The formation of these Regional Districts would seem to solve 
the problem of making the Society really National. They may elect 
their Vice-President and committees, hold their shows, and conduct 
their own business, all, of course, subject to the approval of the Board 
of Directors. Thus all parts of the country will have Iris interests, 
though the Central Iris Collection will be at the Botanical Garden 
in New York City, where originators of new varieties should send 
roots of their seedKngs to be proved side by side with standard sorts. 
Work of this kind has already been started at Cornell University, 
and it is felt to be very desirable to co-operatfe with that work and to 
establish collections at available centers. 
Anyone interested in the Iris is eligible to nomination to active 
membership, paying a membership fee of $3 . 00 per year, or a sum 
of $25.00 makes any active member a life member. The money 
received from life memberships shall be invested and the interest 
only expended by the Society. Persons who have rendered dis- 
tinguished service to the development of the Iris may, at the discre- 
tion of the Board of Directors, be elected honorary members for life. 
They may not hold ofi&ce, or vote, or be required to pay fees. A sub- 
scription to The Flower Grower accompanies every active member- 
ship. 
Between the morning and afternoon sessions a delicious luncheon 
was served, seating sixty-five guests, in the fine old dining room of 
the LoriUard Mansion. 
Could arrangements be made that would enable clubs to be 
afiiiUated with the Iris Society, it might prove of mutual benefit. 
These plans should stimulate interest in growing the Iris. We 
aU have it in our gardens, though beyond dividing every two or three 
years Httle attention has been paid to it; but now when we find it 
suddenly in the public eye, let us take notice and join the Society, 
thus securing all the knowledge that has heretofore passed us by, 
and see what we can do, if not in hybridizing, at least by giving in- 
telligent care to what others have worked hard to produce. 
Co-operation 
witb Special 
Plant Socie- 
ties 
We are becoming convinced that the Special Plant Societies are 
not receiving the support that they have the right to expect from 
garden lovers. It is doubtful if many realize what these groups of 
experts are doing to develop and improve the special flowers they 
have selected for their hobbies. They labor year after year and feel 
rewarded if they have discovered some new way of routing a pest, 
established a new variety, cleared up a muddy and ineffective shade 
and made it a thing of beauty, and all apparently for their own satis- 
faction; for they receive very little encouragement even from those 
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