Time Table and Directions for Reaching Botanical Gardens : 
All members coming by motor-car or by train are requested 
to assemble at Botanical Garden Station Plaza near 200th Street, 
Bronx Park, at 12 o'clock, when the 11:35 tram from the Grand Cen- 
tral Terminal, Harlem Division, arrives. The time by motor-car 
from 59th Street by way of Central Bridge is about forty-five minutes. 
A train returning to the City leaves Botanical Garden Station at 
3:42. Return may also be made by the Third Avenue Elevated Rail- 
way every five minutes. 
Members will please accept to Mrs. W. Gilman Thompson, New 
York Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, New York, and state whether 
they will come by motor-car or by train. This is essential. 
Flower Shows of the Early Summer 
Boston, Mass. — The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is 
to hold a great out-door show next June, on the grounds of the Went- 
worth Institute. Theseare3^2 acres in extent. There will be large ex- 
hibits of Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Professor C. S. Sargent 
and Walter Hunnewell. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., are to build a rock 
garden and Thomas Roland is going to make and plant a Rose garden. 
A large pond is being prepared, so that there will be an adequate dis- 
play of aquatic plants. 
Annual Exhibit of the American Sweet Pea Society, at Horti- 
cultural Hall, under the auspices of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society, July 7 and 8, 1917. Other Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society exhibits: June 23 and 24, Rose, Peony and Strawberry; Aug. 
n and 12, Gladiolus and Phlox; Sept. 1 and 2, Children's Gardens; 
Sept. 8 and 9, Dahlia and Fruit; Oct. 1, Fruit. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. — Flower Show under the auspices of the Garden 
Club of Allegheny County, June 13, 14, 15, 16 
Hartford, Conn. — Rose Show by the American Rose Society, 
Elizabeth Park, June 18-20. 
Newport, R. I. — Show of Out-door Roses by the American 
Rose Society, July 4. 
Philadelphia, Pa. — Exhibit of the American Peony Society, 
June. 
On March 16, 1917, the Garden Club of Washington, Conn., 
was elected to membership in The Garden Club of America. 
President — Miss Rossiter 
Secretary — Miss Dorothy Abbott 
