tain to Mohammed, but since apparently few of our members go to 
the Arboretum and still fewer know that its Bulletin can come to them, 
we feel that steps should be taken to bring the two together. 
There follows Professor Sargent's explanation of the Arboretum's 
Bulletin. That he himself edits this description of the Arboretum, 
its beauties and interests, is an assurance of its authority and im- 
portance. It is published only during the spring and summer months, 
and if you will enclose a dollar in the conveniently enclosed envelope, 
the autumn will find you a more informed and enlightened arboricul- 
turist and horticulturalist. 
"The Bulletin was started with the idea of telling people within 
easy reach of the Arboretum what was best worth seeing at the time it 
reached them. As considerable interest has been shown in it in parts 
of the country remote from the Arboretum I have tried to talk about 
new plants as they flower and to give general information about 
shrubs and trees new and old. The issues of the last two years, at 
least, contain, I hope, a lot of information which is useful to persons 
living outside of Massachusetts. There is a good deal of repetition; 
that is, in June this year there would probably be descriptions of 
plants which were also described or mentioned last June. This seems 
unavoidable for we want to keep in touch with local people that they 
may know what is flowering here. And, after all, repetition from year to 
year does no harm since there are new readers, and old readers for- 
get." 
Spring Flower Shows 
New York Flower Show, March 15 to 22. 
St. Louis Flower Show, March 15 to 18. 
Philadelphia Rose Show (A. R. S.), March 20 to 23. 
Boston Flower Show, March 21 to 25. 
New York Flower Show Award 
At the New York Flower Show, to be held March i5th-22d, 
Mrs. Martin will give a silver cup for the best arrangement of flow- 
ers, color scheme and arrangement each to count one half. The 
prize will be awarded Friday, March 16th, by the following judges: 
Mrs. B. Franklin Pepper, Garden Club of Philadelphia. 
Mrs. Henry Marquand, Bedford Garden Club, N. Y. 
Mrs. Max McMurray, Garden Club of Cleveland. 
