THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 COUNCIL 



Presented May 13, 1908 



The Council feels that it can report a year of very successful work on 

 behalf of the society. In several respects distinctly progressive movements 

 have been started, the full effects of which, however, it is too soon to 

 realize. Much has been accomplished in bringing the work of the society 

 into closer touch with those who are particularly connected with the hor- 

 ticultural and floricultural interests of the city. At the request of the 

 New York Florists Club several conferences have been held by committees 

 of the two organizations w^ith a view to developing a better and closer 

 relationship. No amalgamation was contemplated and the membership 

 of the society has been slightly increased by representatives of the Florists 

 Club Joining as active members. 



The International Conference on Acclimatization and Hardiness was 

 held on September 30 and October i and 2, and the proceedings are in 

 preparation for early publication as Vol. II of the Memoirs of the society. 



The membership responded cordially to the request for the support of 

 the conference, the sum of $411.50 being subscribed, so that the regular 

 funds of the society will not be drawn upon largely in the matter of 

 publication. 



At the April meeting of the Council a committee was appointed to or- 

 ganize an Orchid Section. This step was taken in response to a request 

 .made by a number of orchid amateurs and growers who contemplated the 

 organization of a separate society, but felt that it would' be better to 

 affiliate with some already established organization. It is hoped that a 

 permanent service to orchid culture in this country will have been rendered 

 by this step. In order to foster the work of its sections the Council 

 recommends that a portion of the income of the society be annually de- 

 voted to the work and development of the sections. 



On the invitation of the society the American Rose Society will hold 

 its first large summer exhibition in connection with our June meeting 

 next month. During the past season three exhibitions have been held, 

 in May, June, and November, no meeting being held in October on account 

 of the meetings of the International Conference on Plant Hardiness, 

 which took place, in the early days of that month. 



Arrangements are now progressing for the holding of a fall exhibition 

 next November, the permission of the trustees of the American Museum 

 of Natural History having been given for the meeting and exhibition to 

 take place in the Museum. 



During the past year regular meetings of the society have been held as 

 follows : June 12, Exhibition of Summer Flowers, in the Museum of the 

 New York Botanical Garden ; November 13, lecture by Prof. U. P. 

 Hedrick, on Apples for New York, accompanied by an exhibition of 

 fruits and vegetables raised in the state; December 11, lecture on Summer 



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