THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Cdith the Societies 
The Tennessee Horticultural Society elected the following officers 
for the ensuing year: President, R. A. Wilkes, Culleoka; vice- 
president for East Tennessee, W. Id. Fox, Gravesville; Middle 
Tennessee, J. W. Garrett, Lawrenceburg; West Tennessee, W. P. 
Wade, Kenton; secretary and treasurer, Chas. A. Keffer, Knoxville. 
A horticultural society has been permanently organized at Free¬ 
water, Ore., and will be called the Milton-Freewater Horticultural 
Society. Following are the officers elected: President, T. L. Rags¬ 
dale; vice-president, C. E. Simondus; secretary, D. C. Sanderson; 
treasurer, W. Forsythe; directors, A. Tanke, E. P. Jensen and Ho¬ 
ward Evans. A series of meetings is to be held in the near future in 
Milton. Tum-a-Lum grange, Ferndale and Bienkie hall, in the 
interests of horticultural education. 
The spring show of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was 
held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 24-26 in 
Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. 
Professor H. S. Jackson of the Delaware Experiment Station was 
the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society on March 11. His subject was “Disease Resisting Varie¬ 
ties of Plants and Their Development.’’ 
On Wednesday, March 11, 1908, the Worcester County Horti¬ 
cultural Society held its annual banquet and reunion in Horticul¬ 
tural Hall, about 250 people attending. John B. Bowker was toast¬ 
master. Among those who spoke of their work, and told entertain¬ 
ing stories were: C. S. Gold, president of the Connecticut Pomo- 
logical Society; I. L. Harvey, vice-president of the Xew Hampshire 
Horticultural Society; J. W. Clark, the new president of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Fruit Growers’ Association; Prof. F. C. Sears of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Agricultural College; Edwin H. Burlingame, secretary of 
the Rhode Island Horticultural Society; Dr. George M. Twitched of 
Augusta, Me.; A. Warren Patch of Boston, and Joseph K. Greene. 
The Midgley quartet, composed of Leonard C. Midgley, Mrs. Harry 
Hildreth, and Mr. and Mrs. Percy G. Forbes, sang selections while, 
Mr. Forbes and Mr. Midgley sang two duets. The exercises closed 
with a selection by the quartet. The guest adjourned to the main 
hall, where the Light infantry orchestra played for dancing until 12 
o’clock. 
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society opened its spring exhi¬ 
bition in Horticultural hall on Tuesday, March 31. The show con¬ 
tinued for two days. 
Robert Cameron, superintendent of Harvard Botanic Garden, 
delivered a lecture before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 
His subject was “Annuals and Biennials,” and he said, in the 
beginning: 
A schedule of the prizes offered by the North Shore Horticultural 
Society, Manchester, Mass., for 1908 has been issued, and copies may 
be secured by addressing the secretary, James Salter. The society 
will hold two exhibitions during the year, one July 1 and 2 and the 
other August 26 and 27. 
The St. Louis Horticultural Society held its second Spring flower 
show last week in the Masonic Temple Building, Grand avenue. 1 he 
exhibition this year was not so large as the last one, and the attend¬ 
ance was smaller, owing to the fact that admission was charged, 
whereas last year it was free. The bad weather also had an effect on 
the attendance. The exhibition itself was neatly arranged by the 
executive committee, with plenty of room for all exhibits, except the 
nursery display, which was crowded into a small side room. 
The annual rose and carnation night of the Lenox Horticultural 
Society occurred March 7, and was the most successful of any ever 
held. 
A well attended meeting of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society 
was held at Good Templars’ hall, Friday evening, March 27. Presi¬ 
dent Angus filled the chair, and in the absence of Secretary Neu- 
brand, William Scott was appointed secretary pro tern. 
Most of the prizes given last year at the fall exhibition will be 
duplicated so the outlook is bright for the next November show. 
The committee in charge is busy preparing the schedules and they 
will be sent to all concerned in due time. 
The St. Louis Horticultural Society has issued its first bulletin, 
naming in it a list of prizes for the best gardens, window or porch 
boxes and back yards, in all amounting to $185. The committee on 
awards will make inspections from time to time and the prizes will be 
awarded during the fall show. 
The officers of the Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association, elected at 
the recent convention at Nashville, are: President, Frank McCord, 
of Nashville; vice-president for West Tennessee, H. A. Byrns, of 
Silvia; vice-president for Middle Tennessee, E. W. Chattin, of Win¬ 
chester; vice-president for East Tennessee, E. S. Dougherty, of 
Knoxville; secretary-treasurer, G. M. Bentley, of Knoxville. 
Peter Youngers, of Geneva, has been elected treasurer of the 
Nebraska State Horticultural Society to serve his twenty-second 
consecutive term. 
The Spokane County Horticultural Society is making elaborate 
arrangements to entertain the Washington State Horticultural 
Association during its annual convention in Spokane, December 7th 
to 12th. 
The farmers in the section of the country around Winlock, Wash., 
completed preparations, March 30, for the organization of a fruit¬ 
growers’ association. C. M. Nelson, S. A. Davis, A. Provost and A. 
Roush were elected directors and will take care of the management 
of the association. The association will erect during the coming 
summer, a cannery in Winlock to care for the fruit. 
The Whitman County Fruit Growers’ Association has been or¬ 
ganized at Colfax, Wash. W. L. LaFolette is president and W. S. 
Thornber, secretary. 
The Fresno Fruit Growers’ Company has been organized at 
Fresno, Cal., by A. R. Nicholson, G. A. Hare, J. L. Maupin, E. Y. 
Foley, H. V. Rudy and B. E. Hutchinson, of Fresno, and G. W. 
Wyllie, of Dinuba. The tonnage of fruit represented by this new 
organization, it is said, will make it of considerable importance. 
The American Seed Trade association will meet in Detroit, June 
23-25 to hold its 26th annual convention. Ample hotel accommo¬ 
dations have been obtained at reasonable rates.' 
AN ORCHID SOCIETY PROPOSED. 
A meeting is to be called for next week in New York for the pur¬ 
pose of discussing the desirability of organizing a society devoted ex¬ 
clusively to the interests of orchid culture. It is proposed to hold 
periodical exhibitions under the auspices of the society in various 
centres. Both amateur and professional orchid fanciers are inter¬ 
ested in the movement. 
