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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
The Garden Club of Princeton, N. J. 
Mrs. Junius Spencer Morgan, secretary, 
Constitution Hill, Princeton. N. J. 
The Garden Club of Ridgefield, Conn. 
Mrs. Cass Gilbert, secretary, 42 E. 64th 
street, New York. 
Twice monthly at Ridgefield. Also ex- 
hibitions. 
The Ridgewood Garden Club, N. J. 
E. T. Sowter, secretary, Ridgewood, N. J. 
Rumsen (N. J.) Garden Club. 
Miss Alice Kneeland, secretary, Rumson, 
N. J. 
The Garden Club of Somerset Hills, N. J. 
Mrs. Geo. R. Mosle, secretary, Gladstone, 
N. J. 
Second and fourth Thursdays, middle of 
April to November. August excepted. 
The Hardy Garden Club of Ruxton, Md. 
Mrs. R. E. L. George, secretary, Ruxton, Md. 
The Garden Club of Rye, N. Y. 
Mrs. Samuel Fuller, secretary, Rye, N. Y. 
First Tuesdays, April to October. Also 
special meetings and Flower Shows. 
The Shedowa Garden Club, New York. 
Miss Mary Young, secretary, Garden City, 
N. Y. 
Second 'Wednesday each month at mem- 
bers' residences. Vegetable and flowei 
shows, June and September. Correspondence 
with other clubs invited. 
The Short Hills Garden Club. 
Mrs. C. H. Stout, secretary, Short Hills, N.J. 
Monthly at Short Hills Club House dur- 
ing January and February. 
The Southampton Garden Club, New York, 
Twice a month in summer at Southamp- 
ton, L. I. 
The Staten Island Garden Club, N. Y. 
Mrs. J. Harry Alexander, secretary, Rose- 
bank, S. I. 
Garden Club of Summit. 
Mrs. Henry A. Truslow, secretary, Bedford 
Road, Summit, N. J. 
The Garden Club of Trenton, N. J. 
Miss Anne Macllvaine, secretary, Trenton. 
N. J. 
Bi-monthly meetings at members' resi- 
dences. 
The Garden Club of Illinois. 
Mrs. William G. Hibbard, Jr., secretary, 
Winnetke, 111. 
The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess 
County, New York. 
Mrs. Morris Rutherford, secretary, Warrick, 
Orange County, N. Y. 
The Ulster Garden Club. 
Miss Mary H. Haldane, secretary. The Hunt- 
ington, Kingston, N. Y. 
Warrenton Garden Club, Virginia. 
Mrs. C. Shirley Carter, secretary, Warren- 
ton, Va. 
Garden Club, Webster Groves, Mo. 
Caroline Chamberlin, secretary, 106 Plant 
ave., West Grove, Mo. 
HORTICULTURAL EVENTS 
Annual Chrysanthemum Show of the 
American Institute, Engineering Building, 
25 West 3»th street, New York, N. Y., No- 
vember 8-10. 
Horticultural Society of New York, Fall 
Exhibition, American Museum of Natural 
History. November 9-12. 
International Flower Show, Grand Cen- 
tral Palace, New York, X. Y.. March 15-22, 
1917. 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Au- 
tumn Show, Horticultural Hall, Boston, 
Mass., November 1-5. 
Maryland Horticultural Society, Annual 
Exhibition, Fifth Regiment Armory, Balti- 
more, Md.. November 14-18. 
Menlo Park Horticultural Society, Fall 
Show, Redwood City, Cal., October 27-28. 
Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 
Society, Annual Show, Madison, X. J., Oc- 
tober 26-27 
National Association of Gardeners, An- 
nual Convention, Washington. D. C, Decem- 
ber 5-6. 
Nassau County Horticultural Society, An- 
nual Fall Show, Glen Cove, X. Y., November 
2-3. 
New Bedford Horticultural Society, An- 
nual Chrysanthemum Show, Xew Bedford, 
Mass., November 2-3. 
New London (Conn.) Horticultural Socie- 
ty, Chrysanthemum Show, Waterford, 
( nun., November 8-9. 
North Shore Horticultural Society, Fall 
Show, Lake l'mest, 111., November — . 
Northern Westchester County Agricultu- 
ral and Horticultural Society, Annual Fall 
Show, Mt. Kisco, X. Y., October 27-29. 
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, An- 
nual Fall Show, Horticultural Hall, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Xovember 7-10. 
Rhode Island Horticultural Society's 
Flower Show, November 14-15, Providence, 
R. I. 
St. Louis Spring Show, 1917, St. Louis, 
Mo.. March 15-18, 1917. 
Tarrytown (N. Y.) Horticultural Society, 
Chrysanthemum Show in Music Hall, Tarry- 
town. Xovember 1-3. 
Tuxedo Horticultural Society, Annual 
Flower Show, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., Novem- 
ber 3-5. 
Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 
Society, Fall Show, Greenwich, Conn., Oc- 
tober 31 and November 1. 
DAHLIA SHOW AT GLEN COVE, N. Y. 
The annual Dahlia Show of the Nassau 
County Horticultural Society, held on Octo- 
ber 5, was a most decided success from 
both a financial and horticultural view- 
point. The exhibits were of the very high- 
est quality, and in almost all classes the 
competition was very keen. The Henry 
Dreer silver cup, which was offered for the 
best collection of dahlias, 25 varieties, 
brought forth a splendid display, there be- 
ing four exhibitors, each one with a top- 
notch collection. The judges finally 
awarded the prize to W. R. Coe (Joseph 
Robinson, gdr.), with W. J. Mathieson 
(James Kirby, gdr.) second. The E. M. 
Townsend silver cup for the best collection 
of outdoor roses was won by Harold Pratt 
(F. 0. Johnson, gdr.); John Pratt (John W. 
A GARDEN with- 
out Tulips, Hyacinths 
and Crocuses in May 
would be like a year with- 
out a spring. Everyone 
loves these beautiful messen- 
gers of the advancing 
summer. 
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