THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



of a similar exhibition in November of this year and it is hoped that the 

 fall exhibition of The Horticultural Society of New York will become a 

 prominent annual feature in the horticultural world. 



The society, now having a permanent meeting place in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, feels itself in a better position to offer 

 courtesies to visiting national organizations, and it has invited the American 

 Rose Society to hold its annual exhibition in March, 1910, in New York. 

 The invitation was unanimously accepted at the Buffalo meeting of the 

 American Rose Society. 



In consequence of the widespread general interest in fall exhibitions 

 the Council has decided to concentrate the events of the society so far as 

 exhibitions are concerned in the great fall feature, devoting the regular 

 meetings to special subjects with illustrative exhibits so far as possible, 

 each one having a special character of its own. The next meeting of the 

 society will be devoted to late flowering tulips which will be accompanied 

 by an exhibition of some five hundred or six hundred varieties. 



In order to carry out the November exhibition, a special fund was 

 collected which was sufficient to defray the prizes offered but considerable 

 material and property had to be purchased, a great deal of which becomes 

 available, however, for future purposes. 



The membership of the societj% notwithstanding the loss by death of 

 several of the prominent original members, has been slightly increased 

 during the year, there being at this time on the roll, 184 members. 



The provision for associate membership has not been taken advantage 

 of in a single instance. 



The permanent fund of the society now amounts to over $2,000, but the 

 income of this is not yet available, as in accordance with a resolution 

 adopted sometime ago, it is desired to increase this to a sum of $10,000 

 before using the income. 



Regular meetings of the society have been held in the New York 

 Botanical Garden and since October in the American Museum of Natural 

 History, the following subjects having been presented: 



June 10, 1908 : New York Botanical Garden : Meeting in cooperation 

 with the summer meeting of the American Rose Society. An illustrated 

 lecture on Types of Garden Roses by Leonard Barron. 



October 14, 1908: American Museum of Natural History: Preservation 

 of Old Trees, illustrated by lantern slides, by Mr. John T. Withers. 



November 11, 1908: Meeting was called to order and adjourned for one 

 week on account of the fall exhibition. 



November 18, 1908: xA.djourned meeting at which merely formal busi- 

 ness was transacted, the fall exhibition being in progress. 



December 9, 1908: American Museum of Natural History: Illustrated 

 Lecture on Letchworth Park and the Falls of Genesee by Mr. G. V. Nash. 



January 13, 1909: American Museum of Natural History: Real Color 

 Photography as Applied to Flowers; lecture describing the Autochrome 

 Process of Photography by Mr. H. H. Saylor. 



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