the horticultural society of new york 



March 8, 1911 



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

 Natural History on Wednesday, March 8, 1911, at 3:30 P.M., 

 Vice-president Wood in the chair. 



The minutes of the meeting of February 8, 191 1, were read 

 and approved. 



The following resolution, moved by Mr. Newbold, was seconded 

 and carried : 



Resolved: That an invitation be extended to the American Rose So- 

 ciety to be our guests for the spring of 1912, and that the same invitation 

 be extended to the Clirysanthemum Society of America for the autumn 

 of 1912. 



The secretary was instructed to transmit these invitations. 

 The exhibition, devoted mainly to carnations and cyclamens, 

 was held in the West Assembly Hall in conjunction with this 

 meeting. 



There being no other matters to come before the meeting 

 adjournment was taken at 3 140. 



George V. Nash, 



Sccrctarv. 



THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



A great event in the history of horticulture in this country has 

 coine and gone. The Second National .Flower Show, the largest 

 exhibition of this kind ever given here, was held at Boston, in 

 Mechanics Building, from March 25 to April i. It was an inspi- 

 ration to those who were fortunate enough to visit it, and must 

 remain a source of regreat to all who could not attend. Flower 

 shows there have been in this country, and large ones, but none 

 before to equal this, either in size or quahty. Its success was 

 instantaneous, from the impressive opening exercises of the first 

 evening, to its close eight days later. It will be difficult for those 

 who were not present to realize how great was this show, how 

 broad its scope, or how representative its character. The horti- 

 culturists of Boston are certainly to be congratulated upon their 

 showing and the spirit which made them all work to the common 

 good of the undertaking. A high ideal has been set, and great 



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