THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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'I'liniiT rniiii' ill Ini tile lirciiize iiii'iliU for 

 tile saiiK' entry. J'lii' latter hail the finest 

 edileetion (if new \arielies seen in the hall, 

 .showing Sr. ile l.oiiis Hifiut, l.aily Alex- 

 anilriii Dufi', (ieorgianna Slnnlor. Tlierese. 

 Mad. -Jnles Dessert. Helesairre. .\i|ol])h 

 Rousseau. M. .Martin Chaii/ar ami many 

 otliers of this st>le. ,1. II. Ilatliaway 

 sliowcd the finest eolleetiiin of .Japanese va- 

 rieties ever seen liv the writer, as well as 

 many choice hlooms of the ihinlile sorts. 

 Charles K. Price lilleil a whole talih- with 

 (ieriuan iris, and well deser\eil the eiip 

 ulVered for the best eolli>cti(iii uf iris, any 

 class. ,T. C. Korhes, K. (i. 'rri|i|i, .lanics 

 Jlc\'ickcr and I'icrre Xolet were aniung the 

 other exhibitors liavini; line blounis. 



At t!ie rose show (ialen Stone ajiain fur- 

 nished one of the most attrartiM' exhibits 

 with his table of ]ierennials s|ilendidly 

 grown and beautifully staged, .\niong the 

 roses H. E. Converse held the lead in the 

 open class and .Miss Alice Stackpole of 

 .Mattapoisett. won tlie cup in tlie amateur 

 class for the liest display, .\niong the other 

 features were the vases and baskets of 

 Silver Jloon and Dr. \'an I'Mcct. staged by 

 .\. .T. Fish, a vase of those two roses and 

 Ruby Queen liy W. F. 'rnrner. a specimen 

 lilooni of Mabel l^i'ew by the same exiiibitor. 

 anil a disphn of Frail Karl Dnischki and 

 .1. i;. 1 lark b\ Pierre Nolet. 



The iiid-es were .lames (iartliU and C. .\. 

 Voniig. W. F. irilNFI!. 



MENLO PARK (GAL.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



In the absence of the president, the meet- 

 ing was opcneil by \'ire.|iresideiit Slaile in 

 the chair, with alioiit Mil members present. 



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A^/'HAT a greenhouse builder 

 * ' has done in the past, what 

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 these things constitute the only 

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Where an owner makes his selection of 

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The Sweet I'ea exhibiliun al the cxpoNitiuii 

 being the next day. several of our members 

 were imable to be prescul, as they were busy 

 preparing their exhibits, and. I might add, 

 .Menlo came in for the lion's share of the 

 piizes awarded. I). P.assett. .uardener for L. 

 Stern; I). W. Sladc, gardener for 8. K. 

 Spaiilding; P. Klliugs, of Lynch Nursery 

 Co.; II. Iliiinewood. gardener for .Mrs. .Jen- 

 nings, and all members of the National .\s- 

 sociation of (lardeners. carrying olf must 

 of the awards. 



.\s the entrntainment committee had pro- 

 vided some refreshments for the evening the 

 business of the meeting was linrried 

 through. There weie some nice exhibits for 

 the monthly coni|ietit ion. ,T, Pinicka se- 



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G. D. TILLEY | 



Naturalist | 



"Everything in the = 



Bird Line from a Ca- = 



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 = Birds for the Garden. Pool and Aviary 



I Birds for the Game Preserve and Park I 



= i am the oldesl established and largest exclusive i 



E dealer in land and water birds in America and have i 



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CHesinutb Hill 

 PhiU. BoxO, Pa 



yV UGUST is the month when gardens and 

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 Summer is starting on the down hill. Are you 

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 year; or will you stir about a bit and see if 

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They want some fresh food. 

 They want some new backbone 

 building material. 



They want more friability to 

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these requirements Alphano is 

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