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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 14, 1910. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The Second Annual Exhibition. 



The National Sweet Pea Society of 

 America held its second annual exhibi- 

 tion and convention at St. Nicholas 

 rink, New York city, July 12 and 13. 

 Considering the extreme heat of the 

 last few days and the forwardness of 

 the season, the exhibition was an excel- 

 lent one and marked a distinct advance 

 over the initial show of last year. Sec- 

 retary Harry Bunyard, with Arthur T. 

 Boddington, had worked indefatigably 

 and had gathered together a large list 

 of special premiums, which called out 

 an excellent display of flowers. The 

 rink was handsomely decorated with 

 evergreens and bay trees by the A. T. 

 Bunyard Co. There was a large at- 

 tendance, particularly of seedsmen's 

 representatives and private gardeners. 

 The staging of the exhibition was in 

 charge of H. A. Bunyard, A. Herring- 

 ton and William Duckham. The general 

 opinion was that a date in June should 

 be chosen for next year. The awards 

 were: 



Twenty-five vases of sweet peas In twenty-five 

 varieties. Mrs. J. D. Layng, David Francis gar- 

 dener, the Turner cup. » „.„ 



Finest and largest collection of sweet peas, 

 Howard Gould, Harry Turner gardener, first, 

 the Burpee cup. , 



Vase of waved or Spencer type sweet peas, in- 

 troduced In 1910, Morton F. Plant, Thomas Head 

 gardener, first; Hon. Seth Low, second, the 

 Burpee prlies. , , ., 



Collection of sweet peas, twenty-five varieties, 

 not less than twenty-five stems to a vase, Hon. 

 Seth Low, first; Howard Gould, second; S>. 

 Unterniyer. WiUlam Barth gardener, third, the 

 Boddlnpton prlies. 



Twenty spikes of Bawson's Snowfiake, Mor- 

 ton F. Plant, first, Bawson's silver medal. 



Three vases of white, laveoder and pink sweet 

 peas, open to amateurs only, Mrs. John D. 

 Wing first, Bawson's bronie medal. 



Twenty-one vases of sweet peas, Mrs. J. D. 

 Layng, first; Hon. Seth Low, second, the Dreer 



^"^Vale of white sweet peas, R. & H. Scovllle, 

 first- S. Untermyer, second; Mrs. C. D. Mc- 

 Dougall, third, the Bice Seed Co. 's prizes. 



Collection of twenty-five varieties of sweet 

 neas including not less than six of the Spencer 

 type! open to amateurs. Mrs. J. D. Wing, first, 

 tiie Henderson & Co.'s prize. 



One vase each of Frank Dolby, White Spencer 

 and Mrs. Alfred Watkins, Hon. Seth Low, first, 

 the Mlchell Co.'s prize. ^ »u * .• 



Collection of sweet peas, open to th« trade 

 only, Arthur T. Boddington, first, the C. C. 



V^ase of Nora Un'wln, Frank Dolby, Mrs. A. 

 Watkins A. J. Cook and E. J. Castle, Mor- 

 ton F. Plant, first, the Watkins & Simpson 



'"^'Three vases of sweet peas, Spencer type, 

 R & H Scovllle, first; Morton F. Plant, sec- 

 ond: Hon. Seth Low, third, the Stumpp & 

 Walter prizes. , ^ 



Vase of pink sweet peas, one variety only, 

 Morton F. Plant, first; Mrs. J. D. Layng. sec- 

 one!; SM. Goldsmith, third, the Thorbum 



Co *8 prizes. 



Vase of white sweet peas, one variety only, 

 RAH Scovllle, first; Morton F. Plant, sec- 

 oiid; Mrs. C. D. McDougall, third, the John 

 T ewis Cbilds prizes. 



Table of sweet peas. Col. F. Mason, first, the 

 Sutton & Sons' prize. 



TVelve vases of sweet peas, In twelve varie- 

 ties Morton F. Plant, first; Mrs. John McGee, 

 Bpro'nd the F. R. Plerson prizes. 



Collection of sweet peas, open to the florists 

 only, Winkler Bros., first, the Aphlne Mfg. Co.'s 



^^Teii vases of Spencer and Unwin types, in ten 



vniletlea, Hon. Seth Low, first, the Zvolanek 

 prize. 



Vase of sweet peas never before exhibited, 

 R. & H. Scovllle, second, the John Young prize. 



Vase of Countess Spencer, Morton F. Plant- 

 first; R. & H. Scovllle, second, the Florists' 

 Kxchange prizes. 



