HOBTICULTTJRE 



October 5, 191S 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 



At the annual meeting of the Dahlia 



Society in New York last week, the 



following list of officers was chosen: 



President, Richard Vincent, Jr., 



White Jlarsh, Md. 



Secretary, .Jasper R. Lewis, 736 Riv- 

 erside Drive, New York City. 



Treasurer, F. R. Austin, Tuckerton, 

 N. J. 



Vice-Presidents: Geo. L. Stillman. 

 M'esterly, R. I., representing the 

 North. E. S. Brown, East Moriches. 

 N. Y., representing the East. .1. B. S. 

 Norton. College Park. Md.. represent- 

 ing the South. W. W. Wilmore, Den- 

 ver, Colo., representing the Central 

 West. Major N. F. Vanderbilt. San 

 Rafael, Cal., representing the Pacific 

 Coast. 



Executive Committee: Geo. W. 

 Kerr. Philadelphia, Pa.; I. S. Hen- 

 drickson, Flowerfield, L. I., N. Y.; J. 

 Duthie. Oyster Bay. N. Y.; P. \V. 

 Popp, .Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Alfred H. 

 Langjahr, New York, N. Y. 



Nomenclature Committee; Prof. F. 

 H. Hall, Geneva, N. Y.: L. K. Pea- 

 cock, Berlin, X. J.; Prof. Geo. W. Fra- 

 ser, Storrs, Conn.; James Kirby. 

 Huntington, N. Y.; Leonard Barron. 

 Garden City, N. Y 



It was announced that because of 

 111 health Prof. Hall would be unable 

 to conduct the trial grounds at Geneva. 

 N. Y., and Prof. Geo. W. Fraser will 

 undertake this work at the Agricultur- 

 al Experiment Station at Storrs, Conn. 

 The exhibition in conjunction with 

 that of the American Institute was of 

 moderate size, but of excellent quality. 

 The commercial entries were quite ex- 

 tensive. They included N. Harold Cot- 

 tam & Sons, Wappingers Falls, N. Y.; 

 George L. Stillman, Westerly, R. I.; J. 

 N. Failor, Richmond Hill; C. L. Ailing, 

 West Haven, Conn.; Leonard & Weber, 

 Trenton, N. J.; L. B. Linsley, West 

 Haven, Conn.; John Lewis Childs, 

 Flowerfield, L. I.; Mills & Co.; Mama- 

 roneck. N. Y.; A. E. Doty. New Haven, 

 Conn.; J. H. Slocomb. New Haven. 

 Conn.; F. Btter, Harrison, N. Y.; R. 

 Vincent Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh. 

 Md.; W. D. Hathaway. New Bedford. 

 Mass.; G. R. ' Scrivner. Hartford, 

 Conn.; C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J-; 

 John P. Rooney, New Bedford. Mass.. 

 the exhibit of the latter including 

 some magnificent specimens of his 

 sensational peony-flowered dahlia, Mrs. 

 Frederick Grinnell. which was easily 

 the gem of the show. 



List of Awards 



Finest general display any or all 

 types, arranged for effect, space 50 

 square feet — N. Harold Cottam & Son 

 Wappinger's Falls, N. Y., first. 



Best display of six vases of collar- 

 ette, distinct varieties — Cottam & Son, 

 first. 



Best basket or hamper decoration 

 of cactus, and foliage—Guerdon Scriv- 

 ner, Hartford, Conn., first; C. F. Cart- 

 ledge. Locust Valley. N. Y., second. 



Best table centeriiiece lor effect, 

 any foliage, amateurs and private gar- 

 deners only— C. F. Cartledge, first. 



Best decorative vase of ball-shaped 

 double dahlias— G. Scrivner, first. 



Best vase of any gogd stemmed dec- 

 orative or cactus— C. F. Cartledge. 

 first. 



Best vase of modern cactus, 12 flow- 

 ers, not less than four varieties — C. F. 

