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January 5, 1918 



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CLUBS AND SOClfiTIFS 



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MASSACHUSETTS HOKTICUL 



TURAL SOCIETY SUSPENDS 



CASH PRIZES 



The Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society lias Issued to Its members and 

 principal exhibitors the following 

 notice: 



On account of wur conditions and 

 the necessity of conservation of re- 

 sources to meet possible emergencies 

 the Committee on Prizes and Bxhibi- 

 tions, with the approval of the Ad- 

 visory Committee, has decided to 

 eliminate substantially all money 

 prizes from the Schedule of Prizes and 

 Exhibitions for the year 1918. 



The exhibitions of the Society will 

 be held as usual and the entire net re- 

 ceipts of the pay shows will be given 

 to the Red Cross or other war relief 

 work. Special efforts will be made 

 that the exhibitions maintain their 

 usual high standard of excellence and 

 even surpass those of previous years. 



Prominent exhibitors, both private 

 and commercial are enthusiastically in 

 favor of the proposed plan and have 

 promised to aid to their fullest ability 

 in placing the Society in the front line 

 of helpfulness to the Government, 

 having in mind the extraordinary con- 

 ditions which are liltely to prevail 

 during these times of dire war. 



The usual Spring Flower Show in 

 March will be held in accordance with 

 the Preliminary Schedule already is- 

 sued with the omission of the money 

 awards and the complete Schedule of 

 Exhibitions for the year 1918 will be 

 issued at an early date. The patriotic 

 interest of all exhibitors is urged that 

 the Society may place itself on record 

 as rendering useful service during the 

 war. 



Richard M. S.\ltonstall, Pres. 

 Wm. p. Rich, Secy, 



The Inaugural Meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1918 will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Bos- 

 ton, at 12 o'clock, noon, on Saturday, 

 January 12. 1918. The business of the 

 meeting will be the hearing of an In- 

 augural Address by the President, the 

 report of the Board of Trustees, the re- 

 ports of officers, and the reports of the 

 chairmen of the various committees, 

 which reports will be open for discus- 

 sion and action. 



Exhibitions. 



The following exhibitions will be 

 held in January and March, 1918: 



January 12. At the Inaugural Meet- 

 ing. 



January 30 and 31. Carnation Exhi- 

 bition, in conjun(y;ion with the annual 

 meeting of the American Carnation 

 Society. 



March 13-17. Grand Spring Exhi- 

 bition. 



The complete schedule of exhibi- 

 tions for the year is being prepared 

 and will be issued shortly. 



Meetings Next Week 



Mond.iy, Jan. 7. 



lliTininlnvilli' Iliirlli-iiltiirnI Sii 

 rli'ty, IlortlcuUiiral Hull, KcrniiriU- I 

 vlllc, N. .1. 



KlliiTciii IlnrllcultiirnI Society, Kin- 

 Hull, KlliiTon, N. J. 



lliiiiHtnn FlorlstH' Club, ('liniiil»'r 



i-r i'i'lnmiTCe UnolIIH, llnllHtdll. 'I'vX. 



Montri'iil (iiirdfiiiTH* iiimI I-'lorUtH' 

 riiili, .Mniitri'iil, Caiintlii. 



.Vow Iti'ilfcinl Jlurlii'iiltunil .Sci- 

 **li't.v. Now Bedford. Mush. 



WnsliliiKton Florists' Cluli, '\V:ish 

 liictiin. 1). ('. 



CUvi-laiid Florl.^ls' riuli. CI. -v. 

 land. (.1. , 



Tuesday, Jan. 8. j 



Ni'wport Horticultural Soclotv, 

 Niwii.iit, 11. I. 



Wednesday. Jan. 9. 



cliKlniiall Florists' Socli'tv. Jaljoz 

 Kllii.lt FL.wcT .Marki't, CliicliiiiatI, O. 



Dutclifsa County Hortlrulturul 

 .Sodi'ty, Fnllklll Itldg., I'oUKUki'cp- 

 Nlo. .N. Y. 



I.i'uox Ilorticulturnl Society, I.i>ii..x. 

 .M.'iss. 



.Morris County Florists' ami (Jar 

 'i.iicrs' Sorli'ty, Madison, N. .1. 



.Nassau County Horticultural S..- 

 (i.ty. l'r>nil>rokc Hall, Glen f'ov. . 

 .\. V. 



Thursday, Jan, 10, 



Mi-nlo I'ark Horticultural Societv. 

 Mcnlo I'ark. Calif. 



New London Horticultural Soei- i 

 ety. Municipal BIdg., New London, 

 liJil Conn. I 



Friday, Jan. 11. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Hullding, Hartford, Conn. 



