COMPLIMENTARY EXCURSION 



On the day following the last business session of the Conference the 

 Council of the Horticultural Society of New York invited the delegates 

 and members of the Conference to an excursion up the Hudson River, under 

 the guidance of Mr. James Wood, president, who explained the various 

 points of interest passed en route. A landing was made at Poughkeepsie, 

 where conveyances met the party, and Fern Tor, the home of Mr. F. R. 

 Newbold, treasurer of the Society, was visited, by invitation. Here the 

 party was entertained, and, after a short rest, the estate of Mr. F. W. Van- 

 derbilt, at Hyde Park, was visited, Mrs. Vanderbilt receiving the visitors, 

 and accompanying them around the gardens and farm. This place is notable 

 as the site of Dr. Hosack's old home, where many fine specimen trees are to 

 be seen. The party returned to New 7 York City by train. 



The hearty thanks of the Conference Committee is due to Mr. New- 

 bold and the Misses Newbold for their very hospitable reception and enter- 

 tainment. 



The following persons attended this excursion : 



C. A. Zavitz, C. L. Watrous, 



R. M. Kellogg, H. T. Crouse, 



H. L. Hurt, S. W. Underbill, 



S. A. Beach, M. M. Shaw, 



G. T. Powell, S. Fraser, 



Mrs. G. T. Powell, A. Shaw, 



W. Paddock, Mrs. F. Willard, 



N. L. Britton, S. Henshaw, 



Mrs. N. L. Britton, J. B. Norton, 



C. W. Ward, W. Bateson, 



J. Wood, J. T. Withers, 



G. Nicholson, W. T. Macoun, 



D.Morris, W. B. Alwood 



R. Willis, T. V. Munson, 



W. Fawcett, Mrs. T. V. Munson. 



N. E. Hansen, S. Brown, 



A. J. Pieters, G. N. Collins, 



F. M. Hexamer, C. S. Scofield, 



G. V. Nash, W. Sannders, 

 W. H. Evans, W..G. Johnson, 

 A. Rehder, E. Asmus, 



C. F. Shaw, B. Dorrance, 



C. B. Smith, Miss A. Dorrance, 



C. E. Allen, Mi?s Markham, 



Mrs. C. E. Allen, L. Barren. 

 A. L. Willis, 



