THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



July 14 and 15. At the New York Botanical Garden. 



August 23 to 26. In cooperation with the American Gladiolus 

 Society, at the New York Botanical Garden. 



September 22 and 23. A dahlia show, at the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden. 



November 8 to 11. The Annual Fall Show at the American 

 IMuseum of Natural History. 



January 19 and 20. At the American ^Museum of Natural 

 History. 



March 14 to 21. International Flower Show, at the Grand 

 Central Palace. 



The premiums offered in the exhibitions held at the New York 

 Botanical Garden were from the income of the William R. Sands 

 Funds of that institution. 



The Board of Directors held eight meetings, as follows : 



May 12, 1917, at the New York Botanical Garden; June 9, at 

 the New York Botanical Garden; July 14, at the New York 

 Botanical Garden ; August 24, at the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den ; September 22, at the New York Botanical Garden ; Novem- 

 ber 10, at the American Museum of Natural History ; January 

 19, 1918, at the American Museum of Natural History; Alarch 

 16, at the Hotel Manhattan, 42d St. and Madison Ave. 



The Journal has been issued quarterly, as follows : Volume 

 II, no. 13, May, 1917. 10 pages and 4 plates; no. 14, August, 22 

 pages and 2 plates; no. 15, November, 12 pages; no. 16, Febru- 

 ary, 12 pages and 3 plates; total, 56 pages and 9 plates. 



The committee in charge of the fund for French Fruit Growers 

 have continued their labors. Subscriptions to the amount of 

 $3,612.48 had been received up to February 8, when a draft for 

 that amount was transmitted to the Paris Depot of the American 

 Fund for French Wounded, through which organization arrange- 

 ments have been made for the distribution of this fund. For a 

 detailed account of this arrangement see the preliminary report 

 of the committee pviblished in this Journal for February. 



The rose garden which is being established in cooperation with 

 the New York Botanical Garden, is being further developed. 

 Twenty-two new beds have been added since last year. There 

 are now over 450 kinds of roses in the collection and over 5,000 



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