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It is interesting at least to know these 

 'acts, and it is hoped that botanists will 

 make careful study of the plants thus pro- 

 duced. It is hoped that the strange plants 

 mav be classified, and the age to wliich they 

 belong determined. 



It is possible, however, that they may 

 • iuickly succumb under present climatic 

 conditions. — /'/oiivr Grower. 



OF GENERAL INTEREST ] 



U. S. BOTANIC GARDEN 100 YEARS 

 OLD. 



The United States Botanic Garden. 

 Washington, D. C, will be 100 years old 

 on -May 8, for it was on May S, 1820, that 

 the use of five acres of land was granted 

 by Congress for a botanical garden, and 

 four years later, on May 26, 1824, the area 

 of this grant was extended. 



.A botanic garden was among the first 

 projects considered by President Washing- 

 ton for the federal city, and he discussed 

 its location with the commissioners of the 

 federal district. 



Under the act of Congress of May 8. 

 1820, the Botanic Garden was started on 

 the city square, where the patent office now 

 stands. Here the greenhouses for the liv- 

 ing plants brought to the United States by 

 the exploring expedition to the southern 

 hemisphere, 1838-'42, commanded by Capl. 

 (late Rear .\dmiral) Charles Wilkes, were 

 first located. Some of those plants are still 

 living and many of the plants in the pres- 

 ent garden are descendants of those 

 brought to this country by the Wilkes ex- 

 pedition. 



During 1820 the present site of the Bo- 

 tanic Garden was prepared under authority 

 from the President. 



The garden contains many historic trees, 

 including one planted by Abraham Lincoln. 

 Tl'.e botanical collection received some val- 

 uable contributions from the expedition of 

 Commodore Perry to Japan. .\n old date 

 palm in the conservatory, which has re- 

 peatedly thrust its head through the sky- 

 lights, was planted before the Civil War. 



The office of superintendent was created 

 in 18.S0 and the first incumbent was W. D. 

 Breckenridge, who had been horticulturist 

 and l)Otanist to the Wilkes expedition. He 

 was succeeded by William R. Smith, a de:^ 

 voted friend and admirer of "Bobby" 

 Burns. Mr. Smith was superintendent for 

 sixty years. George Wesley Hess, former- 

 ly connected with the Boston public gar- 

 dens, and who has spent his entire life in 

 the iirofession. has been in charge for the 

 last seven years. 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



.\t the meeting uf the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the .American IJahlia Society, held 

 at the International Flower Show, Xew 

 York, March 19, it was decided to hold 

 the .Autumn Show in New York during 

 September at one of the centrally located 

 hotels. 



The plan is to give the greatest Dahlia 

 show ever held and work to that end has 

 already been started and will be prosecuted 

 vigorously and contimiously until show- 

 tiine. Kvcry Dahlia grower and lover of 

 this popular (lower is invited to co-operate. 



Let Dahlia growers everywhere, amateurs 

 as well as professionals, begin now in the 

 effort to make this the greatest exhibition 

 of any single flower ever held. 



Euw.vRD C. ViCK, Secretary. 



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THE SPRING FLOWER SHOWS. 



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 York City and Boston during the month of 

 March proved all that their promoters an- 

 ticipated, both from the point of beauty and 

 as a financial success. 



At the Seventh International Flower 

 Show held in the Grand Ceiural Palace. 

 New York City, the Dutch bulb garden of 

 John Scheepers and the rose gardens of A. 

 N. Pierson and F. R. Pierson were again 

 the outstanding features that they have 

 been in the past shows. Comparison with 

 previous shows is impossible as many of the 

 exhibits of the former shows were missing, 

 due to a large measure to the restriction of 

 the importation of foreign plants, but to the 

 laymen the attractiveness of the general 

 lay-out of the show appeared no less than 



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