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was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Farr, Harris, Saunders, 
Brown, and Craig; it is hoped that it will be possible to get 
the work ready for the press within a year. 
The officers of the Society for the coming year are: 
President, B. H. Farr; Vice-president, E. B. George; 
Treasurer, J. H. Humphreys; Secretary, A. P. Saunders; 
Director to serve three years, S. G. Harris. 
Mr. C. S. Harrison, of York, Nebraska, the Dean of peony 
growers and peony enthusiasts in America was unanimously 
elected to honorary membership. In recognition of his 
services in connection with the preparation of the bulletins, 
Mr. Leon D. Batchelor was also elected to honorary member¬ 
ship. Fourteen new active members were elected, almost 
all of them amateur growers. 
Prof. John Craig, of Cornell, who was unable to be present 
at the meetings on account of ill health, sent the following 
telegram to President Farr: “Present my greetings to 
members Peony Society with deep regret at inability to 
attend, but hearty wishes for successful meeting. This 
peony investigation represents the best piece of continuous 
cooperative effort accomplished by the department with 
any society or organization. I consider the three thousand 
or more dollars it has cost money well spent.” In reply, 
Mr. Farr sent the following message: “The Society acknow¬ 
ledges your kind message, sends thanks to you for your 
effective cooperation in the work at Cornell, and hopes for 
your speedy and complete recovery. By unanimous vote, 
all join me in taking advantage of this opportunity to 
express the high regard in which you are held by the members 
of the Society.” 
In the absence of Professor Craig, the Department of 
Horticulture was represented at the meetings by Prof. A. 
C. Beal, to whom much credit is due for his efficient 
services in connection with the exhibition. 
With the completion of the work of the Nomenclature 
Committee, the next work before the Society is the publica¬ 
tion of the Peony Manual, and it is hoped that all members 
of the Society and other peony growers who have been using 
the descriptive bulletins will give the publication committee 
the benefit of their notes and observations, so that the 
descriptions may be as accurate as possible before being 
published in permanent form. 
It is the purpose of the Society now to make an effort 
to enlarge its membership, particularly among amateur 
growers. Those amateurs who have attended the meetings 
and exhibitions in the past have always been enthusiastic 
over the benefits to be derived from them, and it is believed 
by the members of the society that there are amateur 
growers in all parts of the country who would be glad to 
come in if they could be made to realize the importance to 
themselves of their doing so. 
No definite action was taken on the meeting place for 
next year. Cleveland and Chicago were both discussed as 
possible meeting places, but the matter was finally left in 
the hands of a special committee. 
It was the general opinion of the members that the 
Ithaca meeting was the best yet; there was good-fellowship 
in the air, and even politics could not disturb the general 
cordial feeling. 
Excellent exhibits were made by the Cottage Gardens 
Nurseries, B. H. Farr, E. A. Reeves, G. H. Peterson, A. P. 
Saunders and others. Mr. Rosenfield of Omaha, Nebr. 
staged a fine new variety under the name of Karl Rosenfield. 
A. P. Saunders, 
Secretary. 
Doings of Societies 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 
This organization met in Horticultural Hall, Boston, 
Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon, July 13. A joint 
session of this Society was held with the National Sweet Pea 
Society, whose meeting is scheduled at the same place and 
time. 
AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 
The following officers were elected at the last meeting 
of this Association: President, Chas. N. Page, Des Moines, 
la.; first vice-president, Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.; 
second vice-president, Arthur B. Clark, Milford, Conn.; 
secretary-treasurer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 0 .; assistant 
secretary, J. H. Ford, Ravenna, 0 . Membership committee, 
Albert McCullough, Arthur B. Clark, and J. C. Robinson. 
Executive committee, Leonard Vaughan, Kirby White, 
Chas. D. Boyles, C. N. Keeney, and W. D. Ross. 
The American Rose Society will meet with the Society 
of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists at the 
annual convention of that organization in Chicago during 
the month of August. Benjamin Hammond is Secretary. 
Adolph Farenwald is President. Mr. Farenwald has recently 
returned from a visit to the International Horticultural 
Society exhibition and conference in London. 
Port Arthur, Tex. —At the recent convention of the 
Gulf Coast Nurserymen’s Association, the officers were re¬ 
elected, as follows: W. A. Stockwell, president; R. W. 
Halbert, vice-president; I. M.' Johnson, secretary; H. T. 
Lilly, treasurer. Steps were taken looking to the federation 
of the Association with the horticulturists of southern Texas 
and Louisiana, under the name of the Gulf Coast Horti¬ 
cultural Society .—The Florists' Exchange. 
exhibitions 
AN APPLE SHOW 
In connection with the eighteenth convention of the 
International Apple Shippers’ Association will be held this 
Association’s third annual apple show. August 7 to 9 are 
the dates set for the exhibition and meeting. Anyone who 
desires may enter an exhibit, large or small, provided it is 
truly representative of the section from which it comes, 
and that it be exhibited as the product of the state where it 
was raised. It is the purpose of the exhibit to show the 
condition of commercial varieties of apples at this season. 
Further information may be had from Mr. C. A. Kerr, 79 
West South Water Street, Chicago, who has charge of 
arranging for the exhibit. 
