suggest that upon reading Ibis Idler (if you 



think it worlli readingl, some iidier put 



in nomination the name of William Sim, ..f 

 fliflondale, Mass., and that anollier niembi'r 

 shoul.l then move that the iioniinations for 

 president be closed. Mr. Sim needs no intro- 

 du<-lion. .\s vice president be lias been most 

 earnest and efTedive in his work f..r the nd- 

 vaiiccnu'iit of the interests of ..iir -..ciciy and 

 I ft cl sure that this sni:ucst ion of .\.iiir retiring 

 piisident will meet with the InMrty ap|irov,il 

 ■ <f all. 



Tho s('<'rt>t:»ry *s lojioil show oil tlic so 

 cicty to bo in oxcollont comlitioii. 'I'lion 

 cMiiio the ].:iiioi- oiititloil "'I'lio llisloiv 

 of Hie S\V(>ot Po;i,"" l.v Looiiiinl l'..irron, 

 i!i;iiKi<j;in<T editor oi' tlio (i:n-iioii M.iji;i- 

 /.iii.\ rciul liv A. <'. i5o;il, of Cornoll 

 I'liivorsity, wiiidi \v:is u'ivon ;i ri'^in^ 

 \oto of t)i:iiil<s. Mr. i!o:il ;iNo told of 

 tlio trials of tlio swooi |io:is at Itliae.i. 



Visit to Fordhook. 



Tlio hoantifid woatlior lli:it Ii.id fa- 

 \(ni'd tlio Swort Tea Society coiitiiuiod 

 tlirmiyfliont Mio aftoniooii of tlio second 

 day. when the visitors were the ouest.s 

 ofW. Atlofi Burjioe & Co. at their farm 

 ;ind trial crrounds at Fordhook. near 

 Doylcstown, Pa. The jiarty left the 

 Heading torniinal early in the afternoon 

 and .sj)ont nearly four liours most de- 



jijfhtfully at Fordhook. Mr. Earl and 

 his staff met the party on arrival and 

 by their genial good fidlowshij) made 

 everyone feel thoroughly at homo and 

 in the best possible mood for enjoyin" 

 the afternoon. Mr. Kerr, who had coiiUi 

 out with the party, devoted himself to 

 their entertainment, telling about the 

 sweet pea novelties and standard varie- 

 ties, their habits, their strong jioints. 

 their requirements and comparison one 

 with the other. Mr. Earl called espe- 

 cial attention to the benefit the sweet 

 peas had derived from the Skinner sys- 

 tem of irrigation, which had saved the 

 crop this spring. There are ten acres 

 of land in all irrigated in this way and 

 it has proved of the greatest value dur- 

 ing the two seasons it has- been in use. 

 The ease with which it can be adapted 

 to any special requirement is one of its 

 strong jioints; Mr. Earl says tliat noth- 

 ing can be compared with it. The swoot 

 jie.-is bore eloquent testimony to the 

 cultural skill that had been Lavished 

 on them; the flowers on the vines fully 

 ecpialed those on the exhibition tables, 

 atfording the additional advantage of 

 studying the habit of growth of o;ic|| 

 variety. 



There W(M'e many other lieautiful lluw- 

 ors. The ]i:insy bods rosoiiiblod a tb'w 

 oiod carjiet. The phloxes and the snaj' 

 dragons were especially fine, 'i'lioii tlioic 

 \vore the |ioroiinial beds and the trial 

 bods for glass sood ; the tom;ito(^s 

 inijiortant among the vogotabh^s. 

 wa\\' fiidds of riptMiod wheat woio 

 tifiil, 



Itoiiglas Y,;\r] assisted his fath'-'.' i" 

 showing the \isitors o\of ttio faiiii. Ho 

 took osjioeial |iride in the ('liiiisoii l.'ain 

 blois planted at every ]iost. wiiicli \'i'l 

 ill time rolloet the beauty of t!io arcli 

 •■o\orod path that adorns the app'or h. 

 l>ouglas Earl's bright int(>rest m a I! 

 that is ])eing done for the advaiicotuoiit 

 of horticulture at Fordhook iiid'ctites 

 whore we may look for progress in the 

 future. 



