HORTICULTURE 



October 2, 1916 



The first annual meeting of this 

 young society was held according to 

 schedule in the Museum of Natural 

 History, New York City, on September 

 24 at 8 P. M. There was a good attend- 

 ance. President R. Vincent, Jr.. made 

 a few introductory remarks explain- 

 ing the purpose of the organization 

 and read a paper on pertinent matters 

 concerning its future activities. In re- 

 fering to the several cities which had 

 extended invitations for the Society to 

 hold its exhibition with them next 

 year, he advanced the proposition that 

 the show be held in Rochester next 

 year, another show in Philadelphia the 

 following week and a third in New 

 York the week after that. He believed 

 that this would give great publicity to 

 the Dahlia and would not be Impossi- 

 ble of accomplishment. 



Secretary Joseph J. Lane presented 

 an informal report, showing a rapid 

 growth in membership which, later on, 

 he supplemented by the announcement 

 that the list had now passed the two 

 hundred mark. He reported good re- 

 sults from the sending out of double 

 postal cards soliciting new members 

 and said that 75 per cent, of the mem- 

 bers consisted of amateurs. 



Treasurer F. R. Austin also reported 

 informally, showing a healthy balance 

 in his hands. Quite a discussion fol- 

 lowed on the question of issuing a 

 regular bulletin and it was announced 

 that No. 1 of Vol. 1 would be sent out 

 this week, the edition to consist of 

 5000 copies, of which President Vin- 

 cent and Mr. Stillman agreed to dis- 

 tribute one thousand each. 



Election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



President, R. Vincent, Jr.; secretary, 

 J. J. Lane, of the Garden Magazine; 

 treasurer, P. R. Austin; vice-presidents, 

 W. W. Wilmore, Prof. Norton, Geo. L. 

 Stillman, E. S. Brown; executive com- 

 mittee, Geo. W. Kerr, Jos. Duthie, L 

 S. Hendrickson, P. W. Popp, J. Har- 

 rison Dick. 



Prof. F. H. Hall reported for the 

 nomenclature committee that he had 

 made an examination of dahlia cata- 

 logues and had listed in alphabetical 

 order over 4500 names, all grown in 

 America with few exceptions. Some 

 were listed under four or five names 

 and the situation appeared to be a had 

 one. On his suggestion a classification 

 committee was elected as follows: 



R. Vincent, Je., 

 Presuleot Aniericin Dahlia Society. 



Prof. P. H. Hall, George Eraser, James 

 Kirby, L. K. Peacock, Leonard Barron. 

 The selection of location for the ex- 

 hibition of 1916 was by vote left to the 

 executive committee. There will be a 

 meeting of the executive committee in 

 New York at the time of the Chrysan- 

 themum Show. A telegram of con- 

 gratulation and good wishes was re- 

 ceived from Mrs. Francis King. 



Secretary Lane expects to cover the 

 entire list of dahlia growers, amateur 

 and commercial, in the distribution of 

 the bulletin. The time limit for the 

 admission of charter members has 

 been extended to October 15. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



The exhibition at the Museum of 

 Natural History was a genuine sur- 

 prise in its extent and the public at- 

 tendance, as well as the quality and 

 interest of the exhibits which had suf- 

 fered a severe handicap in the weather 

 of the week preceding the show. The 

 big foyer of the Museum building was 

 devoted to the special exhibits by re- 

 tail florists, of large vases, baskets, 

 placques, etc., and presented a brilliant 

 picture, the various possible uses of 



the dahlia in decorative work being 

 well demonstrated. W. A. Manda was 

 one of the largest exhibitors, filling 

 practically the entire space of one of 

 the long corridors. President Vincent, 

 of course, was a very large exhibitor 

 as was also Geo. H. Stillman. W. Atlee 

 Burpee's big display arranged for 

 effect was one of the features of the 

 exhibition. 



Seedlings that attracted attention 

 were Mrs. H. R. Allen, a deep pink, 

 closely resembling Antoine Rivoire, 

 and Gold Fish, an orange and salmon 

 decorative, by H. R. Allen, and Sun- 

 shine by C. H. Stout, a beautiful cream 

 and salmon combination. W. A. 

 Finger's collection was also very fine. 



The Judges were J. C. Clark of 

 Dreer's, Phila.; Leonard Barron, Edi- 

 tor Garden Magazine; Prof. F. H. 

 Hall, Geneva; G. W. Kerr, of Burpee's, 

 Phila.; J. Harrison Dick, New York; 

 Prof. J. B. Norton, Md. State Agricul- 

 tural College; James Duthie, Oyster 

 Bay; Prof. Geo. Eraser, Connecticut 

 Agricultural College. 



The attendance was 8,000 each day, 

 Friday and Saturday, and 13,000 on 

 Sunday. 



THE AWARDS. 

 Commercial Classes. 



100 varieties, one eacb, sbort stems: 1st, 

 Geo. H. Walker, North Dighton, Mass.; 

 2nd. Geo. L. Stillman, Westerly, R. I, ; 3rd, 

 N. Harold Cottam & Son, Wappingers Falls, 

 N. Y. ; special to L. K. Peacock, Berlin, 

 N. J. 



50 varieties, do. : 1st, 2nd and 3rd, as 

 above; special to W. A. Finger, Jr., Hicks- 

 ville, N. y. 



In the classes for eight vases, 3 flowers 

 each, the winners were W. A. Finger, W. 

 A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., and C. 

 Louis Allin.K. 



Best collection of peony flowered va- 

 rieties, Geo. L. Stillman. 



The finest and most meritorious display 

 of Dahlias — any, or all classes; grasses or 

 other foliage allowed, quality and arrange- 

 ment to count : Gold medal to W. Atlee 

 Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa. ; silver medal to 

 K. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, 

 Md. ; brouze medal to W. A. Manda. 



Dinner table decoration of dahlias: 1st, 

 A. Kotmiller, 426 Madison Ave., New York; 

 2ud, Max Schling, 22 W. 59th St., New 

 York; 3rd, Geo. E. M. Stumpp, 761 Fifth 

 Ave., New York.; highly commended, O. P. 

 Chapman, Westerly, E. I. 



Decorative design in dahlias : 1st, Geo. 

 E. M. Stumpp, arrangement on placque, 

 framed ; 2nd, Max Schling, do. 



Vase of dahlias arranged lor effect: 1st, 

 Max Schling; 2nd, G. E. M. Stumpp. 



Basket of dahlias: 1st, A. Kotmiller; 

 2nd, Max Schling: 3rd, i'oung & Nugent, 



Musciiin of Natural History, New York City. Where Meeting and Exhlhltion was Held. 



