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r HE GARDEN M A G A Z I N E 
November, 1916 
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Meetings, etc. in November 
{F ollozving dates are meetings unless otherwise specified) 
1. Short Hills, N. J.. Garden Club. 
1-3. Tarrytown, N. Y., Hort. Soc.: Chrysanthemum 
show. 
1-5. Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, Mass.: exhibit. 
2. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
2, 3. New Bedford, Mass., Hort. Soc.: Chrysanthemum 
show. 
Nassau Co. Hort. Soc., Glen Cove. L. I.: Chrysan- 
themum show. 
3. Pasadena. Cal., Hort. Soc. 
3-5. Tux^o, N. Y., Hort. Soc.: show. 
4. N. Y. Bot. Garden, Broruc Park: lecture, “N. Y. 
Botanical Garden,” Dr. N. L. Britton. 
6-13. Indiana Hort. Soc., Indianapolis, Ind.: apple show. 
7. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners’ & Foremen’s Asso. 
8. Chrysanthemum Soc. of America, with Penna. 
Hort. Soc., Philadelphia, Pa.: exhibit. 
Lenox. Mass.. Hort. Soc. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
8- 10. American Institute Chrysanthemum Show. 25 W. 
39th St., New York. 
9,10. Worcester Co. Hort. Soc., Worcester. Mass.: 
Chrysanthemum show. 
111. State Florists’ Asso., Bloomington, 111.: show. 
9- 11. Lancaster, Pa., Florists’ Club: show. 
9-12. Hort. Soc. of New York, Museum Nat. History: 
show. 
10. Westchester] (N. Y.) & Fairfield (Conn.) Hort. 
Soc. Conn. Hort. Soc., Hartford. Conn. 
11. N. Y. Bot. Garden. Bronx Park: lecture, "Plan- 
ning Next Year’s Flower Garden,” Mr. G. V. 
Nash. 
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
11-19. New Orleans. La.: flower show. 
13. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
Germantown, Pa., Hort. Soc.: Chrysanthemum 
show. 
Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Rochester, N. Y., Florists’ Asso. 
New York Florists’ Club. 
13, 14. National Potato -Asso. of America: annual meet- 
ing, Washington, D. C. 
14, 15. R. I. Hort. Soc., Providence, R. L: exhibit. 
15. Tarrytown, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
16. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
17. Pasadena, Cal., Hort. Soc. 
21. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners’ & Foremen’s Asso. 
22. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
24. Conn. Hort. Soc., Hartford, Conn. 
25. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
27. Park Garden Club, Flushing. L. I. 
29. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
The Chrysanthemum Society Show 
NOVEMBER 8th, the Chrysanthe- 
'^mum Society of America will hold its 
annual exhibition in Philadelphia. Besides a 
number of silver cups and medals to be 
awarded, many cash prizes have been offered, 
and it is felt that competition in the many 
classes for first place will be keen. Seedlings 
and sports are both eligible to be shown before 
the examining committees provided they have 
been given a two years’ trial. The American 
Rose Society will also meet at the same time. 
The Dahlia Society Show 
T he American Dahlia Society exhibition, 
recently held in New York, was regarded 
b}’ many as the most impressive Dahlia show 
ever held in this country. The exhibits were 
many and varied and attractively staged. 
Certificates of merit were awarded to Jean 
Kerr, pure white Show; Fiery Cross, crimson 
scarlet Peony; and to the seedlings Geisha 
X J. B. Fry and “Rohallion.” Preliminary 
certificates were granted to three seedlings. 
The Garden Magazine Achievement Medal 
was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. \V. P. Carpen- 
ter, of Fort Thomas, Ky. 
Other varieties attracting attention were 
Sunshine, a golden Duplex; Edna Sharp, 
bronze, large. Single; \\ hite Excelsior, Show; 
Mildred Slocombe, large pink Decorative; 
Mrs. Frederick Grinnell, a good pink Peony. 
4 he prize for the largest bloom was 
won by Valiant, a crimson Cactus measuring 
ten inches across without the petals being 
spread. Geisha was a close second. 4 he 
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