THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY 



January 25, 1913 



A meeting of the society was held on Saturday, January 25, 

 1913, at 4 P.M., at the American Museum of Natural History, 

 accompanied by an exhibition which was open from i to 5 P.M. 

 Dr. Southvvick presided. 



The minutes of the meeting of December 21, 1912, were read 

 and approved. 



The following person, having been approved by the council, 

 was presented for annual membership : 



Mrs. E. Robt. Mager 



The secretary was authorized to cast an afifirmative ballot for 

 her election. This was done and the person declared elected an 

 annual member of the society. 



The following resignation was accepted with regret : 



Dr. J. M. W. Kitchen 



There being no further business before the meeting, the lecture 

 announced was given by Mr. George T. Powell, on " The Educa- 

 tional and Financial Importance of Horticulture to the Com- 

 munity." The lecture follows : 



The Educational and Financial Importance of Horticulture to the 



Community 



An industry usually reflects an influence or affixes its stamp upon 

 those who are engaged in it. In a mining district, where men work un- 

 derground, there is usually little interest or pride in the homes overhead. 

 The houses are poor and unattractive, the streets are neglected, the sur- 

 roundings of the houses are generally dreary and void of any features 

 that are homelike and joyous. 



This is not altogether the fault of the workers, however, in the mines, 

 for when the owners of the houses take no interest in making them com- 

 fortable and attractive, those who spend their working hours mainly 

 away from them can hardly be expected to do so. 



Again, the factory workers, who day in and day out work with the 

 same machines for weeks and months, and perhaps for years, in time 

 tend to become as automatic in thought and action as the machines they 

 handle, and the communify in which such workers live, if in large num- 

 bers, is to a greater or less extent influenced by the industry in which 



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