Westchester and Falrfleld Horti- 

 cultural Society, Uornns Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn. 



Saturday, Jan. 12. 



Dobbs Ferry Gardeners' Asaocia 

 III Hon, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 



The Committee on Lectures of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 has issued the program of lectures to 

 be given at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Saturday afternoons at two o'clock 

 during January and February. The 

 lectures are free to the public. The 

 complete list is as follows; 



January 5. The Country of the 

 Amazon. Illustrated. By Dr. \V. T. 

 Councilman, Boston. 



January 12. The Arnold Arboretum. 

 Illustrated. By Edward I. Farrington, 

 Weymouth Heights. 



January 19. Agricultural Work in 

 Massachusetts with Boys and Girls. 

 Illustrated. By George L. Farlcjy, Am- 

 herst. 



January 26. The Iris. Illustrated. 

 By Arthur Herrington, Madison, N. J. 



February 2. Xew Horticultural 

 Crops for Our Food Supply. By Prof. 

 U. P. Hedrick, Geneva. N. Y. 



February 9. America's Horticultural 

 Future. By W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J. 



February 16. The Peony. Illus- 

 trated. By Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomis- 

 sing. Pa. 



February 23. The Diseases of Roses. 

 Illustrated. By Prof. L. M. Massey. 

 Ithaca, N. Y. The John Lewis Russell 

 Lecture 



Vfyi. P. Rich, Secy. 

 Horticultural Hall. Boston. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 GARDENERS. 



The followiuK iliructuru have boon 

 appointed by President Robert Weeks, 

 iif the National A.ssoclatlon of Garden- 

 iTS, to serve for three years, until 

 l!i21: Thomas W. Head, Uike Forest, 

 111.; James Stuart, .Manuironeck, N. 

 Y.; William Klelnheinz, Ogontz. Pa.; 

 lohn F. Huss, Hartford, Conn.; Edwin 

 i.'nkins, Lenox, Mass.; Carl U. Fohn, 

 Colorado Springs, Colo.; Joseph Tan- 

 sey, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. To succeed 

 P. W. Popp, elected vice-president, 

 whose term as director expires 1920, 

 Robert Williamson, Greenwich, Conn. 

 To succeed Anthony Bauer, elected 

 trustee, whose term as director ex- 

 pires 1919, Thomas Hatton, New Lon- 

 don, Conn. 



The following committees have been 

 appointed by President Weeks to 

 serve for the year 1918: National Co- 

 operative Committee — Robert Weeks, 

 Cleveland, Ohio; P. W. Popp, Mama- 

 roneck, N. Y'.; Ernest Guter, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa.; Martin C. Ebel, Madison, 

 N. J. Committee on Essays and Hor- 

 ticultural Instruction — William N. 

 Craig, Brookline, Mass.; Prof. H. B. 

 Dnrner, Urbana, 111.; Edwin Jenkins, 

 Lenox, Mass.; Arthur Smith, West 

 End, N. J.; Theodore Wirth, Min- 

 neapolis, Min. Committee on Meri- 

 torious Exhibits— William Klelnheinz, 

 Ogontz, Pa.; Daniel J. Coughlin, Lo- 

 cust Valley, N. Y.; Percy Copp, Menio 

 Park, Cal.; Duncan Finlayson, Brook- 

 line, Mass.; William E. Fischer. Lake 

 Forest, 111. Committee on Bird Pre- 

 servation and Propagation — L. P. Jen- 

 sen, St. Louis, Mo.; John Johnson, 

 Pittsfield, Mass.; G. A. Meyer, Santa 

 Barbara, Cal.; Carl U. Fohn, Colorado 

 Springs, Colo. 



The Committee on Essays and Hor- 

 ticultural Instruction has renewed the 

 distribution of essays, on subjects per- 

 taining to the gardening profession 

 and on ornamental horticulture, among 

 the gardeners' local societies and 

 otlier horticultural bodies that may be 

 Interested, for discussion at their 

 monthy meetings. Any organization 

 not now receiving this service and de- 

 siring it can secure it without charge 

 or other obligation by applying to 

 -M. C. Ebel, secretary, Madison, N. J. 



It is proposed to hold the first of 

 the quarterly district conferences — 

 recommended by the recent conven- 

 tion of the association — the latter part 

 of March. The meeting places, to be 

 arranged in different par.ts of the 

 country, will be announced by the Na- 

 tional Co-operative Committee in Feb- 

 ruary. The "big drive," or work, be- 

 fore the association for the year is to 

 double its membership before its next 

 annual convention, to be held in Cleve- 

 land in October, by bringing into the 



