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Jaiiiinry 19. 191R 



CLUBS AND SOCIHTIES 





MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Till- liinUKiinil iiiffllU"; <>l <l»f .Mussii 

 I'husotts llortU-ulturiil Society wiis 

 held Hi HortlciiUurul Mall. Siituriluy. 

 Januar.v l-». The principal business of 

 the meetluK was llio delivery of an ad 

 dress by llie president and the readliij; 

 of the annual reports of the officers 

 and chairmen of the various commit 

 tees of the .society. 



In his address, President Saltonslall 

 slated that owlns to war conditions 

 and the necessity of conservation of 

 the resoiiries of the society to meet 

 possible emergencies during the com- 

 ing year it had been deemed advisable 

 to cut out substantially all money 

 prizes from the Schedule of Kxhibi- 

 tions. He said that the society should 

 actively assist in some recoKni/.eil war 

 charity or work for the benefit of our 

 soldiers in the lield and it is planned 

 to make all the important shows of the 

 year pay .shows, the net receipts to be 

 given to the Red Cross or other war 

 relief work. 



He did not agree with the proposi 

 lion recently made that the growing ol 

 flowers is a pure luxury and ought to 

 be given up during war times. He 

 said flowers surely are not so much of 

 a luxury as costly clothing or jewelry 

 worn chiefly to attract the eye, or the 

 many attractive but not necessary fit- 

 tings of our homes. When one con- 

 siders the great amount of happiness 

 and real pleasure that can be given to 

 the sick and the wounded he said that 

 flowers should be the last of all luxu- 

 ries to be forced out by dire stress of 

 war. 



The treasurer reported a deficit of 

 $3781.93 for the year 1917. 



There was a fine floral display at the 

 meeting, especially that of R. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co., who adorned the stage of 

 the hall with a magnificent group of 

 Buddleia asiatica, grown to standards, 

 underneath which were arranged pots 

 of Azalea Kaempferi and ferns. There 

 was also a fine display of carnations. 

 S. .1. Goddard exhibited F. Dorner & 

 Sons' new seedling No. 148. which was 

 awarded honorable mention. A. A. 

 Pembroke, Beverly, showed the new 

 sport White Benora. which also re- 

 ceived honorable mention, and the new 

 variety Elizabeth, for which he was 

 awarded a silver medal. 



Strong adverse criticism was made 

 by W. N. Craig and other members of 

 the action of the trustees in eliminat- 

 ing the money prizes that had been 

 previously jiublished in the prelimi- 

 nary schedule for the 1918 spring ex- 

 hibitions. 



At a meeting of the trustees of the 

 society held the same day Prof. Niels 

 Ebbesen Hansen of Brookings. South 

 Dakota, was awarded the George Rob- 

 ert White Medal of Honor for the year 

 1917. This award was made in recog- 

 nition of the valuable work done by 

 Prof. Hansen in the introduction and 

 hybridization of new varieties of econ- 

 omic plants and fruits suitable for the 

 arid regions of the Northwest. 



The following named persons were 

 elected to corresponding meml^rship 



Meetinj^s Next Week 



Monday, Jan, 21. 



!■ i,.,i| V|,.rl-t»' null, Hrllll) Kill 

 \lk-ll. 



Chill, Cliiiiiilii'r 

 i: UN, lliiuMtun. Ti'X. 

 N.u .li-rhL^y Flurloiilturiil S»oii*ly, 

 i iniiit;*!, N. .1. 



Tuesday, Jan. 22. 



.N.-wiM-rt llurticultiiral Snolt'ty. 

 .N.«|i<.rt, K. 1. 



Tiirrytiiwii llnrticiiltiiriil Society, 

 I'jirrx liiwii, N. Y. 



Wednesday, Jan. 23. 



(i.vulii- I'uy lliirll. illlillHl Siii-lfly. 

 ti.vHiir Itiiy. .\. V. 



Friday, Jan. 25. 



('•iiini'ilii-iit lliirtii'iiltiinil Socli'ty. 

 ' Cnuiily UIOk., Ilarlfmd. Conn. 



.Mniiiiioiilh CiMiiitv llortleulturnl 

 '.SiMJ.-ly, KimI lialik. .V. .1. 

 I I'n.^iiili'iin Iliii'liciiltiinil Sooloty. 

