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WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORT. SOCIETY 



The regular monthly meeting of the above 

 society was held in Greenwich, Conn., Tues- 

 day evening, Nov. 13, with President Ruth- 

 erford in the chair. Two new members 

 were elected. As it is the wish of the so- 

 ciety to have ^ the annual dinner, the follow- 

 ing were chosen as a committee to plan the 

 entertainment, etc., for the affair: James 

 Linane, James Tough and William W'hitton. 



The niedals which were won at the recent 

 Dahlia Show- in Greenvvfich, were given out, 

 the winners being : Mrs. F. Constable, 

 Mamaroneck; Mrs. E. E. Smathers, Port 

 Chester ; Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Purchase ; 

 J. M. Troy and Mills & Co., New Rochelle ; 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., New York; Walter 

 Slade was awarded a Certificate of Merit 

 for his vase of imdisseminated Dahlias. 



The nominations of officers for 1924 re- 

 sulted as follows ; President, Edwin Beckett 

 and John Rutherford ; vice-president, W. D. 

 Robertson and H. F. Bulpitt ; secretary, John 

 Wilson and George Hewitt; treasurer, W. J. 

 Sealey and James Stuart ; corresponding 

 secretary, William Whittan and Cyril Hay- 

 man ; executive committee members : James 

 McCarroll, Alex Marshall, J. McAllister, 

 and James Linane. 



The A. N. Pierson and J. H. Troy 

 monthly competition awards were : 1st, Be- 

 gonia, Edwin Beckett and also a cultural 

 certificate for same ; 2nd, W. D. Robertson, 

 collection of Anemone Chrysanthemums ; 

 3rd, Thomas Middleton, vase of Chrysan- 

 themiuiis ; 4th John Wilson, Begonia. For 

 vegetables, H. F. Bulpitt was first with a 

 plate of apples ; James Linane was second 

 for six onions. 



The committee had arranged a competition 

 apart from the usual A. N. Pierson and 

 J. H. Troy classes, the classes and winners 

 were: Qirysanthemums ; Class 1, twelve 

 large blooms, first, James Stuart ; Class 2, 

 six large blooms, first, W. D. Robertson; 

 Class 3, six vases of singles three sprays to 

 a vase, first, Harry Jones; second, James 

 Stuart ; Class 4, six vases of Pompons, first, 

 George Hewitt; Class 5, nine blooms of 

 Anemone type, first, W. D. Robertson ; 

 Class 6, vase any varieties arranged for ef- 

 fect, first, W. D. Robertson; second, George 

 Hewitt. 



Vegetables ; Class 7, collection of si.x va- 

 rieties, first, Walter Slade ; second, James 

 Linane; Class 8, three heads of lettuce, 

 first, W. D. Robertson ; second, James 

 Linane ; Class 9, six leeks, first, James Li- 

 nane; second, James Tough; Class 10, six 

 onions, first, Walter Slad ; second, John 

 Wilson; Class 11, three cauliflowers, first. 

 James Linane ; Class 12, six celery, first. 

 James Tough. George Hewitt received a 

 certificate for a collection of pompon Chrys- 

 anthemums. 



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