September 30, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



443 



THE WORLD'S SERIES 



ARE AWAITED BY THE "FANS" WITH GREAT INTEREST 



Do not fail to interest yourself in the large auction sales held by 



JOHNSON & MILLANG, Inc. 



AUCTIONEERS 

 Coogan Building, 55-57 West 26th Street, New York 



lUnder Cut Flower Exchange) 

 Sales every Tuesilay an.l Friiiav at 10.00 A. M. Holland's 

 finest Bulhs and the best Home Grown Decorative Plants. 

 Evergreens, etc. 10,000 s.j, ft. devoted to our auctl'in 

 business. \\ KITK FOK r.VT.VI.OGl K. 



Lane's business duties. Mr. Lane did 

 yeoman service in his part in getting 

 the society started and placing it on a 

 good running basis, and the commit- 

 tee publicity acknowledged its indebt- 

 edness to him. Since March the duties 

 of the secretarial office have been un- 

 dertaken by J. Harrison Dick. 



The society has made progress in 

 the work which it was established to 

 promote and conduct. A quarterly bul- 

 letin of information has been pub- 

 lished. By and through this the mem- 

 bers are kept informed of what is be- 

 ing doue not only in the society but in 

 the dahlia world generally, and the 

 notes on the cultural treatment of 

 dahlias have been much appreciated. 

 Four issues of the bulletin have ap- 

 peared. Copies have been distributed 

 both by the society and by members 

 to many dahlia lovers who have not 

 yet joined our organization. The 

 greater our membership the bigger 

 and better will the bulletins be. They 

 cost considerable to publish and only 

 In proportion to the increase in mem- 

 bership can the volume of the bulletins 

 be augmented. 



Trials of dahlias have been under- 

 taken and reports will be published. 

 The thanks of the executive commit- 

 tee is tendej;ed to the directorates of 

 the two experimental stations and to 

 Professors P. H. Hall and Le Roy 

 Cady. 



An affiliation scheme whereby local 

 dahlia clubs or associations can re- 

 ceive certain substantial privileges 

 and assistance on payment of the 

 nominal sum of ten dollars annually, 

 was put in operation early in the 

 summer. The Short Hills Garden 

 Club, N. J., and the Oyster Bay Horti- 

 cultural Society, N. Y., have become 

 affiliated, and negotiations with this 

 object in view are in progress with 

 others. 



A scheme of points for judging 

 dahlias has been prepared and will be 

 placed before the members for their 

 suggestions. It is hoped that an au- 

 thoritative, practicable scheme will be 

 endorsed and adopted. 



The carefully prepared scheme for 

 the classification of all the types of 

 dahlias was published in March, and 

 has been adopted by many of the lead- 

 ing commercial growers in their cata- 

 logues, as well as by others. It is the 

 wish of the committee that this classi- 

 fication arrangement be regarded as 

 official and be adhered to. 



The definition of "amateur" as ap- 

 plied to our exhibitor member has also 

 been l)ublished and its adoption by tlie 

 annual meeting is recommended. 



An artistic certificate of merit has 

 been prepared. This will be awarded 

 to dahlia novelties at the society's 

 exhibition or at the exhibitions of its 

 affiliated societies, or at such other ex- 

 hibitions or meetings as your exf'< u- 

 tive committee endorses. An origiual 

 medal of pleasing design has licen 

 made in silver and bronze respective- 

 ly. It is hoped that later this medal 

 will also be struck in gold. 



In some parts of the country the 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Oct. 2. 



Bernard.^ville Horiicultural So- 

 ciety, Horticultural XIall, Iteruards- 

 ville, N. J. 



Elberon Horticultural Society, 

 Fire Hall, Elberon, X. J. 



Houston Florists' Club, Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



Montreal G»rdeners' and Florists' 

 Club, Montreal. Canada. 



New Dedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety, New Bedford, Mass. 



Washington Florists' Club, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Tuesday, Oct. 3. 



