THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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GARDENERS DIARY 



International Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York and the New York 

 Florists' Club, March 21 to 28, l'J14, at 

 Grand Central Palace, New York. 



Chicago Spring Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, March 24 to 29, 1914, at Chicago, 111. 



Boston Spring Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, 1914, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, Mass. 



Philadelphia Spring Flower Show will be 

 held under the auspices of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, 1914, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, Oyster 

 I'.ay, X. Y.. February 12. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, Orange, 

 X. J'., February S. 



Xassau County Horticultural Society, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y., February-. (Date not fixed.) 



Monmouth County Horticultural Society, 

 Red Bank, N. J., February. (Date not 

 fi.\ed.) 



Westchester and Fairfield County Horti- 

 cultural Society. Social and Dance, Stam- 

 ford, Conn., February 4. 



Summer and Fall Shows, Lenox Horti- 

 cultural Society, Lenox. Mass. Summer 

 Show. Julv 22 and 23. Fall Show, October 

 22 and 23." 



Newport Horticultural Society, Newport, 

 R. 1. Outdoor show, .June — . 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The fifteenth annual dinner of the Tarry- 

 fi)\vn Horticultural Society was held at the 

 Florence Inn on Tuesday evening. Fifty- 

 two sat round the festive board and enjoyed 

 the good things that had been prepared. It 

 was perhaps one of the best dinners yet held 

 liy this ever-growing society, not only from 

 an epicurean but a social standpoint as well. 



The speeches made after the dinner \vere 

 all of a high order. Uoliert A. I'atteson, 

 president of the Tarrytown National Bank, 

 fulfilled his duties as toastmaster in a very 

 huidable manner. Among the sjjeakers were 

 William J. Stewart, editor of Horticulture; 

 Charles II. Tibbitts, of White Plains ; J. Har- 

 rison Dick, of London ; Hon. Frank L. 

 Young, of Ossining ; Supervisor Charles D. 

 .Millard, Editor Wallace Odcll. Andrew H. 

 lirown and Frank Coffey, of Chatterton Hill. 



The music was furnished by AI. Seitz, and 

 during the evening E. E. Carman sang two 

 solos, which were very much enjoyed. 



Among those present besides those already 

 mentioned were II. Han-is and W. Wells, 

 representing the Dobbs Ferry Horticultural 

 Society; President F. R. Pierson, Alderman 

 .lohn A. Miller, Anson Dolen. M. .1. Lynch, 

 .John F. Dinkel. John K. Collins. Hon. Frank 

 V. Millard. \'illage Clerk .1. ^Vy<■kolr Cole, 

 .Vbel Weeks, Edwar<l Kuckhdut. Charles Van- 

 derbilt, Edward P. llanyeii, William F. Mc- 

 Cord. Town Clerk Robert Dashwood. Coun- 

 sellor Frank D. Rriggs, Counsellor Carl F. 

 Wilbur, Harry llolloway. David F. Silver, 

 Joseph O'Xeili. John Elliott, president of the 

 society ; Francis Gibson, W. A. H. Ely, Theo- 

 dore Trovillian, secretary of the society ; E. 

 W. Xeubrand, Albert T. Wilson of Hastings. 

 William Scott, of Elnisford; Joseph W. 



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NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY 

 HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY OF MT. 

 KISCO. 



The eleventh annual dinner of above so- 

 ciety w-as* held as usual at "The Newcastle 

 Inn," Mount Kiseo, Thursday evening, Janu- 

 ary 15. I'receding the dinner was a short 

 business session of the society, at which Mr. 

 Andrews, the energetic president for the past 

 two years, laid down the gavel of authority, 

 but before doing so installed the new officers 

 for 1U14, as follows: John T. Hall, presi- 

 dent; Arthur Rose, vice-president; John 

 Walsh, treasurer ; M. .T. O'Brien, recording 

 secretary, and in turn Mr. Hall, the new- 

 president, installed Mr. Andrews as financial 

 secretary. 



After a few short remarks from the new- 

 officers, motion that we suspend regular order 

 of business and adj<mrn for dinner. 



At S p. m. the members and their guests, 

 numbering over 60, sat down in the two 

 spacious dining rooms to what proved to 

 be a most excellent dinner. After the coffee 

 and cigars were passed John Hall, in a few- 

 w-ell chosen words, introduced the toastmaster 

 of the evening, M. C. Ebel,, secretary o£ the 

 Xational Association of Gardeners, who 

 opened the speechmaking with a very lucid 

 talk on "The gardener and his vocation and 

 what the national association was doing for 

 his uplift and advancement to his proper 

 plane." He portrayed the gardener of to- 

 day and his position as compared \vith the 

 gardener of 20 years ago, and went further, 

 and guaranteed that if all men in the garden- 

 ing profession could only grasp the iiotential 

 influence for good, the national association 

 could and w-ould comnnind a position in hor- 

 ticulture of lasting benefit to the jn-ofession. 

