THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



tributions toward a special fund. The amount thus reahzcd, together with 

 other funds of the societ)', made it possible to meet the expenses of the 

 exhibition. The exhibition was open four evenings and three week days 

 and on Sunday afternoon, being visited during that time by 30,734 people, 

 11,228 of these attending on Sunday afternoon, thus clearly demonstrating 

 the advisability of the Sunday opening. A detailed description of this 

 exhibition was given in the Journal of the society for March, 1910. 



The third exhibition was also given at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. This was in conjunction with the American Rose Society which 

 had been invited to hold their annual meeting with us. The exhibition 

 was open from Wednesday, March 16, to Friday, March 18, and was 

 attended by 13,535 people, three evenings and two days being devoted to 

 the affair. While the exhibition was not very large, the quality of the 

 material on exhibition was of the first order. This was especially true of 

 the roses and orchids. A special fund was also contributed by the mem- 

 bers of the society to help defray the expenses of this exhibition. 



There have been eleven meetings of the Council, including two special 

 meetings on September 24 and October 29, to consider matters in refer- 

 ence to the fall exhibition. 



The society has held the usual monthly meetings from October to June, 

 inclusive, as follows, all but that of June, which took place at the New 

 York Botanical Garden, being held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History : 



May 12, 1909. Annual meeting, with election of officers, followed by 

 an illustrated lecture by Mr. George V. Nash entitled, " Flowering Shrubs 

 and Trees." 



June 5, 1909. Summer exhibition, held at the Museum of the New 

 York Botanical Garden. The exhibition continued through the following 

 day, Sunday. On the afternoon of the fifth a public lecture was given by 

 Dr. Wm. A. Murrill, entitled, " The Selection and Care of Shade Trees," 

 illustrated with lanterni slides. 



October 13, 1909. Lecture, "Coniferous Evergreens: their use in the 

 landscape," by George V. Nash, illustrated with lantern slides. 



November 10, 1909. " A Talk on the Chrysanthemum," by Mr. W. H. 

 Waite. 



December 5, 1909. Lecture, " Shade Trees in Cities," by Mr. Wm. 

 Solotaroff, illustrated with lantern slides. 



January 12, 1910. Lecture, " Winter Decorative Shrubs," by Mr. George 

 V. Nash, illustrated with lantern slides and specimens . 



February 9, 1910. The lecture announced for this meeting, " The 

 Ideals of Horticulture," by Mr. James Wood, was postponed on account 

 of the ceremonies in connection with the unveiling of the statue of Mr. 

 Jesup at the Museum. 



March 17, 1910. The regular meeting of the society should have 

 occurred on the ninth, but by action of the Council was postponed until 

 the seventeenth, that it might be held in conjunction with that of the 



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