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HORTICULTURE 



November 9, 1918 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Your Secretary begs to report his 

 work for the past year as follows: — 



At the annual meeting held in 

 Cleveland, Ohio, November 8, 1917, 

 the invitation of the Pittsburgh Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club, the 

 Sewickley Horticultural Society and 

 the Western Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society to held the C. S. A. 1918 

 meeting and exhibition in conjunction 

 with their 1918 Flower Show was ac- 

 cepted. After arranging for a num- 

 ber of special prizes for the exhibi- 

 tion, your Secretary received a letter 

 from the Secretary of the Pittsburgh 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club stating 

 that owing to the unsettled conditions 

 of the country it was thought best 

 not to hold a Flower Show until the 

 conditions became normal again. Then 

 they would be pleased to again extend 

 the C. S. A. an invitation to meet at 

 Pittsburgh. 



Your Secretary took the matter up 

 with President Wm. W. Vert, who 

 made arrangements with the Ameri- 

 can Institute for the 1918 meeting and 

 exhibition. A second letter to the 

 firms and individuals offering the spe- 

 cial prizes brought a responsive sanc- 

 tion for all the prizes to be trans- 

 ferred to the present exhibition. Your 

 Secretary appreciates on behalf of the 

 C. S. A. the kindness of those whose 

 generosity makes the list of special 

 prizes possible. 



As instructed at the last annual 

 meeting your Secretary had 20,000 ap- 

 plications for membership forms 

 printed and sent to the leading chrys- 

 anthemum growers for insertion in 

 their 1918 catalogue. So far the gain 

 in new members has scarcely paid 

 for the outlay. 



The general outlook for the chrys- 

 anthemum is very satisfactory. Not 

 tor many years has the demand for 

 cut blooms been as heavy as this 

 season. The pompons and single va- 

 rieties are also being called for in 

 larger quantities. 



The routine work of the Secretary's 

 office consisting of sending out state- 

 ments to the members, recording the 

 varieties disseminated, getting out the 

 report of the Sixteenth Annual Meet- 

 ing and the solicitation of special 

 premiums was attended to in due 

 season. 



Your Secretary wishes to acknowl- 

 edge the kindness of Mr. Elmer D. 



Smith in furnishing him with a com- 

 plete list of varieties disseminated m 

 1917, which was a great help in get- 

 ting up the annual report. 



The trade papers very generously 

 published all notices sent to them 

 from time to time during the year for 

 which we owe to them a vote of 

 thanks. 



Report of Committees 



The following report of new chrys- 

 anthemums exhibited has been sub- 

 mitted by the committees appointed 

 by the society. 



At Cincinnati, Oct. 19, by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich; Walda, 

 white, pompon, points ex. 90; Lulali, 

 pink, pompon, points ex. 86. 



At New York, Oct. 26, by Rodman & 

 Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.; seedling No. 

 4, bronze rose tints, Jap., points com. 

 82! By Wm. Whitton, Flagler est., 

 Greenwich, Conn.; Greenwich, magen- 

 ta, large flowered single, points com. 

 85; Alex Clarke, dark magenta, large 

 flowered single, points com. 85. By E. 

 G. Hill Co., Richmond, Md., Delight, 

 pink, Jap reflex, points ex. 92. Oct. 30, 

 by Alex. Robertson, ward. E. H. Wells, 

 Montclair, N. J., Mrs. Edwin H. Ben- 

 nett, pink, white center, single, points 

 com. 85. 



At Chicago, Oct. 26, by Mount 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association, 

 Morgan Park, Chicago, seedling No. 

 20, white, Jap., points com. 92; seed- 

 ling No. 28, bronze, points com. 88. 

 By Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich., Duray, maroon, pompon, points 

 ex. 91; Vasco, yellow, pompon, points 

 ex. 91. 



Charles W. Johnson, Secy. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



President R. M. Saltonstall has ad- 

 dressed the following important no- 

 tice to members of the organization: 



"The President and Trustees of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 are so strongly impressed with the 

 importance of its work that they feel 

 that its membership should be mate- 

 rially strengthened at this time. 



"The Society has taken a strong 

 stand this year in the way of various 

 forms of war relief work. It has 

 given the use of its building for this 

 purpose and also the receipts of its 

 exhibitions throughout the year. 



"In order to attain even a greater 

 efficiency in its work it is desirable 

 to add to the list of memhers and the 

 co-operation of all persons interested 



in horticulture is most earnestly de- 

 sired. 



"At the beginning of the current 

 year we had 979 members. Up to 

 this date we have lost 23 members, 

 chiefly by death, and have added but 

 12 new members. We ought at least 

 to end the year with a membership 

 as large as at the beginning. 



"Will not each member of the So- 

 ciety endeavor to secure one new 

 member within the next few weeks 

 and notify the Secretary who will 

 promptly forward proposal blanks 

 containing full information as to 

 terms and privileges of membership. 

 Please give this matter your prompt 

 and earnest attention. 



"RicHAKD M. Saltonstall, Pres." 



The Annual Meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1918 will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, at 12 o'clock, noon, on Saturday, 

 November 16. 



The business of the meeting will 

 be the election of a President for one 

 year, a Vice-President for two years, 

 four Trustees for three years, and a 

 Nominating Committee of five mem- 

 bers. 



Also the transaction of such other 

 business as may be legally presented. 



The voting will be by Australian 

 ballot and the polls will be open con- 

 tinuously between the hours of twelve, 

 noon, and three in the afternoon. 



The following amendment to the 

 By-Laws of the Society, duly proposed 

 and recommended by the Board of 

 Trustees, will be presented for the 

 approval of the members. 



That Section IX, Clause (7) which 

 reads: 



They shall arrange for six or more 

 exhibitions of flowers, plants, fruits, 

 and vegetables iu each year, and shall 

 have the entire charge of all arrange- 

 ments for conducting the same. Such 

 exhibitions may be arranged for by 

 them not more than three years in 

 advance and shall be announced each 

 year at the annual meeting of the 

 Society. 



Be amended so as to read: 



They shall arrange for such exhibi- 

 tions of flowers, plants, fruits, and 

 vegetables in each year as they may 

 deem desirable, and shall have the 

 entire charge of all arrangements for 

 conducting the same. Such exhibi- 

 tions may be arranged for by them 

 not more than three year,p in advance 

 and shall be announced each year at 

 the annual meeting of the Society. 

 They may also adopt such other 

 methods for promoting the interest in 

 horticulture as they may deem ad- 

 visable. 



William P. Rich, Secy. 



We have received a notice from 

 Howard M. Earl, formerly with W. 

 Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, announc- 

 ing that that he is now associated 

 with F. W. Bolgiano & Co., Inc., Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



