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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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E probably 

 number 

 among our cus- 

 tomers more real 

 gardeners than 

 any other seed 

 house. 



This is due partly 

 to the fact that we 

 have been in business 

 for more than a hun- 

 dred years and our 

 customers are very 

 largely made up of 

 those who have been 

 told by others that our 

 seeds and bulbs are 

 reliable and safe to 

 plant. 



Those who "'plant for 

 profit" appreciate that the 

 first cost of seeds and bulbs 

 is nut very important, yet 

 our prices are usually no 

 higher than others, and our 

 exceptional facilities for pur- 

 chasing- often make them 

 lower. 



We should like to send 

 you our Bulb Catalog. If 

 you will send us your name 

 we will enter you on the 

 list to be sent a copy as 

 soon as issued. 



J. M.THORBURN & CO 



Since 1802 



53 Barclay St.. through to 54 Park Place 



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The Southampton Garden Club, New York. 

 Mrs. Albert Boardman, president, 40 W. 



33rd street, New York. 

 Twice a month in summer at Southamp- 

 ton, L. I, 



The Staten Island Garden Club, N. Y. 



.Mrs. .J. Harrv Alexander, secretary. Rose 



bank, S. I. 



Twice a month. At members' homes. 



Winnetka, 111. 



The Garden Club of Trenton, N. J, 

 Miss Anne Jlacllvaine. secretary, Trenton, 

 N. ,J. 

 Bi-monthly meetings at members' resi- 

 dences. 



The Garden Club of Illinois. 



Mrs. William G. Hibbard. Jr., secretary, 

 Winnetke, III. 



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The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess 



County, New York. 



Mrs. Morris Rutherford, secretary, Warrick, 



Orange County, N. Y. 



Warrenton Garden Club, Virginia. 



Mrs. C. Sliirley Carter, secretary. Warren 

 ton. Va. 



HORTICULTURAL EVENTS 



Fourth National Flower Show, under the 

 auspices of the .Society of American Flor- 

 ists and (Jrnameiital Horticulturists, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., -March 2.j to April 2, 1916, 



International Flower Show, Grand Cen 

 tral Palace, New York, 1916. 



American Gladiolus Society, Annual .Show, 

 Newport, R, 1., August 18-19, IDl.'). Special 

 show, Atlantic City, August 20-29. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America, -\n- 

 nual .Show. Cleveland, Ohio, Xo\enibei- iO-14, 

 1915. Special Show, .San Francisco, Cal. 



Cleveland Flower Show, Coli<ctmi, Cleve- 

 land, Oliio. November 10-14, 191.5. 



Chicago Fall Flower Show, Coliseum, Chi- 

 cago. 111.. Ndvcmlicr 9-14. 



American Institute, Annual Chrysanthe- 

 mum Show, Engineers' Building, New York, 

 Xovember 3, 4, 5. 



Bernardsville Horticultural Society, -\n- 

 nual Show, liernnrdsville. X. .1., September 

 1-2. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, Annua i 

 Dahlia Shuw. September 22-23. 191.".. 



Dutchess County Horticultural Society, 

 .\nnual Flower Show, Pouglikeepsie, N. J. 

 October 28-29. 



Horticultural Society of New York, An- 

 imal Fall Sluiw. November 4-7, 1915. 



Lewiston Fall Exhibition, City Hall. Lew- 

 istoii. ile.. .\ujiust 20-27. 



Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Society, .\nnnal Fall Sliow. Octol)er 2S, 29. 

 .Madison. N. J. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society, 

 Rose Show, Nassau Country Club, Glen 

 Cove, L. I. Dahlia Show, October 7, Fall 

 Show, October 28-29. Dahlia and Fall Show^ 

 will be held in Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



New Bedford Horticultural Society, Dahlia 

 .Show in September. Clirysanthemum .Show 

 in November. New Bedford, ilass. 



New London Horticultural Society, Chry- 

 santhemum Show, November 3-4, 191."). 

 New London. Conn. 



Newport Garden Club and Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society, INIidsummer Show, Au- 

 gust 12-13-14, 191.-.. Newport. R. I. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, Dahlia 

 and Vegetable Show, Orange, N. J., October 

 4, 191.5. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, Dahlia 

 Show. (Ictiiber .5-li. Clnvsaiitliemum Show, 

 Niivembei- 2. (lyster Bay. N. Y. 



Paterson Floricultural Society, Annual 

 Flower Show, .September. Chrysanthemum 

 Show, November. Y. M. C. A. Building, 

 Paterson, N. J. 



Monmouth County Horticultural Society. 

 Annual Flow-er Show, Red ISaiik, N. .J. Oc- 

 tober 27, 28. 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society, Sep- 

 tend.er exliiliition. Septi*ndjer 10. 17. No- 

 vember exhilntion, November 11. 12. Nar 

 ragansett Hotel, Providence, R. T 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, Annua) 

 Fall Show, November 3, 4, 5, Tarrytown, 

 X. Y. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society, Fall Show, Stamford, Conn., No- 

 veniber 2-3, 191:5. 



If you are a member of a local horti- 

 cultural society or a garden club and do 

 not find the report of your association's 

 meetings or other events of it in our 

 columns, their omission is due to the 

 fact that your secretary has not sent 

 them in. Get after him! 



LENOX (MASS.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



There was a tine display of Sweet Peas at 

 the Lenox Horticultural Society's meeting, 

 held on Wednesday evening, July 14. George 

 Funlsham, superintendent to W. B. O. Field, 

 and Edwin Jenkins, superintendent to Giraud 

 Foster, were both awarded a diploma for 

 their display, comprising about thirty varie- 

 ties each, and showing a high degree of 

 culture. E. .1. Norman was awarded a first- 

 class certificate for a new rambler Rose 

 named Annie Norman. Tlie number of 

 entries in the competition for school gardens 

 has beaten all previous records and has gone 

 over the hundred mark. For the society's 

 Summer show, to be held July 27. 28. Messrs. 

 .Vrthur Herriugtou, Madison, N. .1. : Robert 

 Scott, Pittsfield. and Fred. Heeremans. 

 Lenox, have consented to act as judges. Gor- 

 don JIcMillan. Harold Bryant and William 

 Spratt were elected as conimiltee of arrange- 

 ments, 



LEWIS BARXET, Asst. Secy. 



NEW BEDFORD (MASS.) SHOWS, 



The Peony and Rose shows of the New 

 Bedford Horticultural Societ.v proved to be 

 very successful exhibitions, particularly grati- 

 fying to the committee in charge because of 

 the increased interest in both the peony 

 and rose as evidenced by the many new ex- 

 hibitors among the amateurs. At the pres- 

 ent rate of increase of exhibitors the society 

 will soon have to find a larger hall, and as 

 the peony, since the first exhibition three 

 years ago, has taken a very strong liold on 

 the llower loving iniblic, it looks very much 

 as tliongli the show uimmittee would have 

 tlic diilicult problem of new quarters on 

 their hands. 



One of the chief attractions at the peony 

 show w-as a table of gloxinias from the 

 Galen Stone place (Arthur Griffin, Supt.) 

 and many were the compliments heard by 

 the writer as to the quality of the flowers 

 and the beautiful arrangement of the plants 

 well supported as they were with cocos 

 palms and maiden hair fern. Among the 

 peonies H. E. Converse. (D. F. Roy, Supt.), 

 was the leader, capturing fo" the second 

 time the H. F, ^licliell silver medal for the 

 best collection of peonies, while W. F. 



