enthusiasts grows year by year, and when they cannot be talking of 
their hobby, they hke to read about it. 
Next year's show is to be at Reading, Pa., and the great attraction 
there will be the opportunity^ of seeing Mr. Farr's nursery of Peonies 
and Irises. The meeting will be set at the time when the plants are 
at their best, and what between the plants in the fields and the select 
blooms staged in the exhibition room, Peony lovers will have a chance 
there, for once, of seeing all the Peonies they want. 
A. P. Saunders, Secretary. 
Clinton, N, Y. 
Chrysan- The Chrysanthemum Society of America was organized in Buffalo, 
themum N. Y., in 1890, its object being to encourage the growth and improve- 
Society ment of Chrysanthemums, both hardy and grown under glass. 
of Previous to its organization most of the varieties were of Japanese 
America origin, but through the work of the Society, gardeners and florists 
have greatly progressed in hybridizing, until now the American 
Chrysanthemum is the peer of all Chrysanthemums. 
In five of the largest cities committees are appointed to examine 
new varieties on each Saturday in the months of October and Novem- 
ber. These new varieties, many of which have heretofore been raised 
in Europe and Australia and then grown in this country, are scored 
by these committees for Chrysanthemum Society certificates of 
merit. 
Since the advent of the numerous Garden Clubs, great impetus 
has been given the outdoor culture of Chrysanthemums, but the ease 
with which seedlings can be produced makes it necessary that the 
rules governing their certification be rigidly enforced. 
The officers are always willing to give information pertaining to 
the objects of the Society and the growth of Chrysanthemums. 
The membership consists of the many enthusiasts of this country, 
Canada and some from Europe. The dues are $2 per annum. New 
members are desired, and any one interested may become a member 
by paying the annual dues. 
25 West 39th Street, N. Y., November 5-7. 
Charles W. Johnson, Secretary. 
American Not so very long ago, the American Dahlia Society made a classi- 
Dahlia fication of the different types of Dahlias, resulting in the establish- 
Society ment of a number of classes embracing as many distinct formations 
in the Dahlia species. Since that time many beautiful hybrid forms 
have been introduced, some of them with such intermixture of type 
that judges at the various shows this year have been at a loss to classi^(y 
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