August 22, 1908 



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at Minneapolis, Foot of Minnehaha Falls 



eago, 111., Cincinnati, O.. and Seattle, 

 Wash. The motion to comply with the 

 recommendation of the Executive Com- 

 mittee was lest and the selection of 

 location was postponed until a later 

 session. 



The second session opened with an 

 address of welcome by Hon. C. M. 

 Loring on behalf of the. Minneapolis 

 Commercial Club whose guest the 

 Association was on this occasion. A 

 paper by M. H. West on "Oiling and 

 Dust Laying" was next in order and it 

 was followed by a Ions and animated 

 discussion. A paper on "Park Ad- 

 ministration'' was next read by the 

 secretary, the author being absent. 

 Among the interesting topics in the 

 "Question Box" which was then 

 opened was the advisability of green- 

 houses in connection with park work. 



The evening session was opened by 

 ,1. P. Foster of Chicago, who read a 

 paper on the subject of "Conces- 

 sions." Other papers later presented 

 were "Concrete Construction in Rela- 

 tion to Park Work" by Jens .lenson 

 and "Playgrounds in Minneapolis" by 

 C. F. Booth. Some, of the excellent 

 papers and discussions .it this con- 

 vention will be published in HORTI- 

 CULTURE at an early date. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The summer exhibition of annuals 

 and perennials of this society was held 

 in Town Hall on August 12 with 

 throngs in attendance. Never before 

 has such a fine collection of Phlox 

 decussata been shown here and com- 

 petition was extremely keen. The 

 prize winners were Miss A. Kneeland, 

 Mrs. George Westinghouse, Mrs. E. D. 

 Wharton, Giraud Foster, Mrs. John 

 Sloane and Mrs. J. E. Parsons and 

 noteworthy varieties were Dawn, Pink 

 Beauty, Cross of Honor, B. Comte. 

 Sweet peas were not so numerous as 

 formerly but the collection of Giraud 

 Foster, which was awarded a diploma, 

 included fine specimens of Etta Dyke, 

 Florence W. Spencer Black Knight, 

 Queen Alexandra, In the "foliage 

 allowed" class Mr. Foster won with 

 St. George. For a vase of 20 spikes of 

 gladioli there were eight competitors, 

 G. H. Morgan. W. D. Sloane and J. E. 

 Parsons winning with magnificent 



spikes of America, most of them 

 measuring over five feet in length. 

 Mrs. E D. Wharton was first in peren- 

 nials 18 varieties, with splendid speci- 

 mens of delphinium, Physostegia vir- 

 giuiana, Platycodou grandiflorum, etc. 

 Charles Lanier's collection of tuberous 

 rooted begonias and vase of dahlias 

 were noteworthy. In the fruit and 

 vegetable classes Mrs. J. E. Parsons, 

 G. H. Morgan. J. H. Choate, W. D. 

 Sloane and Count de Heredia carried 

 off the honors. 



The following award= were made. 

 Certificates to Mrs. John E. Parsons, 

 gardener R. Speirs, for 100 spikes of 

 Stenanthium robustum; Count de 

 Heredia, gardener G. H. Thompson, 

 for grapes, peaches and nectarines in 

 pots. Diplomas to Giraud Foster, gar- 

 dener E. Jenkins, for Dendrobium 

 Phalaenopsis Schroederae and O. 

 grande; John Lewis Childs, Floral 

 Park, X. Y.. for 50 vases of n 

 gladioli : Charles Lanier for yellow 

 transparent apples. E. O. Orpett of 

 So. Lancaster, Mass.. and W. Angus 

 «.f Chapinville, Conn., were the judges. 



