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October 4, 1919 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 

 Owing to a heavy rain, the fourth 

 annual meeting and exhibition of the 

 American Dahlia Society held at New 

 York last week was not as largely at- 

 tended as might have been wished, 

 but much interest and enthusiasm was 

 shown. The interesting address of 

 President Richard Vincent, Jr., was in 

 part as follows: 



PRES. VINCENT'S ADDRESS. 

 Under the happy auspices of Peace 

 may I ask every member to earnestly 

 work for the upbuilding of our Ameri- 

 can Dahlia Society. But let us not be 

 selfish but help other Societies as well 

 as our own, especially the parent So- 

 ciety, the Society of American Florists, 

 whose slogan is "Say It With Flow- 

 ers," and which society is doing every 

 thing possible to build up the love and 

 use of flowers. Kindly do your part 

 and the interest not only in our So- 

 ciety but every other kindred Society 

 will grow, and you will probably help 

 the world to be more brighter and 

 beautiful. 



As president of the Society I re- 

 ceive numerous inquiries by letter as 

 to varieties for different purposes, 

 planting, manuring, insect pests, 

 handling and keeping of the bulbs. 

 etc. Some of the questions are very 

 easy to answer, while others, to a 

 fellow like myself who does not know 

 it all, are puzzling. If answed by let- 

 ter it is only the individual or club 

 that is benefited, whereas, if asked 

 and answered through the bulletin 

 many others may be benefited. So I 

 suggest that our next years bulletin 

 contain an "Inquiry," department. 

 New Varieties. 

 The increasing number of new 

 varieties has made extra work for the 

 Society, to watch that too many dupli- 

 cates are not put on the market or 

 something very similar to what already 

 exist. 



In the last few years, since the for- 

 mation of our Society, there has been 

 an increased interest in the propaga- 

 tion of new seedlings. Some of them 

 which have been shown by amateurs 

 are equal to any that have been pro- 

 duced, but again, others have been 

 given a name that have no special 

 qualities whatever over existing varie- 

 ties. 



Our friends on the Pacific Coast 

 have produced some beautiful varie- 

 ties that are distinct from any pro- 

 duced elsewhere. It appears from the 

 ruling of the National Horticultural 

 board that under rule 37, we will have 

 to depend on our own country for new 

 varieties, and I will say that I believe 

 we are equal to the necessities of the 

 occasion and can hybridize and pro- 



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 per piT 

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No order accepted for less than $2.00. Not 

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 than 25 at the 100 rate. No charge for pack- 

 ing. 



Send for catalogue of Peonies and Iris. 



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30 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. 



duce new varieties as good as are 

 raised anywhere else in the world. 



Nomenclature Committee. 



The Nomenclature Committee of the 

 Dahlia Society met in New York the 

 past spring to classify some of the 

 new hybrid types that have been pro- 

 duced the last year or two. 



There has been a change in the for- 

 mation of new dahlia types and hy- 

 brids produced for which no class has 

 been formed. We believe that we have 

 this straightened out for the present, 

 but no one can say how long it will 

 last, for we are only at the beginning 

 of dahlia breeding and some astonish- 

 ing novelties can be looked for in the 

 near future. 



Trial Grounds. 

 Some years ago after the organiza- 

 tion of our society we established 

 trial grounds under the supervision of 



Richard Vincent, Jr., Re-elected President 



Prof. Hall and the New York Experi- 

 ment Station at Geneva, N. Y. Prof. 

 Hall through sickness had to relin- 

 quish the care of same, and the neces- 

 sity to have one somewhere else not 

 too far from New York confronted us. 



Prof. Fraser of Storrs, Conn., under- 

 took the job, although it was impossi- 

 ble to accomplish very much the past 

 season on account of limited time. 

 The results show for themselves as 

 per report of the committee, which 

 will be given at this meeting. We 

 hope with the co-operation of members 

 another season to be able to show the 

 work of the trial grounds to better 

 advantage and the good of all con- 

 cerned by giving a complete list of the 

 best varieties for the garden and for 

 cut flower purposes and also eliminat- 

 ing old and practically useless varie- 

 ties. 



We want the help this coming sea- 

 son of all our fellow members not only 

 to increase our membership but to in- 

 crease the interest in the planting and 

 cultivation of the dahlia. 



The dahlia stands for loyalty and if 

 you love the flower (and who does not 

 who has any love for the beautiful), 

 then be loyal to her cause and "Say 

 it with flowers and dahlia flowers 

 whenever in season." 



If you have a spare bulb give it to 

 your neighbor who has none with the 

 request that he plant it and if he is 

 successful you will have made another 

 dahlia lover and possibly a member of 

 the dahlia society. We want members 

 and we want to see the dahlia grow- 

 ing in every home garden, wherever 

 possible. So fellow members not only 

 grow dahlias but talk dahlias and the 

 result will follow. 



And now in conclusion as your re- 

 tiring president I want to thank all, 



