THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



American Rose Society, the invited guests of the Horticultural Society. 

 At this meeting the address of Mr. James Wood, " The Ideals of Horticul- 

 ture," postponed from the February meeting, was given, and also an illus- 

 trated lecture by Mr. George V. Nash on " The Rose and Its History." 



April 13, 1910. Lecture, " Insects Injurious to Vegetation, and Remedies 

 for their Destruction," illustrated with charts and specimens, by Dr. E. 

 B. Southwick. 



The Orchid Section has held monthly meetings, beginning with January. 

 By arrangement with the authorities of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, the evening of the fourth Wednesday in each month has been 

 allotted to the section. The initial meeting in January was devoted to a 

 discussion of the aims of the section. For the meetings of February and 

 March the genus Cattleya was selected as a subject for discussion. On 

 February 23, the discussion was opened by Mr. George V. Nash with a short 

 illustrated talk on " Types of the Genus Cattleya." On March 30, post- 

 poned from the regular date of March 23 on account of its proximity to 

 the spring exhibition, a lecture was given by Mr. John E. Lager on " Col- 

 lecting Orchids in South America." On April 27 no set program was pro- 

 vided, the meeting being left open for general discussion on orchid topics. 



Matters were finally arranged so that it was possible to issue another 

 number of the Journal. This was no. 3 of Vol. I, and contains 23 pages 

 and 3 plates. It appeared in March, and will be issued quarterly in the 

 future. 



The membership of the society has increased considerably during the 

 year. There have been sent out over 1,150 invitations to become members. 

 Acceptances have been received in the ratio of about 2 to every 100 sent 

 out. The total membership of the society is now 220, divided as follows : 

 patrons, i ; life 27 ; annual 192. The total membership indicated on the 

 official list at the time of the last annual meeting was 180, made up as 

 follows: patrons, i; life, 24; annual, 143. This shows a gross gain of 3 

 life members and 49 annual members. The soci'ety'has lost 7 members by 

 death and 5 by resignation, making a total loss of 12, leaving the net gain 

 in membership 40. A list of the membersliip is appended to this report; 

 as is also the report of the treasurer. 



James Wood, 

 Chairman ,of the Council. 



George V. Nash, 

 Secretary. 



TREASURER'S STATEMENT 



For the Year Ending May ii, 1910 



Receipts 



Balance forwarded $205.23 



Annual dues for 1908-9 5.00 



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