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GARDENERS' UNION OF LEWIS- 

 TON AND AUBURN, ME. 



The Gardeners' Union of Lewiston 

 and Auburn, Me., will hold a Fall 

 Exhibition August 26 and 27, 1915 at 

 I>ewlston City Hall. 



Tlie premium list is a liberal one. 

 covering 119 regular classes. First, 

 second and third prize ribbons will be 

 awarded for the best displays in the 

 several classes to members of the 

 Union only, but any person may com- 

 pete by joining the Union. Honorable 

 mention cards will be awarded to such 

 exhibits as the judges shall deem 

 worthy where no other way of recog- 

 nition is provided. 



In addition to the regular prizes 

 specials have been offered by the fol- 

 lowing trade houses: W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co., for sweet peas; Geo. A. Whit- 

 ney Co., for dahlias: Haskell Imple- 

 ment & Seed Co.. for market garden 

 display; Home & Noyes for gladioli; 

 John Lewis Childs for gladioli; C. S. 

 Allen for display of annuals, T. J. 

 Grey & Co.. for gladioli and for vege- 

 tables. 



The Gardeners' Union offers; (A.) 

 To member taking most first prizes in 

 all classes, a silver cup, same to be 

 competed for each year and to be held 

 finally by member winning it three 

 times; (B.) Best display from Profes- 

 sional Market Garden, %a in cash; (C.) 

 Best display by Professional P'lorist, 

 $5 in cash. 



The officers of the Gardeners' Union 

 are: President, Charles S. Allen. Elm 

 House, Auburn; Vice-President. Dr. L. 

 Raoul Lafond, 224 Pine St.. Lewiston; 

 Secretary, Mrs. George A. Wliitney, 

 151 Winter St., Auburn; Treasurer, M. 

 H. C. Stone, 650 Main St., Lewiston. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



A Spring Flower Show will be held 

 in the Museum Building, New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York 

 City, in co-operation with the Garden, 

 May 8 and 9, 1915. The exhibition 

 will be open from 2 to 5 on the first 

 day, and from 10 to 5 on the second 

 day. Plants and flowers for exhibition 

 should be sent by express, prepaid, ad- 

 ■dressed: Horticultural Society. .Muse- 



um liuiliiiiig, .New York lioCiiiKai Gar- 

 den. Bronx Park, New York City. 



Premiums are offered by the New 

 York Botanical Garden, to lie awarded 

 by the Exhibition Committee of the 

 Council of The Horticultural Society 

 of New York. William Becker will 

 have charge of the arrangements on 

 behalf of the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den. 



OYSTER BAY. N. Y., HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The regular moiilhly meeting of the 

 Oyster Bay Horticultural Society was 

 held on Wednesday evening, April 

 28th. The exhibition tables were nice- 

 ly filled, although the weather was 

 rainy and disagreeable. The dates of 

 the 1915 Shows were set as follows: 

 Spring Show, June 11th; Dahlia Show, 

 October 5th and Gth; Chrysantliemum 

 Show, November 2nd. It was decided 

 to have printed leaflets setting forth 

 the best means of destroying Tent 

 Caterpillars and to mail same to all 

 in the vicinity who might be inter- 

 ested. Mr. Floyd Blow'ers spoke on 

 spraying, the members joining freely 

 in the discussion that followed. 



A. B. Kkxnedy. Soc'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Cinrinnati Florists' Society's 

 regular meeting will be held Monday 

 evening. May 10, at Hotel Gibson. 



W. N. Craig of Brookline addressed 

 the Houghton Horticultural Society al 

 Lynn, Mass., last Wednesday evening, 

 his subject being "Home Gardens. 



At the next meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston. Prof. 

 A. H. Xehrling, of the Mass. Agricul- 

 tural College, will speak on Horticul- 

 tural Education. 



At the next meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society, to be held on 

 W^ednesday, May 12, Edward Jenking 

 will lecture on Horticulture Miscel- 

 lany. J. C.\BM.\N. Sec'y., pro tem. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Shows. 



LewUton. Me., May 28.— Spring Exhibi- 

 tion of Lewiston .nnd .\uburn Gardeners' 

 fnlon. 



Sweet I'tM .--n.iety's special show Id con- 

 nection with the Exposition. 



Newport, B. I., .Jul.v 8-0.— Annuiil shon 

 :ind meeting uf AiiK-rlcjin Sweet Peu So- 

 ciety, In connection (villi Newport Gurden 

 Assoc, and Newport Hort. Soc. 



I«nox, Mass.,' July 21-28.— Summer ex- 

 hibition of Lenox Ilortlcultural Society. 



Newport, B. I.. Aug. 12, 1», 11.— Mld-sum- 

 nuT exhibition of Newport Garden Club 

 Mhd Newport Horticultural Society. 



Lewiston, Me., Aug. 2'!-28. — Fall exhibition 

 i[i Lewiston City Hall of Lewiston and 

 Aaburn Gardeners' Union. Chas. S. Allen, 

 President, Auburn, Me.; Mrs. Geo. A. Whit- 

 ney, Secretary, 151 Winter St., Auburn, Me. 

 .Meetings first Friday in each month. 



Orange, N. J.. Oct. 4.— Tenth Annual 

 Dahlia, Fruit, Gladioli and Vegetable Show 

 of N. J. Florlcultural Society. Geo. W. 

 Strange, Sec, 84 .lacltson St. 



Pougbkeepsle, N. Y., Oct. 28-29. — Annual 

 flower show of Duchess County Horticul- 

 tural Society. N. Harold Cottam, Sec, 

 Wappingers Falls. 



New York, N. Y.. Nov. .1, 4, 5. — Annual 

 Chrysanthemum Show of the American In- 

 stitute, Engineering Societies Building. 



New York, N. Y.. Nov. 4-7. — Annual Au- 

 tumn exhibition of Hort. Soc. of New York, 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 10-14. — Annual show 

 and meeting of CbryHantheinum Society of 

 .\nierica. Chas. W. .Johnson, Sec, 2226 

 I'airfax Ave., Morgan Park, III. 



Meetings. 



Dobbs Ferry, N. V.. Ma.» 8.— Dobbs Ferry 

 Horticultural Society, Odd Fellows' Hall. 

 H. Harms, Sec. 



Ne>v York, N. V., May 8.— Hort Icultural 

 Society of New York at American Museum 

 of Natural History. Geo. V. Nash, Sec, 

 N. y. Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New 

 York. 



Newark, N. ,J., >Iay 9.— Weln, Obst A 

 Gartenbau Verein, 15 Newark St. Peter 

 Caille, Sec, 111 Avon Ave. 



New Orleans, Ia., May 9. — Gardeners' Mu- 

 tual Protective Association, 114 Exchange 

 Alley. .John Parr, Sec, 4539 North Ram- 

 part St. 



naltlmore, Md., May 10. — Gardeners' and 

 Fl. prists' Club of Baltimore, Florists' Ex- 

 change Hall, St. Paul and Franklin Sts. 

 Noah F, Flitton, Sec, Gwynn Falls Park, 

 Sta. F., Baltimore. 



San Francisco, Cal.. .June 1. — American 



Cincinnati, O.. May 10.— Cincinnati Flor- 

 ists' Society, Jabez Elliott Flower Mar- 

 ket. Alex. Ostendorp, Sec. 



Cleveland, O., May 10. — Cleveland Flor- 