 Xo gardener n-ho valued his own or fellow- 

 man's w-elfare should be outside the National 

 Association of Gardeners. Mr. Ebel read a 

 letter of regret from Mr. Totty, who was 

 called to Philadelphia at the last moment 

 and who was to speak at length on the Inter- 

 national Show- in New- York City next March. 



The toast "Our Society" was responded to 

 in an able siieech by ex-President Andrews, 

 who thanked the members and guests pres- 

 ent for their courtesy to him at all times, 

 signifying that he felt confident that our new- 

 president w-ould keep the society standard up 

 to normal hut away above it. Mr. Hall, the 

 new- i)resident. also responded, thanking them 

 for the confidence and honor conferred on him 

 and made muc-h emphasis that he would exert 

 all his energies iu keeping the society in the 

 high plane iu which it has been kept by his 

 Iiredccessor. 



The "Seed Trade" was responded to by 

 the ever genial Sam Burnett, of Burnett 

 Bros., and .\1. Rickard, whose wit and humor 

 is proverbial. 



"Our Guests" was responded to by Edward 

 Green, saying for himself and the other 

 guests of the evening that it gave them in- 

 finite pleasure to be the guests of so hospit- 

 able and respectable body of men as the gar- 

 deners and superintendents of this and sur- 

 rounding vicinity. 



The toastnmster responded to "Horticul- 

 tural I'ress." showing what a power the press 

 can wield in this age for good or evil, uiain- 



Iniuiug the liurticullMral press today is the 

 greatest friend of the employer or the gar- 

 deuer as a medium of information of all that 

 is worth know-ing in the gardening world. 



Thonuis O'Brien. Commissioner of High- 

 ways of Bedford, N. Y., spoke on "Town Offi- 

 <-iais." 



"Our Town" was ably responded to by 

 what all the members present styled the 

 future sheriff of Westchester County, T. J. 

 Harlnett, Mount Kisco. made a fine ad- 

 dress, applauding our tow-n and tow-n's offi- 

 cials, remarking n-e should be thankful to 

 have such live men in office. 



"The I.rfiymen of Our Society" was re- 

 sponded to- by Dr. Plagemau, V. S., as only 

 the doctor can respond. 



Mr. Churchfield, the amiable proprietor of 

 the Newcastle Inn, spoke a few words on 

 "Our Host," hoping all were happy. 



During the evening our guests were en- 

 tertained by songs, duets and piano solos by 

 Thomas Ranyar. Alfred Kast. Prof. Eggles- 

 ton, M. R. Smith and William J. Collins, of 

 Boston, Mass. The whole company rose and 

 sang "He's a Jolly Good Fellow-." A vote of 

 thanks w-as passed to Mr. Ebel for his unique 

 qualities as toastmaster brought the proceed- 

 ings to a close, after all enjoying a night of 

 supreme pleasure and singiug "Auld Lang 

 Svue." M. J. O'BRIEN, Rec. Secretary. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' CLUB. 



What proved to be the most successful 

 of the many successful dinners given by the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club, occurred "at Pipers' Hotel, Morristown, 

 N. J., on Tuesday, January 20. 



The long dining room was beautifully 

 decorated with foliage plants and cut flow- 

 ers, the tables being arranged to seat six 

 each. A fine menu was served and good 

 music was provided to keep the diners in 

 good cheer during the evening. After cigars 

 were passed. President Ernest Wild greeted 

 the guests and introduced Charles Weath- 

 eied as. toastmaster of the evening. Among 

 those identified with horticulture who re- 

 sponded were William Duckliam for the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club; Charles "H. Totty, for the Society of 

 American Florists; M. C. Ebel, for the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners; Frank H. 

 Trandley. for the New York Florists' Club; 

 William" Turner, for the Sister Societies; 

 Harrison Dick for the Horticultural Press, 

 and J. Austin Shaw, for the ladies. 



The society was honored by the presence 

 of a number of its honorary vice-presidents, 

 owners of some of the magnificent estates 

 in Morris County. The sister societies iu 

 the vicinity of New York were well rcpre- 

 Kiited by delegations. 



At the regular monthly meeting on Jan- 

 luiry 14 of the Morris County Society the 

 members were entertained with an illus- 

 trated lecture by Dr. Thomas J. Headlee, 

 State Entomologist of the State of New 

 •Ier.sey, whose lecture was on "Insect Pests 

 and Their Control," and which proved both 

 interesting and instructive. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society was 

 held at Fireman's Club. Tuxedo Park, N. Y., 

 Wednesday evening, January 7. Frederick 

 Kake, vice-president, presiding. It was the 



