January 3, 1914 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



A Meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 o£ the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society was held December 27. 



Standing committees of the Society 

 for the year 1914 were appointed as 

 follows: 



Committee on Prizes and lOxhiliitiuii.s: 

 James Wheeler, Natick (Chairuiau) ; Dun- 

 can Finlayson, S. .1. Goddard, T. V. Ilat- 

 lield. Dr. \V. (!. Kendall. Alexander Mont- 

 gomery, Edward B. Wilder. Peter Fisher. 



Committee on Plants and Flowers: T. 

 D. Hatfield, Wellesley (Chairman) ; Arthur 

 H. Fewkes, Donald McKenzie, James Marl- 

 borough, William Nicholson, William Slni. 



Committee on Fruits: Edward B. Wil 

 der, D«rchoster (Chairman) ; William 

 Downs, Harold L. Frost. 



Committee on Vegetables: Duncan Fin- 

 layson, Jamaica Plain (Chairman) ; Wm. N. 

 Craig, Henry M. Ho%vard. 



Committee on Gardens: John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Boston (Chairman); David R. 

 Craig, Jackson T. l>awson, Arthur 11. 

 Fewkes, T. D. Hatfleld, Ricliard lllttinger, 

 Dr. Harris Kennedy, William Nicliolson, 

 Thomas Roland, Charles Sander, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, Roliert Cameron. 



Committee on Chilldren's Gardens : Henry 

 S. Adams, J imaica Plain (Chairman) : 

 Harry S. Rand, Miss Margaret A. Rand, 

 Wm. P. Rich, James Wheeler, Mrs. Augus- 

 tus Hemeiiway. 



Finance Committee: Walter Hunnewell 

 (Chairman) ; Arthur F. Estabrook, Stephen 

 M. Weld 



Committee on Library: Charles S. Sar- 

 gent (Chairman) ; Ernest B. Dane, George 

 B. Dorr, Charles S, Minot. 



Committee on Lectures and Publications: 

 Wilfrid Wheeler (Chairman) ; George B. 

 Dorr, F. C. Sears. 



Committee on Membership: John K. M. 

 L. Farquhar, R. M. Saltonstall, Walter 

 Hunnewell. 



Superintendent of Exhil)itions : James 

 Wheeler. 



The annual award of the George 

 Robert White Medal of Honor was 

 voted to the Park Commission of the 

 City of Rochester, N. Y. 



This is the fifth award of this medal 

 which is given annually for eminent 

 service in horticulture. It is given to 

 the Parli Commission of Rochester 

 this year in recognition of its suc- 

 cessful efforts in establishing one of 

 the most important collections of trees 

 in America, in increasing the love of 

 plants and horticulture among the 

 people of Rochester, and in exploring 

 the flora of western New York and of 

 adjacent regions. The previous re- 

 cipients of the award are Prof. C. S. 

 Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Jackson T. Dawson, also of the Arbor- 

 etum, Victor Lenioine, the lato emi- 

 nent horticulturist of France, and M. 

 H. Walsh, the noted rose grower of 

 Woods Hole. Mass. 



On tke same date A. M. Davenport 

 of Watertown exhibited his new be- 

 gonia Florence Davenport and was 

 awarded a silver medal. It is a sport 

 from Gloire de Lorraine. F. J. 

 Dolansby of Lynn showed a number 

 of hybrid Caftleya Trianae for which 

 he was awarded honorable mention 

 and a silver medal for the variety 

 alba. Wm. P. Rich, Sec'y. 



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A GLADIOLUS WORKER. 



A. E. Kunderd of Goshen, Ind., who 

 originated the first ruffled gladiolus 

 (Kunderdi Glory) has just sold to a 

 Chicago house his entire stock of Chi- 

 cago White, a variety which has 

 proven itself very valuable to florists, 

 as it is one of the very best forcing 

 sorts as well as being remarkably 

 early outdoors. Mr. Kunderd has suc- 

 c(?eded in raising Pome remarkably 

 beautiful sorts, which have gained 

 great favor with the public, notably 

 Kunderdi Glory (the first ruffled sort) 

 Mrs. Frank Pendleton, Jr., Ida Van, 

 Gov. Hadley, Pride of Goshen, Amaryl- 

 lis, El Captain, Myrtle, Mary Ban- 

 croft and others of equal merit. His 

 strain is unlike Childsl or Groff's and 

 has an individuality of its own. All 

 things being favorable, Mr. Kunderd 

 will bring next August to the annual 

 show of the American Gladolus So- 

 ciety some of his newest eeedllnga. 



