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THE DAHLIA EXHIBITION 



A very fine and interesting exhibition of dahlias was given in 

 cooperation with the New York Botanical Garden in the Museum 

 building of that institution on September 20 and 21, 1919. The 

 prizes were offered by the New York Botanical Garden from the 

 income of the William R. Sands Fund, to be awarded by the 

 Exhibition Committee of our society. The competition was 

 keen, and the attendance large. On Saturday afternoon at 4 

 o'clock a lecture on " Dahlias and Their Culture," illustrated with 

 colored lantern slides, was delivered by Dr. M. A. Howe in the 

 lecture hall of the Museum. Dr. Howe is a member of the staff 

 of the New York Botanical Garden, and an amateur who has 

 made dahlia growing his hobby for a number of years. His lec- 

 ture, viewing the subject from the standpoint of the amateur, was 

 keenly enjoyed by the audience, one of the largest of the season. 

 After the lecture Dr. Howe conducted such of the audience, and 

 this amounted practically to the whole attendance, as wished to 

 inspect the large dahlia collection brought together by him at the 

 west border, a short distance from the Museum. This was really 

 a continuation of the lecture, for the plants were used by the 

 lecturer to demonstrate and explain the different types. This col- 

 lection contained something over 350 kinds and about 660 plants, 

 arranged according to their types, so that comparisons of related 

 kinds could readily be made. Each kind was plainly labeled with 

 the name of the type, the specific name of the kind, and the name 



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