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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Club meetings will be resumed on 

 Tuesday evening, September 15. Pro- 

 gram [or meeting will be issued later. 



This elub win bold a field day ai 

 i he .New England Nurseries, Bedford, 

 Mass., nn Saturday, September 5. A 

 .special car will leave Arlington 

 lleiulns .(1 12.45 with which connection 

 maj lie made bj leaving Park Street 

 Subway station about noon. Thosi 

 who deshe can go by train on Lex- 

 ington Branch of B. & M. K. R. at 

 !'. M., lo Shady Hill siation, 

 right on the nurseiy grounds. 



The New England Nursery is the 

 successor of the defunct Shady Hill 

 Nursery. Since one year ago last 

 March, when the new company took 

 possession, an immense amount of 

 overhauling has been done. A 

 boulder-walled winter storage house 

 50x153, has been erected, iwo green- 

 houses, each IS x 100, are nearly com- 

 pleted, ten acres of border perennials 

 and forty acres of ornamental shrubs 

 and evergreens have been replanted, 

 the entire two hundred acres under 

 cultivation have been plotted, classified 

 and keyed, and the prediction of Mr. 

 Kirkegaard, the sales manager, that in 

 a short time this nursery will be the 

 peer of any in the State seems about 

 to be verified. This nursery and the 

 Geneva Nurseries. Geneva, N. Y., 

 operate together, Theo. J. Smith be- 

 ing president of both. A. E. Robinson, 

 formerly of Geneva, is manager at 

 Bedford. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



A meeting was held Thursday, Aug. 

 20. at S. A. F. Convention Hall, Nia- 

 gara Falls, N. Y. It was called to 

 order at 4.30 P. M.. President M. A. 

 Patten in the chair, with a good at- 

 tendance of both directors and mem- 

 bers. 



The secretary was advised to have 

 a list of names of varieties up to date 

 published in the trade papers if they 

 will do so. 



Fred Burki was appointed to take 

 the place of W. N. Rudd at the Chi- 

 cago Flower Show to judge carna- 

 tions. On exhibits from Canada it 

 duty is demanded this society will as- 

 sume that duty. 



The secretary was instructed to ask 

 some professor in the state of Indi- 

 ana to write and read a paper for the 

 meeting in Indianapolis next January. 



It was suggested that the society 

 offer a cup, value $25.00. to be award- 

 ed at the exhibition of the English 

 Carnation Society. 



Indianapolis members present made 

 it very emphatic thai they were mak- 

 ing great preparations for a banner 

 meeting and want every carnation 

 grower from the East, the West, the 

 North and the South to attend. 



The meeting was then adjourned to 

 meet in Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 27 and 

 28, 1908. 



M. A. PATTEN, President. 

 A. M. HERR. Secretary. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 

 Our Dahlia Exhibit which takes 

 place September 17. IS and 19 at Tre- 

 mont Temple, Boston, Mass., is going 

 to be one of the most important horti- 

 cultural exhibits during this month. 

 It is the first exclusive Dahlia exhibit 

 ever siven in this country and from 



HORTICULTURE 



all appearances its magnitude and 

 size will sin prise a great many of our 

 old timers. The enthusiasm of our 

 Individual members, who in the ma- 

 jority of cases are only amateurs, is 

 extrenieh encouraging and we ex- 

 pect for e to show to the American 



gardening public that an exhibit of 

 mostly amateur growers can be made 

 just as interesting as that of com- 

 mercial mowers. 



MAURICE ITLD, Secy. 



September 5, 1908 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Connecticut Botanical Club held 

 its annual outing at Lake Quassa- 

 paug on August 25. 



At the next meeting of the New 

 York Florists' Club en Monday, Sept 

 14th, .Mr. Benjamin Hammond, Fish- 

 kill-on-Hudson, N. Y., will talk to the 

 club on some experiences in the school 

 garden movement. 



The Autumn Exhibition of lie Ni « 

 port Horticultural Society will take 

 place at Masonic Hall, Newport, R. I., 

 on Sept. 12. 13 and 14. Admission 

 will be free to the public on Sunday, 

 13th. Very liberal prizes are offered in 

 all departments. 



The sixth annual exhibition of 

 plants, fruits and flowers under the 

 auspices of the New Bedford Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held at Odd 

 Fellows' Hall. New Bedford, Mass., on 

 Sept. 10. 11 and 12. Entries should be 

 made with Jos. C. Forbes, 299 Chan- 

 cery street, on or before Sept. 7. 



