closing up the hole tightly with earth. These fumes are poisonous to 
animal Ufe. 
Mrs. Benjamin S. Warren, Romayne Latta Warren. 
Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich. 
Special Plant Societies 
American Carnation Society 
A. F. J. Bauer, Sec'y., Indianapolis, Ind. 
American Dahlia Society 
/. H. Pepper, Sec'y., 903 Johnston Bldg. B'way 6* 28th St., N. Y. 
National Dahlia Society 
R. W. Gill, Sec'y., Portland, Oregon 
American Gladiolus Society 
A. C. Seals, Sec'y., Ithaca, N. Y. 
American Peony Society 
A. B. Saunders, Sec'y., Clinton, N. Y. 
American Rose Society 
Prof. E. A. White, Sec'y., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
American Sweet Pea Society 
William Gray, Sec'y., Bellevue Rd., Newport, R. I. 
Chrysanthemum Society of America 
C. W. Johnson, Sec'y., 2242 W. logth St., Chicago, III. 
California Dahlia Society 
N. F. Vanderbilt, Sec'y., 725 Fifth St., San Rafael, Cal. 
Southern Dahlia Society 
W. E. Claflin, Sec'y., College Park, Md. 
The American Rose Society 
The American Rose Society was organized in 1899. Its purposes 
are as follows: 
1. To increase the general interest in the cultivation, and to im- 
prove the standard of excellence of the rose. 
2. To foster, stimulate, and increase the production in every 
possible way of improved varieties of roses suitable to our American 
climate and requirements. 
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