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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



SOCIETIES 



Societies are invited to accept the cour- 

 tesy of this permanent announcement col- 

 umn. 



American Gladiolus Society. 

 L. Merton Gage, secretary, Grotou, Mass. 



American Institute. 



Robert A. B. Dayton, secretary, 



15 William street. New York City. 



American Peony Society. 

 A. P. Saunders, secretary. 



Clinton, N. Y. 



American Rose Society. 



B. Hammond, secretary, 



Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Morris County (N. J.) Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Society. 



Edward J. Reagan, secretary, 



Morristown, N. J 

 Meets at Madison, N. J., second Wednes- 

 day in each month at 8 p. m., except Julj 

 and August. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society. 



Ernest Westlake, secretary, 



Glen Cove, N. Y. 



Meetings second Wednesday of every 

 month, at 8 p. ra., in Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society. 



William Eeid, secretary, 



363 Centre street, Orange, N. J. 

 Meets second Friday of each month at 

 8 p. m., except July and August, at 240 

 Main street, Orange, N. J. 



Newport Horticultural Society. 



D. J. Cou^hlin, secretary, 



Newport, R. I. 



American Sweet Pea Society. 

 Harry A. Bunvard, secretary, 



342 West i4th street, New York City. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Secretary, 



Morgan Park, 111. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society. 



Geo. W. Smith, secretary, 



Melrose, Conn. 

 Meetings held second and fourth Fridays 

 of every month, at 8 p. m. in the County 

 Building, Hartford, Conn. 



Dutchess County Horticultural Society. 



Hubert G. Cottam, secretary, 



Wappingers Falls, N. Y. 



Meets at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on the last 

 Wednesday in every month except May 

 and June, when no meetings are held. 



Elberon Horticultural Society. 



Benj. Wyckoff, secretary, 



1104 4th avenue, Asbury Park, N. J. 



New York Florists' Club. 



John Young, secretary, 



54 West 28th St., New Y'ork City. 

 Meets second Monday of each month, ex- 

 cept July and August, in the Grand Opera 

 House Building. Sih avenue and 23d street. 

 New York City. 



Next Show. 



Third National Flower Show, to be held 

 in the New Grand Central Palace, 46th 

 street and Lexington avenue, New York 

 City, April 5 to 12, 1913 (see schedule in 

 Aiiril, 1912, issue). 



Southampton Horticultural Society. 



William McLeod, secretary. 



ileetings are held on the first Thursday 

 in the month in Memorial Hall, Southamp- 

 ton, N. Y. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society. 



E. W. Neubrand, secretary, 



Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Meets last Tuesday of every month, ex- 

 cept December, at 7:30 p. m., in the banquet 

 room of the Corporation Building, Tarry- 

 town. 



Annual meeting last Thursday in De- 

 cember. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society. 

 Jleets second Friday of every month in 

 Doran's Hall, Greenwich, Conn., at 8 o'clock. 

 J. B. McArdle, secretary, 



Greenwich, Conn. 



Northern Westchester County Horticul- 

 tural and Agricultural Society. 



M. J. O'Brien, secretary. 



Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society. 



John T. Ingram, secretary, 



Oyster Bay, N. Y. 

 Meets third Friday of every month at 8 

 p. m. at Board of Trade rooms. Oyster 

 Bay, N. Y. 



The Garden Club of Michigan. 



Mrs. Edwiird H. Parker, secretary, 



139 Seyburn avenue, Detroit, Mich. 



Meetings for 1912: Two in May, four in 

 June, two in each month of July, Septem- 

 ber and October. The corresponding secre- 

 tary will notify the members of the date 

 and place of meeting. 



The Horticultural Society of New York. 



Geo. V. Nash, secretary, 



Bronx Park, New York City. 

 Meets monthly, irregular, May to October 

 at New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park, New York. 



November to April at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, 77th street and 

 Columbus avenue. New York City. 



Paterson Floricultural Society. 



Sebastian Hubschmitt, secretary, 



61 Seventh avenue, Paterson, N. J. 

 Meets first Tuesday of every month in 

 the Romaine Building at 8 p. m. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion. 



John Ainscough, secretary, 



4 Chestnut street, Paterson, N. J. 



Meets in the Working Man's Institute, 

 Madison avenue, Paterson, N. J., on the first 

 and last Friday of each month. 



The Pittsburgh Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club. 



H. P. Joslin, secretary, 



Ben Avon, Pa 

 Meets first Tuesday every month in Fort 

 Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Society of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists. 



John Y'oung, secretary, 



54 West 28th street, New York City 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Second Annual Gardeners' Reunion 

 will be held at Thum's Bowling Alleys, 1241 

 Uroadwav, New York, on Wednesday, De- 

 comber 4, 1912. There will be a bowling 

 tournament, commencing at 2 p. m., and 

 dinner will be served at 7 p. m. Tickets 

 can be procured from Ernest Westlake, of 

 Glen Cove, L. I. Price of ticket $3, includ- 

 ing bowling and dinner. 



Mr. J. W. Everitt is the committee in 

 charge of arrangements, so that those at- 

 tending can be assured of a good time. 



The monthlv meeting of this society was 

 held at Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, on Wed- 

 nesday, November 13. President Johnston 

 was in' the chair. It being chrysanthemum 

 night, there was a fine display of late 

 (lowering varieties. William Turner Wells 

 late pink and H. E. Converse were very 

 line. Prizes were offered for three white, 

 three pink and three yellow. The winners 

 were: J. W. Everett. James McCarthy and 

 Henry Gaut. Frank Petroecia received 

 thanks of society for a new pink celery. 

 H. Gaut was awarded a C. C. for chrysan- 

 themums grown in 6-inch pots, also for 

 three flowers of the new variety; H. E. 

 Converse and Cole, of single chrysanthe- 

 nmni. H S. Laden was elected to honorary 

 membership. James Edward Coleuso, Ben- 

 jamin AUmond, Tliomas Twigg. A. Rich- 

 ardson and P. Charbonnian were elected 

 to active membership, and there were four 

 applications received. Prizes are offered 

 for three poinsettias, fifty violets and twen- 

 lyfive carnations received at the next 

 meeting. 

 I.VMES MacDONALD, Corresponding Sec- 



The Lenox (Mass.) 

 Flower Show 



The first fall show of the season opened 

 at the Town Hall, Lenox, on October 24, 



