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HORTICULTUBi- 



September 14, 1907 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 



Preliminary program of the Inter- 

 national Conference on Plant Hardi- 

 ness and Acclimatization to be held 

 October 1, 2 and 3, 1907, in the rooms 

 of the American Institute and in the 

 Museum Building, New York Botanical 

 Garden. 



Tuesday, October 1—10 o'clock A. 

 M. Organization of the Conference. 

 Address by the President of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York. 

 Reading of papers: 10.30 A. M.— 12 M., 

 and 2-5 P. M. 



Wednesday, October 2 — (Excursion. 

 Details will be announced at the meet- 

 ing of October 1.) 



Thuisday, October 3 — 10 o'clock A. 

 M. — (New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park.) Meetings for the read- 

 ing of papers in Museum Building: 

 10 A. M.-i2 M., and 2-5 P. M. 



List of Papers. 



The following partial list of titles 

 which have been promised will serve 

 to indicate the general scope of the 

 subjects that the Conference will 

 cover, and the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments will be glad to receive promises 

 of other titles or suggestions from 

 people who are interested. Communi- 

 cations should be addressed to the 

 Secretary. 



It is planned to publish in one 

 volume a complete report of the pro- 

 ceedings, which should be an import- 

 ant contribution to the literature of 

 horticultural research. 



The Determining Factors in the 

 Seasonable Activity of Plants. D. T. 

 MacDougal, Tv;scon, Ariz. 



Factors that Control Acclimatiza- 

 tion, [lenry C. Cowles, University of 

 Chicago, 111. 



Evaporation as a Climatic Factor 

 Influencing Vegetation. B. L. Living- 

 ston, Tuscon, Ariz. 



Air Drainage as Affecting Hardiness 

 of Plants. Ernst A. Bessey, Sulj- 

 tropical I.,aboratory, Miami, Pla. 



The Real Factors in Acclimatization. 

 Frederic E. Clements, University of 

 NebT-aska. 



Plant Improvements Needed in 

 Specific Cases. W. M. Hays, Assistan; 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



Comparative Hardiness of Plants of 

 the Same Variety from Northern and 

 Southern Points. J. C. Whitteu, 

 Missouri. 



Observations on Eucalyptus Hy- 

 brids; The Japanese Loquat in Al- 

 geria; Truth to Seed of Eastern and 

 African Varieties of Vitis vinifera. M. 

 Robert, Algeria. 



Temperate Zone Plants in the 

 Tropics. D. W. May, Porto Rico. 



Acclimatization of Econom.ic and 

 Other Plants in the West Indies. D. 

 Morris, Imperial Dept. of Agriculture 

 for the A\ est Indies. 



Cooperative Testing to Ascertain 

 Hardiness in Fruits. H. L. Hutt, 

 Guelph, Canada. 



Resistance to Cold, Heat, Wet, 

 Drought, Soil, etc., in Grapes. T. V. 

 Munson, Texas. 



Developing Hardy Fruits for the 

 North Mississippi Valley. Samuel B. 

 Green, Ohio. 



Hardiness of the Peach. U. P. Hed- 

 rick, Geneva, N. Y. 



Hardiness of Apples. O. M. Morris, 

 Oklahoma. 



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Fruit and Trees in the Northwest. 

 W. S. Thornber, Washington. 



Hardiness and Acclimatization of 

 Alfalfa. B. C. Bulfuni, Wyoming. 



Some Work with Timothy and Awn- 

 less Bronie Grasses. S. Fraser, Gene- 

 seo, N. Y'. 



Hardiness of Ornamental Plants in 

 the Middle Northwest. Anthony U. 

 Moirell, Minnesota. 



Studies on the Acclimatization of 

 Plants in the Prairie Regions. L. II. 

 Pammel, Iowa. 



Obseivalions in the Region at the 

 Head of Lake Michigan. Jens Jeu- 

 son, Chicago, 111. 



Expeiiments in Plant ieclimatiza- 

 tion in Alaska. Walker H. Evans, U. 

 S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Fifteen Years Experience in South- 

 ern California. D. F. Franceschi, 

 Santa Barbara, Cal. 



Some Experiences with Field Crops 

 in Virginia. Andrew J. Soule, Blacks- 

 burg, Va. 



Observations on Hardiness of Plants 

 Cultivated at the New York Botanical 

 Garden. Geo. V. Nash, New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



Some Anomalous Observations in St. 

 Louis. W. Trelease. Missouri Botani- 

 cal Garden, St. Louis. Mo. 



Problems of Hawaii. J. E. Higgins, 

 Hawaii. 



Promises of cooperation have also 

 been received from W. Robinson, J. 

 Backhouse, and the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, of England: Ph. de Vilmorin, 

 of France; W. Saunders, Canada; and 

 many experiment station workers. 

 LEONARD BARRON, Secretary, 



CONGRESS OF HORTICULTURE. 



In addition to the meetings of the 

 American Pomological Society, Ameri- 

 can Nut Growers' Association, the 

 Society for Horticultuial Science, etc., 

 a Congress of Horticulture will also 

 convene at the Jamestown Exposition 

 during the week of September 23-27. 

 The following program of addresses 

 has been issued: 



First Session. 



Mr. J. H. Hale, Chairman, South 

 Glastonbury, Conn. 



(a) Cultural Problems: 



Soils, Piofessor F. H. King, Madi- 

 son, Wis. 



Plant Dise.ases. Dr. A. F. Woods, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Insects Enemies, A. L. Quaintance, 

 Washington, D. C. 



(b) Breeding and Propagation: 



Horticultural Variation, Dr. H. J. 

 Webber, Ithaca, N. Y.' 



Principles of Seed Growing, J. Otto 

 Thilow, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Vegetables. Dr. Walter Van Fleet, 

 N'ew York, N. Y. 



Ornamental Woody Plants, Hon. M. 



W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn. 



Florists' Flower's, W. N. Rudd, Mt. 

 Greenwood, 111. 



Second Session. 



Professor B. Green, Chairman, St- 

 Anthony Park, Minn. 



(a) Commercial Growing: 



Nuts, Professor W. A. Taylor, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Garden Vegetables. W. W. Rawson, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Ornamental Plants, V"m. H. Taplin, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Cut Flowers, F. K. Pieison, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y. 



Forest Tre^s, Professor F. W. Rane, 

 Boston, Mass. 



(b) Local Horticultural Conditions: 



Canada, Professor \V. T. Macoun, 

 Ottawa, Canada. 



East, John K. M. L. Farcuhar, 

 Bo.?ton, Mass. 



Central West, L. A. Goodman, Kan- 

 sas City, Mo. 



Pacific Coast, Professor E. J. Wick- 

 son, Berkeley, Cal. 



South, Piofessor F. H. Burnette, 

 Baton Rouge, La. 



Third Session. 



Professor S. A. Beach, Chairman, 

 Ames, la. 



Civic Horticulture, Warren H. Man- 

 nin.g. Boston, Mass. 



Our National Forests, W. L. Hall, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Landscape Gardening, John C. Olm- 

 sted, Brookliuf, Mass. 



Schools and Experiment Stations, 

 Dr. A.. 0. True Washington, D. C. 



Horticulture Press, Leonard Barron, 

 New York, N', Y. 



Government Aid, Dr. B. T. Galloway, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Federation and Co-operation, J. 0. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, III. 



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