JUMB 6, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



13 



AMEBICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting and exhibition of 

 the American Peony Society will be 

 held in Gray's Armory, Cleveland, June 

 12 to 14, in conjunction with the spring 

 exhibition of the Ohio Horticultural 

 Society. 



There will be no separate premium 

 list offered by the Peony Society. 

 Copies of the Horticultural Society's 

 premium list have been sent to all mem- 

 bers of the Peony Society. Further 

 copies may be had by writing to John 

 N. Stockwell, Eoom 218, City Hall, 

 Cleveland, O. All entries should be ad- 

 dressed to Mr. Stockwell as above. 

 Shipments of blooms should be ad- 

 dressed to the chairman of the exhibi- 

 tions committee at the exhibition hall, 

 Gray's Armory. Express charges must 

 be prepaid. Cut flowers cannot be re- 

 ceived earlier than one day before the 

 opening of the exhibition. Label cards 

 not to exceed 2x4 inches must be fur- 

 nished by the exhibitor, but vases for 

 cut blooms will be provided at the hall. 

 Entries must be in the secretary's 

 hands at least forty-eight hours before 

 the beginning of the exhibition, and a 

 fee of $1 must accompany the entry in 

 each class. See the premium list for 

 further particulars. AH intending ex- 

 hibitors are advised to read the regula- 

 tions carefully, as they are not exactly 

 like those which usually govern the ex- 

 hibitions of the Peony Society. The 

 following is a list of the prizes: 



Class 29 — Collection of fifty berbaceous peonies, 

 double, in twenty named varttties; first, silver 

 cup: second, $8.00; third, $5.00. 



Class 30 — Vase of fifty blooms, white, single, 

 on long stems, arranged for effect; first, silver 

 cup; second, $8.00; third, $6.00. 



Class 31 — Vase of fifty blooms, light plnlt, 

 single, on long stems, arranged for effect; first, 

 silver cup; second. $8.00; third, $5.00. 



Class 32 — Vase of fifty blooms, red or crimson, 

 single, on long stems, arranged for effect; first, 

 silver cup; second, $8.00; third, $5.00. 



Class 33 — Collection of twenty-five named va- 

 rieties, double, one bloom of each; first, 96.00; 

 second, $6.00; third, $4.00. 



Class 34 — Collection of ten named varieties, 

 double,' three of each; first, $10.00; second, $S.00; 

 third, $3.00. 



Class 35 — Best specimen bloom, white, double, 

 amateurs only; first, bronze medal. 



Clftss 36 — Best specimon bloom, light pinlc, 

 double, amateurs only; first, bronze medal. 



Class 37 — Best specimen bloom, red or crimson, 

 double, amateurs only; first, bronze medal. 



Class 38 — Collection of twelve named varieties, 

 single, one bloom of each; first, $4.00; second, 

 $3.00; third, $2.00. 



Class 30 — Collection of six named varieties, 

 double, white, one flower of each, amateurs only; 

 first, gold medal; second, sliver medal; third, 

 bronze medal. 



Class 40 — Collection of six named varieties, 

 double, light pink, one flower of each, amateurs 

 only; flrst, gold medal; second, silver medal; 

 third, bronze medal. 



Class 41 — Collection of six named varieties, 

 double, dark pink, one flower of each, amateurs 

 only; flrst, gold medal; second, silver medal - 

 third, bronze medal. 



Class 42 — Collection of six named varieties 

 double, red or crimsou, one flower of each, ama- 

 teurs only: first, gold medal; second, silver 

 medal; third, bronze medal. 



Class 4.3 — Vase of twenty -five blooms, double 

 white or blush; flrst, $6.00; second, $4.00; third' 

 $3.00. ^ 



Class 44 — Vase of twenty-five blooms, double 

 pink; first, $6.00; second, $4.00; third, $3.00. 



Class 45 — Vase of twenty-five blooms, double, 

 red or crimson; flrst, $6.00; second, $4.00; third. 



Class 46 — Vase of twenty-five blooms, double, 

 any other color; first. $6.00; second, $4.00; third. 



