December 9, 1916 



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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



At the last meeting of the club, held 

 on November 21, 1916. the following 

 nominations of officers were made for 

 the coming year: President. James 

 Methven: vice-president. Andrew K. 

 Rogers; secretar.v. William N. Craig; 

 treasurer, Samuel J. Goddard: execu- 

 tive committee. Peter M. Miller. Her- 

 man H. Bartsoh. Duncan Finlayson, 

 Thomas Coles, John F. Briry, William 

 C. Rust, William J. Kennedy. William 

 H. Judd and George W. Hamer. 



The annual election of officers will 

 take place on December 19. Voting 

 will be as usual by Australian ballot. 



The Club will hold a field day at 

 Framingham on Saturday, Dec. i6. 

 and visit the establishments of S. J. 

 Goddard, Wm. R. Nicholson, J. T. But- 

 terworth and J. A. Nelson. 



At the regular meeting on Tuesday 

 evening. Dec. 19. J. N. Keeler. of 

 Hitchings & Co.. will give an illus- 

 trated lecture on "Greenhouses. Their 

 Location. Design and Construction." 

 W. N. Cb.^ig, Secy. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The members of the American 

 Gladiolus Society by a large majority 

 have chosen New York City as the 

 place for holding the annual show for 

 1917. The exhibition will be held in 

 the Museum Building, New York, 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. The 

 date will be at the time of the Con- 

 vention of the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 Secretary Youell hopes to issue the 

 preliminary schedule next month. The 

 list of prizes will be the largest ever 

 offered by the society. 



.At the November meeting of the N. 

 J. Floricultural Society. Max Schneider 

 received 90 points for standard chrys- 

 anthemum exhibit, 65 for carnations, 

 80 for violets and 7'> for cut flowers 

 and E. Panuska received a certificate 

 of merit for seedling chrysanthemum 

 White Wonder and was highly com- 

 mended for Bronze Bird and Yellow 

 Bird. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Dec. 11. 



■vrlMiid Florists' cmli. llullell- 

 ilcn Hotel. Cleveland. Oliio. 

 Gardeners' and Florists' ("liili of 

 : llalliniore. Florists E.xchange Hall. 



ISaltimore. Md. 

 ! New York Florists' Club. (Jranil 



opera Hotise, .New York Cit.v, 

 ' Koeliester Florists' Association. '.)'> | 

 ' Main St.. Fast Hr)clicster, N. Y. 



' Tuesday, Dec. 12. 



Newport Hortienltural Soelety, 

 .\e\vi)ort. H. I. 



Wednesday, Dec. 13. 



Chleiiinali llorisls' S. eiety. .laiioz 

 ICniotl Flower Market. Cineinnati. O. 



Diiteliess County Hortieultural So- 

 eietv. Fallkill UldK., fonglikeepsle, 

 .\. Y. 



Leno.\ Hortieultural Society, Lenox. 

 JIass. 



Morris I'ounty Florists' anil Gar- 

 deners' Soelety. Madison. N. .1. 



Nassau County Hortieultural So- , 

 eletv. Pembroke Hall. Glen Cove, i;[, 

 N. Y. 



Thursday, Dec. 14. 



Menlo I'ark Hortieultural Society, 

 Menlo Park. Calif. 



New London Hortieultural Society, 

 Municipal BIdp.. New London. Conn. 



Friday, Dec. 15. 



North Store Hortieultural Society, 

 Manchester. Mass. 



