24 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 



"The Octagon, Washington, D. C. 

 'The American Institute of Architects, founded in the year 1857, will commemorate the Fiftieth 

 Anniversary of this date, in the City of Washington, on the eighth of January, 1907, and will esteem it an 

 honor if the American Society of Landscape Architects can be represented on this occasion." 

 Also a letter from Mr. Seeler: 



"Philadelphia, December 8, 1906. 

 "American Society of Landscape Architects, 

 "New York City, N. Y. 

 "Sirs: — I beg to supplement the invitation of the American Institute of Architects, that you be 

 represented on the occasion of the exercises commemorative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation 

 of the Institute, by enclosing a preliminary program of the Institute convention. 



'The Secretary of the Institute would be pleased to know the name and address of your representative, 

 should you decide to have one present, in order that an invitation to the Annual Banquet may be forwarded 

 him. "Yours very truly, Edgar V. Seeler." 



On motion of Mr. Langton, it was decided that the invitation of the A. I. A. be accepted, and a 

 representative sent. 



Part of a letter from Mr. F. L. Olmsted, Jr., to the Secretary, suggesting that a candidate for 

 membership be proposed by two Fellows instead of applying for admission, on the ground that it would be a 

 more dignified and satisfactory attitude for the Society to adopt. 



In the discussion which followed, Mr. Greenleaf and Mr. Kennard spoke in favor of Mr. Olmsted's 

 view, and Mr. Langton opposed it on the ground that in becoming a member the man was honored — not the 

 Society. Mr. Pilat made the point that proposals for membership would be appropriate in a social club, 

 but not in a Society such as the A. S. L. A. The matter was laid on the table. 



A paper, 'The Jamestown Exposition," by Warren H. Manning (see page 83), was read. 



January 8, 1907. Ninth annual meeting and dinner at the Transportation Club, New York City. 



Present: Miss Jones, Messrs. Caparn, Kennard, Lowrie, J. C. Olmsted, Parsons, and Vaux, Fellows; 

 Miss Coffin, Messrs. Brinkerhoff, Dawson, Dow, Fleming, Gatringer, Gay, Hoth, Morell, Nichols, Nolen, 

 Saltus, Townsend, Underbill, and Vitale, Juniors. Guests, Mr. C. W. Barry, Mr. P. R. Jones. 



Mr. Nolen spoke of the suggestion of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Company, for the use of a 

 seal on the cover of the proposed reprints of classics in landscape architerture, and within the book an 

 appropriate inscription. After discussion, the following inscription was approved: 



"This is the first volume of a series of Classics in Landscape Architecture which has been undertaken at 

 the suggestion and with the cooperation of the American Society of Landscape Architects." 



Mr. C. W. Barry, of Rochester, made a speech on the "Relations of the Horticulturist and the 

 Landscape Architect," which he afterward revised. (See page 89.) 



February 5, 1907. Meeting and dinner at the Transportation Club, New York City. 



Present: Miss Jones, Messrs. Caparn, Lowrie, F. L. Olmsted, Parsons, Simonds, and Vaux, Fellows; 

 Messrs. Gay, Lay, Morell, Nolen, and Pilat, Juniors. 



In a discussion on the reprint of Repton, Mr. Nolen and Miss Jones referred to the obsolete character 

 of many of the Repton illustrations. Mr. Nolen said the new Repton would contain photographs of Repton's 

 work done a hundred years ago. 



^}^^ J°"es advised the translation and republishing of Dezalliers d'AgenviUe's "Theorie et Pratique 

 de Jardinage" as an admirable book, and very difficult to get. 



Then followed the report of the Committee on Seal: 

 , "^' the result of a considerable amount of insistence on the part of the committee, a few suggestions 

 for the Sea^ of the Society, have been received. These ideas may be roughly divided into two classes, one 

 pictorial, the other conventional. 



"In the first crude stage the pictorial may seem the most attractive. However, as the problem is 

 more careftilly considered with regard to its limitations, the pictorial element seems less adapted to the 

 purpose. These hmitations are many; the space is necessarily small, therefore the design must be repre- 

 sented in comparatively few lines, because minute lines or spaces cannot be successfuUy reproduced in 



