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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The following note is from the secretary of the above organization : 



The Horticultural Society of the District of Columbia, at Washington, was 

 ■organized for the purpose of encouraging the cultivation of plants, flowers and 

 iruits in the Potomac region. Its present omc?rs are: 



President — John Saul. 



Vice-Presidents — T. W. Fowler, Basil Norris, H. L. Prince. 



Corresponding Secretary — D. S. Curtiss. 



Recording Secretary — W. J. Cogan. 



Treasurer— J. T. C. Clark. 



Chairman Executive Committee — William Saunders. 



The society holds regular monthly meetings on the fourth Wednesday even- 

 ing of each month, at which short essays on appropriate topics are read by 

 different members, with free discussions following on the subjects of the papers 

 read and such questions as may arise. House plants and window gardening 

 receive attention. 



At each meeting liberal displays of plants, flowers and fruits in their seasons 



are placed on the tables — prominent among which are begonias, orchids, lilacs, 



roses, foliage plants and numerous others; besides various fruits, such as 



apricots, grapes, quinces, pears and others — generally of the rarest and best of 



their kinds. Our society publishes no transactions save the brief notices of 



meetings in the daily papers. The Annual Volume of Transactions of your 



society which we received is highly appreciated and fairly studied. 



D. S. CURTISS, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



