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GARDENING. 



Oct. /. 



Brett, Yonkers, N. Y., arranged two 

 tables of cut flowers which included 

 clusters of the pretty stove flowers Ixora 

 javanica and Dipladena amabilis, these 

 being set off with fronds of Adiantum 

 gracillinmm and Goniophlebium subauri- 

 culatum. A.J. Wengerter, Bay Ridge, N. 

 Y., displayed some 25 dishes ot as many 

 varieties of vegetables, the quality of 

 which places Mr. Wengerter in the lront 

 rank of growers. 



Andrew Grierson, Rye, N. V., has al- 

 ways something novel, and on this occa- 

 sion showed a collection of flowers of rare 

 beauty. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, 

 N. Y., exhibited his collection of gladioli 

 and several varieties of hardy flowers. G. 

 Granz, Hicksville, Long Island, displayed 

 50 named varieties of dahlias. From A. 

 Welsing and Chas. Zeller, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y.. came collections of dahlias, geraniums 

 and new carinas; and irom John Young 

 some well grown lily of the valley. James 

 Kirby, Hempstead, L. 1., exhibited 50 

 varieties of annuals and herbaceous flow- 

 ers, and John M. Hunter, Hempstead, 

 L. I., brought several vases of cannas. 



Perhaps the exhibits which created the 

 most iuterest were the two which had 

 arrived by the steamer Campania on the 

 previous day, one being six specimen cel- 

 ery almost four feet high and ot fine qual- 

 itv, grown by C. Alldred, dahlia grower, 

 Tyidesley, Lancashire, England, and a 

 collection of vegetables, including some 

 immense cauliflowers, red and white cab- 

 bages and parsnips from D. Scott, Liver- 

 pool, England. 



The regular meeting of the society was 

 held shortly before the dinner, at which 

 the question of a November show was 

 discussed. A communication was received 

 from the society ladies of New York, de- 

 siring the cooperation of the society in 

 giving a grand floral exhibition in Novem- 

 ber, in aid of the hospitals. The exhibi- 

 tion committee was empowered to accept 

 the offer and make the necessary arrange- 

 ments. It was also announced that Mr. 

 John E. Lager, the celebrated orchid col- 

 lector, would deliver a lecture at the next 

 meeting of the society, on October 9, on 

 the subject "Orchid collecting, or two 

 years in the wilds of South America." 

 This promises to be the educational event 

 of the vear, and all gardeners and florists 

 are invited to attend. 



Jas. I. Donlan, Sec'y. 



365 Fifth Ave , New York City. 



The sixth annual session of the Na- 

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 Lincoln, Neb., September 28 to 30. C. M. 

 Heintz, Los Angeles, Cal., is secretary of 

 the national executive committee. Dr. 

 Clarke Gapen, 904 Columbus Memorial 

 Building, Chicago, i* chairman of thesub- 

 committee for Illinois. 



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