V/heii the guests had left the dining- 

 rootn and were gathered on the porch 



ino-;' 



The 



.rail 



Mr. Turner thanked Mr, l']arl heartily 

 on beh.'ilf of those present for the de 

 lightfiil afternoon they had all enjoyed 

 so much. Mr. Earl replied that it was a 

 ]iioasufe to have the members of the 

 Xational Sweet Pea Society at Ford- 

 hook and that he would be glad to see 

 oacli and all of them there at any time. 



Those Present. 



.\iiioiig those jireseiit wore noted the 

 following from outside J'hiladelphiii : 



.\ngns. Walter, Chapinville, Conn. 

 Haiir, .\nlhonv. Heal Heach, .N. J. 

 I*.eal, A. (',, ithaea, .N. Y. 

 I'.iiiiyard. II. .\.. New York city. 



• reim'r, Krank, Huntingdon. I'a. 

 I'uekham, Win., .Madison, .\. J. 

 l>avy, .1., and wife, .\rpajoii, l''r:iiii . 

 Dbel, .M. ('.. .Madison, N. ,1. 



lair, liertrand II., Heading, I'a. 

 I'.iripiliar, ,1. K. .M. I,., r.osion. 



• ooit. Henry, Cleiii'oe, I.. I.. N. Y. 

 Ilriniilton, Saiiiiiel .\., lliinlingdnn, I'a. 

 Kennedy, ,Tanies. Deal I'eai'b, .\. ,T. 

 Kirby, Arthur .M., .Jersey City, N. ,T. 

 Kill. v. .Norv.il i;.. New York citv. 

 Mii.ller, Kobt., Uutlierford, N. J. 

 Nichols. Howard, Yoilkers. N. Y. 

 I'atcisoii. .\dam. S.iiicatiick. Conn. 

 I'c|i|>er, .r. H., New York city. 

 Kilirer, .\. K.. Liineasler, I'a. 

 Scyinonr. W. H., W.'st Knd., N. ,T. 

 Sim. William. Cllf toiidale. .Mass. 

 Si;:iiii;o. (i. W., Soiiih Orange. .V. .T. 

 ro||\. Cli.iilcs II.. M.idison. .N. J. 

 Iiiin.r. Il.irrv. Y..iikers. N. V. 



SECRETARY BUNYARDS REPORT. 



I r!.'-,.||i,.d al til.' :iiiniiiil iiheting of the 

 \,;li..ii:il Sw.et I'.M S.'ci.lv of .Viieiicu, held at 

 I'liil.Ml.'li.hia. .Iiiiic lia and :;0. I'.il 1. ] 



W'lirii 1 lioI|ii'il 1(1 orixaiii/.c tile Xa 

 tion;il Sweet I'o.a .^uciclv ihrri' xoar*- 

 au". I st.-ilod .at tlio fii-t iiioctiti- tliat 

 !t wiMild .aiiij iiiiist lie a success. F]i ti"i 

 ilii- 1IIIIO it li;is not fiillillod my lii^h- 

 1-1 o\poct,al imis. but wo liavo iiiado sub- 

 -lantial pldgle-s. li;i\c lr;i rnofl some 

 lliiiio .aioi li.a\o placod the .-(icieiy im a 

 s mild fMiiiid.alioii. .Xidi'd liy the r.\pe- 

 I lolico of tho past, wo hope In 1 n' still 

 iiiiifo siiccrvsfiil ill t'lirt lioi'i 11^ tho .'liiiis 

 and idijocts of the society. 



I'l' to and including this exhibition, 

 wo have held four shows — two in New 

 "S'oik, Olio ill lioston in ettnnection with 

 the S. .V. E, 's Xational i'lowor Show, 

 iuid the riii];id(dphia exhibition. .Ml of 



