THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



only one remaining out of all the fleet, he had me drive him on 

 his rounds for several days, and it was most interesting, as he is 

 the Red Cross Commander in this zone, and has to cover a great 

 deal of territory every day. These trips took us of course quite 

 near the lines, and I've seen some things I can never forget." 

 Capt. Boyer on his return to Paris immediately came to the 

 Alcazar, to testify to the great courage, competence and skill of 

 Miss Hooker, the writer of the above letter, who repeatedly took 

 him up into the lines, under heavy artillery fire, wherever his 

 important service called him. 



Under date of August 27th the following cable was received : 

 "Three beautiful cars just arrived. Organization sends en- 

 thusiastic thanks and hopes donors will realize these have come 

 at moment when pioneer motors refused to go step further. We 

 unite in grateful thanks and will write. 



(Signed) Lathrop." 



Respectfully submitted, 



N. L. Britton, Chairman, 

 T. A. Havemeyer, 

 F. R. Newbold, 



Committee. 



ANNUAL FALL EXHIBITION 



At the meeting of the Board of Directors in August it was 

 decided to hold the usual Fall Exhibition at the American Museum 

 of National History. Even under war conditions British and 

 F"rench horticultural societies have continued their work, and we 

 feel it our duty as a society to retain public interest in plants and 

 flowers and to contribute to the pleasure and comfort to be 

 derived from them. The Board of Directors felt that this could 

 best be accomplished by holding as usual our Fall Exhibition 

 which has become an event looked forward to by thousands of 

 people, as manifested by the large attendance, aggregating over 

 160,000 last fall. 



This year our soldier and sailor boys are with us, and it is 



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