Bunch of mixed sweet peas, R. & H. Scovllle, 

 first, the A. L. Miller prize. 



Vase of crimson or scarlet sweet peas, In one 

 variety only, Morton F. Plant, first; R. & H. 

 Scovllle, second; Hon. Seth Low, third, the 

 Mrs. Lea Mcllvaine Luquer prizes. 



Vaso of lavender sweet peas. In one variety 

 only, Morton F. Plant, first; Hon. Seth Low, 

 second; Mrs. C. I). McDougall, third, the 

 F. H. Traendly prizes. 



Vase of blue sweet peas, in one variety only, 

 R. & H. Scovllle. first; S. .M. Goldsmith, sec- 

 ond: Morton F. Plant, third, the Burnett Bros.' 

 prizes. 



Vase of varl-colored sweet peas, Hon. Seth 

 Low, first; Morton F. Plant, second; R. & H. 

 Scoville, third, the Harry A. Bunyard prizes. 



There were a number of special ex- 

 hibits. The Julius Eoehrs Co. made a 

 fine showing of cut orchid blooms and 

 of orchid plants in flower, receiving a 

 certificate of merit. Henry A. Dreer, 

 Philadelphia, sent a fine assortment of 

 aquatics, in charge of Messrs. Hay and 



Clark, receiving a certificate of merit. 

 Joseph Manda staged an assortment of 

 cut orchid blooms, receiving a certifi- 

 cate. John Lewis Childs showed cut 

 l)looms of dahlias, summer flowering 

 bulbs, callas, etc., receiving a certificate 

 of merit. 



Arthur T. Boddington made a large 

 display of sweet peas, not for competi- 

 tion, and from the trial grounds at Cor- 

 nell came a large collection of blooms. 



Business Meeting. 



The program of the meeting as out- 

 lined included papers by President Harry 

 Turner, report by Secretary Bunyard, re- 

 ports by Prof. John Craig and by Prof. 

 A. C. Beal on the trials of sweet peas at 

 Cornell, essays by W. T. Hutchins, W. C. 

 Kerr, A. C. Zvolanek and others. 



The election of officers for the en- 

 suing year resulted as follows: 



President— W. Atlee Burpee, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Vice-president — William Sim, Clif- 

 tondale, Mass. 



Treasurer — Arthur T. Boddington, 

 New York. 



Secretary — Harry A. Bunyard, New 

 York. 



Members Executive Committee — Har- 

 ry Turner, J. K. M. L. Farquhar. 



It was voted to hold the next meet- 

 ing and exhibition at the National 

 Flower Show, Boston, March, 1911, the 

 date of the summer meeting to be then 

 decided. 



Doubleday, Page & Co. offered an 

 auxiliary trial ground at their farm at 

 Hempstead, L. I. 



YOBK AND LANCASTEE. 



John Charlton & Sons, Rochester, 

 N. Y., referring to a note on the York 

 and Lancaster rose in The Review of 

 June 23, ask that the statement of the 

 correspondent to the effect that this 

 rose "is not grown or sold any more in 

 this country" be not taken too liter- 

 ally. They say: "Dingee & Conard 

 have repeatedly catalogued it, as have 

 Conard & Jones. We got up a photo- 

 engraving and also a colored plate of 

 it several years ago and have continued 

 to grow it since, and expect to continue 

 to do so. It is very hardy and never 

 is destroyed by winter weather. Our 

 Mr. J. M. Charlton has a blooming 

 hedge of it which absolutely takes care 

 of itself, requiring but little attention, 

 and it is a source of great delight when 

 in flower. We know of no variety so 



well adapted for a permanent hedge as 

 is York and Lancaster." 



Charlton & Sons send with their let- 

 ter a copy of the colored plate re- 

 ferred to, on which they describe York 

 and Lancaster as "a most remarkable 

 variety and the scarcest desirable rose 

 in this country. It is, as we have 

 proved it, entirely hardy and is a very 

 free bloomer. It is of the Damask 

 class, which is noted for fragrance and 

 beauty. Color white, striped, splashed 

 and dashed with crimson purple, A 

 marvelous and an elegant variety.' To 

 be recommended." 



PEUNINa HAEDY ROSES. 



A man here, who said he understood 

 trimming, cut practically all of last 

 year's growth off the roses on the lawn 

 and there are only a few scattering 

 roses on any of the larger bushes. Is 

 this because of the way they were 

 trimmed? The small bushes, which he 

 did not cut back so much, have plenty 



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