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men were present, the younger ele- 

 ment predominating. Wni. .1. K<>n- 

 iie<lv presided over tlie inaiiKuralion. 

 indueting into otllce tlie following 

 named gentlemen: Herman H. Uartseh 

 of Waverley, president; James Sletli- 

 ven, Iteadvllle, vice-president; Wni. N. 

 Craifi, Brookllne, secretary : I'eter 

 Fisher, ICIlis, treasurer. 



The followinc; committees were ap- 

 pointed: ICxlilbition committee — Jas. 

 Wheeler, eliairnian: llobl. Cameron. 

 Wm. Sim. T. H. Westwood, F. E. 

 Palmer. Donald McKenzle. ("has. San- 

 der. S, J. Goddard. El>er Holmes, .Inles 

 Huerlin. \V. H. lilliott. Alex. Mont- 

 Komery. Henry I'enn. K. Finlayson, 

 .\. A. l^embroke. Duncan Finlayson. 

 Kntertainment committee — Geo. W. 

 Hamer. chairman; J. W. Collins, John 

 Mclntyre, Wui. Mix. H. M. Robinson, 

 Joshua Lawson. W. R. Thornhill. 

 Geo. Noyes. Jas. McCarthy. Harold 

 Kdgar. W. H. Judd. 



The order of proceedings was cut 

 short to allow as much time as possi- 

 ble for entertainment and dancing. 

 There were songs, piano solos and 

 recitations by several talented per- 

 formers, followed by ice cream, cake 

 and coffee and then the dancing, which 

 lasted until midnight. When the 

 Highland Piling was called the floor 

 was filled with nimble dancers, the 

 most graceful steppers being Peter M. 

 .Miller and his partner Mrs. W. W. 

 Edgar. 



North Westchester Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society. 



Thursday evening, January 21st, was 

 a red letter social night for this 

 society when they held their 13th an- 

 nual dinner at Newcastle Inn, Mt. 

 Kisco, N. Y. with about sixty members 

 and guests and J. Austin Shaw as 

 toast-master, to whose admirable tact, 

 wit and humor was largely due the 

 success of this affair. 



Preceding the dinner was a short 

 business meeting at which a vote of 

 condolence was passed for Mrs. Mc- 

 Taggart of Kearney, N. J. on the loss 

 she has sustained in the tragic death 

 of her dear son and our brother mem- 

 ber, the generous hearted and much 

 regretted Charles McTaggart. Follow- 

 ing are some of the features of the 

 evening. Opening address by Mr. 

 Shaw who felicitated the society on 

 its prosperous position, its hospitality 

 and the work being done for the up- 

 lift of the gardening profession. The 

 toast: "Our Society" was responded to 

 by President John Hall, and past 

 president James Andrews. A toast to 

 the memory of Chas. McTaggart was 

 drunk in silence. "The Seed Trade" 

 was responded to by Wm. C. Rickards 

 and Al. Rickards of New York and 

 Wm. J. Collins of Boston. Mr. Shaw 

 responded for the Horticultural I'rcss, 

 in Mr. Ebel's absence. For the "Town 

 of Bedford" Judge Robt. Clark, Town 

 Clerk Merriam and Commissioner 

 O'Brien spoke. The "Town of New- 

 castle" was spoken for by Super\'isor 

 Washburn. Town Clerk Geo. Haight, 

 Jr. and Tax Collector Heller. The 

 toast "Our Out of Town Guests" was 

 responded to by Mr. Van Melee of 

 Bobink & Atkins, expressing apprecia- 

 tion of the hospitality shown them. 

 "The Lay Members of Society" by Dr. 

 Plageman. "The Ladies and Our 



Host" responded to by the genial host 

 of the KIsco House, U. M. Pardee, who 

 by the way being a most desirable 

 haclielur had the subject in hand to 

 which be gave a full mea.sure of good 

 will towards the ladies, amidst cheers. 

 "The Plain Gardener" was responded 

 to by Secretary M. .1. O'Brien and with 

 reminiscences of the growth and suc- 

 cess of the society since its organiza- 

 tion, January 7th. 1897. making a 

 favorable commentary of the part 

 taken in its organization by Alex. 

 Marshall of Portchester who was 

 present and responded with a few well 

 chosen words. 



The foregoing program was inter- 

 spersed with songs and recitations as 

 the night proceeded and a fine musical 

 program was rendered by Prof. Eg- 

 gleston on the piano. The festivities 

 broke up abo\it 1 A. M. A standing 

 vote of thanks was passed with three 

 cheers and a tiger for the admirable 

 manner in which the toast-master con- 

 ducted the festivities. 



M. J. O'BuiKN. Sec'y. 



North Shore Horticultural Society. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its sixteenth annual ban- 

 quet at the Town Hall, Manchester. 

 Mass., on Jan. 27th. The hall was dec- 

 orated for the occasion with evergreen, 

 flowering plants and cut flowers. Vice- 

 President E. H. Wetterlow, in (he ab- 

 sence of the president, extended a cor- 

 dial welcome and the greetings of the 

 society to those present. 



