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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 
thusiast in his profession, and a close stu- 
dent of nature, readily answering all ques- 
tions that were put to him. He made a 
strong plea for the better care of shade 
trees in cities and towns, proving their eco- 
nomic value by facts. Lectures of this kind 
are of great value, arousing local interest, 
in something that is too much left in the 
hands of the local politician, who gets the 
position, not for his knowledge of trees 
and their care, but as a campaign reward. 
GEORGE F. STEWART. 
OYSTER BAY (N. Y.) HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
The monthly mi eting of the Oyster Bay 
Horticultural Society was held in the Truck 
House, Oyster Bay. January 2l>. President 
Alfred Walker occupied the chair. Several 
new members were elected to active mem- 
bership. James Duthie, Duncan Beaton 
and Charles Millburn were appointed as 
judges of the exhibits and their decisions 
were as follows: Society prize for twelve 
pink carnations — James Bell, first. Twelve 
white carnations — Wm. Ford, first. Twelve 
carnations, any color — Arthur Patten, first. 
One pot of primula — Frank Kyle, first. 
Table of cut flowers — John Sorosick, honor- 
able mention. Bunch of violets — A. Walker, 
honorable mention. Vase of narcissi — A. 
Walker, honorable mention. Twelve seed- 
ling carnations shown by Hermann Schwarz 
were recommended by the judges to be 
shown again. Exhibits for the February 
meeting are one pot of cinerarias, twelve 
mushroms and six antirrhinums. 
JOHX T. INGRAM, Sec'y. 
Another feature of our meetings is the 
readings and instructions by the Essay 
Committee headed by Archie Smith. 
Archie's claim is. anyone who grows by his 
method will use no other. 
RICHARD BUYS. Secy. 
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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB OF 
BOSTON. 
The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 
ton held its annual banquet at the New 
American House, Boston, on February !). 
with an attendance of over three hundred. 
The tallies were beautifully decorated with 
orchids, roses, carnations, sweet pens and 
other choice cut flowers and plants, the 
banquet room presenting a beautiful ap- 
pearance. James . Methven. the recently 
elected president, acted as toastmaster. 
W. 11. Rich responded on behalf of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W. C. 
Stickel for the Boston Flower Exchange, 
W. N. Craig for the National Association 
of Hardeners. Wilfrid Wheeler for the State 
of Massachusetts and John MeFarland for 
the Boston Co-operative Flower Market. 
Visitors were present from New York, New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maine. A splen- 
did entertainment was furnished, followed 
by dancing, and the evening was a thor- 
oughly enjoyable one. 
NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
At the meeting of the Newport Horti- 
cultural Society held January 25, a paper 
on "Growing Sweet Peas for Exhibition" 
was read by William Gray and one on 
"Gardening for the Amateur," by James 
Robertson. Both papers brought out an 
interesting discussion from the large num- 
ber of members and amateurs present. It 
was one of the most interesting meetings 
held in some time and in order to keep up 
the interest more papers are forthcoming, 
one on "Budding and Grafting" being- 
promised by E. Kempenaar for the next 
meeting. Some of the assistant gardeners 
also have papers in course of preparation, 
notice of which will appear later. 
PATERSON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The meeting of the Paterson Floricultural 
Society held last Tuesday was the most 
enthusiastic ever held. Great interest is 
being taken in the proposed new schedule 
of Classes particularly Dahlias for our 
Fall Show, which, when adopted will make 
our exhibition better than any ever held in 
this neighborhood 
Our show brines forward blooms of the 
highest standard both as to quality and 
method of growing, and while competition 
is very keen amongst our members, what 
we want is to have out-of-town individuals 
or societies try their hand against us as 
we feel it would create better fellowship 
and be instructive as we believe we can pro- 
duce the better goods. 
At last our friend "Bob" Petrie, of the 
Riverlawn Sanitarium, has been beaten in 
the display at our meeting rooms. Every 
month we have had grand floral displays 
and "Bob" took the prizes. This time, 
backward brother Vandercliffe came for- 
ward with the finest carnations we ever 
saw. "Bob" for once took a bark seat, but 
he is still ahead on points. 
HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON FLOR- 
ISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB. 
The regular monthly meeting of the 
llolyoke and Northampton Florists' and 
Gardeners' Club was held February s with 
K. J. Canning, Prospect Heights' Nursery, 
Northampton. 
Members turned out in good number, and 
President Butler kept things moving in 
good style. By unanimous vote it was de- 
cided to change the meeting night from 
the second to the first Tuesday in each 
month, to take effect at the March meeting. 
On behalf of the members (!. H. Sinclair 
presented our worthy secretary, James 
Whiting, with a gold stick pin, as a slight 
token of appreciation of bis good work in 
this office for the past four years. 
instead of a paper being read and dis- 
cused each member brought a question on 
a slip of paper. These were shuffled and 
drawn and each one allowed five minutes to 
answer. Facial expressions during the 
brain racking process were a fine study 
The plan was a great success, each membei 
had to say something, and the questions 
asked were real live ones which uncorked 
much useful information. 
Exhibits of good quality added greatly to 
the interest of the meeting. 
F. D. Keyes & Sou staged a vase of car- 
nation Georgeous and a large specimen 
cyclamen, which same plant was exhibited 
a year ago, and in the interval bad ma- 
tured a good crop of seed. (.. II. Sinclair 
brought a fine spike of Clivia iniviata and 
vases of sweet pea, Mrs. Sims and Christ- 
mas Pink. D. J. Gallinan showed a fruiting 
plant of Fieiis pandurata, and II. E. Downer, 
of Smith College Botanic Garden, a pan of 
hyacinth La Grandesse ami six plants of 
cyclamen. One new member was elected. 
H. E. D. 
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