NORTH AMERICAN LILY SOCIETY 
About thirty persons interested in promoting the culture of lilies. 
met in Horticultural Hall in Boston, Mass., on July 9, 1947 and or- 
ganized the North American Lily Society. The organization meeting. 
_ Was sponsored by the Lily Committee of the American Horticultural ; 
Society of Washington, D. C., and met in Boston at the invitation of i 
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which was holding its annual 
& Lily Show at that time. The American Horticultural Society for the 
past eight years has been sponsoring work with lilies and has pub-. 
lished four American Lily Yearbooks, The new society will publish an- 
iy courage research on lily problems. | . eS Ast 
_.. The society is country wide in scope, including the United States _ 
and Canada, Membership is open to any person, who is interested in 
promoting the culture of lilies. Provision is made for the organiza- 
tion of regional groups within the Society and for the affiliation of 
nual Yearbooks, organize field days, promote lily exhibits and en- — 
garden clubs and other societies interested in lily culture. 
a At the meeting a constitution and by-laws were adopted and offi- 
~« @ers elected for the coming year. : Psat ee Cerca ates 
The officers elected are as follower. ose he e : 
ae aa L, H. MacDaniels, Cornell University, Ithaca, 
Vice President—Mr. E. F. Palmer, Director, Horticultural Ex- 
periment Station,. Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada, 
Secretary—-Dr. Norma E, Pfeiffer, Boyce Thompson Institute, 
Yonkers, N. Y. ses , Den 
peat pa a Philip Brierley, Plant Industry Station, Belts- 
ville, Md. ae : | ve no) 
Elected directors: paren teen | 
Mr. Alan Macneil, North Springfield, Vermont. | Ba eye 
Prof. Victor Ries, Dept. of Horticulture, Ohio State Univer- 
sity, Columbus 10, Ohio, © is LE OO 
- Appointed directors: | eet : 
_ Mrs. Harrison P. Bresee, Orange, Virgina. _ 
Mr. Jan de Graaff, Sandy, Oregon. Vita ten Cony uai tne! 
Dr. S. L. Emsweller, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. 
- Mrs. M. J. Fox, Foxden, Peekskill, New York. AER i 
Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, = 
Mire Viale A. Rowell, 5587 15th Avenue S., Minneapolis, 
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Dr. F. L. Skinner, Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada. 
Mr. Donald Stryker, Langlois, Oregon. an 
Dr. Albert M. Vollmer, 318 Lansdale Avenue, San Francisco, 
<0) Calid eee ee ani TS 
i Dues in the new society are $3.00 for annual membership, $5.00 or _ 
_ more for sustaining membership and $50.00 for life membership, In- 
quiries regarding fhe society can be sent to the secretary and appli- 
cations for membership should be sent to the treasurer. 00 | 