 Cartledge, first. 



Most meritorious exhibit In the 

 show by any exhibitor, professional, 

 private gardener or amateur — G. 

 Scrivner, first. 



Collection of not over 25 varieties, 

 any or all types, exhibited by an ama- 

 teur— -Miss Sarah Wakeman, South- 

 port. Conn., first. 



Largest dahlia in the show— Miss 

 Wakeman. first. 



Smallest dahlia in the show— Les- 

 ter Lindley. West Haven. Conn., first. 



SECRETARYS REPORT. 



This report is for the period from 

 April 11, 1918. to date. Following 

 the loss of the society's secretary, J. 

 iTarrison Dick, a close personal friend 

 of mine the executive committee ap- 

 pointed me secretary for the remain- 

 der of the year. I have been glad to 

 bridge the gap, first in memory of my 

 good friend, and secondly to help 

 President Vincent, whom I have 

 known for a number of years. 



Owing to the sudden death of Mr. 

 Dick, It has been difficult to take up 

 the burden as efficiently as It might 

 have been done under happier cir- 

 cumstances. Your present secretary 

 has, therefore, done his best to keep 

 up with the more important work of 

 his office and, with this apology, 

 passes on to his formal report. 



The various meetings of the ex- 

 ecutive committee have been duly re- 

 ported in the bulletin of the society. 

 Joseph J. Lane, a former secretary 

 of the society, and a member of the 

 executive committee, on account of 

 entrance Into military service last 

 May, announced his retirement from 

 office, and the committee at that time 

 adopted a resolution to keep on the 

 active list all members who entered 

 the U. S. military service, remitting 

 their dues for the period of the war. 



The Membership Prize. 



The silver cup donated by Richard 

 Appel of White Plains, N. Y., to be 

 awarded to the member who secured 

 the greatest number of new members, 

 has been easily won by George L. 



Stillman of Westerly, R. L, who, from 

 April 1 to date, has sent in the names 

 of sixteen new members, with many 

 others before that date. .Mr. Stillman 

 showed much interest in this work 

 and It is to be regretted that some of 

 our other members did not set him a 

 faster pace. Other members also 

 secured additional applications. Presi- 

 dent Vincent having the next greatest 

 number after Mr. Stillman. 



The Bulletin. 



An issue of the bulletin was pub- 

 lished for March, but was consider- 

 ably delayed in its appearance for the 

 reason already given. The number of 

 advertisements in that issue showed 

 the amount of work Mr. Dick had 

 done on behalf of this society; in fact. 

 the March edition was at least self- 

 supporting. Another bulletin, issued 

 early in September, was not so satis- 

 factory from the point of financial 

 support. 



At the May meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee it was voted to pub- 

 lish another bulletin in November, to 

 contain a full report of this annual 

 meeting and exhibition. I. S. Hen- 

 drickson suggested the advisability of 

 issuing the bulletin every second 

 month during 1919. This would give 

 advertisers a definite arrangement 

 and plan for their advertising, and 

 would also permit the dissemination 

 of more cultural information about 

 our flower. As a national society we 

 should certainly publish all the news 

 and educational matter obtainable 

 that is of value to dahlia growers, but 

 to make this possible greater support 

 must be given the bulletin financially. 

 Even if it has to be issued at a loss 

 for each number, as the official organ 

 of the society it should be continued, 

 bettered and enlarged in scope. Your 

 secretary considers the bulletin the 

 strongest link between the members. 

 Through it the society can render 

 great service to present members 

 and continue to attract new ones. Its 

 value cannot be emphasized too 

 strongly. 



Membership. 



The present muster of the society 

 is a litle short of three hundred, but 

 in addition to its numerical strength 

 an encouraging feature is the fact 

 that since your present secretary has 

 had charge of the membership list 

 not one member has asked to be 

 dropped, whereas each week brings 

 new members into the fold. I would 



