The Bulletin of the Society has published a special plea 
that the Amateur summon up enough courage to exhibit this 
time. Some of us did last year, and were astonished at what 
a good sho\\dng we could make. The Garden Club op 
America has offered its silver medal for the most meritorious 
exhibit by an Amateur. Would it not be splendid if it was won 
right back by a member of the Garden Club of America? 
There are all sorts of classes for Amateurs — just a few blooms 
of a variety, so take heart, friends ! Try it ! The Short Hills 
Garden Club has offered its silver medal for the best collection 
of seedlings of 1921, and a number of vases have been offered 
for novelties. It is to be hoped that many of our members will 
view the Dahlia Society show on Friday the 30th, and then 
stepping into the Hvidson tube at 33rd Street and 6th Avenue, 
take train from Hoboken for Short Hills, where the 13th 
Annual Dahlia Show of the Short Hills Garden Club opens at 
three o'clock. This is to be held at the Short Hills Club, 
directly opposite the Station, and trains to and from town take 
less than an hour. The Garden Club is especially desirous 
that any amateur who has dahlias, will exhibit them at this 
Show. Schedules will be sent upon request. Address Mrs. F. 
A, Burlingame, Short Hills, New Jersey. 
Speaking of Dahlia Societies, there is a thriving one now 
in Trenton, New Jersey. Starting late in the Summer of 1919, 
fifteen men and women organized themselves sufficiently to 
give a small show in one of the large shops. Quickly their 
membership increased until now it is some two score. 
The first real flower show of any kind held in the city of Tren- 
ton, was the largest exhibit of the Trenton Dahlia Society last 
September, and quite unsolicited, the Trenton Garden Club pre- 
sented them with a silver cup which was won as a sweepstake 
prize. 
Their show this year is to be held at the Republican Club, on 
September 16th and 17th. 
The Dahlia There is probably no single Plant Society in this country more 
Society op a-ctive and enthusiastic than the Dahlia Society of California. 
California Starting among a small group of men and women who had 
quickly grasped the possibilities of that most wonderful flower 
in their part of the country, it has gro^\^l in membership to four 
or five times that of national societies now twice its age. 
Probably the following extract from their Constitution ex- 
presses their ambitions better than any other words : — ' ' It aims 
to unite ALL parties acceptable to one another without regard 
to sex, occupation or profession, who feel an interest in Dahlia 
culture, especially for its o\mi sake; to issue bulletins or other 
literature pertaining to the Dahlia and its culture; to arrange 
exhibits of the flower and to assist others in so doing; to work 
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