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HORTICULTURE 



September 20, 1913 



A WORD OF THANKS AND 

 APPRECIATION. 



The Local Committees in charge of 

 the arrangements ot the Convention 

 of the Society of American Morists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists, held 

 in our city. Aug. 19-23, wish to express 

 their sincere thanks to all who have 

 helped to make the Convention of our 

 National Society the great success it 

 was: — ■ 



To His Honor, the Mayor, whose ad- 

 dress of welcome to our guests cap- 

 tured their hearts and made them feel 

 at home. 



To the Honorable Board of Park 

 Commissioners, whose action in giving 

 the use of the land and preparing 

 same, together with the contribution 

 of plants and labor which made possi- 

 ble the outdoor plant exhibit, and 

 whose musical entertainment at Lake 

 Harriet was enjoyed by our guests. 



To the daily press and trade papers 

 which accorded us liberal space, and 

 rendered in their issues good accounts 

 of the Society's aim and work and the 

 Convention's deliberations and achieve- 

 ments. 



To the Civic and Commerce Associa- 

 tion whose assistance in publicity 

 work before and during the Conven- 

 tion was of the greatest help toward 

 the success of the meeting. 



To the merchants and others who 

 through cash donations, advertise- 

 ments in our Souvenir Album and the 

 loan of autos. etc.. made the enter- 

 tainment of our guests possible and a 

 source of pleasure to all. 



To the hotels who so well provided 

 for the comfort of our guests, and to 

 the people of our city in general who 

 in one way or another gave us their 

 support and good will in our under- 

 taking. 



Our friends and guests have depart- 

 ed for their homes with nothing but 

 praise and the best of feelings towards 

 our city and its people, all due to the 

 assistance given us in our efforts to 

 bring about these happy results. 



Again, we thank you. 



Conve?;tion Executive Committee 

 of the Minneapolis Florist Club and 

 Minnesota State Florist Association. 



MEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Medtord (Mass.) Horticultural 

 Society feels very much encouraged 

 over its second exhibition, which was 

 held on September 12, in the vestry of 

 the Mystic Congregational Church. 

 The exhibits showed care and good 

 cultivation ; in fact, some of the speci- 

 mens in the different classes would 

 have been winners had they been 

 shown at some of the larger societies' 

 exhibitions. The children's gardens 

 were quite a feature and competition 

 was keen, good taste in arrangement 

 being quite noticeable. A committee 

 had charge of this branch of the So- 

 ciety's effort since earlv spring, and 

 worked hard visiting the various gar- 

 dens and instructing the children in 

 their care. The result of this contin- 

 ued effort throughout the season was 

 quite apparent, show^ing what can be 

 done even in horticulture when the 

 elders come down to the children's 

 level, and help to keen up enthusiasm. 

 Other noticeable exhibits were the 

 dahlias shown by Parker A. Mansfield 

 ot Maiden. The centre pieces tor din- 

 ner tables by Miss Arington and Mrs. 



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D. J. Puffer were as fine as the writer 

 has seen in this line around Boston. 

 Miss Gertrude Copeland of Melrose 

 gained the silver cup for the best gen- 

 eral display of twenty varieties of cut 

 flowers. The tuberous-rooted begonia 

 flowers of Mrs. I. J. Sturgis of Brook- 

 line, attracted considerable attention 

 on account of their size. Excellent 

 vegetables were shown by Mrs. J. W. 

 Tufts and Mrs. Hardy Garret. The 

 tomatoes in Mrs. Tufts' collection 

 were grand. Stone and Success being 

 ot enormous size and fine shape and 

 color. 



The Breck-Robinson Co. of Lexing- 

 ton put up a fine trade exhibit of 

 gladioli and other herbaceous flowers. 

 B. Hammond Tracy had a table of 

 gladioli of the newer kinds. The plat- 

 form was filled with flowering and 

 foliage plants from the greenhouses 

 of the Lawrence estate. 



George F. Stewart. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Our regular series of autumn meet- 

 ings commenced on the evening ot the 

 12th instant, at the County Building, 

 Hartford, with the observation of 

 "Hardy Perennial Night," and a splen- 

 did exhibition of over sixty varieties 

 of hardy herbaceous plants, made by 

 President Huss and Treasurer Hunt. 



A first-class certificate was awarded 

 to each. President Huss then gave an 

 interesting and instructive description 

 of the different varieties, their merits, 

 uses, and methods of propagation. The 

 meeting was largely attended, and 

 seven new members were added to 

 the roll. 



A. Gumming, Jr., our former efficient 

 secretary, and lately head gardener of 



the Park Department of Hartford, has 

 recently removed to Cromwell, to All 

 an important position with A. N. Pier- 

 son. He will retain his membership 

 and interest in the society. 



The society has recently sustained a 

 loss in the resignation of Secretary 

 George W. Smith, who, however, re- 

 tains his membership relations, and 

 who is now actively engaged in in- 

 ducting the new secretary into the 

 numerous duties of the office. 



As heretofore stated, the society will 

 not give any fall exhibition this year. 



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