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WOMAN'S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



The annual convention of the Woman's National Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Association was held under 

 the auspices of the Horticultural Society of New York, 

 at the New York Botanical Ciarilens, P.ronx, New York, 

 on Friday, May 7. 



An interesting program was provided, which held the 

 attention of the audience — which was a large one — 

 liiroughout the session. The 1915 Conference Commit- 

 tee, which consisted of J\Irs. Francis King, :Miss Hilda 

 Loines, Mr. Geo. T. Powell, Mr. Bernard N. Baker, Z\Ir;. 

 Albert B. Boardman and Miss Alice E. Robbins, left 

 nothing wanting in the arrangements. 



The exhibit of members' work, which was in charge 

 of Mrs. S. A. Brown and Mrs. Florence Merriam Hill, 

 was a most creditable one. 



At the executive meeting, held in the forenoon, the 

 old directors were re-elected to office. The officers, hav- 

 ing been elected at the last convention for a two years' 

 term, serve for another year. The various committees 

 rendered some interesting reports, the membership com- 

 mittee showing an increase for the year of from three 

 liundred and sixty-five to over eight hundred memi^ers. 



.\ change was made in the b\-laws to ])rovide for dif- 

 terent classes of members as follows: active members, 

 associate members, sustaining members and life mem- 

 liers. The dues of the active members remain as hereto- 

 fore— $1 for the year. Associate members' dues were 

 fixed at $2; sustaining members, $5; life members, $25. 



The program was made up of the following speakers : 

 Dr. S. E. Persons, Cazenovia, N. Y., "The Cazenovia 

 County Fair" ; Arthur D. Dean, Albany, N. Y., "Agri- 

 culture in the Rural Schools" ; D. G. Mellor, New Y'ork, 

 X. Y., "Official Marketing of Farm Products"; Frank 

 A. Waugh, Amherst, Alass., "Dwarf Fruit Trees" ; 

 \Villiam C. Demin, Georgetown, Conn., "The Possibili- 

 ties of Nutgrowing in the East" ; Maurice Fuld, New 

 York, N. Y., "Perennials" ; George T. Powell, New 

 ^'ork, N. Y., "Some Important Requirements in the 

 liack-to-the-Land Movement" ; Samuel Fels, Philadel- 

 ])hia. Pa., "\'acant Lot Gardening"; i\Iiss Louise Klein 

 Miller, Cleveland, Ohio. "The Education and Civic Sig- 

 nificance of School Garden W'ork" ; Dr. C. D. Jarvis, 

 \\'ashington, D. C, "Home Gardening Under School 

 Supervision." 



Airs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, wlio was to address 

 the convention on the "International Garden Club," was 

 prevented from being present owing to illness. Mrs. 

 Albert B. Boardman and Thomas W. Whittle, Commis- 

 sioner of Pironx Parks, New York, were anning the 

 sjjeakers not on the program. 



John Cook, of Maryland, who had been invited to 

 address the conference on his experience on rose culture, 

 wrote that owing to his age, being eighty-two years old, 

 it was impossible for him to be present in person, but he 

 contributed an interesting paper, published elsewhere in 

 these columns, which was read by tlie secretarv. Miss 

 Loines. 



planting of a l<ed Oak tree by Governor ^\"hitman, to 

 take the place of the ancient "Treaty Oak" which was 

 destroyed three years ago, and under wdiich tree a con- 

 tract for the sale of the land was signed by the In- 

 dians to Thomas Bell in 1654. After the exercises 

 were over refreshments were served in the new club- 

 house, the interior of which has been entirely reno- 

 vated and newly furnished. 



As has already been reported in these columns, the 

 purpose of the club is to make it a headquarters for all 

 garden interests. Its promoters aim to in time estab- 

 lish a horticultural garden, which may compare favor- 

 ably with the world renowned Kew'Ciardens in England. 



The seventeen acres of ground wdiich surround the 

 mansion will gradually be de\-eloped into a general 

 garden, which will include a rose garden, a hardy- 

 garden and a rock garden. This department is under 

 the supervision of .\rthur Herrington. 



The officers of the International Garden Club are: 

 Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, president; Dr. 

 Nicholas Murray Butler, honorary president; Judge 

 William A. Day, treasurer: Mrs. H. de Berkeley Par- 

 sons, secretarv. 



INTERNATIONAL GARDEN CLUB. 



The opening of the clubhouse of the International 

 Garden Club, which has taken over the liartow Man- 

 sion, Pelham Bay Park, New York City, occurred on 

 May 1 under most auspicious circumstances, with a nota- 

 ble gathering, which included Governor Whitman of 

 the state of New York, and many others prominent in 

 the official and social world. 



The ceremonies attending the opening included the 



STATE FLOWER SHOW AT COLUMBIA, MO. 



.\t the tenth annual spring fair of the College of .\g- 

 riculture. of the State University, on April 23, 24, 25, at 

 Crilumliia, .\li).. students of the Department of Horti- 

 culture held a flower show as a part of the educational 

 exhibit. 



The schedule included classes for specimen plants and 

 cut flowers ; also for floral designs and table decorations 

 and provided for both the professional and the amateur 

 grower. The show was held in an enormous tent having 

 a floor space of 9,600 square feet, and proved a great suc- 

 cess in every way. Aside from the cut-flower exhibits, 

 plants and decorative designs were very artistically, ar- 

 ranged, and formal and rock gardens were made by stu- 

 dents of the Department of Horticulture of the Univer- 

 sity of Missouri. The University De])artment of En- 

 tomology made an interesting exhibit of specimens of 

 injurious and beneficial insects. 



The judges of the show were : Dr. J. C. Whitten, pro- 

 fessor of horticulture of the I'niversity of Missouri ; 

 Mrs. J. G. Babb, president Civic League, Columbia, Mo., 

 and L. P. Jensen, landscape architect of Busch Estate, 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



THE AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



.\ new society, under the name of the American Dahlia 

 Society, was organized in New York on May 10. The 

 meeting was called together by Richard A'incent. Jr., of 

 White Marsh, Md. A representative gathering of ]iro- 

 fessional and amateur growers of the dahlia assemliled 

 at the Grand Hotel for the purpose of organizing. The 

 main object of the society is to disseminate a greater 

 knowledge among professionals and amateurs on the cul- 

 ture of "the dahlia and to arouse a greater interest in 

 dahlia shows. It was voted to hold the first annual show 

 of the societv in New York in the Fall. 



The following officers were elected: President, Richartl 

 Vincent, Jr. ; Eastern vice-president. Geo. L. Stillman. 

 Westerly, R. I. ; Central vice-president, E. S. Brown, 

 East Moriches, N. Y. ; Southern vice-president, L. P. 

 Peacock, Berlin, N. J.; Western vice-president, W. W. 

 Willmore, Colorado ; secretary, Jos. J. Lane, New York, 

 N. Y. ; treasurer, F. R. .\u.stin, tuckerton, N. J. ; Execu- 

 tive Committee, (ico. W. Kerr, I. S. Hendrickson, James 

 Duthie, John S. X'incent, Hugo Kind. 



