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ing match was set for March 2. Committee 

 on Bowling reported a match had been ar- 

 ranged with Tarrytown HortiouUiiral So- 

 ciety. After the meeting the would-be 

 bowlers repaired to the allej-s and took 

 part in an elimination contest. The follow- 

 ing members qualilied: Miller, Garrison; 

 ilcBain, Garrison; Allen, Hyde Park; 

 ]!ashit. Poughkeepsie; Whitney, Fislikill- 

 on-Hudson. I will not give the scores. 

 They were too horrible (some of them). 

 F. K. W. 



NEW HAVEN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society was held at 

 400 State street on Tuesday evening. Feb- 

 ruary 10, the president, Howard P. Crooks, 

 in the chair. There was a large attendance 

 of members, and one new member was 

 elected. The secretary. W. C. Mcintosh, 

 read a letter from Lord & Burnham Co. 

 offering a gold medal to be awarded to the 

 competitor scoring most points at the 

 society's meetings throughout the season. 

 This medal will be presented to the suc- 

 cessful competitor on the second day of 

 the society's exhibition in September. 

 President Brooks and Secretary Mcintosh 

 gave a very interesting account of their 

 visit to the meeting of the State Fair 

 Association at Hartford. In connection 

 with this association the president. H. P. 

 Brooks, has been elected representative for 

 New Haven County. A preliminary 

 schedule is being prepared and will be 

 mailed in the near future. -T. K. 



NEWPORT (R. I.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular meeting of thi* society was 



held on Tuesday evening. February 10, 

 when a good attendance of members was 

 present. President William McKay was 

 in the chair. It was voted tliat the present 

 place of meeting be given up, and begin- 

 ning on April 1, the meeting will be held 

 at the Music Hall on Thames street, where 

 there is a larger hall, and, if anything, 

 more central than the Sanborn Hall. The 

 A. N. Plerson, Inc., cup, a handsome affair, 

 which is offered for the best display of cut 

 blooms of outdoor roses, was on view and 

 admired. It was voted to offer the Hitch- 

 ing Company's cup as a tirst prize in Class 

 1 for the best group of foliage plants cov- 

 ering a space of 100 square feet. A hint 

 from the Florists" Kxchangi; "Ninth-Story" 

 jottings of a recent number, advising a 

 Press Committee whose duty it wouhl be to 

 watch for and bring before the society 

 items of especial interest coming to the 

 committee's attention from time to time, 

 was brought up by a member and resulted 

 in the appointment of a committee of 

 three, Mr. Dorward, the mover, being chair- 

 man. There was a general discussion on 

 the merits or demerits of the Alphano 

 humus, a New .Jersey product. The atten- 

 tion of the members was called to the illus- 

 trated lecture to be given on Wednesday, 

 February 18, by John T. Withers, New 

 York. At the next regular meeting An- 

 drew J. Dorward is to read a paper on 

 "The Carnation." 



TIMBER SUPPLY DEPENDS ON PRI- 

 VATE FORESTS. 



.^fttr the remaining virgin timber of the 

 L^nited States is exhausted, forest supplies 

 will have to come from national forests. 

 State forests, or from privately-owned 

 land; but Federal and State forests, ac- 



cording 10 E. A. Sterling, Director of the 

 American Forestry Association, who ad- 

 dressed the national conservation congress 

 this afternoon, constitute only one-fifth of 

 the total forest area of the country. 



■On private lands," he says, "the timbei 

 of the future will be either such growth 

 which has sprung up voluntarily on cut- 

 over land and has managed to escape fire, 

 or that from areas which have been devoted 

 to forest production as a business enter- 

 prise. So far the practice of private for- 

 estry has been mainly confined to small 

 operations, often more for pleasure than 

 for profit. An intensive forest policy on a 

 scale large enough to establish its com- 

 mercial feasibility has not yet been under- 

 taken. 



"Present tendencies in private forestry 

 indicate a more logical development than 

 at any time since forest conservation be- 

 came an issue. Instead of attempting to 

 put immediately into effect complete pol- 

 icies and an intensive management which 

 are scientifically correct, the things now 

 being attempted are the logical steps which 

 will ultimately lead to systematic, long- 

 time management of private forest lands. 

 The private owner is learning that fire pro- 

 tection is possible, and that it pays. With 

 this fad established, other things will be 

 taken up and worked out until the pro- 

 gressive timberland owner will find that 

 he is practicing the kind of forestry which 

 pays in this cotmtry. 



"In a word, private forestry, as it can 

 be properly practiced in the United States 

 today, is not the intensive forestry of Ger- 

 many, but the application of protective and 

 close utilii^ation measures with provisions 

 for natural regeneration. These principles, 

 applied as economic conditions permit, will 

 build up the ,nrt and practice of forestry in 

 .\inorica." 



Grand Spring Exhibition 



Under the auspices of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York and the New York Florist's Club 



$12,500 IN PREMIUMS 



GRAND CENTRAL PALACE 



NEW YORK 



March 21st to 28th, 1914 



Special classes for private growers. Are you preparing to exhibit? 

 Plant and Cut Flower Schedules are ready. 

 If you have not received yours write to 



Tel. 7362 Mad. Sq. 



JOHN YOUNG, Secretary, 



53 West 28th St., New York 



