THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Ilgenfritz; Minnesota, E. W. Reed; Montana, W. E. 
McMurray; Missouri, Geo. S. Johnson; Nebraska, Geo. A. 
Marshall; New Hampshire, John C. Chase; New Jersey, S. 
E. Blair; New York, William Pitkin; North Carolina, J. 
Van Bindley; Ohio, J. H. Dayton; Oregon, S. A. Miller; 
Oklahoma, J. A. Lopeman; Pennsylvania, William H. 
Moon; South Dakota, Geo. H. Whiting; North Dakota, 
Oscar H. Will; Tennessee, E. W. Chattin; Texas, J. R. 
Mayhew; Virginia, W. T. Hood; Wisconsin, T. J. Ferguson; 
Mississippi, S. W. Crowell; Utah, P. A. Dix. 
absence. His report was presented by Secretary Fewkes. 
In this he suggested that the work of the com¬ 
mittees on nomenclature be assisted by the members as 
far as possible and that the general culture of the peony 
should be considered at each meeting by special papers on 
its various phrases. 
The Secretary presented a printed report of the pro¬ 
ceedings of the Society to date. Thus we have a complete 
record of the society from its organization in 1903 up to the 
present time. The Society is deeply indebted to Mr. 
Leading members of the American Peony Society at Cottage Gardens Nurseries. President B. H. Farr, third from left in front. 
THE AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY 
The seventh annual meeting of this Society was held at 
the Cottage Gardens Nursery Co., Queens, L. I., Jane 11 
and 12. The society held its meeting under most agreeable 
circumstances. The office of the Cottage Gardens Company 
afforded at once all the facilities of a convention hall and 
a restaurant. In the field immediately adjacent to the 
exhibition hall there was a splendid collection of peonies in 
different stages of development. Certain of these had been 
set out only two years while others were thoroughly 
established. By comparison the influence of stage of 
development was clearly discernible. 
The exhibits were staged the first day and judged 
early the following morning by Messrs. Fewkes and 
Thurlow of Massachusetts and Bryant of Illinois. 
The President Mr. C. W. Ward was prevented by illness 
from being present. Professor Craig presided in his 
Fewkes for this evidence of his deep interest in its welfare. 
Mr. R. T. Brown, Manager of the Cottage Gardens- 
Nursery Company ably represented Mr. Ward and proved 
himself a most agreeable and thoughtful host. 
The report of the committee on nomenclature was given 
by Professor Craig and Mr. L. D. Batchelor who has im¬ 
mediate charge of the Peony plots at Cornell. Professor 
Craig drew attention to the publication of a bulletin giving 
the culture, history and botany of the peony together with 
accurate descriptions of a select list of varieties which 
appeared to be authentic and correct. He emphasized the 
statement that the Cornell plots were not designed to 
demonstrate ideal conditions for growing the peony, but 
rather to give average conditions under which average 
results might be secured. Optimum conditions in the way 
of food or soil would give results which would be misleading 
in the majority of cases. 
