June 16, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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 PEONY SOCIETY 



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THE BOSTON MEETING. 



Officers BeSlected. 



AJl the official staff was reelected, as 

 follows: 



President — Bertrand H. Farr, Read- 

 ing, Pa. 



Vi,ce-presideiit — C. .T. Maloy, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Treasurer — ,1. II. Humphreys, Ger- 

 iiiantown, Pa. 



Secretary — A. II. Fewkes, Newton 

 Highlands, Mass. 



Director for three years — George C. 

 Tluirlow. West Newbury, Mass. 



Next meeting place — Philadelphia. 



Date Is Too Early. 



Till- iiiinual exhibition and convention 

 of the American Peony Society was 

 lield in Horticultural hall, Boston, June 

 14 and 15, in conjunction with the 

 peony show of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. The season has been 

 such an erratic one that setting the 

 dates for the show was no easy task. 

 One postponement was made, but the 

 continued cold and wet weather made 

 even the last dates decided upon much 

 too early for Massachusetts growers. A 

 full week later would have been decid- 

 edlv better. Some of the large growers, 

 like T. C. Thurlow's Sons, West New- 

 bury, had few doubles open, and on all 

 hands flowers showed the effects of the 

 long spell of wet and sunless weather. 



Given a week of clear weather prior 

 to the exhibition, there would undoubt- 

 edly have been the gra'ndest show of 

 peonies ever seen in America. Taking 

 all things into consideration, the exhi- 

 bition was good, but not what Boston 

 liad hoped to give. Some growers re- 

 ported considerable losses of buds from 

 the late severe spring frosts, some vari- 

 vities losing nearly every flower. The 

 ■ nterest in peonies, judging from the 

 attendance, shows no waning and they 

 rontimie to hold their position secure as 

 the most popular of hardy flowering 

 plants. 



While less peonies were shown than 

 iiad been anticipated, some of the gaps 

 were worthily filled by splendid displays 

 of other herbaceous plants. The cool, 

 wet weather has suited the bulk of such 

 plants, as the splendid quality of the 

 aquilegias, digitalis, dictamnus, hemero- 

 eallis and other varieties testified. 



But when Tuesday, the opening day, 

 arrived it brought tropical heat — 90 de- 

 grees in the shade. 



The Awards. 



The following were the awards of the 

 American Peony Society for the com- 

 mercial classes: 



Largest and best collection of named 

 varieties, one flower of each, T. C, Thur- 

 low's Sons, West Newbury, Mass., first; 

 B. H. Parr, Reading, Pa., second. 



Fifty blooms white, one variety, 

 named, Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. 

 Y., first, with Couronne d'Or. 



Fifty blooms dark pink or rose, one 



variety, named, George H. Peterson, 

 Fairlawn, N. J., first, with Louise 

 Renault; Cottage Grove Gardens Co. 

 second, with Mme. Muyssart. 



Fifty blooms flesh or salmon-pink, 

 one variety, named, Cottage Gardens 

 Co. first, with Albert Crousse; George 

 H. Peterson second, with Mme. Emile 

 Galle. 



Fifty blooms crimson, one variety, 

 named, S. G. Harris, Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 first, with Prince Talindyke; Cottage 

 Gardens Co. second, with Marechal 

 Vaillant. 



The following were the awards of the 

 American Peony Society for the ama- 

 teur classes: 



Collection of not less than twelve varieties, 



named, one of eacli variety, T. A. Havemeyer, 



Hemosteail. L. I., first; C. S. MInot second. 



Collection of not less than twelve varieties, 



named, one of each variety, open only to ex- 



McKissock first; T. C. Thurlow's Sons 

 second. 



Collection of twelve named varieties, 

 double, three flowers of each, George H. 

 Peterson first, William Whitman second, 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner third. 



Specimen bloom, double, George H. 

 Peterson first, with splendid Mme. De 

 Galhau. 



Vase of blooms on long stems, ar- 

 ranged for effect, Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 second. 



Collection of six named double varie- 

 ties, white, one flower of each, T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons third. 



Collection of six named double vari- 

 eties, rose pink, one flower of each, T. 

 C. Thurlow's Sons second. 



Vase of twenty-five blooms white or 

 blush, double, S. G. Harris first, with 

 Baroness Schroeder; Mrs. E. M. Gill, 

 Medford, Mass., second; B. H. Farr 

 third, with Marie Lemoine. 



Vase of twenty-five blooms pink or 

 rose, double, George H. Peterson first, 

 with Mme. De Galhau; George H. Peter- 

 son second, with Mathilde de Roseneck; 

 William Whitman third, with Lady 

 Bramwell. 



Vase of twenty-five blooms red or 

 crimson, double, George H. Peterson 

 ^rst, with Rubra Superbn; George H 

 Peterson second, with Constant Devred; 



Bertrand H. Farr. 



(President American Peony Society. > 



hihitors not residing within the state of Massa- 

 chusetts, T. A. Havemeyer first. 



Collection of white varieties, named, one bloom 

 of each, T. A. Havemeyer first. 



Collection of dark pink or rose varieties, 

 named, one bloom of each, T. A. Havemeyer 

 first. 



Collection of salmon and flesh pink varieties, 

 named, one bloom of each, T. A. Havemeyer 

 first. 



Collection of crimson varieties, named, one 

 bloom of each, T. A. Havemeyer first. 



The following were the awards in 

 the classes provided by Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, open to all: 



Collection of thirty or more varieties, 

 double, one flower of each, Mrs. .Limes 



T. C. Thurlow's Sons third, with Comtc 

 de Diesbach. 



Vase of twenty-five blooms, double, 

 any other color, T. C. Thurlow's Sons 

 first, with Mme. Coste; William Whit- 

 man second. 



Collection of twelve named varieties, 

 double, one flower of each, for non- 

 commercial growers only, William Whit- 

 man first, T. A. Havemeyer second, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner third. 



Display of peonies, arranged for deco- 

 rative effect, R. & J. Farquhar & Co. first, 

 with a beautiful table decoration. 



