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HORTICULTURE 



June 26, 1909. 



ALL ABOARD 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB 



THURSDAY, JULY 1st, 1909. S300.00 in PHxes. 



STEAMER LEAVES FOOT 31ST. ST., 10 A. M. SHARP. 



For Souvenirs, List of Events and further particulars write to 

 HARRY A. BUN YARD, Chairman, - 342 IV. 14th St., New York 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Resolutions passed at special meet- 

 ing, June 15th: 



".Vhereas, Tile Executive Coiiucii of tile 

 Pennsylvani.i Horticuitural Society iias rec- 

 ommended that tlie Society adopt the neces- 

 sary resolutlo'is to authorize the sale of 

 the" premises on tlie west side of Broad 

 Street. soiitW of Locust Street, in the city 

 of Philadelphia and linowu as Horticultural 

 Hall. And 



Whereas, in the judsment of the Society 

 It ■n-ill !)e to its advantage for said prop- 

 erty to be sold, the net proceeds thereof, 

 after paying oft the trust certificates which 

 were issued to raise funds to erect the 

 building, to be invested and the income 

 thereof to be applied to the furthering of 

 the obieets of the Society; therefore 



llesolvert. That the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society does hereby approve the 

 sale of said premises and building at a 

 price not less than .$.500,000. 



Resolved. That the officers and Executive 

 Council of the Society be authorized to 

 take all legal steps necessary to- accom- 

 plish such sale and to perfecting the title 

 to the premises. 



Resolved. That the oificers be and they 

 are hereby authorized and directed to exe- 

 cute under the corporate seal of the So- 

 ciety such deeds or other writing as may 

 be necessary to convey the title to the 

 purchaser or pt'.rchasers thereof in fee 

 Einiple. 



Resolved, That the officers and Executive 

 Council be authorized out of the proceeds 

 of such sale to pav off the certificates is- 

 sued to .-aise the funds to erect the build- 

 ing, provided the funds so paid shall in no 

 case exceed the face of sai(l ceitificates. 



Resolved, That the President he author- 

 ized to appoint a committee of three to 

 not in conjunction with the Trnste+^s who 

 now hold legal title to the property under 

 deed of gift of Elizabeth Schaffer in effect- 

 ing such sale an<l the r.thcr necessary ar- 

 rani;einenls in connection therewith. 



Jiesohed, That the expenses incident to 

 such sale, etc., be chargeable to the pro- 

 ceeds thereof. 



R. C. Lippincott, C. Hartman Kuhn, 

 Sidney W. Keith, committee of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, to 

 act with the trustees ot the Schaeffer 

 Deed of Gift: — George Vaux, Jr., Wm. 

 Hacker, Robert Craig and the Girard 

 Trust Co. 



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS VISIT 

 BOSTON. 



Members of the Eastern Branch of 

 the national association to the number 

 of twenty visited Boston on June 18, 

 and enjoyed an auto ride through some 

 of the parkways and reservations. A 

 short business session was held at the 

 residence of Superintendent Pettigrew, 

 where lunch was enjoyed, as guests of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Pettigrew. Several in- 

 vitations for the honor of the next 

 meeting were extended. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society will hold their summer meet- 

 ing on June 29 at the State Agricul- 

 tural School, just when the straw- 

 berries will be at their best. 



The Transportation Committee of 

 the New York Florists' Club have de- 

 cided to go by the New York Central 

 to the Annual Convention at Cincin- 

 nati, but have not selected the train. 



Bertrand H. Farr, president-elect of 

 the American Peony Society, left 



The floral parade on June 11 was a 

 leading feature of the carnival at San 

 Mateo, Cal. 



B. H. Farr 



President-elect American Peony Society. 



Reading, Pa., on June 19 for Ithaca 



to meet with the Nomenclature Com- 

 mittee and study the peonies at the 

 test plot at Cornell University. 



The Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society (Mass.) at the show on June 

 17 had but two entries of roses, neither 

 of which was up to the usual standard. 

 Peonies were in fine form and straw- 

 berries made a good showing. 



The next event of interest with the 

 Utica (N. Y.) Florists' Club will be a 

 beefsteak supper in the woods at 

 Ilion, early in July, on invitation of 

 Theo. Schesch, who promises also a 

 surprise tor those who attend. 



The executive committee of the St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society has closed 

 a contract with the Coliseum company 

 to hold a fall flower show, combined 

 with a pomological display at the Coli- 



seum. The dates will be made known 

 soon. 



The Grand River Valley Horticul- 

 tural Society met with W. K. and J. P. 

 Munson of Grand Rapids. Mich., on 

 June 1.5. Prof. Eustace of the Agri- 

 cUiLUral College, W. K. ilunson and 

 Mrs. Campbell were among the 

 speakers. 



The Dutchess County Horticultural 

 Society IN. Y.) have decided on No- 

 vember 4 and 5 for their fall show. 

 The June meeting was held on the 

 17th at Annandale, and the society 

 was entertained by Miss C. C. Cruger 

 of Barrytown. 



The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society (Conn.) at their meeting 

 on June 15 were addressed by Peter 

 Zuger, head gardener of Elizabeth 

 Park, Hartford, on roses. The subject 

 was well covered and presented in an 

 interesting manner, and at the close of 

 the talk it was unanimously voted that 

 the society should visit Elizabeth Park 

 on June 2S. 



PERSONAL. 



Mrs. T. H. Westwood of Boston, 

 sailed on June 15 for Scotland. 



John J. Dervan, of Orange, N. J., has 

 taken a position with R. H. Hunt of 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Visitors in Boston: Theodore Outer- 

 bridge, Sunnylands, Bermuda; C. B. 

 Weathered, New Y'ork. 



Joseph Lin foot of Cincinnati, and 

 Miss Isabella Ross of Walnut Hill, O., 

 were married on June 12. 



David Welch, of the firm of Welch 

 Bros., the wholesale florists of Boston, 

 sails from New York on the Lusitania 

 on June 30, for a short period of rest 

 and recuperation, after a strenuous 

 season in which his health has suf- 

 fered somewhat from the strain. 



Advices from Albany state that Eli- 

 hu S. Miller of Wading River had 

 been appointed by Governor Hughes 

 as one of the trustees of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. The 

 Governor has made a good selection. 

 Mr. Miller will prove a valuable assis- 

 tant in this work, for he has had years 

 of experience in experimental work on 

 his own account. 



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