THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 COUNCIL 



Presented May ii, 1910 



The society has now completed its tenth year and the eighth of its 

 existence as an incorporated body. The year just passed has been one of 

 great activity, and it is hoped that it is the precursor of still more active 

 years. 



Realizing that it is largely through successful exhibitions that the 

 society may hope to attain to the position it should occupy in the world 

 of horticulture, the Council has endeavored to make the exhibitions as 

 latge and attractive as possible. Much has been done toward accomplish- 

 ing this during the past year, and the success attained has been very 

 gratifying, but the society desires to enlarge its field of action in this 

 direction. Feeling a desire to reach as many people as possible with its 

 exhibitions, the matter of holding the exhibitions open on Sunday was 

 brought before the Council. It was thought that many people who could 

 not visit them on week days might be able to do so on Sunday. The 

 Council, therefore, at its meeting of May 12, 1909, took the following 

 action. 



Resolved: That the exhibitions of the society may be held open on 

 Sunday wlicre it is found practicable to do so. 



This action was fully justified by future events. 



Three exhibitions were given : one each in the summer and fall of 1909, 

 and one in the spring of 1910. The summer exhibition of 1909 was held 

 on June 5 and 6, at the Museum of the New York Botanical Garden. By 

 the permission of the authorities there the experiment of holding an 

 exhibition open on Sunday was first tried, with satisfactory results. Pre- 

 miums were ofTered for peonies and other herbaceous plants, and for 

 flowering shrubs and trees. Special entries were also made, especially 

 of orchids, the newly organized orchid section making a fine exhibit of 

 these plants. The cash premiums awarded at this exliil)ition were ofi^ered 

 by the New York Botanical Garden. The Horticultural Society fully 

 appreciates this action, and expresses its thanks, not only for this, but also 

 for the use of the hall in which the exhibition was held. The hall was 

 well filled with exhibits and the attendance very encouraging, especially 

 on Sunday. 



The fall c.\hibition was held at the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, with the permission of the trustees of that institution, November 3 

 to 7. The latter date, a Sunday, was included with the permission of 

 the Museum authorities. A premium-list carrying over $1,600 was 

 arranged. It was impossible to provide an amount of this size from the 

 ordinary funds of the society, and so the treasurer was authorized to 

 approach the members and friends of the society with an appeal for con- 



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