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Meetings and Lectures in October 
(The following dates are meetings unless otherwise specified) 
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2. New Bedford, Mass., Hort. Soc. 
3. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners' & Foremen’s Asso. 
4. North Country Garden Club of Long Island: 
meeting, Mrs. Robt. W. deForest, Cold Spring 
Harbor. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
5. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
6. Pasadena, Cal., Hort. Soc. 
7. N. Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx I^ark, N. Y.: lecture, 
“Botanical Courses in the Bahamas,” Dr. M. 
A. Howe. 
7-8. Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston. Mass., fruit and vege- 
table exhibit. 
9. Germantown, Pa., Hort. Soc.: exhibit. 
Garden Club of New Rochelle. N. Y. 
Rochester, N. Y.. Florists’ Asso. 
N. Y., Florists’ Club, New York City. 
Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
10-12. American Asso. of Park Supts.: meeting. New 
11. Nassau Co. Hort. Soc., Glen Cove. L. I. 
Lenox. Mass.. Hort. Soc. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
11, 12. Florists’ Telegraph Delivery, Chicago, 111. 
12. Worcester Co. Hort. Soc., Worcester, Mass.: fruit 
and vegetable exhibit. 
The S. A. F. Convention 
T he thirty-second annual convention of 
the Society of American Florists was 
held at Houston, Texas, August 15-18, in- 
clusive. Robert C. Kerr, of Houston, was 
elected President, with A. L. Miller, of New 
York, Vice President. New York was chosen 
for the 1917 convention, and under the new 
by-laws for dates in future to be fixed two 
years ahead, St. Louis was chosen for 1918. 
It has been so many years since the conven- 
tion was in New York and so many changes 
have taken place in local horticultural con- 
ditions that very interesting results are looked 
to next year. The cooperation of the Horti- 
cultural Society of New York and the New 
York Botanic Garden is already promised. 
One positive advantage of the new rule will 
be in the making of convention gardens, 
which can now be developed with more 
permanent material. 
The American Gladiolus Society Meets 
T he American Gladiolus Society held its 
annual meeting in Boston, Mass., 
August 12, Mr. Fairbanks being reelected as 
President, with Mr. Youell as Secretary. 
In the color classes some of the winning varie- 
ties were: 
White: Europa, Rochester White: Red: 
Red Emperor, Liebesfeur, Electric. Crimson: 
Rich Red, Czar Peter, Rajah, George Ball. 
Pink: Panama, Myrtle.. Yellow: Sulphur 
King, Schwaben, Yellow Bird. Any other 
color: Muriel, Mary French, Loveliness, 
Julie M. Fairbanks. Lemoinei Hybrids: 
Madame Mounet-Sully, Baron Hulot, Helio- 
trope, Duval. Primulinus Hybrids: Concolor. 
The Garden Magazine Achievement 
Medal, offered in the amateur classes, was won 
by Mrs. E. R. Pierceof Wellesley Farms, Mass. 
To Study Rose Diseases 
C ERIAIN members of the American Rose 
Society have subscribed the necessary 
funds to secure the cooperation of a trained 
plant pathologist to investigate diseases of 
Roses. The work is already under way. 
Dr. L. M. Massey of the New York State 
College of Agriculture, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, is conducting the investigations. It 
is hoped that all growers of Roses will now 
take advantage of this arrangement, not only 
to obtain what little information there is 
13. Westchester (N. Y.) & Fairfield (Ct.) Hort. Soc. 
Conn. Hort. Soc., Hartford, Conn. 
North Country Garden Club of Long Island: 
meeting, Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt, Glen Cove. 
14. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
N. Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y.: lecture, 
“Destructive Fungi,” Dr. F. J. Seaver. 
18. R. I. Hort. Soc., Providence, R. I. 
Tarrytown, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
19. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
Minnesota Garden E'lower Society, St. Paul, Minn. 
20. Pasadena. Cal., Hort. Soc. 
21. N. Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park: lecture, “Autumn 
Coloration,” Dr. A. B. Stout. 
Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, Mass.: exhibit. 
23. Park Garden Club, Flushing. L. I. 
25. Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y.: show. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
27. Conn. Hort. Soc., Hartford, Conn. 
27-29. Northern Westchester Co. Hort. Soc., Mt. Kisco, 
N. Y.: 14th annual exhibit. 
28. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
N. Y. Bot. Garden. Bronx Park: lecture, “The 
Potato Family,” Dr. H. H. Rusby. 
31-Nov. 1. Westchester (N. Y.) & Fairfield (Conn.) Hort. 
Soc.: exhibit. 
already at hand, but to cooperate in ways 
which will be suggested from time to time. 
It seems desirable, first of all, to make a 
Rose disease survey such as will acquaint 
us with the various diseases, together with 
their range and the extent of injury caused 
by them in this country. To this end, grow- 
ers are asked to cooperate by sending speci- 
mens of diseased plants (franked tags to be 
supplied on request), together with a brief 
statement regarding varieties affected, nature 
and extent of injury, time of appearance of 
the disease, and other points of interest which 
may have been noticed. 
The material sent should be freshly col- 
lected and should show various stages in the 
development of the disease. Where roots 
are sent it will usually be undesirable to 
enclose any soil. Where convenient, speci- 
mens should be mailed so as to reach Ithaca the 
latter part of the week. Place leaves, buds, etc., 
between the leaves of an old newspaper, a few 
between each two sheets. Then roll into a 
tight bundle, wrap in stout paper, and tie well. 
Two New Roses 
T he Committee appointed by the Ameri- 
can Rose Society to judge the New Rose 
entries visited tlie Hartford (Conn.) Test 
Garden on July 5th. The varieties of this 
season’s entry were not considered in condition 
to judge until better established. Among 
those entered previous to this season, the fol- 
lowing climbing roses received awards: 
Dazzling Red — 79 Points. Entered by W. 
A. Manda. Mrs. Longwood — 78 Points. 
Entered by Conard & Jones. 
The following new roses have been registered 
with the American Rose Society, viz.: 
Muriel Moore. Frank L. Moore, Chatham, 
N. J., flower white, in hud a bluisli white. 
Bud longer than that of My .Maryland and not 
quite so double. Foliage distinctly different, 
the leaflets having a rich. green color, are nar- 
rower and have edges more finely serrate, in 
fact, almost smooth. Profuse bloomer. 
Los .dngeles. Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, 
Cal., color, flame pink shaded to yellow, toned 
with salmon. Light green foliage, extra heavy. 
Buds long and pointed opening to a hloom of 
large proportion. Origin or progeny a cross 
between Madame Segon Weber and Lion Rose. 
Growth exceedingly vigorous without the die- 
back habits of Lion Rose. 
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