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HOKTICULTUHi: 



October 30, 1909 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



A meeting of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York was lield at tlie 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 on Wednesday, Oct. 13th. Fourteen 

 new members were elected, including 

 one life member. The election was 

 also announced of Mr. T. A. Havemey- 

 er as a vice-president. An interested 

 audience listened to the lecture an- 

 nounced for the day, "Coniferous Ev- 

 ergreens; Their Use in the Landscape" 

 by Mr. George V. Nash. The speaker 

 illustrated his remarks with numerous 

 lantern slides, some of them colored. 



In a previous issue of this paper at- 

 tention was called to the exhibition of 

 this society to be held at the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History on 

 Nov. 3rd to 7th, inclusive. The ex- 

 hibition will open on the evening of 

 the 3rd at 7 o'clock, and this evening 

 will be devoted especially to the re- 

 ception of the members of the society, 

 the Museum and affiliated o.ganiza- 

 tions. On Thursday, Friday and Sat- 

 urday the hours will be from 9 a. m. 

 to 10 p. m., with the exception of the 

 hours between 5 and 7, when the 

 Museum will be closed to the public. 

 On Sunday the exhibition will be open 

 from 1 to 5 p. m. It is to be noted 

 also that this exhibition is entirely 

 free, no charge being made tor ad- 

 mission. 



It is hoped that all will appreciate 

 the advantages offered and that all 

 who can will enter the competition. 

 All are welcome as exhibitors, wheth- 

 er members of the society or not, and 

 an invitation is extended to societies 

 and individuals to participate. The 

 secretary will be pleased to send a 

 schedule to anyone on application. 

 Address communications to George V. 

 Nash, Secretary, Horticultural Society 

 of New York, New Yoik Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Paik, N. Y. City. The 

 management makes an especial re- 

 quest that entries be made early, so 

 that space may be properly allotted, 

 thus insuring a prompt placing of ex- 

 hibits immediately on arrival. 



Those who have visited the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History are 

 acquainted with the beauties of its in- 

 terior and the excellent facilities of- 

 fered by its spacious halls for exhibi- 

 tion purposes. To those who are not 

 familiar with this building a word of 

 explanation mav be welcome. 



The main entrance is on the ground 

 floor, on 77th street. A large foyer 

 succeeds the entrance corridor. This 

 foyer Is oval in shape and is illumin- 

 ated by numerous incandescent lights, 

 and would make an ideal place in 

 which to exhibit large specimen palms 

 and other plants, and perhaps some of 

 the larger specimens of chrysanthe- 

 mums. All entering the Museum pass 

 through this foyer. Opening from this 

 are three radiating halls, well lighted 

 by ample windows, and well supplied 

 with electric lights. Cases, placed 

 transversely on either side of the 

 broad central aisle, divide these halls 

 Into small compartments in which may 

 be placed individual exhibits or dis- 

 plays of a special nature. These cases 

 are of elegant construction and will 

 furnish a rich i;ackground to the ex- 

 hibits. The halls are well ventilated, 

 the temperature not too high, and the 



floors of stone; factors which go a 

 long way in preserving in good condi- 

 tion the flowers exhibited. The ex- 

 cellent appearance of the flowers at 

 the end of the exhibition held here 

 last fall was remarked by all. There 

 is ample space available, so that none 

 need feel cramped for room, and all 

 are invited to make their exhibits as 

 complete as possible. If all interested 

 in horticulture, both professional and 

 amateur, will do their best, if each 

 will take a personal interest in the 

 matter, the exhibition will prove one 

 of the largest and best ever given in 

 this vicinity, and will do much toward 

 awakening an active interest in horti- 

 culture, an interest which cannot but 

 be of benefit to all. 



A few changes have been made in 

 the schedule as first issued. A special 

 prize for a collection of vegetables has 

 been received from Mr. Arthur T. Bod- 

 dington, $15 for first, ?10 for second. 

 It has been decided to slightly change 

 the requirements as to length of stems 

 for cut chrysanthemums, the require- 

 ment now being that they shall be not 

 less than thirty inches long instead 

 of three feet. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society 

 was held at Kolb's Hotel on the even- 

 ing of 21st inst. President Alost in the. 

 chair. There was a good attendance 

 of members. After the routine busin 

 ess was disposed of the question of 

 buying or building a club house on the 

 lake shore was again brought up. The 

 members presint were strongly in 

 favor of the proposition and a com- 

 mittee of six was appointed to investi- 

 gate and report to the next meeting. 

 It was agreed to renew the competi- 

 tion lor plants, etc., ea^h monthly 

 meeting. Mr. Papworth invited the 

 members to inspect his greenhouses at 

 Metairie Ridgfe on Sunday the 24th. 

 Abele Bros, had specimens of Robin- 

 son and Morovia chrysanthemums on 

 exhibition, very fine flowers. R. Eich- 

 ling, grower for U. J. Virgin, had 

 a beautifully finished plant of Phoenix 

 Roebeleni. He mentioned that it was 

 planted in the open ground less than 

 two years ago from a 2 1-2 in. pot. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 

 New York — No. 1 Seedling. Jap. 

 Inc., white. Exhibited by Chas. H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J. Commercial, 89; 

 exhibition, 89. Certificate. 



No. 2 Seedling. Jap. Inc., light 

 pink, by C. H. Totty. Commercial, 85. 

 Certificate. 



Cincinnati, O. — Edward Albe, Inc., 

 satin pink. Exhibited by E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind. Commercial, 87. 

 Certificate. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON, 



Secretary. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of this club, 

 which would come on Tuesday, Nov. 

 2nd, has been postponed on account of 

 election and members will be notified 

 by card for a later day. Pres. Slattery 

 is booked for the paper on "Color 

 Harmony,'' and a good attendance is 

 requested by the secretary. 



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NATIONAL NUT GROWERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The eighth annual convention of the 

 National Nut Growers' Association, 

 just held at Albany, Georgia, was one 

 of the largest and most successful in 

 the history of the organization. The 

 membership roll was increased fully 

 thirty per cent, and the financial con- 

 dition permits the publication of the 

 proceedings without delay. 



Many pertinent papers were read 

 and the discussions proved interesting 

 and instructive. 



Reports and data gathered, show a 

 rapid increase in the planting of com- 

 mercial orchards, and much public in- 

 terest in the industry. 



One entire day was dev6fed to visit- 

 ing the large orchards and nurseries 

 in the vicinity of Albany; a special 

 train having been furnished for the oc- 

 casion. 



Reports from most of the pecan sec- 

 tions promise a fair crop this season, 

 while the demand for nuts, especially 

 the fine varieties, is far beyond the 

 present supply. 



The convention goes to Monticello 

 next year. 



Officers elected are as follows: Presi- 

 dent, J. B. Wight, Cairo, Ga.; first vice- 

 president, J. B. Curtis, Orange Heights, 

 Fla. ; second vice-president, H. C. 

 White, DeWitt, Ga.; secretary, J. F. 

 Wilson. Foulan, Ga.; treasurer, M. B. 

 McNeely, Little Rock, Ark. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



Since the issuing of our final pre- 

 mium list, the Hess & Culberton 

 Jewelry Company of St. Louis are of- 

 fering a beautiful silver cup for the 

 "Best 100 American Beauties," same 

 to be staged the first day of the ex- 

 hibition, November the 9th. We should 

 like to see some one of your readers 

 win this elegant prize. 



OTTO G. KOENIG, Secretary, 



RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



PHOENIX and KENTIAS 