 I'.isMilciia. Calif. 



I'l'iipli'S I'ark Ciiltnuo Gardt-norB' 

 \~s..il:iti.in. rriliMsiiii. N. ,1. 



Saturday, Jan. 26. 



Iiiihlis Kcrr.v (i:intcii> ! 

 . iH'ii. IJoblia Kerry, N. > 



J. Otto Tiiii.ow 



in the society: Isaac Bayley Balfour, 

 Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Edinburg, Scotland; Desire Bois, ed- 

 itor Revue Horticole, Paris, France; 

 Leon Chenault. Orleans, France; Wil- 

 liam C. Egan, Chicago, 111.; Bertrand 

 H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa.; Prof. Niels 

 Ebbesen Hansen, Brookings, South 

 Dakota; Charles L. Hutchinsons, Chi- 

 cago, III.; Mrs. Francis King, Alma, 

 Mich.; J. Horace McFarland, Harris- 

 burg. Pa.; Dr. George T. Moore, St. 

 Louis, Mo.; Dr. Walter Van- Fleet, 

 Washington, D. C; F. Gomer Waterer, 

 Bagshot. Surrey, England. 



The second in the winter course of 

 lectures was given at two o'clock be- 

 fore a large audience by Edward L 

 Farrington, on the Arnold Arboretum. 

 It was handsomely illustrated with 

 numerous colored lantern slides. 



OAHUtNbHb AND hLuHlblti' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 'I'liesday cvenluK, January l.">, waa 

 Ladies' Night with the OardenerB' and 

 KlorlslH' Club, and a large gatherlnK 

 WU8 proBcnt to see the new ofllcers in- 

 ducted and enjoy J. Olio Thilow's lec- 

 ture on the Life and Vegetation of the 

 Hawaiian Islands. Rain and Hlush 

 made the conditions rather unpleasant 

 for ladles to venture out liut there was 

 a goodly number of them in the audi- 

 ence and a liberal collation of Ice 

 cream, cake and coffee helped to re- 

 pay them for the discomfort endured. 



The meeting was opened by the re- 

 tiring president, .lames Methven. who 

 introduced A. P. Calder as installing 

 ofllcial, a position which that veteran 

 is admirably equipped to fill. He put 

 the business through In accepted for- 

 mal lodge style with sage advice, elo- 

 (luent and merry withal He reminded 

 the officers that "sitting in the lime 

 light and getting applause Is not all 

 that is expected of them," and urged 

 faithful attention to the duties de- 

 volving upon them. President A. K. 

 Rogers, Vice-president Carl P. Sweet- 

 zer. Secretary W. N. Craig and Treas- 

 urer S. J. Goddard were severally in- 

 stalled and each promised his best in 

 the service of the club. Mr. Goddard 

 took occasion to speak of the coming 

 meeting of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety and urged the members to do all 

 possible individually and collectively 

 to make the meeting and the exhibi- 

 tion a complete success and the stay 

 of the visitors from afar a pleasure. 

 The new president spoke briefly and 

 made a most excellent impression as 

 a presiding officer. Four new members 

 were proposed. A motion by Robert 

 Cameron asking the trustees of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 to call a meeting of that society to 

 discuss the recent decision of the 

 trustees to eliminate all cash premi- 

 ums from the prize schedule for the 

 coming year was carried unanimously. 



President Rogers named the follow- 

 ing committees: 



Exhibits — W. H. .ludd. chairman; 

 Robert Cameron, Herman Bartsch, 

 Kenneth Finlayson, P. W. Burke, S. 

 J. Goddard, Wm. Downs, James Meth- 

 ven, F. E. Palmer, C. Holbrow. 



Entertainment — D. Finlayson, chair- 

 man; W. C. Rust, A. F. Hills, Frank 

 II. Allison. J. Miller. J. Richardson, 

 Walter Goldy, P. J. Turley, J. T. Slay- 

 ter and A. .1. WoUrath. 



Welcome — John F. Briery, Robt. E. 

 Montgomery. John L. Russell, Frank 

 Murray, Fred. Cave, J. L. Porter and 

 Donald B. Sutherland. 



Mr. Thilow's lecture was grand. 

 That versatile gentleman was in his 

 best vein, the pictures were high class 

 and altogether his effort was a pro- 

 nounced success and thoroughly en- 

 joyed. 



