THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



the accidental crossing of the China rose with the Four Seasons, both 

 growing on that island. The Tea-scented roses are the result of crossing 

 the Blush Tea-scented and the Yellow Tea-scented roses, both introduced 

 from China. The Hybrid China rose is the offspring of varieties of the 

 French rose, Rosa gallica, and the Provence or Cabbage rose, Rosa centi- 

 folia, said to be a native of the south of France, crossed with the China 

 rose, Rosa indica. So we have in the Hybrid Tea roses a mixture of the 

 China rose, a wild species, the Damask rose, a native of Syria, the Bourbon 

 rose, a supposed hybrid, the Blush Tea-scented and the Yellow Tea-scented, 

 the French rose, and the Provence or Cabbage rose. 



Many other flowers were illustrated and their botany described. Among 

 these were the nasturtiums, marsh mallows, gentians, both the closed and 

 fringed, and the cardinal flower. The compound character of the so-called 

 "flower" of the compositae was described, and many examples of it 

 shown, including iron-weed, boneset, button snakeroot, golden-rods, asters, 

 zinnias, and sunflowers. Dahlias, a Mexican type, and Cosmos were 

 described. 



The chrysanthemum is the flower of the fall. It was the " golden 

 flower " of the Greeks. Herbarium specimens of Chrysanthemum sincnse 

 and C. indicum were exhibited. It was by the blending of these two that 

 the chrysanthemums of to-day were produced. These are horticulturally 

 classified on the shape of the individual flowers. Some of the principal 

 ones are the following, which were illustrated with lantern slides : the 

 anemone, with ray and disc flowers, both well developed ; the pompon, 

 the disc flowers absent or nearly so; the reflexed type, the flowers turned 

 down ; the ordinary incurved t3'pe, with the flowers turned in ; and the 

 ostrich-plume incurved type, the same as the previous one, but with the 

 flowers hairy. 



The speaker closed with some remarks upon the autumn-flowering of 

 some shrubs and trees, noting Kerria japonica, Forsythia Fortunei, Syringa 

 vulgaris, Pyriis communis, Mains Mains, Primus Cerasus, and Amygdalus 

 persica. These flower normally in the spring or early summer, but occa- 

 sionally flower again in the autumn. The last picture shown was of the 

 witch-hazel, Hamamelis, the normal flowering time of which is late fall. 



The lecture aroused much interest and considerable discussion 

 followed. George V. Nash, 



Secretary. 

 December 14, 1910 



A meeting of the society was held at the American Museum of 

 Natural History on Wednesday, December 14, 1910, at 4.05 P.M., 

 the President in the chair. 



The minutes of the meeting of November 11, 1910, were read 

 and approved. 



The following persons, having accepted the invitation of the 



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