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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



This club held its repular monthly 

 meeting on May 18. It was agreed that 

 a "Strawberry Festival" be held in 

 June, fee 50c.. admitting lady and gen- 

 tleman. The date of the annual picnic 

 was definitely fixed on July --. at Cun- 

 ningham Park. E. .Milton. 



After regular routine business. Prof. 

 Arno H. Nehrling. of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, gave an ex- 

 tremely Interesting talk on "Horticul- 

 tural Education." He graphically 

 traced the history of floricultural edu- 

 cation in the United States from its 

 beginnings in the 18th century up to 

 the present time, wlien societies, trade 

 papers, schools and colleges are cre- 

 ating a national spirit of keen interest 

 and enthusiasm In matters floricul- 

 tural. Prof. Nehrling then destribed the 

 work at the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College and expressed a hope 

 that the present equipment would be 

 increased shortly to meet the demands 

 of the students. He completed his 

 talk with an earnest appeal to the flori- 

 culture industry of Massachusetts for 

 its moral and material support. 



Although the attendance was rather 

 small, the members present were much 

 interested in Prof. Xehrling's lecture 

 and an active discussion arose at its 

 close. 



There were but two exhibitors. Alex. 

 McKay, gard. for E. .\. Clark of Jamai- 

 ca Plain, showed some fine specimens 

 of hydrangeas and calceolarias. W. N. 

 Craig displayed a handsome odonto- 

 glossum. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting 

 May 14th, schedules for the summer 

 exhibition were distributed. The ex- 

 hil)ition will be held in the Town Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn.. June 18-19. Fifty- 

 five classes are provided for. Copies 

 of schedule may be be obtained from 

 the secretary. The fall show commit- 

 tee reported i)rogress and a jirelimi- 

 nary schedule was read that will be of 

 interest to all exhibitors. It was voted 

 to hold the annual outing at Edward's 

 Rye Beach Inn, the date to be an- 

 nounced later, .\mong the visitors 

 was Harry Turner of the .Morris Nurs- 

 ery Co., who made a few commenda- 

 tory remarks. .-X paper on Dahlia Cul- 

 ture was read by P. W. Popp. 



The exhibits of the evening were of 

 high quality. The awards are as fol- 

 lows: Calceolaria, from Jas. Stuart, 

 cultural certificate; Eutharis amazon- 

 ica, from Wni. Morrow, hon. mention: 

 tulips, from Robt. Williamson, and .\ 

 Whitelaw, hon. mention; Calceolaria, 

 from Jas. Linane. hon. mention; Ara- 

 lia cordata, from J. Guerenonsprey, 

 hon. mention; Halesia tetraplera and 

 dwarf calceolaris. from P. W. Popp. 

 flowering shrubs and perennials frotn 

 Dehn & Bertolf. vote of thanks to 

 each. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The Lenox .Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society held their monthly meet- 

 ing on Wednesday. May 12th. when 

 George H. Instone. who has been sec 

 retary for the past eight years, tend- 

 ered his resignation. As .Mr. Instone 



had left the neighborhood his resigna- 

 tion was reluctantly accepted. S. Carl- 

 quist spoke in high terms of the serv- 

 ice Mr. Instone had at all times rend- 

 ered, and made a motion that in ajv 

 preciation of the same the Society 

 make him a life member, which was 

 unanimously carried. 



The campaign against the tent cat- 

 erpillar resulted in the children of the 

 ^ei.^llborhood collecting 24.900 egg 

 clusters. Oliver Lines, orchid grower 

 for Mr. Arthur Cooley. was awarded a 

 lirst-class certificate for Odontoglossum 

 crisi)um Xanthoides Cliarlesworthii. Ed- 

 w-ard .lenkins was awarded a diploma 

 for a display of novelty sweet peas. Mr. 

 Jenkins who gave a lecture on "Horti- 

 culture Miscellany," had an apprecia 

 five audience and a good and lively dis- 

 ( ussion followed. 



.Tohn Carman was unanimously 

 elected secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The society was treated to an un- 

 usually fine exhibition of tulips and 

 hardy flowers and shrubs at its regu- 

 lar meeting Friday evening. May 14, 

 the display being staged by President 

 Warren S. Mason and by ex-President 

 John F. Huss, each of whom received 

 :i first class certificate. The collection 

 of Mr. Mason contained such tulips as 

 Physche. Edne. Clara Butt. Baroness 

 de Tonie(;e. Glow. Pride of Haarlem. 

 Parrot. Madam Kiela^e. King Harold. 

 Isis and Rembrandt. The exhibit of 

 Mr. Huss was composed of primulas, 

 polyanthuses and other gems of the 

 spring garden. 

 Much interest was manifested in the 



