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HORTICULTUEE 



November 13, 191B- 



various annual reports were read and 

 accepted, the officers elected for the 

 ensuing year are as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Mrs. W. Scott Fitz; vice-presi- 

 dent. Eric H. Wetterlow; treasurer, 

 John Jaffray; clerk, Leon W. Carter; 

 librarian, P. A. Gilmore; executive 

 committee, A. E. Parsons, Wm. Till, 

 Herbert Shaw. James Salter, Axel 

 Magnuson. 



A vote of thanks was extended to 

 Ernest Townsend for display of chrys- 

 anthemums, including a nice lot of 

 seedlings, also to Mr. Warner for col- 

 lection of pansies. 



The treasurer turned over to the 

 society the title deeds to the land re- 

 cently purchased near the R. R. 

 station l)y the society, and where it 

 hopes soon to erect a Horticultural 

 Hal). Contrary to reports recently 

 circulated there is no building com- 

 mittee appointed as yet. The sale of 

 Lee's Hall, where the society had its 

 headquarters for many years necessi- 

 tated their moving to new quarters. 

 The next meeting will be held in 

 Lane's Hall, School street, Nov. 19th, 

 at 7.30 P. M. 



■WlU.I.\M TlLI.. 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



A meefng of the Executive Board 

 of the .'American Dahlia Society was 

 held at the ofBce of Secretary Joseph 

 J. Lane, U "West 32nd St., N. Y. City. 

 Those present were as follows: 



Richard Vincent, .Jr., president, 'White 

 Marsh Md. ; Frank R. Austin, treasurer, 

 Tuckerton, N. J.; George L. Stillman, 

 Westerly, R. I. ; Hugo Kind, Hammonton, 

 X .r ■ .'riihn Merritt, Farmingdale. N. Y. ; 

 L K Peacock, Berlin, N. J.: Geo. W. Kerr, 

 Dovlestown, Pa. ; James Kirby, Hunting- 

 ton N Y. ; James Duthie, Oyster Bay, 

 N. Y.; J. Harrison Dick, N. T. City; 

 Joseph J. Lane, N. Y. City. 



The subject of nomenclature was 

 discussed at great length and a letter 

 read by Prof. Hall, Chairman of the 

 Nomenclature Committee. Among 

 other suggestions put forth were the 

 registering of new varieties and the 

 publication of 4,500 names of Dahlias 

 and types, the appointment of local 

 committees, like the Chrysanthemum 

 Society, etc. Mr. 'Vincent suggested 

 that a life membership be offered for 

 a stipulated sum. The subject was 

 laid on the table until next meeting. 



A committee was appointed to so- 

 licit terms and places to hold our 

 show in 1916 and get the best offers 

 to bring up at the April meeting. This 

 comprised Geo. W. Kerr, F. R. Austin, 

 Frank R. Stillman, James Duthie and 

 Richard Vincent. Mr. Peacock sug- 

 gested that a leaflet be gotten up about 

 the Dahlia Society and his suggestion 

 was accepted. Mr. Peacock agreed to 

 pay for 10,000 of these leaflets and 

 mail them out with his catalogue. 



A Publication Committee was ap- 

 pointed by the President, comprising 

 Messrs. Kerr, Dick and Peacock, it be- 

 ing understood that the Secretary was 

 to act as editor of the bulletin. The 

 Secretary argued for the establish: 

 ment of a sinking fund to tide the 

 Society over any expenses that might 

 be incurred during this first year in 

 the form of investments, such as the 

 l)rinting of reports of the Nomenclat- 

 \ire Committee, etc. Mr. Peacock 

 started tlie fund with a contribution. 

 This was followed by one from Messrs. 

 Austin, Vincent. Kirby. Duthie, Still- 

 man, Merritt and Kind. 



JosKiMi J. L.v.m;, Sec'y. 



