For June, 1921 



623 



American Rose Annual, and then Mr. Gude 

 closed the meeting with a tribute to the 

 work of the Walter Reed Hospital. 



It was b}' this time after 3 o'clock and 

 the rest of the afternoon was spent in in- 

 spection of the buildings and grounds of 

 the Hospital under the guidance of Col. 

 Glcnnin and Prof. Lumsden. 



The thanks of The American Rose So- 

 ciety are due to Mr. Gude and his local 

 committee who planned the itinerary of the 

 day's trip and who made the day such a 

 successful one. JoHX C. Wister, 



Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS 



The first outdoor meeting of the Saint 

 Louis Association of Gardeners was held 

 Sunday morning, June 5. at the .Missouri 

 Botanical Garden. The matter of representa- 

 tion at the Xew York convention was taken 

 up and discussed, and it was decided that 

 an official delegate to represent the associa- 

 tion be selected at the next meeting and 

 members were urged to make an effort to 

 attend the convention. It is hoped that a 

 presentable delegation will be able to at- 

 tend. 



After the meeting the morning was spent 

 in looking over the large plant collections 

 in the Garden and conservatories. The 

 members were particularly interested in 

 some of the newer or little known orna- 

 mental trees, shrubs and herbaceous peren- 

 nials. Particular attention vv'as called to 

 two native perennials as yet not mucli 

 known to cultivation, Echinacea aiigusti- 

 folia, the pale purple cone flower with its 

 numerous large heads of pale purple flow- 

 ers resembling Echinacea purpurea, except 

 for the paler color of the flow-ers and the 

 much narrower leaves. This plant has a 

 tubero:!s root, which is collected and used 

 in medicine ; and Pentstemon lo:z'igatus. 

 whose spikes of white flowers luake a very 

 attractive mass. The two would form a 

 very attractive combination if planted to- 

 gether, as they are of about the same height 

 (-/4 to 3 feet) and blooming at the same 

 time. Another attractive perennial for fore- 

 ground planting which was generally ad- 

 mired is Achillea tournefortii, a plant about 

 18 inches high witli small, very pale yellow- 

 flowers in large flat corymbs. The rose 

 gardeii with its many varieties of roses in 

 bloom was another interesting feature of 

 the morning's inspection. 



It is felt that these outdoor meetings dur- 

 ing the Summer months have unusual edu- 

 cational value, giving the members an op- 

 portunity to observe what the other fellow 

 is doing. 



L. P. Jexsex, Cor. Secy. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 (CONN.) HORT. SOCIETY 



The above society met at Greenwich, Fri- 

 day, May 13, with Harry Jones presiding. 

 It w-as decided that the Dahlia Show al- 

 ready announced to be held on Sept. 14 and 

 15, should take place a week later, most of 

 the members regarding the date too early. 



Secretary .-Xddor had on hand for inspec- 

 tion the stereoptic lantern that has been 

 purchased by the executive committee for 

 the purpose of giving illustrated lectures. 

 Tins new addition is bound to be intercst- 

 in.g as well as educational as many subjects, 

 't is hoped, will be dealt with both along 

 horticultural lines and others closely allied 

 to it. It was voted to ask the Tarr>'to\vn 

 Horticultural Society to join ns again on 

 our annual field day, the date of which will 

 be chosen later. 



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.\ member brought to our notice the fact 

 that tlie National .-Association of Gardeners 

 W'ill hold its convention this Fall in New 

 York City. He spoke of the various ideas 

 afcot for entertaining the visitors and hoped 

 that our society would come forward and 

 act_ in conjunction with other neighboring 

 societies for this purpose, so that the vis- 

 itors may return home with lingering mem- 

 ories of the pleasant time they spent in our 

 midst. George Hewitt, Cor. Secv. 



SEWICKLEY (PA.) HORT, SOCIETY 



The regular monthly meeting of the Se- 

 wickley Horticultural Society was held on 

 Tuesday evening. May 10, with a record at- 

 tendance, which goes to prove that now that 

 the season of actual .gardening operations is 

 at hand, the members are really interested, 

 and that the society is serving a useful pur- 

 pose in the community. Many questions 

 were asked by amateur members, concern- 

 ing the cultivation of dahlias, which speaks 

 well for the forthcoming Dahlia Show, 

 which is planned to be the lar.gcst and most 

 compreliensive ever attempted in Sewickley 

 and will place Western Pennsylvania on the 

 map as a dahlia growing section. 



Exhibits both for the monthly comjietition 

 and exhibition not only were more numer- 

 ous than for some time past, but especially 

 so in the amateur class, this being the first 

 cf the monthly competitions that are being 

 conducted for amateur growers durin.g the 

 Snmtner inonths. President Carman ap- 

 ponitod Messrs. Bensey, Barnet, and Catre 

 the judges of the evenin.g. 



At the request of the members of the 

 Allegheny County Garden Club, it was de- 

 cided to set the date of the Dahlia Show 

 from Sept. 29-30 to Oct. 6-7, so that mem- 

 bers of the Clul) would be better able to 

 attend. Henry Gibson, Assist. Secv. 



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