

Journal 



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ISSUED QUARTERLY 



VOL. Ill, Nos. 7 and 8, AUGUST and NOVEMBER, 1922 



Free to Members; By Subscription $1.00 a Year 



Special Notice. The sudden death of the Secretary, G. V. 

 Nash, has necessitated several changes in the routine work of the 

 offices and among other things a delay in the preparation of 

 material for this numher of the Journal, which now appears as 

 the combined issues of August and November. With the com- 

 bined activities of the individual members of a newly formed 

 "Journal Committee" this organ of the Society should take on a 

 new importance. This Committee trusts that the members will 

 unite in making their "Journal" a depository of much interesting 

 horticultural material and especially as relating to New York 

 horticulture. Contributions and notes of interesting observations 

 are solicited. 



The Society has lost through death during the year May i, 1921, 

 to April 30, 1922, the following members : 

 Mr. Eudera D. Snyder Mr. A. D. Bendheim 



Mrs. x\rnold Hague Mr. Theodore Roberts 



Dr. Daniel M. Stimson Miss Gertrude L. Hoyt 



]Mr. C. A. Tatum Mrs. C. Gouverneur Weir 



NOTES OF PROGRESS 



A BEGINNING has been made towards a reference library of 

 horticulture. The leading weekly and monthly gardening 

 periodicals are regularly placed on file for the convenience of 

 members who may wish to consult them, and a few reference 

 books, encyclopedias, etc., have been acquired as the nucleus of a 

 working library on horticulture. The Directors hope that mem- 



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