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NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The society met on Wednesday even- 

 ing. August 12, President Jaenicke in 

 the chair. President Roosevelt and 

 Cant. J. R. De La Mer wen- elected 

 honorary members; three active mem- 

 bers were elected. Preliminary sche- 

 dules for the fall show and for the 

 Dahlia Show were agreed on. The 

 latter will open at four o'clock, Oc- 

 tober 11; Walter Shaw was elected one 

 of the judges. Committees were ap- 

 pointed through the county to solicit 

 advertisements for the schedules; 

 special prizes were offered. The mat- 

 ter of printing new by-laws was placed 

 in the hands of the executive commit- 

 tee, who will report at next meeting 

 on any changes required. Pres. Jae- 

 nicke had on exhibition a photograph 

 of his new daisy; S. .1. Trepass, speci- 

 mens of peach grafted on plum stock. 

 .Tames Elmslie, on invitation, gave an 

 interesting talk on the asters he dis- 

 played. Following are the awards for 

 points in the monthly competition: 

 Egg plant, IT. F. Meyer. 77; tomatoes, 

 John Diomboski, 72; asters, V. Cleres, 

 74: certificates of culture to H. F. 

 Meyer for collection of vegetables and 

 Jas. Elmslie, asters; certificate of 

 merit. J. Higton, vegetables; honor- 

 able mention. H. F. Meyer, cucum- 

 bers, Phoenix Roebelini; O. Adder, 

 hvdrangeas and grapes. 



JAMES KESSON. Rec. Sec. 



Building ok Arts — Mt. Desert Flower Show 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The club held its annual meeting on 

 August 13. In the absence of the 

 president and vice-president. J. J. 

 Reneke took charge of the meeting 



with thirty members present. The 

 election of officers was a leading fea- 

 ture and resulted as follows: Presi- 

 dent, William C. Young; vice-presi- 

 dent, Edwin Denker; secretary. A. .1. 

 Bentzen; treasurer, F. H. Weber; 

 tnistee for three years. Henry Oster- 

 tag. Seveial members were Iropped 

 lor non-payment of dues. The trus- 

 tees reported that the picnic cost the 

 club $50. John Steidle. state vice- 

 president of the S. A. F., reported that 

 about tei: members would take ad- 

 vantage of his arrangements with the 

 Rig Four R. R. to attend the conven- 

 tion at Niagara Falls. Discussions 

 from the Question box made things 

 interesting for all. The invitation of 



J. F. Ammann of Edwardsville to hold 

 the next meeting on September LO at 

 his place was accepted. After ad- 

 journment Trustee Ostertag invited all 

 to a fine lunch. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 A floral exhibit will be a feature of 

 the Tri-State fair held by Tennessee, 

 Mississippi and Arkansas on Septem- 

 ber 2S at Memphis. 



The last meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florist Club was held with R. Witter- 

 staetter, and the chief business was 

 the election of D. Sunderbruch as 

 secretary to succeed C. J. Ohmer, re- 

 signed. President J. A. Peterson an- 

 nounced that everything was in readi- 

 ness to present the invitation to the 

 8. A. F. to meet in that city next year. 

 After refreshments bowling was in- 

 dulged in 



The American Association of Ceme- 

 tery Superintendents held its twenty- 

 second annual convention at Kansas 

 City, Mo., August ll-lo. About 125 

 members were present at the opening 

 session when Mayor T. T. Crittenden, 

 Jr. welcomed them to the city. A 

 stereopticon lecture was the event of 

 first evening. The various ceme- 

 teries in the locality were visited, a 

 barbecue dinner was served at Swope 

 Park and the closing session on 

 Thursday' afternoon followed. 



A Table ok Fruit — Mt. Desert Flower Show 



About forty members of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston 

 spent the afternoon of Saturday, 

 August 15 at the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, Amherst. Lnuch was 

 served in Draper Hall after which 

 President Kenyon L. Butterfield wel- 

 comed the guests and vice-president 

 William Downs responded for the club. 

 A tour of inspection was then made 

 through the orchards, garden, botani- 

 cal department, the site of the new 

 horticultural building and greenhouse, 

 etc. The company returned to Boston 

 by electrics in the evening. 