Thomas J. Grey ri-si)onded to a 

 toast to the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston, and was pleased to say 

 tliat he brought with him not only the 

 good wishes of the Boston Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club but also of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



An entertainment 'oUowed the ban- 

 quet. Edward A. Rand in piano selec- 

 tions. Miss Area Farron in recitations. 

 Prof. Brignati in sleight of hand, all 

 contributed to the enjoyment, and Rev. 

 \V. H. Rider, D. D.. gave one of his 

 characteristic after dinner speeches 

 and closed by leading the audience in 

 singing "America." Dancing followed 

 till 12 o'clock. 



The committee in charge were Wil- 

 liam Till, chairman; Herbert Shaw, 

 Axel Maguuson. Paul Maillard. Murdo 

 MacKay, James Morton and Patrick J. 

 Gilmore, floor director. James Mc- 

 Gregor of Dublin, N. H., T. J. Grey, 

 Alex Dowar, J. P. A. Guerineau and 

 Mr. Hailles of Boston were among the 

 visitors. W. T. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society. 



The ninth annual dinner of this so- 

 ciety was held at the Oriental Hotel. 

 Glen Cove, N. Y.. Monday evening. Jan. 

 25th. Seventy-five members and guests 

 were present and did justice to an am- 

 ple repast. President Ernest West- 

 lake, delivered a short address of wel- 

 come and introduced as toastmaster 

 for the evening, J. Austin Shaw, who 

 conducted the proceedings in his usual 

 able manner. 



Gentlemen responding to the toasts 

 of the evening were Charles H. Totty 

 for the Society of American Florists; 

 J. W'. Everitt. the National Association 

 of Gardeners; Frank Traendly. the 

 National Rose Society; F. R. Bowne 

 and W. R. Kinnear. the village of Glen 

 Cove; William Duckham, Morris Coun- 



February 6, 1915 



ty Horticultural Society; William Tur- 

 ner. Bernardsville llorlicullural Socie- 

 ty; E. W. Neubriind. W. Scott and J. 

 W. Smith. Tarry town Horticultural 

 Society. J. Dulhie and J. Rubinson, 

 Oyster Bay Horticultural Society. 



J-\MEs Oi^usTONK, Cor. Scc'y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society. 



The twi'nty-lirsi anniuil ball of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Town Hall, Lenox, Mass., on 

 Jan. 22nd. The hall was prettily 

 decorated, and Clarke's orchcslra of 

 Pittsfleld was engaged for the evening. 

 The concert which they rendered at 

 the opening was of a high order. 

 President G. Breed led the grand 

 march, closely followed by the other 

 ofllcers. A good and representative 

 crowd was present, and supper was 

 sen-ed at 12 o'clock. The success of 

 the evening reflected much credit on 

 the committee of arrangements, 

 .Messrs. J. Clifford, G. Ferguson, F. H. 

 Butler, G. Thompson and H. Peters. 



The next monthly meeting will be 

 held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10th. 

 and the speaker will be Professor J. O. 

 Foord, head of division of agriculture, 

 Mass. Agricultural College, on "Some 

 Principles of Farm .Management." 



J. Cahma.n. Ass't Sec'y. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society. 

 The annual entertainment and dance 

 of this Society will be held on Tues- 

 day evening, Feb. 16th, in Mechanic's 

 Hall, Stamford, Conn. Admission will 

 be by card which may he obtained 

 from the secretary. Members and 

 their friends are cordially invited. A 

 pleasing program will be rendered, fol- 

 lowed by a buffet lunch and dancing. 

 A pleasant evening is assured to all 

 who attend. 



P. W. Poee. Cor. Sec'y. 



Chicago Bowling — Wednesday, Jan. 

 27th, 1915. 



ORCHIU.S V.S. UrSSKLLS. 

 Koehlcr 123 12t 16.1 Vogel 157 18S 170 

 l,orman 177 IS! 14.1 Jtioobs 147 107 150 

 WoU 166 1.55 138 Resch 185 1S5 147 



4Cti 402 444 489 540 467 



CAHXATIO.NS V.S. SUNIlfHSTS. 



Blnweck 172 204 109 

 Price l.SO 2:!4 210 



A. Zecb 177 i:i9 191 



i529 577 570 



Meb'rm'nlSO 14S 161 

 Byers 181 20:{ 153 

 OLseni 109 179 173 



530 5:tO 487 



New York Florists' Bowling Club. 



Jan. 28. 



1st 2n(l 3riJ 



(Jninc Game Gami' 



J. Miescin 109 214 167 



.\. Donaldson 170 103 l.'iO 



A. ,M. Keusliaw 162 147 102 



A. Scliauzer 1.32 127 



I'. .Tacobson 156 184 , 149 



II. C. Kiedel 1.'".8 102 180 



.1. Biriiie 146 102 143 



■|"he Horticultural Society of Chi- 

 cago held an adjourned meeting at the 

 Art Institute, January 26, and ad- 

 journed again, without transacting 

 any business. Plans are under way 

 for putting new life into the organiza- 

 tion, which has done good work in the 

 past, but has not been given the sup- 

 port it should of late. The various 

 Nortli Shore horticultural organiza- 

 tions will be asked to co-operate with 

 Ihem. 



