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The Florists' Review 



July 4, 1912. 



SEASONABLE NOTES. 



The flowering season for peonies has 

 passed. It has been a satisfactory one 

 in nearly all sections. The markets 

 have again demonstrated the folly of 

 growing too many varieties an«l of 

 growing such as are of purple, dark red, 

 maroon and similar dingy shades of 

 color. The purchasers who are looking 

 for these colors are few and far between 

 and it simply does not pay to grow 

 them except to a limited extent. On 

 the other hand, good pure whites, soft 

 pinks and clear rose shades have been 

 in demand. A grower can hardly have 

 too many of such excellent sorts as 

 Mme. de Verneville, Mme. Boulan<j;er, 

 Festiva maxima. Baron Schroeder. Mme. 

 Calot, Pottsii alba. Marguerite Gerard, 

 Mme. Emile Lemoine, Marie Lemoine, 

 Venus, Duchesse de Nemours (Calot) 

 and Eugene Verdier, to name only a 

 few beautiful pink or white varieties. 

 Not only are the flowers salable, but 

 with the steadily growing interest in 

 this showy and in every way satisfac- 

 tory hardy perennial the demand for 

 roots is ever on the increase, and those 

 who have a good stock of such varieties 

 will never have much trouble in dis- 

 posing of them. 



Cut away any seed pods from the 

 plants and keep them well cultivated 

 through the summer. The plants next 

 season will repay you for this care and 

 attention. If you are short on any de- 

 sirable varieties, place your orders now 

 for these with some reliable firm and 

 ask for early delivery. The best month 

 to plant peonies is September. Such 

 plants will grow and flower nicely the 

 following season, as the plants have a 

 chance to get established before win- 

 ter sets in. 



Do not overlook a few single white 

 and single pink varieties when planting. 

 These bloom earlier than the semi- 

 doubles and doubles, and the flowers 

 are really more decorative than the 

 doubles, the stamens with their pollen 

 masses making a beautiful center to the 

 bands of wide guard petals. 



THE PEONY SOCIETY'S WOBK. 



The American Peony Society had a 

 most successful meeting at Ithaca, June 

 19 and 20. The attendance of mem- 

 bers was larger than we have had for 

 several years and all were enthusiastic 

 in their expression of appreciation of 

 the exhibition of flowers in the hall of 

 the Agricultural building and also of 

 the fine showing made by the plants in 

 the field. These plants are now about 

 6 years old and are all well established 

 and in splendid condition. During the 

 year we lost only one member by with- 

 drawal and received the largest number 

 of membership applications that we 

 have had in any one year since the so- 

 ciety was organized. 



If there has been any impression that 

 at the conclusion of the experimental 

 work at Cornell the society might dis- 

 band, that question has been effectively 

 settled in the negative by the enthu- 

 siasm shown, the good attendance, the 

 addition of so many new members, and 

 the new work which the society has en- 

 tered upon; namely, the revision of all 

 the preliminary bulletins and the final 

 publication of a complete book of 

 peonies by and in the name of the so- 

 ciety. At the same time it must be 

 understood that the work at Cornell is 

 not ended. The splendid collection that 

 has been formed, and the specimen 

 plants of varieties described in the 

 various bulletins, will be added to, so 

 that eventually representative plants of 

 all the varieties described in the various 

 bulletins may be found in the Cornell 

 collection. 



Professor Wetzel is at the present 

 time actively engaged in the experi- 

 mental work with several fungous dis- 

 eases of the peony and also with the 

 root trouble that has affected some of 

 the peonies received from Europe. 



Next year's meeting place, Cleveland, 

 will be a central point, accessible to 

 growers both east and west, and a spe- 

 cial effort will be made to have the show 

 there the largest we have ever had and 



such a one as will appeal to the general 

 public. 



Financially the society is in good con- 

 dition, having a comfortable cash bal- 

 ance in the treasury, which will be al- 

 most tripled by the returns from the 

 surplus plants at Cornell, most of which 

 have already been disposed of, the 

 original donors having generously con- 

 tributed their plants to the society. 

 There are still five or six collections of 

 from thirty to fifty plants each in large, 

 5-year clumps, to be disposed of, par- 

 ticulars of which may be had by ad- 

 dressing the secretary. Professor A. P. 

 Saunders, Hamilton College, Clinton, 

 N. Y., or myself. With the means at 

 its disposal, thefefore, the society will 

 be in a position to go ahead with its 

 plans for publishing the peony manual 

 and also to make up an attractive peony 

 premium list for the exhibition at Cleve- 

 land next June. B. H. Farr. 



THE HOYT PEONY FIEIJ)S. 



The peony beds at the Hoyt Nursery, 

 Minneapolis, still were a mass of blos- 

 soms at the end of June and were a 

 beautiful sight. There are ten acres 

 of old established plants and another 

 ten acres of new plants which are all 

 choice. The white varieties extensively 

 grown are Festiva maxima, Duke of 

 Wellington and Marie Lemoine. The 

 leading pinks are Charlemagne and 

 Achillea, and the deep reds are Rachel 

 and Rubra grandiflora. Mr. Hoyt grows 

 all his stock, shrubs and peonies, with 

 a view to carrying out his own ideas in 

 landscape work, and rather than sell 

 his cut peonies at a small price, he pre- 

 fers to leave the blooms untouched 

 and take orders from them for the 

 roots, generally selling the entire 

 clump, for fall delivery. Some of his 

 peony plants have had as many as sixty 

 blossoms at one time, and when the 

 fields are in blossom it makes one of 

 the prettiest sights in the vicinity, at- 

 tracting a large number of visitors. 



W. F. H. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Frank Kadlec, nurseryman, Evanston, 

 111., filed a petition in bankruptcy .Tune 

 29, scheduling liabilities of $13,823.41 

 and assets of $7,926.88. The latter con- 

 sist of real estate, $6,000, subject to a 

 mortgage of $4,150 and $1,000 home- 

 stead; stock, $1,000; household goods, 

 $156; open accounts, $370.88, and ex- 

 emption, $400. The creditors are: 



Harry Kadlec, services as foreman .$ ."JSCOfl 



F. E. Schlfferll, Fredonla. N. Y 294.2.". 



Association Flora. Boskoop. IloUainl.. 2,225.9.'? 



E. H. Cushraan, S.vlvanla, 75.00 



J. Gerrltsen & Son, Voorschoten, Hol- 

 land 2.'56.57 



Arthur Bryant & Son. Princeton. 111. . l,r>09.90 



Ohio Nursery & Supply Co. Elyrla. O.. 262.95 



Ebblngs & Van Groos, Boskoop, Holland 313.50 

 Maloney Bros. & Wells Co., Danville, 



N. Y 196.25 



P. VerdcRnl. Noordwjkehniit, 



Hollnnd 1. 039.00 



A Portion of the Peony Fields at the Hoyt Nurseries, Minneapolis, Minn. 



