Semi-double: 
Whiteie see A. G. Perry None Minnie Shaylor 
Pinkie ee Lady Alexandra Duff None Lady Alexandra Duff 
Red ee alte nate Victoire de la Marne None Fanny Lee 
Japanese: 
Whites os Moon of Nippon Isani Gidui | Isani Gidui 
Pinks nec ee Largo Prairie Afire Sky Pilot 
Red pisces Nippon Beauty Onahama Nippon Brilliant 
Single: Milwaukee Minneapolis New York 
Wihitemice. ese Krinkled White Pico Le Jour 
Pinks os Sea Shell Sea Shell Inca 
Red aie eee Kankakee President Lincoln President Lincoln 
Hybrid 
Double. 7 Red Charm Red Charm Marta 
SIG? eee ee Laura Magnuson Illini Belle Lovely Rose 
SOME MEDAL WINNERS 
A. P.S. gold medal: 
Doris Cooper. Shown by Walter Lindgren for Dr. H. C. Cooper. Milwaukee. 
Marvin C. Karrels for Class No. 1. Milwaukee. 
A. P. S. silver medal: 
Milwaukee: R. W. Goddard for collection 1 B. 
Minneapolis: L. W. Lindgren for five varieties—Doris Cooper, Mattie Lafuze, 
Victory, Nancy Nora, Mrs. J. V. Edlund. 
New York: Martin Viette for collection No. 1. 
A. P. S. bronze medal: 
Milwaukee: R. H. Schmitz for collection Class No. 1 C. 
Neal R. Van Loon for best Jap. 
R. W. Goddard for best single. 
M. C. Karrels for best hybrid. 
B. H. Farr medal: 
A. L. Volz for best flower in show. 
James Boyd medal: 
M. C. Karrels for collection Class 1. 
American Home Achievement medal: 
Minneapolis: E. H. Lins for Mary L. 

MY TRIP, 1949 
On the morning of Wednesday, May 11, 1949, I left home with my son George 
and his wife in his car for Washington, where I boarded the train for Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania, my first stop for a brief visit to the famed Breeze Hill Gardens 
of the late J. Horace McFarland. I found them as beautiful as reported. They 
have about sixty varieties of peonies and a few tree peonies among the thousands 
of other flowers growing there in great profusion and perfection. An overnight 
trip brought me to Liberty, Indiana, for a short visit of an hour or two with 
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shrader. I am glad to 
report that Mrs. Shrader was able to go out into the garden with us to view 
those fine plants of Rosanna Shrader and White Rose. I am indebted to Mr. 
