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While the writer regrets very much the present abandonment of the society, yet he feels 

 it is much better so, than to have it diverted from the original broad plan on which it was 

 organized and on which it will, undoubtedly, in the near future, be reorganized and success- 

 fully carried to a glorious future. 



It is most gratifying to the writer to announce in this fifth edition of the book "The 

 Dahlia," the reorganization of the American Dahlia Society in May, 1915, along the broad lines 

 on which it was first organized with the result that we now have about three hundred and 

 twenty-five members in good standing and ga-i e in September, 1915, one of the finest Dahlia 

 exhibitions ever given. The society is on a good financial basis having a comfortable surplus 

 after paying all expenses. 



A number of local horticultural societies have become affiliated with the American Dahlia 

 Society. We mention here a list of officers and committeemen for 1916: 



List of Officers 1915-16. 



President. 



Richard Vincent, Jr White Marsh, Md. 



Secretary. 

 ]. Harrison Dick 1426 Seventy-third St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Treastirer. 

 F. R. Austin Tuckerton, N. J. 



Vice-President. 



Geo. L. Stillman A\'esterly, R. I. ^ 



Representing the North. 



Leonard Barron Garden City, L. I. 



Representing the East. 



J. B. Norton College Park, Md. 



Representing the South. 



W. W. Wilmore Denver, Colo. 



Representing the West. 



E.vccntivc Committee. 



Geo. W. Kerr Philadelphia, Pa. 



I. S. Hendrickson Flowerfield, L. I., N. Y. 



J. Duthie Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



P. W. Popp Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



Nomenclature Committee 



Prof. F. H. Hall Geneva, N. Y. 



L. K. Peacock Berlin, N. J. 



Geo. W. Eraser Storris, Conn. 



E. S. Brown East Moriches, L. I., N. Y. 



James Kirby Huntington, N. Y. 



Every Dahlia lover should become a member of the society which was organized and is 

 being conducted in the interests of the Dahlia and for the benefit of the amateur grower. The 

 initiation fee is one dollar, active membership dues two dollars each, associate membership 

 dues one dollar each. Bulletins are issued from time to time and it is proposed to issue a 

 year book each year. The American Dahlia Society is affiliated with the Society of American 



