THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



under the same terms as last year. The Horticultural Society of 

 New York and the New York Florists' Club acting in cooperation. 

 The date of this exhibition is set for March 17 to 23, inclusive. 

 All those who made the spring show of this year such a success are 

 invited to again put their shoulder to the wheel and push, thus 

 making of the show of 191 5 an even greater success than that of 

 the present year. It can be done. Let us all work to this end. 



SWEET PEA EXHIBITION 



The American Sweet Pea Society will hold its annual conven- 

 tion and exhibition as the guests of our society, at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, with the permission of the trustees 

 of that institution, on Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28. 

 There is hardly a flower which appeals more strongly to the people 

 than does the sweet pea. With a delicious fragrance and a great 

 variety of colors and shades, it suits the tastes of all. This dainty 

 flower will be here in all its beauty and charm, and all should take 

 advantage of this opportunity to see it at its best. We cannot all 

 afford orchids, but the sweet pea is within the reach of everyone, 

 for they can be grown in our gardens. We can have plenty of 

 these delightful blossoms for the picking, for the more the flowers 

 are picked the more freely they are produced. 



For the successful cultivation of this flower the reader is 

 referred to a lecture by Mr. Edwin Jenkins, delivered before the 

 society on January 17 of the present year, and published in the 

 Journal of the societ>' for February. This is by a practical 

 man and an enthusiastic admirer of this flower. How to prepare 

 the soil, methods of cultivation, the best fertilizers, mulching, 

 hybridizing, diseases and insects and their remedies, are all touched 

 upon by Mr. Jenkins. With these explicit directions anyone 

 should be able to produce fine flowers. 



