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HORTICULTUEE 



August 30, 1913 



Clubs and Societies 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



At the mid-summer meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society at Minne- 

 apolis, on August 21st, Cleveland, 

 Ohio, was selected as the next meet- 

 ing place, the convention to be held 

 January 28-29, 1914. Adam Graham 

 was selected as chairman of the com- 

 juittee on local arrangements, with 

 _power to add members. 



An invitation from the New York 

 Flower Show committee to participate 

 in the spring show, to be held March 

 J21-28, 1914, was accepted on condition 

 that all classes, except those set aside 

 ior private gardeners, shall be open 

 to the members of the American Car- 

 nation Society only. 



Secretary Baur was selected to rep- 

 .resent the A. C. S. on the advisory 

 committee of the Department of Hor- 

 ticulture of the Panama-Pacific Expo- 

 sition. Secretary Baur also submitted 

 a draft of a premium list for the ex- 

 hibition in January. After striking 

 put the class covering the "mottled 

 or overlaid" varieties, the list was ap- 

 proved. The Medal of Merit was 

 awarded to Peter Fisher for originat- 

 ing the variety "Beacon." 



A. F. J. B.\UR, Secretary. 



.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The American Association of Park 

 Superintendents opened their annual 

 convention at Denver, Colo., on Mon- 

 day, August 25. President James B. 

 Shea, deputy commissioner of Boston 

 Park Department, responded eloquent- 

 ly to the cordial address of welcome 

 by Mayor Perkins. Papers were read 

 "by Edward DeGroot, general secretary 

 of the Playground Association of Chi- 

 cago, on "Playground and Recreation 

 T^acilities and Their Management"; by 

 Herman W. Merkel on the "New York 

 Idea of a Zoological Park." and by J. 

 J. Levison on the "Care and Planting 

 of Ornamental Shade Trees. 



Officers for the ensuing year were 

 elected, as follows: Presulent. Harry 

 'S. Richards, Chicago; vice-presidents. 

 G. W. Burke, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Frank 

 Brubeck, Terre Haute, Ind.; F. C. 

 Green, Providence, R. I.; W. S. Man- 

 ning, Baltimore. Md.; G. Hennenkof- 

 fer, Pueblo. Colo.; G. Champion, Win- 

 nipeg, Can.; secretary and treasurer, 

 J. J. Levison. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Newburgh. N. Y.. was selected as the 

 meeting place for next year. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



As yet no permanent arrange- 

 ments have been made for Prof. 

 White's successor, but E. J. Canning, 

 who has been curator of the Botanic 

 Gardens at Smith College for many 

 years, will probably assume the in- 

 structional work in the fall or until a 

 new man is appointed. Clark L. 

 Thayer, a graduate of M. A. C. in 1913. 

 will assist in the work of the depart- 

 ment. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The annual summer show of the 

 above society was held on the grounds 

 of the R. C. Winthrop estate at West 

 Manchester, Mass., August 20 and 21. 

 "While the sliow as a whole was not 

 quite as large as previous years, the 



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quality was uj) to the usual high stand- 

 ard. Groups of foliage and flowering 

 plants were shown by Mrs. Lester Le- 

 land. gard. E. H. Wetterlow, and Mrs. 

 E. S. Grew. gard. A. E. Parsons. Large 

 collections of vegetables were displayed 

 by A. W. Preston of Swarapscott, gard. 

 J. C. Smith, Mrs. Geo. Wigglesworth, 



gard, W. Craig, and Mrs. Lester Le- 

 land. The various classes were pretty 

 well filled. James McGregor. Dublin, 

 N H.. Geo. Stewart, Medford. Mass., 

 and Wm. Swan. No. Easton. Mass., of- 

 ficiated as judges, and their awards 

 gave general satisfaction. 



J.\MEs S.vLTER, Sec'y. 



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