OCTOBBB 22, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



27 



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considerable altitudes, the bulk are ex- 

 pected to prove hardy in North America, 

 and many beautiful additions to our 

 present list are probable. Mr. Dawson 

 has now been at the Arnold Arboretum 

 for thirty-eight years. 



S. J, Goddard and M. A. Patten are 

 among those planning to take in the com- 

 ing national show at Chicago. 



Willow Hill Greenhouses are marketing 

 some splendid Bouvardia Humboldtii on 

 long stems. 



Jackson Dawson, of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, is confined to his house this week, 

 two bursting blood veins in his left eye 

 causing him great pain. 



S. J. Goddard is sending in some fine 

 Clementine Touset and Halliday chrys- 

 anthemums to the Park street market. 



W. N. Craig. 



The nominating committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society pub- 

 lishes its list of nominations for the 

 offices of the society to be filled at the 

 annual meeting, November 14. The list 

 is as follows: For president, S. M. 

 Weld; for vice-president, Charles W. 

 Parker; trustee for two years, Geo. B. 

 Dorr; trustees for three years, W. H. 

 Bowker, Charles S, Sargent, Peter Fisher, 

 Thomas Doland; delegate to the State 

 Board of Agriculture, Wilfrid Wheeler; 

 nominating committee, N. T. Kidder, 

 Thomas J. Grey, G. V. Fletcher, William 

 Sim, William T, Thatcher. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The annual dahlia show of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 on Wednesday evening, October 14, in 

 Pembroke hall, in connection with the 

 regular monthly meeting of the society. 

 There was a fine display of dahlias and 

 other autumn flowers, considering the 

 dry season. 



The winners for the different classes 

 were as follows: 



Collection of dabllas — First, James Duthie, 

 gardener to E. M. Townsend, Oyster Bay; sec- 

 ond, George Wilson, gardener to Mrs. Benjamin 

 Stem, Roslyn. 



Collection of single dahlias — First, J. O'Brien, 

 gardener to E. H. Sayres, Glen Cove; second, 

 James Dnthle. 



Twelve cactus dahlias, distinct^— First, James 

 Duthie; second, George Wilson. 



Twelve double dahlias — First, James Duthie. 



Six dahlias, distinct — First, James Duthie. 



At the close of the show the regular 

 meeting was held, with President Jaen- 

 icke in the chair. Two honorary mem- 

 bers and five active were elected; "also 

 three new ones were proposed. Presi- 

 dent Jaenicke jresented the silver 

 medals, won at the summer show, to 

 George Wilson, for roses; Charles 

 Knight, Glen Cove, for sweet peas, and 

 Valentine Cleres, for cut flowers. Mr. 

 Lenker, in an appropriate speech, intro- 

 duced Mr. Dean, the veteran florist, who 



