The Garden Club of Short Hills invites all the members of The Garden 
Club of America to their Fifth Annual Dahlia Show, on Friday and Satur- 
day, September 25 and 26. The show is to open on Friday at 3 p.m. 
Will be open that evening and all day Saturday. Luncheon will be served 
to guests coming from a distance on Saturday at the Short Hills Club. 
Schedule for a Season's fflower Sbows 
The Garden Club of Lawrence, Long Island. 
The following letter and schedule of flower shows from Mrs. 
Sanford, President of the Garden Club of Lawrence, Long Island, will 
be of great help to other clubs: 
"We have flower shows once a month in a member's house, usu- 
ally in the morning, and we send out our notices early enough to allow 
the members to grow flowers for them. We try to have flowers that 
any one can grow, usually an annual and a perennial. Last year our 
greatest difficulty was to find competent amateur judges. So I wrote to 
eighteen women asking them if they would be willing to hold themselves 
in readiness to be called on to judge during the summer, and to read 
and prepare themselves as much as possible. They were all most will- 
ing to help, and the recorder has that matter in charge for the coming 
year. Our prizes are limited to five dollars for two, and so far they 
have always been given by a member, so that they are of no expense 
to the club. One or two simple rules must be followed in order to avoid 
confusion and make it easy for the judges. I would be glad to answer 
any further questions." 
Flower Exhibitions of 1914. 
May 7th, Daffodil Show. Judge, Mr. Hound. 
June 18th, Rose Show. Judge, Mrs. Field. 
July 2d, Phlox and Sweet Peas. 
August 6th, Asters and Gladioli. 
August 20th, Vegetable Exhibit. One prize, Corn and Toma- 
toes; one prize, arrangement of different vegetables. 
September 3d, Stocks and Dahlias. 
October 1 st, Marigolds, Salpiglossis and Snap Dragons. 
November, Chrysanthemum Show. 
The officers of the club will be glad to have members offer 
simple prizes for the flower contests. Plants must be in the possession 
of the exhibitor six weeks before shown. Three to five named speci- 
mens only of each variety to be shown. 
