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iiuislirooiiis, Mrs. A. .J. M(juUi>ii, ciiltiiial 

 certilicate. Judges: Eilgur I'xiinric, J'l'it/. 

 Bei-jjlund, Cieo. \V. Strangi". 



(jlEO. W. STPvANUE, Sccn.taiy. 



LENOX (MASS.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tlie twenty-first annual ball of the abovo 

 society was held in the Town Ilall on Janu- 

 ary 22. The liall was prettily decorated, 

 and Clarke's orchestra of I'ittslield was 

 engaged for the evening. The concert w'hich 

 they rendered at the opening was of a high 

 order. President G. Breed led the grand 

 inarch, followed by the other oflicers. A 

 good and representative crowd was pres- 

 ent, and supper was served at 12 o'clock. 

 The success of the evening refieclcd much 

 creilit on the following who acted as com- 

 mittee of arrangements: J'. Clifford, (i. Fer- 

 guson, II. Peters, G. Thompson and F. II. 

 Butler. J. CARMAN, 



Assistant Secretary. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Oyster liny 

 (N. Y. ) Horticultural Society, was held in 

 Fire Hall, on Wednesday. January 27. .\ 

 large attendance welcomed our new presi 

 dent, Mr. Robinson. Charles !Mills showeil 

 a fine plant of cineraria and F. Kyle scjuh' 

 very weW grown sweet peas, each capturinu 

 the societys' monthly prize. Considerable dis- 

 cussion was given Mr. Duthie's suggestion 

 that a member- in good standing movini; 

 into a new territory be- accepted in tin 

 nearest local society w'ithout the nsuiil fur- 

 malities. Geo. C. Woolson gave a very in 

 teresting talk on hardy perennials. calliuL; 

 special attention to some of our natJM' 

 jilants and trees. 



Fo\U' new memliers were elected I'nd re 

 ports read show the society to be in llnnr- 

 ishing condition. 



ANDREW R. KENNEDY, Secretarv. 



TARRYTO'WN. N. Y. 



The monthly meeting of the Tarrytown 

 Horticultural .Society was held Wednesday 

 evening, .Tanuary 20. As the monthly prize 

 was to be awarded for the best fiowering 

 plant, a good many well grown plants were 

 exhibited. A. Weeks captured first pri.'( 

 with a fine specimeu of Chorizema cordatum 

 splendens. Some good primulas and cycla- 

 mens were shown by .J. Elliott, T. Morris, 

 W. M. Jamison and G. Mcintosh. H. 

 NichoUs was awarded a certificate of merit 

 for seedling Dracfena Glenview, a cross be- 

 tween amabilis and terminalis. A lively 

 discussion followed the examination of ex- 

 hibits, taken part in by J. Bradley. J. 

 Mooney. T. ilorris. Wm. Scott nml others 

 members of the society. T. .\. T,. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A team of assistants challenged a teii'n 

 of head gardeners of the Tuxedo Horticiil 

 tural Society to a bowling match, the besi 

 of three games, which was played off on 

 January 27 in the Firemen's Club. Tuxedo 

 Park. The teams were well matched, and 

 ran neck and neck through tlie first game, 

 which resulted in a draw. To decide the 

 game each player bowled an extra frame, 

 and the head gardeners beat them by 20 

 pins. The second game there was better 

 bowling. Some fine scores were put up. 

 the game running very close till after the 

 fifth frame, w-hen the gardeners began to 

 stretch away from them and finislied .52 

 pins to the good. The teams were: 



Head tlardeners — E. Earth, J. Tansey, I). 

 S. >Hlhu-, S. Kilmers, C. Sheppard, 1'. Cas- 

 sidy. T. Wilson. 



Assistant ( iardeners— Jas. Davidson, A\'m 

 .\luir, II. Watson, T. Eastliam. Win. Grant- 

 ham. Alex. Roy. J. Kelly. 



After the game tlie assistants again chal- 

 lenged the gardeners, which is to be ]ilayed 

 In the near future. 



THOS. WILSON. Se.retaiy. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tlie ninth annual dinner of the Nassau 

 Horticultural Society was held in tlie Ori 

 ental Hotel, Glen Cove, Monday evening, 

 January 25. Seveutv-five members and 



guests were present, ami all united in say- 

 ing the dinner was the Iwst ever. President 

 Ernest Westlake delivered a short address 

 of welcome, and then introduced .1. .\uslin 

 Shaw as toastmaster for the evening. Gen- 

 tlemen responding to the toasts of the eve- 

 ning were Charles H. Totty, for the Society 

 of American Florists; John W. Everett, Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners; R. I. 

 liowne and W. R. Kinnear. the village of 

 Gleu Cove; William Turner, liernardsville 

 (N. J.) Horticultural Society; William 

 Duckliam. ^Morris County (N. .1.) Horticul- 

 tural Society; E. W. Ncwbrand. \\'. Scott 

 and J. N. Smith. Tarrytown Horticultural 

 Society; J. Duthie and J. Robinson. Oyster 

 Bay Horticultural Society. 



.TAMES GLADSTONE, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



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