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hibit. Jlr. Beaulieu is of opinion that 

 French dahlias are far superior to those 

 raised here. He claims there is more 

 substance in them. 



The exhibit committee in charge of 

 the Madison Square Garden show wish 

 to announce that on account of the sea- 

 son the entries for cut chrysanthemums 

 can be made any time up to October 24th. 

 Mr. O'Mara drew attention to the fact 

 that his eves were dazzled every time 

 he looked at the end of the room and he 

 asked for information as to the cause. 

 He was informed that the glitter eman- 

 ated from the trophies (Detroit trophy 

 and Hitchings cup) won by the bowling 

 team at Buffalo, whereupon he moved 

 that the ex-captain and the present cap- 

 tain carry them up to the platform and 

 tell how it happened. Capt. Traendly 

 couldn't account for it, but Capt. Lang 

 assured the club the cup would remain 

 here with others at present resting in 

 other towns. 



The committee on nomination for offi- 

 cers held their first meeting; they will 

 report at the November meeting. 



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View in Geo. Reinberg's. 



dahlias at this meeting; several new 

 varieties were seen here for the first time. 



1 W Withers exhibited a remarkably 

 hue collection of forty-eight varieties, 

 inibiacing the best in all types; they 

 weie giown m his own gardens. Beau- 

 liiu of Woodhaven, showed several of 

 his seedling dahlias and some blooms of 

 Alme Peiet pansies. Siebrecht & Son, 



t \ w r.ochelle and New York, dis- 

 I I I iiip beautiful Cattleya labiata, 

 I liliita alba; and Theo. Have- 

 i] \(i sLut \ lot of fine dahlias. 



tlitiL was quite an interesting discus- 

 sinn on dahlias and their culture. Mr. 

 Withcis uiged late and deep planting. 

 H( slid fiom the 15th of June to the 

 4tli ijf Tuh was the best time for dahlia 

 ]ilintin2 Ml Henshaw spoke of old- 

 tiiiie drhhas, he thought they had just 



IS nood if not better, dahlias in the '40's. 

 "Ml Beaulieu was of opinion that daniias 

 de^eneiated in this climate, and that it 

 was neceosaiy to import new stock. Dr. 

 He\amer gave his experiences in their 

 culture and Mr. Barron spoke on the 

 difl'eient types. The next meeting will 



The entertainment committee then 

 took charge and dispensed refreshments. 

 John P. Cleary manned the piano and 

 Messrs. Butterfield, Plumb, Wallace, 

 Nash and Hogan sang and danced to 

 the enjoyment of those present. 



Mr. O'Mara drew attention to the re- 

 cent demise of Peter F. Daly, of Gran- 

 ton, N. J., and moved that a committee 

 of three be appointed to draw up a set 

 of resolutions to express the sympathy 

 of the club. The chairman appointed 

 Messrs. Morris, Birnie and Weathered to 

 attend to the matter. • 



Horticultural Society. 



Tlie Horticultural Society of New 

 York held a meeting at the Berke- 

 ley Lyceum on Wednesday afternoon, and 

 as there was but a slight attendance Mr. 

 Barron's paper on dahlias and other 

 important matters were left over till 

 next meeting. Mr. Barron reported prog- 

 ress on matters connected witli tlic pro- 

 posed congress on plant hybridization ; 

 the matter was attracting attention from 

 every source and he expected entire sue- 

 There were some very fine exhibits of 



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