Class 46a — Collection of 100 named varieties 

 herbaceous peonies, one of each; first, Peonv 

 Society's Gold Medal. ' 



It is hoped that there will be a good 

 attendance of the members of the 

 Peony Society. The plants in the north- 

 ern section, which were for a time very 

 forward, have been checked by the cool 

 weather of the last few weeks, and it 

 looks now as if the dates of the exhibi- 

 tion would fall about right for the 

 growers in the latitude of Cleveland 

 and farther north. The headquarters 



Hydrangeas of Walter Harrison, Dayton, Wavh. 



(Also Miss Marion F. Herndon, his sileslady.) 



for the Peony Society will be Hotel 

 Statler. A. P. Saunders, Sec 'y. 



PEONIES FOB LANDSCAPING. 



The peony is one of many old-time 

 flowers which have experienced a de- 

 cided modern improvement and revival 

 of popularity. This is shown by the re- 

 cent rapid growth of its culture and by 

 the larger number of varieties that are 

 being originated and propagated by the 

 trade. The American Peony Society 

 has for several years been cooperating 

 with the Cornell Experiment Station in 

 the study of the nomenclature and 

 classification of the peony and has Is- 

 sued several bulky volumes on the sub- 

 ,iect. In one of the bulletins lists of 

 recommended varieties are given. There 

 is at present a rapid increase in the use 

 of the peony for landscape effect and 

 the varieties approved by the society 

 for this purpose are: 



White. — Octave Demay, Marie Jac- 

 quin, Baroness Schroeder, Albatre, 

 Duchesse de Nemours, Alice de Julve- 

 court, Madame de Verneville, Festiva, 

 Marie Lemoine, Couronne d 'Or, Madame 

 Breon, La Rosiere, Albiflora the Bride, 

 Avalanche and Festiva Maxima. 



Pale Pink. — Achille, Eugene Verdier, 

 Eugenie Verdier, Dorchester, Floral 

 Treasure, Marie d'Hour, Triomphe de 

 1 'Exposition de Lille, Venus, La Perle, 

 Marie Crousse and James Kelway. 



Pink and White. — Umbellata Rosea, 

 Golden Harvest, Madame Coste, Madame 

 de Vatry, Therese, Princess Beatrice, 

 Beaute Francaise and Philomele. 



Deep Pink. — Madame Ducel, Living- 



stone, Monsieur Boucharlataine, Souv- 

 enir de • 1 'Exposition Universelle, 

 Madame Lebon, General Bertrand, Mo- 

 desto Guerin, Edulis Superba, Madame 

 Muyssart, Alexandre Dumas and Mo- 

 dele de Perfection. 



Red. — Fulgida, Felix Crousse, Augus- 

 tin d'Hour, Louis Van Houtte, De Can- 

 dolle, Henry Demay and Dr. Caillot. 



Deep Red. — Delachei, Monsieur Mar- 

 tin Cahuzac, Stanley (Kelway), Ra- 

 phael, Madame Bocquet and Adolphe 

 Rousseau. 



HARBISON'S SUCCESS. 



Walter Harrison recently became the 

 sole owner of the business established 

 last year by the firm of Harrison & 

 Hutcheon, of Dayton, Wash. The vol- 

 ume of^sales has far exceeded expecta- 

 tions, i^l the florists on the Pacific 

 coast are having boom business, for 

 this is a section of the country in which 

 real demand is just awakening and in 

 which production is behind, just as it 

 was in the older sections eight or ten 

 years ago. Mr. Harrison started with 

 one greenhouse, but in his first year 

 he found it considerably short of his 

 needs. He now plans to erect an ex- 

 tension of forty feet, using it for let- 

 tuce and pot plants, and will build a 

 new house 25x120 for carnations. The 

 accompanying illustration will give an 

 idea of his success as a plantsman, as 

 it shows a specimen of the Hydrangea 

 Otaksa that has been selling well in 

 his store. The lady in the picture is 

 Miss Marion F. Herndon, bookkeeper, 

 saleslady and designer in the store. 



