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The Florists' Review 



June 19, 1913. 



man had a large collection of peonies, 

 and several large vases came from Mrs. 

 James B. David. - 



The Mount Desert Nurseries, Bar 

 Harbor, Me., had a magnificent display 

 of eremuri, chiefly robustus and Himal- 

 aicus, the grandest showing of these 

 ever put up in Boston; awarded a gold 

 medal. They also had an extensive 

 collection of German iris and other 

 herbaceous perennials. J. L. Smith, 

 gardener to A. W. Preston, had a fine 

 collection of pyrethrums, and Eastern 

 Nurseries an ' imposing bank of her- 

 baceous flowers. J. T. Butterworth 

 had a fine table of English iris. He 

 also showed a seedling Laelio-cattleya 

 (Cattleya Mossiee x Lselia purpurata) 

 and a plant of Odontoglossum crispum, 

 carrying a spike with twenty flowers, 

 showing excellent culture. T. T. Watts 

 had a group of orchids, a specimen of 

 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum being extra 

 \yell flowered. 



Geo. Page, gardener to Mrs, Fred- 

 erick Ayer, had fi^y well flowered 

 fuchsias, quite an interesting and well 

 grown exhibit. Old Town Nurseries 

 had a large display of herbaceous flow- 

 ers. Chas. Sander, gardener to Prof. 

 C. S. Sargent, received a first-class cer- 

 tificate for Geum coccineum Bradshawi 

 and Mount Desert Nurseries a similar 

 award for seedling peonies. 



William Sim had a wonderful dis- 

 play of sweet peas. I doubt if any 

 such exhibit has ever before been seen 

 in America, Certainly nothing ap- 

 proaching it has been exhibited in Bos- 

 ton. They were arranged in large, 

 trumpet vases, containing 100 or more 

 stems each, with smaller vases inter- 

 spersed. The stems averaged eighteen 

 inches long, and a large part carried 

 four flowers per stem. The orange 

 shades were particularly noteworthy 

 and showed up beautifully. The flow- 

 ers were all grown under glass and 

 had been shaded. The varieties inclu- 

 ded: Maud Holmes, Hercules Spencer, 

 Barbara, the gem of the whole col- 

 lection; Mrs. Hugh Dickson, extra 

 fine; Asta Ohn Spencer, Blanche Ferry 

 Spencer, Freda Spencer, superb; Loy- 

 alty Spencer, George Herbert Spencer. 

 Elfrida Pearson Spencer, fine; Earl 



Spencer, Edrow Beauty, Countess 

 Spencer, Mrs. Townsend, Edna Unwin, 

 Clara Curtis, Dazzler, brilliant; Mrs. 

 C. W. Breadmore, Mrs. Koutzahn Spen- 

 cer, Queen of Spain, Thomas Stevenson, 

 splendid; Mrs. A. Ireland, Mrs, R. Hal- 

 lam, Eric Harvey, Perdita, Helen 

 Lewis, not in the running with the 

 newer sorts; Mrs. H. Bell and Florence 

 Nightingale. First-class certificates 

 were awarded to Elfrida Pearson, Mrs. 

 Hugh Dickson, Dazzler and Freda. 



W. N. C. 



THE CHICAGK) PEONY SHOW. 



The Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 held a special peony show at the Art 

 Institute June' 12 and 13. All things 

 considered, possibly the 'show was all 

 that could have been expected, but it 

 did not attract the hoped-for public 

 attention and the trade took little in- 

 terest. The season has been unfavora- 

 ble at Chicago. The frost in May did a 

 great deal of damage that was not dis- 

 covered until the buds began to open, 

 and the dates were just a little early 

 for some of the best late-blooming va- 

 rieties. Peterson Nursery was the prin- 

 cipal exhibitor in the general classes, 

 taking; nearly all the first prizes. In 

 the classes for varieties of recent in- 

 troduction the W. W. Barnard Co. was 

 the principal exhibitor and prize win- 

 ner. The only entry for "best display" 

 came from John Reardon, a former Chi- 

 cago gardener, now at Ames, la. The 

 premiums for largest display of blooms 

 of any one color brought out only one 

 important entry, that of Rosehill Ceme- 

 tery, which was really a splendid show- 

 ing of Festiva Maxima. In point of 

 quality the Peterson blooms easily over- 

 topped everything else, as they did in 

 number. 



The judges were T, Wallis and E. O. 

 Orpet. Their awards were: 



Best display, variety, quality and quantltv to 

 be considered — John Reardon, Io<va State College, 

 Ames, la., first, showing eleven vases. 



