THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



The following applications for membership were approved by 

 the council and their names referred to the society for action : 



Life 



Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, Charles Deering, Francis P. Garvan, Robert 

 E. Tod. 



Annual 



Otto F. Behrend, Andrew Freedman, Frank DeK. Hiiyler, Mrs. 

 Edward King, Miss Anne P. Livingston, Barrington Moore, 

 Flam Ward Olney, Miss Gertrude Parsons, Seth L. Pierrepont, 

 Wm. J. Quinlan, Jr., Mrs. William Strauss, Mrs. Wm. Stursberg, 

 Mrs. C. Gouverneur Weir, Mrs. Albert Winsten, Mrs. Andrew C. 

 Zabriskie, Mrs. G. J. Helmer. 



The secretary was instructed to cast an affirmative ballot for 

 their election. This was done and the persons declared elected 

 members of the society. 



At the close of the business meeting the following lecture was 

 delivered by Mr. W. N. Craig: 



A YEAR'S VEGETABLE SUPPLY FROM THE HOME GARDEN 



Horticulture has its full share in the ceaseless activity of the present 

 age. Changes in the vegetable garden, the varieties grown, and methods 

 of culture show just as great changes as are to be witnessed in the present 

 improved methods of locomotion, lighting or sanitation. There have been 

 within the last twenty-five years particularly striking improvements in 

 potatoes, peas, tomatoes, beans, and, in fact, in all standard vegetables. 

 They are to be seen in our markets in greater variety, of better quality, 

 and earlier and later than previous generations thought at all possible. 

 There are now practically no periods in the year, even in midwinter, when 

 a good assortment of vegetables, either of greenhouse or southern out- 

 door culture, is not obtainable. The average consumption of meats per 

 head of our population is needlessly high; there are tens of thousands of 

 families whose pocketbooks would be heavier, and health better, if they 

 used more vegetables and fruits, and cut their meat supply in half. 



We hear much nowadays of trusts, and the high cost of living is dwelt 

 on, not only here, but in practically every civilized community on earth, 

 and a late President suggested an international tribunal to consider the 

 causes of high prices and suggest remedies. Perhaps the most practical 

 remedy which could suggest itself would be for more families to plant 

 fruits and vegetables in their home gardens. The European countries are 



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