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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



GARDENERS DIARY 



National Association of Gardeners' Meetings. 



Amiual Coiiveiilinn, Xovcraljer 3. Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History, New York 



aty. 



Annual Banipiet, llolvl Endicott, New 

 York. November 3. 



American Institute, New York. 



Chrysanthemum Show, November 5-7, 

 Engineering Building. 25-33 W. 39th street. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America. 

 Chrysanthemum Show. Chicago, 111., 

 November 5-7. 



Elberon Horticultural Society. 

 Chrysanthemum Show, Asbury Park, 

 N. J., Casino, October 27-29. 



Horticultural Society of New York. 

 Annual Fall Show, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, October 31 to 

 November 4. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Chrysanthemum Show, Horticultural Hall, 

 Bnstnii, Mass., October 30 to November 2. 



Morris County Florists' and Gardeners' Club. 

 Annual Show, Madison, N. J., October 

 28-29. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society. 

 Annual Fall Show, Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 October 28-29. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society. 

 Fall Flower Sh..w, I'asailena. Cal., 

 October 23-2.".. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society. 

 Fall Show, November 4, 5, 6. Music Hall. 



Westchester and Fairfield Society. 

 Amiual Fall Show, Stamford, Conn.. 



November 7 S. 



Worcester County Horticultural Society. 

 Chrysanthemum Sliow. Horticultural 

 Hall, November 0-7. 



Tuxedo Horticultural Society. 

 Annual Fall Show, Tuxedo, N. Y.. 

 October 23, 24, 25. 



Yonkers Horticultural Society. 

 Bowling, Thursday nights, Riverdale ave- 

 nue, Yonkers, N. Y. 



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The third annual outing of the West- 

 chester and Fairlield Horticultural Society 

 was held at Rye Beach, Rye; N. Y., Au- 

 gust 12. The games, which started at 10 

 a. m., provided excellent sport. At 2 p. m. 

 a halt was called to repair to the Beach 

 hotel, where T. Edwards had provided an 

 excellent shore dinner, well knowing that 

 when it comes to "eats," the gardening fra- 

 ternity can hold its own. About 135 sat 

 down to dinner, and after having done full 

 justice to the good things provided. Presi- 

 dent Robert Williamson spoke of the pleas- 

 ure it gave liim to preside over such a 

 splendid gatliering. of the good work the 

 society is doing, and also the honor accord- 

 ed the society by the presence of so many 

 representatives of the trade, concluding 

 that he hoped to see a larger gathering at 

 next year's meeting. Short addresses were 

 also made bv ■!. Manda. Wm. McTaggart, 

 S. Burnett, F. E. Conine. M'. E. Marshall 

 and others. 



Westchester was winiu'r in both the base- 

 ball and football matches. Prize winners 

 were as follows: 



Sliot put^W. J. Seeley, first: J. B. Roy, 

 second. 



100-yard dash— W. .T. Seeley, first: B 

 Berg, second. 



Quarter-mile race — W. .J. Seeley. first: B. 

 Bi'i's. second. 



Iliinning high jump — J. B. Roy, first; AV. 

 .1. Sei'ley, second. 



IJiiiiniug broad jump — B. Berg, first: W. 

 .1. Scrli-y, second. 



Hammer throw — Thos. Aitchison. first; 

 W. Graham, second. 



Fat mans' race — F. E. Conine, first ; Louis 

 Ottman, second. 



Three-leeced race — C. Davey ami A. 

 Wynne, first. 



Ladies' race — Mrs. Anthon Peterson, first: 

 Mrs. O. Addor, second. 



Boys' race — Bert Roberts, first ; Alex 

 Ccddes, second. 



Cliildren's race — Marie Addor. first: Bes- 

 sie f'ruickshnnk. second. 



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The eighteenth annual flower show of the 

 Morris County Gardeners and Florists' So- 

 ciety will be held October 28-29 in the as- 

 sembly rooms, Madison, N. .J. The Madison 

 class in vegetables, with a first prize of 

 $75, second prize of $50 and third prize of 

 $25 will be one of the features. The citi- 

 zens of Madison are putting up the prizes 

 just to show their friendly feeling for tlie 

 society. The ofiicers are as follows: John 

 Dunn, president. Madison, N. J.; Ernest E. 

 Wild, vice-president, Madison, N. J.; Wm. 

 F. Duckham, treasurer. Madison, N. J.: 

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