Collection of named varieties, one bloom each — 

 W. W. Parnard Co., Chicago. 



Fifty blooms white — Peterson Nursery, Chi- 

 cago, first, on Mme. de Vernevllle; Vaughan's 

 Greenhouses, Western Springs, 111., second, on 

 Mme. de Vernevllle; Mount Greenwood Cemetery 

 Association, Morgan Park, 111., third, on Festiva 

 Maxima. 



Fifty blooms light pink — Peterson Nursery, 

 first, on Triomphe de Lille Exposition. 



Fifty blooms dark pink — Petersoa^-Nursirj, 

 first, on Modeste Guerin; Peterson Niirfliery, sec. 

 ond, on Alexandrlana; Vaughan's Greenhouse!, 

 third, on M. Boucharlet. j^ 



Fifty blooms red or crimson with stwfteiis^ 

 Vaughan's Greenhouses, first, on Pelachel, 



Fifty blooms red or crimson without starnem 

 —Peterson Nursery, first, on *"r"ltt>if1'"""' 



Fifty blooms one variety, any commnatlon o( 

 two or more shades — Peterson Nursery, first, oo 

 Vlrginle. 



Twelve, blooms white— Peterson Nursery, first, 

 on Mme. de Vernevllle; Peterson Nursery, sec- 

 ond, on Festiva Maxima; Vaughan's Greenhouses, 

 third, on Mme. de Vernevllle. 



Twelve blooms light pink — Peterson Nursery, 

 first, on Eugene Verdler: Peterson Nursery, sec- 

 ond, on Triomphe de Lille Exposition; Peterson 

 Nursery, third, on Marguerite Gerard. 

 » Twelve blooms dark pink— Peterson Nursery, 

 first, on Modeste Guerin; Peterson Nursery, sec- 

 ond, on 41exandriana. 



Twelve' blooms red or crimson with stamens- 

 Peterson Nursery, first, on Eugene Bigot; Peter- 

 son Nursery, second, on M. Martin Cahuzac. 



Twelve blooms red or crimson without stameni 

 -Peterson Nursery, first, on Augustin d'Hour; 

 Mount Greenwood Cemetery Association, second, 

 on Louis Van Houtte; Vaughan's Greenhouses, 

 third, on Felix Crousse. 



Twelve blooms one variety, any combinatlog 

 of two or more shades— Peterson Nursery, first, 

 on Vlrginle; Vaughan's Greenhouses, second, on 

 Perfection; W. W. Barnard Co., third, on Vaa 

 Dyck. 



Largest display of blooms of any one color- 

 Rosehlll Cemetery Association, Chicago, first, on 

 Festiva Maxima, white, showing six large vases. 



Ten blooms white, introduced since 1910- 

 W. W. Barnard Co., first. 



Ten blooms light pink. Introduced since 1910- 

 W. W. Barnard Co., first, on Isabella Karlltsky, 



Teoi blooms dark pink, introduced since 1910- 

 W. W. Barnard Co., ftrst, on Fidellne. 



Ten blooms red or crimson with stameni, 

 introduced since 1910— W, W. Barnard Co., first, 

 on Aglda. . , ^ ^ 



Ten blooms red or crimson without stameni, 

 Introduced since 1910— W. W. Barnard Co., first 

 on Prince Imperial, 



Ten blooms one variety, any combination ot 

 two or more shades, introduced since 1910- 

 W. W. Barnard Co., first, on La Tulyie. 



Twelve stems with greatest aggregate numbet 

 of blooms and healthy buds, white— Petersoa 

 Nursery, first, on Duchesse de Nemours. 



Twelve stems with, greatest aggregate number 

 of blooms and hea}thy buds, pink— PetersoD 

 Nursery, first, on Vlrginle. , t, v 



Ten blooms white, amateurs only— F. v, 

 Bolllnf Blue Island. 111., first. 



Ten blooms dark pink, amateurs only— F. v. 

 Boiling, first. „ ,. , ^ 



Collection hardv perennials— Vaughan 8 Green- 

 houses, first; C. 0. Youngstrand. Golf. 111., sec- 

 ond. „ . ,, 



Collection shrub branches, flower or foliage- 

 Vaughan's Greenhouses, first. 



Among the special exhibits was i 

 plant of Canary, shown by the W. ^. 

 Barnard Co. It was growing in a tub 

 and carried eighty-six open blooms and 

 buds. Vaughan's Greenhouses showed 

 Canna Firebird and a number of yas« 

 of peonies not entered for competition- 

 Mount Greenwood Cemetery AssociatioB 

 also had several vases of peonies that 



Exhibits of W. W. Barnard Co. at the Chicaeo Peony Show, June 12, 1913. 



