April 6, 1918 



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The next gardeners' conference un- 

 der the auspices of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners will be held in 

 Boston on Thursday afternoon, April 

 18th. The program is now being 

 worked out by the local committee and 

 will be announced shortly. 



At the request of the Nassau Coun- 

 ty, N. Y., Horticultural Society, atten 

 tion is a^ain directed to the following 

 resolution introduced by it: 



"A member of a horticultural society, 

 removing to another locality, and being 

 desirous of associating himself with the 

 horticultural society in the locality to 

 which he hna gone, should become eligible 

 to full membership therein if he is in good 

 standing, without the payment of dues to 

 the enil of the Hscal year, and vice versa. 

 In other words he would simply be trans- 

 ferred from oue society to another with- 

 out any extra monetary charge whatso- 

 ever." 



The following societies adopted this 

 resolution at the time it was submit- 

 ted and it is now operative between 

 them: 



Nassau County, N. Y., Oyster Bay. 

 N. Y., Southampton, N. Y., Dutchess 

 County, N. Y., Tuxedo, N. Y., West- 

 chester and Fairfield, Morris County, 

 N. J., Connecticut, Rhode Island. 

 Ne\vport, Los Angeles, County, and 

 Menlo Park, Cal., Horticultural so- 

 cieties; North Westchester, N. Y., 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Socie- 

 ty; New Jersey Floricultural Society: 

 Paterson, N. J., Floricultural Society; 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island; Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston (adopted by it without voting 

 power until dues are paid in club), and 

 Cincinnati Florists' Society. 



Societies favoring this resolution, 

 but who have not yet adopted It, can 

 do so now, and advise the undersigned 

 accordingly. 



National Co-Operative Committee, 

 National Association of Gardeners, M. 

 0. Ebel, Sec'y, Madison, N. J. 



NEWS NOTES 



Reading, Pa.— The Mt. Penn Floral 

 Company opened a special Easter 

 salesroom for their plants and flowers 

 at 244 North Ninth street. 



Manchester, N. H.— William H. Mc- 

 Quade, state forestry inspector, has 

 been appointed a member of the parks 

 and playgrounds commission. His 

 term begins April 1 and is for a period 

 of five years. 



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