May 24, 1919 



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AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the Society, in conjunction with 

 the Nomenclature Committee, was held 

 at the Grand Hotel, New York, on 

 Monday, May 12th. 



A memorial resolution in memory of 

 the work and activities in the Dahlia 

 world of the late J. H. Slocombe, New 

 Haven, Conn., was presented and 

 adopted. 



The members of the two committees, 

 with all the officers of the Society, 

 were constituted a board of judges to 

 inspect and judge the new varieties of 

 Dahlias planted this year on the So- 

 ciety's Trial Garden, conducted by the 

 Connecticut Agricultural College at 

 Storrs, Conn. It was also decided 

 that the day to be selected for the 

 official inspection should be a Society 

 day, when all members and friends 

 would be welcomed at the Garden. 



A preliminary schedule of classes for 

 the Fall Show, to be held under the 

 auspices of the American Institute, in 

 the Engineering Building, 25-33 Wejt 

 39th St., New York, on September 23, 

 24 and 25, was prepared and adopted. 

 It was arranged that in all classes call- 

 ing for decorative arrangements the 

 use of other flowers, grasses, or foliage 

 will be allowed to bring out the colors 

 of the Dahlias, but Dahlias must pre- 

 dominate. 



The matter of registration with the 

 Society of names of new Dahlias was 

 discussed at considerable length. It 

 had been reported that duplication of 

 names was becoming so general as to 

 cause regrettable confusion in cata- 

 logue discriptions. For instance, three 

 varieties had been given the name of 

 General Pershing, each different in 

 color and classification. It -was de- 

 cided to inaugurate a department of 

 registration, which, it was hoped, 

 would at least minimize this evil. 

 Raisers of Dahlias are requested at 

 naming time, to send to the Secretary 

 a description of the Dahlia to be 

 named, with the proposed name, and 

 an application for registration. The 

 application will be advertised, and if 

 no objection should be received within 

 a specified period the name selected 

 would be registered. All Dahlias pre- 

 sented for registration must be dis- 

 tinct varieties, mere varietal differ- 

 ences not being considered. The co- 

 operation of local societies and horti- 

 cultural organizations is to be solicited 

 in this work, and in the case of an 

 award of a certificate to a variety, it 

 is to be recommended that the name 

 of the variety be submitted to the 

 American Dahlia Society for registra- 

 tion prior to the issue of a certificate. 



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