HONORING A PEONY GROWER. 
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has honored E. J. Shaylor of 
Wellesley with its gold medal for his services to horticulture in improving, 
importing and distributing new and rare Peonies. Mr. Shaylor before taking 
up Peony culture was twenty years with the Meriden Cultery Company, 
Meriden, Conn. He has been growing Peonies for the past eleven years and 
has had most wonderful success with them. He has seventeen acres of land 
nearly all occupied with his favorite flower. He grew the Peony first as a 
hobby, but now he does a large and increasing business. He read an 
excellant paper on Peonies a few weeks ago, before the Gardeners and 
Florists’ Club of Boston, which was printed in the Exchange of May 27th. 
( Florists Exchange , N. Y . , June ijlh , /<?//.) 
25 Broad Street, New York. 
UNDERWOOD, VAN VORST & HOYT. 
June 2 1 st, 1911. 
E. J. Sha.ylor, Esq. 
Wellesley Farms, Mass. 
Dear Mr. Shaylor: — 
Many thanks for your long and kind letter, and my congratulations to 
you on the receipt of the honor conferred upon you by the Massachusetts 
Society, and my compliments to that society for showing such excellent 
judgement in the bestowal of the Gold Medal upon you. 
Faithfully yours, 
F'redk. B. Van Vorst. 
