September 2, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



353 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Transactions for the year 1911, Part 

 1. This publication comprises the lec- 

 tures and discussions thereon, as pre- 

 sented at Horticultural Hall in the 

 spring of 1911, 



The Schedule of the First Annual 

 Dahlia Exhibition of the New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society. (Conn.), 

 has been received. The slum will be 

 held on September 13-14, in Hannonie 

 Hall, New Haven. The prizes are 

 many and liberal, Including several 

 specials. 



Annual Report of the Public Parks 

 Board of Winnipeg, Man. for 1910. 

 This is a 4S page publication attrac- 

 tively gotten up and lavishly illus- 

 trated. It contains the general pro- 

 ceedings of the department, Superin- 

 tendent Champion's report and recom- 

 mendations, secretary's financial re- 

 port, account of boulevard construc- 

 tion, and three excellent maps. 



Chrysanthemum Society of Ameri- 

 ca. — Proceedings of the Ninth Annual 

 Meeting. The Ninth Annual Meeting 

 was held at Morristown, N. J., on No- 

 vember 2-4, 1910. This book gives a 

 detailed report of what was done 

 there, a review of the work of the 

 examining committees for the season 

 of 1910, lists of American and for- 

 eign varieties disseminated during the 

 year and other valuable information. 

 A portrait of President Elmer D. 

 Smith forms the frontispiece. 



Railway Gardening Association — 

 Souvenir Book for 1911. This elegant 

 volume has been prepared and sent out 

 by Secretary J. S. Butterfield as a la- 

 bor of love and he has conferred a fa- 

 vor of no small degree on the garden- 

 ing fraternity generally as well as 

 those more intimately interested in 

 railway adornment. The book contains 

 40 pages on heavy paper giving many 

 full page group views of station gar- 

 dening and interesting articles on va- 

 rious allied subjects. 



The 1911 convention of the Associa- 

 tion was held at Chicago on August 

 15-18, 1911. The officers for the next 

 year are: President, Patrick Poy, 

 Norfolk & Western, Roanoke, Vir- 

 ginia. Vice-President, F. W. Vail. Cen- 

 tral R. R. of New Jersey, Dunellen, N. 

 J. Sec.-Treas., J. S. Butterfield. Mo- 

 Pac. Iron Mtn., Lee's Summit, Mo. 

 Executive committee, all officers and 

 Geo. B. Moulder, Illinois Central, Chi- 

 cago; R. W. Hutchison. Penna. Lines 

 West, Sewickley, Pa.; R. J. Rice, Mich- 

 igan Central, Niles, Michigan. 



The meeting for 1912 will be at Roa- 

 noke, Va., August 13-16. 



VINCENT DAHLIA SHOW. 

 The Fifth Annual Dahlia and Flower 

 Show will be held at the Vincent's 

 Dahlia and Canna Farm, Cowenton, 

 Md., B. & O. R. R., in connection with 

 the Harvest Home Festival of Eben- 

 ezer M. E. Church, on Sept. 26, 27, 28 

 and 29, 1911. Special train will leave 

 Camden Station. Baltimore, at 12.40 P. 

 M., stopping at Mt. Royal and Gay 

 Street Stations. Returning, leave 

 Cowenton, 6.00 P. M. Regular trains 

 will leave Camden Station 8.15 A. M., 

 2.10 and 5.00 P. M. Last train will 

 leave Cowenton for Baltimore 7.17 P. 

 M. Train No. 517, leaving Philadel- 

 phia S.15. Wilmington 8.60, Newark, 



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