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A General View of the Peony Section of U^e Show of the Ohio Hottictiltural Society, Clev«|and, June J 2 to 15. 



at Lake Geneva, Wis., held their annual 

 June peony show Saturday, June 14, 

 and made a conspicuous success of it. 

 There are many fine places about the 

 lake and the gardeners there are among 

 the most skillful in the country. No 

 trado^HBTowers participated in their 

 showj^'^ut the competition was keen 

 bet#(5tffi -some fifteen local exhibitors. 

 The -f ^99 was much the largest held 

 west -^Cleveland this year and the 

 quaIi|M||g( the stock was good. Among 

 thos^^esent were Messrs. Gage and 

 Chapnjan, of Peterson >iursery, Chicago. 



BOSTON PEONY EXHIBITION. 



Th^pteony exhibition held at Hor- 

 ticultural hall, Boston, June 14 and 15 

 ■was the finest and most extensive ever 

 seen in that city, filling both the large 

 and small exhibition halls. So fine 

 Were some of the exhibits that the com- 

 niittee on plants and flowers actually 

 awarded three gold medals, something 

 I do not remember to have occurred 

 at any previous Boston ajfow. The 

 date was two or three days early for 

 '"(st of the growers, but the display 

 IP" ertheless was a superb one. 



In the competitive classes Geo. H. 

 f^c'erson led for twenty varieties, 

 oo ble, with splendid blooms of Ma;^ 

 ''' ''le de Eoseneck, Pierre Dessert," 

 p'' ilanche, Dorchester, Marechal Vail- 

 ^■^ Claire Dubois, Couronne d'Or, 

 ^1 -,'ene Verdier, Pink Beauty, Con- 

 ^^ -it Devttd, Aiiguste VUlaume, Gloire 

 ^'' Tourraine, Mme. de Galhau, Mme. 

 i^' >e Mere, Mifteille, Mme. Boulanger, 

 ^' re Duchartre,' Marie Lemoine, En- 

 s' lo Bigot and Souvenir de Univer- 

 ^'''<\ James MoKissock was second 



and T. iC. Thurlow's Sons' Co. third, 

 each with fine collections. 



For tpn named varieties, three of 

 each, Gejp. H. Peterson again won, with 

 fine floWjers of Marie, Comte de Gomer, 

 Indispensable, Charlemagne, Living- 

 stone, MJarie Lemoine, Mme. de Galhau, 

 Souvenir de Universelle and Claire Du- 

 bois. Wm. Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, was second and James 

 McKissock third. 



Geo. ]^. Peterson had the finest speci- 

 men blopm, and M. Sullivan, gardener 

 to W. Whitman, second. T. C. Thur- 

 Ibw 's S6ns ' Co. had the finest twelve 

 varieties of singles. Some of the most 

 effective sorts shown in the singles 

 were "Victoria, Areos, Dreadnought, 

 Stanley, Queen of May, Pearl, Lola 

 Doury, Kitty Wardell, Bridesmaid, 

 Miss Ida Chamberlain and Mrs. Eich- 

 mond. 



For six double varieties, white, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner was first, with Festiva 

 Maxima^ Duchesse de Nemours, Mme. 

 de Vernpville, Delia and Duke of Wel- 

 lington, fine. T. C. Thurlow 's Sons ' 

 Co. was- second and D. C. S. Minot 

 third. 



For six, double pink or rose Mrs. J. 

 L. Gardner was first, with Triomphe 

 de Lille . Exposition, Lady Leonora 

 Bram well, and Alexander Dumas as the 

 best blooms. James McKissock was 

 second arid T. C. Thurlow's Sons' Co. 

 third. 



For si?c varieties red or crimson 

 .Tames McKissock was first, with M. 

 Martin Cahuzac, Volcan^, Plutarch, 

 Edouard ^Andre, John Eichardson and 

 Francois Eousseau. T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons' Co.- was second. 



For twentv-five blooms white or 



blush Mrs. J, L. Gardner was first, with 

 splendid Festiva Maxima. Geo. H. 

 Peterson was second and John E. Corn- 

 ley third. 



For twenty-five blooms pink or rose 

 W. Whitman was first, Geo. H. Peter- 

 son second and W. Whitman third. 



For twenty-five, double, red or crim- 

 son, Geo. H. Peterson was first, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner second and W. Whitman 

 third. 



For twenty-five any other color W. 

 Whitman was first, T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons' Co. second and James McKis- 

 sock third. 



B. & J. Farquhar & Co. had a mag- 

 nificent display of peonies artistically 

 arranged, covering 1,200 square feet 

 of space. Among varieties included 

 in their collection were Mjs. James 

 Farquhar, rich salmon pink ; C. ' W. 

 Parker, dark red; La France, Mont 

 Blanc, fine; Mile. Eousseau, Gigantea, 

 Victor Hugo, extra good; Marie, Venus, 

 Edulis Alba, Durer, a fine single white; 

 Festiva Maxima and many others. This 

 exhibit received the unusual distinction 

 of a gold medal. 



E. J. Shayler, as usual, had a fine 

 collection of first-class sorts. Note- 

 worthy, were Alfred de Musset, Faust, 

 Mme. Crousse, Jeanne D'Arc, Mme. de 

 Verneville, Adolphe Eousseau, M. Jules 

 Elie, extra fine; Marguerite Gerard and 

 Due de Wellington. ^ ^ ' ^ ^ 



Geo. W. Page had a good collection 

 of seedling peonies. The Breck-pob- 

 inson Co. had peonies and herbaceous 

 flowers. Mrs. E. M. Gill had a fine 

 table of peonies, also the first hardy 

 roses of the season. T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons' Co. had a fine collection of both 

 I double and single jpeonies. Wm. Whit- 



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