the horticultural society of new york. 



October 13, 1909 



A meeting of the society was held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History on Wednesday, October 13, 1909, at 4:25. 

 In the absence of the president, Air. O'AIara acted as chairman. 

 Owing to the late hour of the adjournment of the Council, the 

 reading of the minutes of the May meeting was deferred. 



The following parties, having been acted upon and approved 

 by the Council, were elected to membership: Life member, Miss 

 B. Potter; Annual members, Herman W. Merkel, Henry Du 

 Pont, C. D. Blauvelt, William Solotaroff, Harry A. Bunyard, 

 Arthur T. Boddington, W. C. Trageser, Jas. Stuart, W. H. 

 Waite, A. J. Manda, C. W. Scott, J. S. Holbrook, F. A. Bolles. 

 The following resignations were accepted with regret : L. W. C. 

 Tuthill, George Schlegel, De Veaux Powel, M. J. Pope. 



The chairman reported the deaths of Mr. C. L. Allen, Dr. 

 F. M. Hexamer, and Mr. J. Crosby Brown, all formerly mem- 

 bers of the Council, the two latter in ex-officio capacity as vice- 

 presidents. Mr. O'Mara recalled the great service all these gentle- 

 men had rendered to horticulture, not only as members of this 

 society, but also in the field of horticulture at large, Mr. Allen 

 and Dr. Hexamer in a professional way, and Mr. Brown as a 

 noted amateur. He announced that the society was taking suit- 

 able action in the matter, through a committee appointed by the 

 Council, in the preparation of a minute. The death of Miss 

 Anna Phebe Thorne was also reported. 



The secretary announced that the Council, through power 

 conferred upon it by the amended constitution, had elected the 

 following to fill vacancies : vice-presidents, Patrick O'Mara and 

 T. A. Hevemeyer; members of the Council, Messrs. Leonard 

 Barron, E. B. Southwick, and Henry Hicks. 



A bronze medal, awarded at the June exhibition of the society, 

 was presented to Mr. J. A. Manda for LacUo-cattleya Doiiiiniana 

 splendens. The business of the meeting being completed, the 

 announced lecture for the day was presented: " Coniferous Ever- 

 greens : their use in the landscape," by Mr. George V. Nash. 

 The following is an abstract of this lecture : 



In explaining the title of his lecture, the speaker remarked that it was 

 difficult to select a comprehensive term to describe the plants under con- 

 sideration, but that he had selected that of coniferous evergreens as per- 



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