The Intertown Dahlia Association 

 met at Ansoiiia. Conn., on Aug. -'1. but 

 could, not decide on a date for their 

 show, as many members reported 

 i hat their stock was suffering from 

 the weather conditions. It is thought 

 that it will be possible to have an ex- 

 hibition later, when the new blooms 

 mature. 



OBITUARY. 



Job Davies. 

 Job Davies, who has been connected 

 with the florist business in Columbus, 

 Ohio, for the past thirty-five years, 

 died on August 21 at the age; of 

 seventy-seven. He came to this coun- 

 try from England when he was about 

 :"- years old. 



J. A. Lowry. 



A well-known visitor to the leading 

 British horticultural shows has lately 

 passed away in Mr. .1. A. Lowry, who 

 for years was the business representa- 

 tive of "Garden Life," London, also of 

 "Horticulture" in Great Britain. Mr. 

 Lowry was highly esteemed by a large 

 circle of friends, who lament the close 

 of a useful career at the age ol 52. 



Mrs. Edmund M. Wood. 

 Mrs. K. M. Wood, widow of the late 

 Edmund M. Wood of Natick, Mass., 

 passed away on Thursday. Sept. :;. 

 Mrs. Wood had a paralytic stroke a 

 few da>s previous, and little hope for 

 her recovers was held out by her phy- 

 sicians. Two daughters and one son 

 survive her. She was a most estimable 

 lady. 



COMING EVENTS. 

 New Bedford, Mass., New Bedford 

 Horticultural Society, fall exhibition, 

 Sept. 10, 11, 12. 



Newport, R. I., Newport Horticul- 

 tural Society, autumn exhibition, Sept. 

 12, 13, It. 



Washington, D. C, Florist Club of 

 Washington, Chrysanthemum Show, 

 Masonic Temple, September 12, 13, 14. 



Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, exhibition of the pro- 

 ducts of children's gardens, Sept. 5, 6; 

 Autumn exhibition, Sept. 11, 12, 13; 

 exhibition of fruits and vegetables, 

 Oct. 10, 11; Chrysanthemum show, 

 Nov. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Boston, Mass., New England Dahlia 

 Societv. Tremont Temple, exhibition, 

 Sept. 17, IS, 19. 



Pre-ider.ee, R. I., Rhode Island Hor- 

 ticultural Society, fall show, Sept. 17, 

 18, Francis Williard Hall. 



White Marsh. Md., Maryland Horti- 

 cultural Society, with R. Vincent & 

 Sons, Sept. 22. 



New York, N. Y., American Institute 

 of New York, exhibition, Sept. 22, 23, 

 24, Berkeley Lyceum Building. 



Hartford, Conn., Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society, fall show, Sept. 23; 

 chrysanthemum show, Nov. 3, 4, 5, 

 Unity Hall. 



Menlo Park, Cailf., Menlo Park Hor- 

 ticultural Society, exhibition, Oct 15. 



Pasadena, Calif., Pasadena Gardeners' 

 Association, exhibition, Oct. 22, 23, 24. 



Lenox. Mass., Horticultural Society, 

 chrysanthemum show, Oct. 28, 29. 



Madison, N. J., Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society, exhibi- 

 tion, Oct. 29, 30. 



St. Louis, Mo., St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society, November. 



Shreveport, La., State Fair, Novem- 

 ber 3, 4, 5. 



Red Bank, N. J., Monmouth County 

 Horticultural Society, show, Nov. 4, 5. 



Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural So- 

 ciety, show, Nov. 4, 5. 6. 



Glen Cove, N. Y., Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society, show, Nov_5, 6. 



Chicago, 111., National Flower Show, 

 Society of American Florists, Nov. 6-14. 



New Haven. Conn., New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society, show, 

 Nov. 10, 11, 12. 



Philadelphia, Pa.. Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Soi iety, annual exhibition. 

 Nov. I". 11. 12. 13, Horticultural Hall. 



Little Rock, Ark., State Floral So- 

 ciety, show, Nov. 10-25. 



Toronto, Ont., Ontario Horticultural 

 Society, exhibition, Nov. 10-14. 



Denison, Texas, Denison Civic Im- 

 provement League, show, Nov. 11, 12, 

 13. 



Washington, D. C. — American Asso- 

 ciation of Farmers' Institute Workers, 

 Nov. 11., 17. 



New York. N. Y., Horticultural 

 Societv of New York, annual exhibi- 

 tion, Nov. 17. IS. 19. 



Baltimore, Md.. Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, Dec. 1, 2. 3. Fifth Regt. Armory. 



