THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



FORTHCOMING EVENTS 



Annual Meeting and May Flower Shozv, 



May nth, 12th and 13th, at the New York Botanical Garden. 

 Peony Shozv, 



June 9lh and loth, at the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory. 

 Gladiolus Shozv, 



August 3d, 4th and 5th, at the New York Botanical Garden. 

 Dahlia Shozv, 



September 21st, 22d and 23d, at the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den. 



TOO MANY VARIETIES 



LAST winter the Horticultural Societies of Pennsylvania, New 

 •^ York and Massachusetts feeling that the Horticultural in- 

 terests of the country were being injured by the introduction each 

 year of hundreds of seedlings under new names which were 

 neither superior to nor distinct from existing varieties, appointed a 

 committee to consider this problem. The Committee met in New 

 York on March 15th, 1923. and after a thorough discussion of 

 the whole problem adopted the following resolution : 



"This Committee feels that all Horticultural interests are being injured 

 by the introduction each year of hundreds of seedlings under new names 

 which are neither superior to nor distinct from existing sorts ; and they be- 

 lieve that this tendency to introduce new things is increasing yearly and 

 constitutes a serious menace to Horticulture in this country. 



This Committee believes that the Massachusetts, New York and Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Societies, being among the oldest and foremost 

 organizations in Horticulture, should take the lead in bringing this state of 

 affairs to the attention of all gardeners, both amateur and professional. It 

 believes that this condition of affairs must be thoroughly understood by the 

 public before a remedy can be found." 



The Committee wishes to call this resolution to the attention of 



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