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It was decided to send a delegate from this 

 branch to Cleveland in !March tu give its 

 views on the subject. Thomas Blair obtained 

 his employer, Mrs. Kuppenheinier, as a sus- 

 taining member of the association. 



The branch is investigating several new 

 members who have shown their willingness 

 to join by January 1, 1924. The next meet- 

 ing of this branch will be held at the home 

 of W'm. Michie on the John T. Pirie Estate. 

 Lake Forest, November 15. 



J. R. Cl.\rkf-. Secy. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Charles Miller resigned his position as 

 gardener to Mrs. R. S. Barnes, Washing- 

 ton, Conn., to accept a similar position with 

 J. H. Harding, Red Bank, N. J. 



Frank Black accepted the position of 

 gardener in charge of the grounds of the 

 New York Orphanage at Hastings-on- 

 Hudson, X. Y. 



John Johnson, seven years gardener to 

 Mrs. J. A. Spoor, Blythewood, Pittsfield, 

 Mass., accepted the position of superinten- 

 tendent of "Holmewood," the estate of Mrs. 

 Raymond T. Baker, Lenox, Mass., succeed- 

 ing E. J. Norman, who retires after thirty- 

 three years in charge. 



Thomas Evans, late superintendent to \V. 

 \'. Kelley, Lake Forest, 111., has accepted 

 the position of superintendent to F. A. 

 Rehm, Lake Geneva, Wis. 



NEW MEMBERS 



Siistainini^: \'an S. Merle-Smith, Oj'ster 

 Bay, L. I. (Peter Morrison, gardener), and 

 I^Irs. Belle Kuppenheimer. Lake Forest, 111. 

 (Thomas Blair, gardener), 'Mrs. \V. A. 

 Roebling, Trenton, N. J. 



Active: Martin Mattison, New York, 

 N. Y. ; Carlos E. Norton, Sewickley, Pa, ; 

 James A. Mackie, Narragansett Pier, R. I. ; 

 "W. J. Peattie, New York, N. Y. 



Associate: Walter L. Voss, Erie, Pa. 



LOCAL SOCIETIES 



EXHIBITION OF THE HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK 



The annual Fall exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York, which was 

 held in the Museum of Natural History, 

 November 8 to 11, inclusive, was beyond 

 argument, we think, the best in the history 

 of this society. The entries in the aggregate 

 were nimierous, and those in each class in 

 nearly all cases sufficient in number to make 

 competition keen, and to render it far more 

 difficult to carry off a prize in any class, 

 than in years when at this Autumn exhibi- 

 tion the entries in many classes were fewer. 

 On this account the honor to those to whom 

 prizes were awarded was the greater. An- 

 other important factor in this exhibition was 

 the high quality in general of the entries. 



Entering tlie foyer of the building our 

 attention was at once drawn to its border- 

 ing of fine specimens of named Evergreens 

 in great variety shown in tubs by Bobbink 

 & Atkins. These formed a most happy set- 

 ting for the blooming plants and cut flowers 

 with which the foyer was filled. 



There was a considerable number of speci- 

 men Cho'santhemum bush plants, not so 

 many standards, and only a few grown in 

 odd shapes, but keener competition in the 

 twelve, and six eight-inch pot classes. In 

 many of these plants we noted a departure 

 from the growing of a very large number 

 of rather small flowers to a plant and the 

 growing instead of a smaller number of 

 larger and better flowers to a plant, and we 

 observed tliat it was these latter plants which 



Of Special Interest To You Who Are 

 Would -Be Greenhouse Possessors 



With greenhouses, as with autos 

 and most other things, there are 

 a certain few that are favorites. 

 Year after year those same 

 favorites have continued to be 

 favorites. 



Such being the case, then, there 

 must be certain very logical rea- 

 sons for it. 



Reasons that will appeal to you 

 quite as they have to others. 

 Appreciating such, it's a wonder 

 w'e hadn't thought long ago to 

 bring these favorite greenhouses 

 together and make a special little 

 catalog of them. 



However, we have done it now. 

 Done it in a most attractive wav 



that we are sure will appeal to you 

 and your love of flowers and 

 growing things. 



Five favorites are shown, among 

 which unless we are greatly mis- 

 taken, you will find just the 

 greenhouse that best suits your 

 needs and fits your pocketbook. 

 There are plenty of photos of 

 both exteriors and interiors, be- 

 sides plans and ample descrip- 

 tion. 



So complete is it, that without 

 any further ado, houses have 

 been purchased directly from it. 

 Mayhap you will do the same. 

 You are most welcome to a copy of 

 this new Glass Garden Catalog. 



^icganOiam^. 



Builders of Greenhouses and Conservatories 



Eastern Factory 

 Irvington, N. Y, 



Irvington 

 New York 



New York 

 30 E. 42d St. 



Western Factory 

 Des Plaines, lU. 



Philadelphia 

 Land Title Bldg. 



Canadian Factory 

 St. Catharines, Ont 



Chicago 

 Cent. Bk. Bldg. 



Boston-11 

 Little Bld«, 



Cleveland 

 407 mmer Bldg. 



Denver 

 1247 So. Emerson 

 St. 

 Buffalo 

 Jackson Bldg. 



Kansas City 

 Commerce Bldg. 



Toronto 

 Harbor Commission 

 Bldg. 

 St. Louis 

 704 E. Carrie Ave. 



carried oft' the first prizes in all the above- 

 mentioned classes. A bush plant of what 

 appeared to us as Well's Late Pink, and 

 in the odd shapes a chair done in the species 

 indicum w-ere each in its way e.xcellent. 



There was keen competition in the class 

 for "vases of one or more varieties arranged 

 W'ith foliage," but the flowers so shown, 

 kept, we noted, poorest of all, though when 

 first staged they were beautiful and impos- 

 ing features. Long stems carrying the 

 flowers high above the water, we suppose 

 was the cause of their withering. 'This 

 class, however, brought out much artistic 

 talent in arrangement. Not many were able 

 to fill the bill for the class of eighteen-inch 

 stems, ten vases, ten varieties, three of each, 

 but the class for five vases, five varieties. 



three blooms of each, had more entries. The 

 prizes in each were carried off by fine 

 blooms. 



The winners in the collection of twelve 

 varieties and that of six staged excellent 

 blooms. The classes of collection of singles 

 in twelve varieties and in six varieties, and 

 those of pompons in the same numbers with 

 five terminal sprays to a vase, having not 

 less than five flowers to a spray, had many 

 entries and the blooms shown in each were 

 admirable, being of a very high quality. 



The vases of singles and of pompons ar- 

 ranged for effect made most attractive ex- 

 hibits, the blooms lending themselves well 

 to this use. The winners in the class for 

 collection of anemones, six varieties, three 

 blooms of each, exhibited some excellent 



