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• GARDENING. 



Jan /, 



Societies. 



WHAT SOME ARE DOING. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. — We have receivtd the exhibition 

 schedule of the Massachusetts Horticult- 

 ural Society for 1898, offering prizes to 

 the amount of $8,100. 



Western New York Horticultural 

 Society. — The forty-third annual meeting 

 of the Western New York Horticultural 

 Society will be held in Rochester, January 

 26th and 27th. There will be assembled 

 in Rochester at the time of this anniver- 

 sary several hundreds of the leading hor- 

 culturists of New York, including repre- 

 sentatives from Cornell University and 

 the New York Experiment Station. An 

 invitation is given to all interested to at- 

 tend these meetings. 



Hampden Horticultural Society. — 

 The annual meeting was held at Spring- 

 field, Mass., December 15. The following 

 were elected officers for the ensuing year: 



E. P. Chapin, president; R. H. Smith. C. 

 W. Bryan and J. H. Hendrick. vice-presi- 

 dents; H. C. Rowley, treasurer, and W. 



F. Gale, secretary. W. G. Mclntire was 

 added to the board of directors. The by- 

 laws were changed so that hereafter the 

 directors may use their discretion as to 

 holding exhibitions. Heretofore it has 

 been obligatory to hold two a year, and 

 often at a financial loss. 



Grand River Valley Horticultural 

 Society. — The annual meeting was held 

 last week and the following officers elected 

 for the ensuing Year: J. A. Pearce, presi- 

 dent; Wm. Rowe, vice-president; E. C. 



Phillips, "treasurer; J. R. Munson, secre- 

 tary; Charles W. Garfield. S. S. Bailey; 

 Asa W. Slayton, W. N. Cook, Homer 

 Hayes, Mrs. John Graham and Mrs Sarah 

 Smith, executive board. The executive 

 board will meet January 25 to arrange 

 places of meeting and the programme for 

 lor the ensuing year. The fruit institute 

 will be held in place of the February meet- 

 ing. 



Southwestern Iowa Horticultural 

 Society - . — The annual meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held Christmas week, closing 

 December 23. The meeting was well at- 

 tended and was most successful in every 

 respect. For the first time in many years 

 Mills county failed to secure the first 

 prize for the best display, the award fall- 

 ing to Polk county, Mills county being 

 forced to take second place. It was de- 

 cided to hold next, year's meeting in 

 Council Bluffs. A large number of the 

 members of the Nebraska Horticultural 

 Society attended the sessions. The follow- 

 ing officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: D. W. Lospeith, president; J. P. 

 Jackson, vice-president; W. M. Bomberger, 

 secretary; J. Needles, treasurer. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, — The regular monthly meetingof the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was 

 held December 22 in Horticultural Hall, 

 Philadelphia. 1 he principal business was 

 the election of officers for the year 1898, 

 which resulted as follows: President. 

 Clarence H.Clark; vice-presidents, Robert 

 Craig, Charles H. Miller, Dr. George 

 Goebel, Sidney W. Keith; treasurer, Will- 

 iam F. Dreer; secretary, David Rust; 

 professor of botany, Thomas Meehan 

 professor of horticultural chemistry, Dp 

 Persifor Frazer; professor of entomology 



Rev. II. C.McCook, D. D.; executive coun- 

 cil, Edwin Lonsdale, John Burton, 

 Thomas Cartledge, Henry F. Mitchell, 

 Burnet Landreth, Dr. J. Cheston Morris, 

 John Westcott. 



H. G. Roebling was awarded a medal 

 for two rare orchids and a first-class cer- 

 tificate for three other specimens. The 

 first premium for exhibit of six cyclamen 

 plants was awarded to Robert Craig, 

 with special mention for John Thatcher, 

 who showed a collection of rare plants, 

 cut flowers and primroses. The first pre- 

 mium for vegetables went to Richard C. 

 Kaighn, Ellisburg, N.J.; second premium, 

 John M. Kaighn, Ellisburg, both showing 

 salads. 



The Illinois Horticultural Society. 

 — The annual convention of the Illinois 

 Horticultural Societv was held at Spring- 

 field, III., December 28, 29 and 30. There 

 was a large attendance, and the display 

 of apples was very fine. Valuable papers 

 were read as follows: "Soil Management 

 of Orchards," Prof. T.J, Burrill, Univers- 

 ity of Illinois; "The Status of Horticul- 

 ture in Illinois," F. L. Williams; "Orna- 

 mental Tree Planting," Hon. John M. 

 Pearson; "The Systematic Pruning of 

 Orchards," R. Morrell; "Small Fruit Cul- 

 ture by the Farmer," L. N. Beal; and 

 many others. 



The following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: President, H. M. Dun- 

 lap: vice-president, H. A. Aldrich; secre- 

 tary, L. R. Bryant; treasurer, J. W.Stan- 

 ton. Springfield was selected as the 

 place for holding the next annual conven- 

 tion of the society, and a resolution was 

 adopted appointing a committee to peti- 

 tion the Nebraska state committee to 

 provide for a fruit display at the Omaha 

 Exposition. 



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