March 



1920 



HORTICULTURE 



257 



sire to lie once more witli them in my 

 own gurdon." 



The lecturer then took his audience 

 through the out door garden, from 

 April to November, starting in with 

 the early flowering Bulbs, giving all 

 the material used In the perennial 

 border, in the order of the flower'ng 

 season. 



The exhibits of plants and fiiwe'-s 

 at this lectuv" was the best we h<td 

 this winter seuson. Fiuladelphii h^is 

 always been noted fo.' thi.oe specimt-u 

 plants of Cinerarias, both the Hybrid 

 and Stellata varieties, and the speci- 

 mens shown at this meeting in;iln- 

 talned this reputation. 



A special feature of the exhibition, 

 was a plant of Schlzanthus, exhibited 

 by Mr. S. T. Bodlne. Villa Xova, Pa., 

 Alex. MacLeod, gardener. This plant 

 to which the first prize was awarded, 

 was covered with flowers of a rich 

 copper bronze color. It was very at- 

 tractive standing out clear among all 

 the other exhibits. 



The next lecture of this Society 

 will be on .Vpril 13, when Professor A. 

 C. Heal. Secretary of the American 

 Gladiolus Society, will give an Illus- 

 trated Lecture on Gladioli. 



D.Win RrsT, Secretary. 



MR. CRAIG SPEAKS IN NEW YORK 

 On March 1" \V. N. Craig appeared 

 before the Garden Club of America 

 at Its annual meeting at the Colony 

 Club of New York, and addressed a 

 large audience composed of Us mem- 

 bers on the "Professional Gardener 

 from His View Point." Mr. Craig 

 ably presented the cause of the pro- 

 fessional gardener, and judging by 

 the hearty reception his remarks re- 

 ceived, his views met with the en- 

 dorsement of those who listened to 

 him. Mr. Craig also spoke of the 

 Iniquities of Quarantine BUI No. 37 

 which met with general approval, the 

 Garden Club of America passing a 

 resolution unanimously as opposed to 

 the measure. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

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In response to the call Issued by the 

 President, a meeting of the Board of 

 Directors was held In New York on 

 Thursday. March 18, at which time 

 Mrs. Charles Totty was elected Chair- 

 man tor 1920. 



The matter of fixing the amount of 

 the Bond for the Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, in accordance with the action of 

 the Society at the meeting held in 

 Detroit, was left to the Board of Di- 

 rectors. They have so fixed the same 

 that the Secretary's Bond shall be for 

 $500 and that of the Treasurer for 

 $1,000. Mbs. Albert M. Herb, Secy. 



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