Florists' and <;ardiiiers' Club of | 

 Holyoke and Northampton, Mass. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association, Horticultural 

 Hall, Lake Geneva. Wis. 



Los Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society, Los Angeles. Cal. 



Paterson I'^loricultural Societv, Y. 

 M. C. A. Bldg.. Paterson, N. J.' 



Philadelphia Florist.s' Club. Hor- 

 ticultural Hall. Pliiladelphia, Pa. 



Pittsburgh Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club. Fort Pitt Hotel. Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. 



Wednesday, Oct. 4. 



Tuxedo Horticultural Society, 

 Tuxedo Park, N. Y. 



, Thursday, Oct. 5. 



Albany Florists' Club, Albany, 

 N. Y. 



Reading (Pa.) Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Reading, Pa. 



Southampton Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Odd Fellows Hall, Southamp- 

 ton, N. Y. 



Friday, Oct. 6. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Manchester. Mass. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Lake Forest, Hi. 



Pasadena Hoi'ticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



Yonkers Horticultural Society, 

 Yonkers, N. Y. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners 

 A.ssociation. Paterson. N. J. 



Saturday, Oct. 7. 



Pacific Coast Horticultural Society, 

 San Francisco, Calif. 



past growing season has been very 

 trying, even resulting in heavy losses 

 owing tn the rotting of the roots by 

 the prolonged rains. In other sections, 

 as in Michigan and the Middle West, 

 a drought seriously crippled the 

 growth of the plants at midsummer. 

 Despite these penalizing difficulties 

 the interest in dahlias at this time is 

 surprisingly great. New dahlia clubs 

 are springing up, shows are being ar- 

 ranged, numberless seedling dahlias 

 are being bred and raised, the use of 

 dahlias for gardens and as cut flowers 

 for December is increasing, and there 

 is evidence on all sides of the great 

 need of a strong, guiding, leading, au- 

 thoritative society devoted to the in- 

 terest of this noble flower, and this is 

 furnished in the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety, national in its aims, its char- 

 acter and its membership. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



Receipts. 



Total receipts tlirough Jos. .T. Ijane, 

 sec'v, from May, 101.^, to- March, 

 1916 $839.50 



Received from J. H. Dick, sec'y, 

 March to Sept. 20. 1910 177.10 



$1,016.00 

 DisbUFHeinents. 



For printing, bulletins, certificates 



of merit, stationer.v. etc $301.87 



Jlfgr. of dies and medals D.'j.SO 



Bottles, expressage, lielp at show, 



dinner, etc., 1915 57.50 



To Messrs. Young, Shaw and Lewis 



at show. 1915 45.00 



Jos. J. Lane, as salary and expenses 76.18 



Paid out for prizes. 191."» show 197.50 



J. Harrison Dick, stenographic help 



and postage 32.56 



F. R. Austin, treasurer, postage and 



telegram 3.50 



$769.81 

 Balance in treasurer's hands, Sept. 

 20, lOlC 246.99 



$1,016.60 

 Election of Officers. 

 R. Vincent. Jr., White Marsh, Md., 

 was re-elected president, J. Harrison 

 Dick, 1426 Seventy-third St.. Brook- 

 lyn, was re-elected secretary; Frank 

 R. Austin, re-elected treasurer, while 



COMPLETE PLANTING LISTS FILLED 



Realizing the annoyance caused by inability to complcto i>hintinj:^3 on aocnnnt of hick of 

 some rare or scarce variety, we aim to make our service notable by its completeness. 

 If yon can't lin^l just wliat you want, write ns ; we bave a very complete li.st of rare 

 fonifcrs. Shiules. Shrubs an.l Vinrs. l..-si(l.-s the |»l<-ntifiil nml easy-to-irmw tiihiirs. 



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LILY BULBS 



Fall Shipment from Japan 



Prices quoted F.O.B. New York, Chi- 

 cago, Denver, San Francisco and Lon- 

 don (Ont.) 



Write for quotations stating quantity : 

 variety and size required. 



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$7.50 per 1090 High Grade Bulbs 

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