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December 16, 1916 



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WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the West- 

 chester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society was held in Greenwich, Ct., 

 Friday evening, Dec. 8. Special feat- 

 ures were the fine display on the ex- 

 hibition tables, the election of officers, 

 the secretary's report and the finan- 

 cial statement of the treasurer, which 

 showed a very healthy balance. The 

 newly elected officers are as follows: 

 President, Wm. Whitton; vice-presi- 

 dent, John Andrew; treasurer, Robt. 

 Williamson; secretary, J. B. McArdle; 

 cor. secretary, Alex Clarkson, all of 

 Greenwich. Executive committee: 

 Wm. Graham, Robt. Grunnert, also of 

 Greenwich, and James Linane, of Rye, 

 N. Y. A very wise selection of compe- 

 tent men has been made and we an- 

 ticipate a very successful year for 1917. 



The judges ' made the following 

 awards: Cultural certificate to Robt. 

 Grunnert, for display of carnations; 

 seedling chrysantliemums from Jas. 

 Foster were very highly commended; 

 Jas. Stuart received honorable men- 

 tion for vase of Erlangea tomentosa. 

 The thanks of the society was tendered 

 to the following exhibits: Crinum 

 amabile from P. W. Popp; chrysan- 

 themum Mrs. E. D. Godfrey from 

 Jas. Foster; potatoes from Owen A. 

 Hunwick; lettuce May King, from 

 Paul Dwenger, and oranges from Jas. 

 Foster. Robt. Johnson received high 

 commendation for antirrhinum. Dur- 

 ing recess Messrs. Jas. Stuart and P. 

 W. Popp entertained the members 

 with a description of their recent visit 



to \\'aslunf;t()n in romnTtidii with tlie 

 annual meeting of the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners. The retiring 

 Secretary extends to all a merry 

 Christmas and a liappy and prosperous 

 New Year. Next meeting Jan. 12th. 

 P. W. Popi', cor. secy. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The following report of new chrys- 

 anthemums has been submitted by the 

 committee. 



Exhibited at Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 

 2, by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich.; name of variety. The Crest; 

 white, anemone; points, 85; December 

 Queen; yellow, shaded bronze; Inc. 

 Jap., com. points, 89. 



Registrations. 



Anemone Chrysanthemums by Mrs. 

 Francis G. Lloyd, Bernardsville, N. J. 



Mrs. Francis G. Lloyd — Pure white 

 anemone on the order of Garza, larger 

 flower, wider petals and considerably 

 taller in growth. 



Mrs. Owen Winston — Clear yellow 

 with bright orange center, outer petals 

 perfectly straight, plant a strong grow- 

 er, tall and healtliy habit. 



Mrs. Chas. S. Whitman — Lavender 

 pink with a center of light cream 



yellow. .\n exceptionally fine variety. 

 Chas. W. Johnson, Secy. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 

 President David Fraser presided at 

 the recent session of the Horticultural 

 Society of Western Pennsylvania, 

 which was devoted largely to the sub- 

 ject, of Chrysanthemums. Secretary 

 Tyler had a fine showing of pompons, 

 while Wm. Thompson, Jr., and An- 

 thony A. Leach each exhibited late 

 flowering varieties. Mr. Leach also 

 contributed an interesting and instruc- 

 tive address on the culture of these 

 varieties, which was the subject later 

 ot consideralile discussion, pro and con. 

 The three exhibitors each received a 

 cultural certificate. M. Curran and 

 Mr. Burnett were present as represen- 

 tatives of the Sewickley Society for 

 the purpose of joint consideration of 

 a Chrysanthemum Show next year. 

 If so agreed the suburban organization 

 will not plan for one; and, if not, the 

 members will go ahead in anticipation 

 of, if possible, surpassing their splen- 

 did initiative exhibition of the present 

 season. The first anniversary of the 

 Horticultural Society of Western Penn- 

 sylvania will be observed at the com- 

 ing meeting, and there will be the elec- 

 tion ot officers for the year to come. 



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