THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



decided to omit the exhibition this month. A lecture was deHv- 

 ered by Mr. John K. L. M. Farqnhar on " Gardens in Italy." 



January 2"/ , 1912. This meeting was accompanied by an exhi- 

 bition. Air. C. A. Darling gave a lecture, illustrated with lantern 

 slides, on " Grapes and Grape Culture." 



February 24, 1912. An exhibition accompanied this meeting. 

 Air. G. R. Cushman gave a lecture, illustrated with lantern slides, 

 on " The Orchard : Insecticides and Fungicides." 



March 23, 191 2. There was an exhibition in connection with 

 this meeting. The lecture was by Air. Robert Pyle on "Among 

 the Roses in Europe," and was illustrated with lantern slides. 



April 20, 19 1 2. It was decided to omit the exhibition this 

 month. The lecture was by Air. George V. Nash on " Flowers 

 for the Spring Garden," and was illustrated with lantern slides. 



Two monthly meetings of the society were found impracticable 

 at the present time, and so it was decided to merge the meeting 

 of the Orchid Section with that of the general society. 



The Journal has been issued quarterly as follows : no. 8, 

 July, 1911, 20 pages; no. 9, October, 191 1, 12 pages and i plate; 

 no. 10, January, 1912, 14 pages and i plate; no. 11, April, 1912, 

 16 pages ; making a total of 62 pages and 2 plates. 



The membership of the society is now 415, divided as follows: 

 Patrons, 2; Sustaining, i; Life, 83; Annual, 329. The total 

 number of new members is 85, of which 17 are life and 68 annual. 

 The losses in membership are as follows: by death, 14; resigned, 

 13; dropped on account of non-payment of dues, 11; total 38. 

 This leaves a net gain for the year of 47 members, 17 life and 30 

 annual. Nearly all of the new members were obtained through 

 invitations, of which about 7,400 were sent out. The cost of this 

 was about S296.00. As a result $850.00 was added to the per- 

 manent fund through new life memberships, and $340.00 secured 

 for the annual expenses by dues from new annual members. 



Three of the annual members. Dr. S. T. Armstrong, Chester 

 W. Chapin, and F. R. Newbold, have qualified as life members 

 by the payment of the fee of fifty dollars. 



It is desirable that the number of patrons, sustaining members, 

 and life members be increased, and it is advised that steps be 

 taken to formulate some method of accomplishing this. 



Fifteen more shares of U. S. Steel Preferred stock have been 



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