THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



members of the Council. A lecture occurred on this date in the 

 Garden course by Dr. M. A. Howe, on " Some Pacific Coast 

 Seaweeds." 



June 7, 1913. A lecture in the Garden course was delivered 

 by Dr. N. L. Britton, on " Summer Wild Flowers about New York." 



July 5, 1913. With a lecture on the Garden course, on " The 

 Hempstead Plains : a Natural Eastern Prairie," by Mr. Norman 

 Taylor. 



September 6, 191 3. On this date there was a lecture by Dr. 

 F. J. Seaver, on " Shade Trees and their Enemies." 



November i, 19 13. A business meeting only was held. 



December 13, 1913. A lecture by Mr. Geo. \\ Nash, on " Some 

 Phases of the Fruit Industry in the Northwest." 



January 17, 1914. Lecture by Mr. Edwin Jenkins, on " Sweet 

 Peas." 



February 21, 1914. Lecture by Mr. Alex Cuming, Jr., on 

 " Roses." 



March 28, 1914. Held during the progress of the International 

 Flower Show. A business meeting only. 



April 25, 1914. Lecture by Mr. Wm. E. Bliz-Zard, on " The 

 Artistic Value of Water in Garden Art." 



There were twelve meetings of the Council, one preceding each 

 meeting of the society, and two others, one a special meeting held 

 on May 17 to confer with a committee of the New York Florists' 

 Club in reference to the holding of a spring show in 1914. 



The Journal has been issued as follows: no. 16, July 1913, 20 

 pages; no. 17, November 1913, 16 pages and six plates; no. 18, 

 February 1914, 14 pages ; making a total of 50 pages and 6 plates. 

 The date of publication was advanced one month, beginning with 

 no. 17. This seemed advisable, as it brings an issue in the month 

 of the annual meeting and of the fall show, giving thus an im- 

 mediate opportunity to chronicle the proceedings of these two 

 important events. 



The membership of the society is now 590, divided as follows : 

 patrons, 6; sustaining members, 2; life members, 137; annual 

 members, 445. The total of new members during the year is 179, 

 of which 4 are patrons, 40 life members, and 135 annual members. 

 The losses in membership are as follows: by death, 11, of which 



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