FOLLOW YOUR 'MUMS 



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Sim's Gold Medal Pansies 



Fine, stocky plants, in bud and bloom; -will plant 

 8 by 8 in. apart. S4.00 per 100, 130.00 per 1000 



WILLIAM SIM, =";f?sT" 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



The examining committees have 

 submitted reports in new varieties as 

 follows: 



Exhibited at New York, Oct. 30, by 

 Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J., No. 16, 

 bronze, single, com. scale, 86 points; 

 single white No. 20, white, single, com. 

 scale, 90 points; Mrs. J. Gibson, light 

 pink, Jap. ref., ex. scale, 89 points; 

 Wm. Rigby, sp. of Mrs. G. Drabble, 

 light yellow, Jap., ex. scale, 90 points; 

 Seedling No. 1, yellow, Jap. inc., ex. 

 scale, 88 points; Seedling No. 1, yel- 

 low, Jap. inc., ex. scale, 88 points. By 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 Josephine Foley, white, Jap. inc., com. 

 scale, 87 points. By Elmsford Nursery, 

 Elmsford. N. Y., White Dotty, sp. of 

 Lil Dotty, white, pompon, ex. scale, 95 

 points. 



Exhibited at Boston, Mass., Oct. 30, 

 by Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich., Jo- 

 sephine Foley, white, Jap. inc., com. 

 scale, 90 points, ex. scale. 87 points. 



Exhibited at Chicago, Oct. 30, by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich.. 

 Josephine Foley, white. Jap. inc., com. 

 scale, 89 points. 



Exhibited at Cincinnati, Oct. 30, by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 Josephine Foley, white, Jap. inc., com. 

 scale. 90 points. 



Exhibited at Philadelphia. Oct. 30, by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich., 

 Josephine Foley, white, Jap. inc., com. 

 scale, 89 points; ex. scale, 90 points. 

 C. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON 



The monthly meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Washington, D. C, was 

 held November 2. There were quite 

 a number of exhibits and the evening 

 was made pleasant with a discussion 

 as to the qualities of the flowers on | 

 view. The largest individual exhibit 

 was that of Richard Vincent, Jr., of 

 White Marsh, Md., who sent some 

 seventy-five varieties of hardy pom- 

 pon chrysanthemums. The several 

 vases of Ophelia shown by David J. 

 Grilbortzer, of Alexandria, Va. and 

 the display of the new rose. Mrs. Moor- 

 field Storey, by Otto Bauer for the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Company, attracted 

 considerable attention. 



What was considered to be the 

 handsomest snapdragon to be had at 

 the present time was exhibited by 

 John Gutman. of Congress Heights. 



Amerlcus, Ga. — A new seed store has 

 been opened here by the Planters Seed 

 Company, W. C. Gardner, Mgr. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — F. J. Poor and L. 

 D. Rising have opened a seed store at 

 116-118 East 7th street under the name 

 of the Western Seed Company. 



The value of imports of horticultural 

 material at the Port of New York for 

 week ending October 30, is given as 

 follows: Fertilizer, $3,205; manure 

 salt, $5,427; clover seed, $765; grass 

 seed, $5,116; trees, bulbs and plants, 

 $12,186. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Northrup, King 

 & Co. have purchased eight acres of 

 land on Central avenue, between 14th 

 and 18th avenues N. E., on which they 

 plan to erect buildings next spring. 

 The general offices will continue for a 

 year or two at First street and Henne- 

 pin avenue. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Wilbur A. Christy, Warren, Ohio — 

 Price List of Mapleshade Gladioli. 



M. Rice Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.— Port- 

 folio of Florists' Supplies and "Help- 

 ful Hints for Christmas." 



Raymond W. Swett, Saxonville, 

 Mass. — Price List of Riverbank Gar- 

 dens Gladioli and Dahlias for 1915-1916. 



P. A. H. Mathiji, Steenbergen, Holl- 

 and — Trade Catalogue of Vegetable, 

 F'lower and Farm Seeds. A very com- 

 plete price list. 



Bulbs For Early Forcing 



Roman HyacinthB, Paper Whites, Giant 

 Purity Freeelae, French Trumpet Major, 

 French Golden Spur, 



Ask for igiS Balb Catalogue. 



Joseph Brecb 3 Sons Corp., Seedsmen 

 47-54 No. M.rfc.t St , BOSTON, MASS. 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 



SEED PLANTS AND BULBS 

 Horticultural Sundries 



166 W. 23rd St., NEW YOUK 



