. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . to beat; a good mate toit is Pride of New Haven. Mrs. Wm. Roberts is afine flower, pure white, distinctly tipped with pleases with a beautiful shade of bronzy-yellow,the entire flower suffused with delicate tints of salmon-rose; as a cut flower this variety is just what its nameimplies. Miss Elizabeth Moran, presents an effectivecombination of red and gold. Several unnamed seedlings appealed to me greatly,especially for garden decoration and cutting, but, be-fore
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . to beat; a good mate toit is Pride of New Haven. Mrs. Wm. Roberts is afine flower, pure white, distinctly tipped with pleases with a beautiful shade of bronzy-yellow,the entire flower suffused with delicate tints of salmon-rose; as a cut flower this variety is just what its nameimplies. Miss Elizabeth Moran, presents an effectivecombination of red and gold. Several unnamed seedlings appealed to me greatly,especially for garden decoration and cutting, but, be-fore Mr. Slocombe names any of his seedlings they haveto measure up to his requirements of a good Dahlia,not from one point only, but from many points. Thisone realizes when he looks through Mr. Slocombes col-lection of named varieties. The field of new seedlings was interesting. These areall tested out for two or three years before being con-sidered worthy of a name. The visitor to Mr. Slocombes gardens will find ahearty welcome, and I am sure will be well repaid bythe good things to be seen there. Dahlia J. H. Slocombe The famous Dahlia grower and raiser of new seedlingsat New Haven, Conn. American Sweet Pea Society A meeting of the executive committee was held underthe presidency of Geo. W. Kerr, at the Hotel Breslin,New York, on Thursday, Oct. 25. There were present\\mi. (iray, secretary, W. A. Sperling and J. H. Dick. The financial balance, after all the expenses of theBoston show in July had been paid, was $ Itwas agreed to make an active campaign for new mem-bers, and to publish a bulletin-schedule on the samelines as the one of last year, as early in 1918 as prac-tical. Negotiations for the holding of a show in June nextyear in New York, in conjunction with the Horticul-tural Society of New York, are pending. It was re-solved that further steps be taken towards the founda-tion of a W. T. Hutchins memorial in the shape of acup or medal. Various donations t
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