New-York tribune., 1880-03-10
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MEETING OF H0RTICULTURlSTs.
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE socIETY-PArE


NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE sOCIETI-PAFEh
BY PFTER HENDERSON.
The monthly meeting of the Horticultural Society
drew an unusually large attendance of members
and visitors yesterday afternoon in spite OF the ior
bidding weather. About thirty new members were
| admitted, including David Dows W. H. VanderoilI
Martin Bates, Charles Laner j. Is. Colgate Johh o
! Kennedy Alfred Pell, and +. S. Lathrop. Inc re-
cent accessions to the Society under the vigorous
! presidency of Samuel Sloan. have added so mater-
aly to its strength that the long talked OF enter
prise of building Horticultural Hall worthy of the
city Yesterday took definite form. and was prac-
tically begun by the appointment OF
committee to select suitable site lor
the building. President Sloan ana MI
| Charles Butler mado earnest Speeches In favor OF
! the project The committee consists of Percy X.
| Pyne VIM. Osborn, j. b. Trevor. j. +. Morgan
Wilson G. Hunt, Peter Henderson. Samuci ~ pap,
| cock John Henderson, S. b. Parsons and SamueI
The display Of flowers included a gronp of choice
orchids pIOfusiOn of bloom from tulips ana i,ilI
| (lihnm longforuml amaryllis, camilias, roses ana
! voilets A specimen of Iris Susana attracted mucn
notice. Besides these were many plans in potS oi
! the strains of cOlens which have been OTlglndtcu
during the past by careful hybrdgng, palms,
! crotnns dracRnas and the dwarf eveTgreens, va
riegated Japanese naples suitable for lawn
| planting from the collection OF Parsons
& Sons few pots of native Spring 3loOinine ponain
I
] anemOnes trailing aTbutus, mountain ladles silP-
| per and the Ike-were fully as attractive rs the
more pretentious exotics about them. Mrs. Morgan.
! Isaac Buchanan. Peter Henderson ana j. hOehI, Oh
! Jersey CITY, were among the largest exhibitors
! The literary feature of the meeting was paper
on Horticultural progress III America Ieau i'i pS
Peter Henderson. The historical sketch begaI WIN
the famous garden ard arbOsctuln founded I'D fllu-
| delphIa in 172S by the botanical enthusiast Johh
Bartram. 1t the influence OF TINS batilaI, gar
/ 1ru which for more than 100 years gave Phila-
| delphia her prominence in horticultural matters
| among American cities AdNelllSeIehiS VI houscs
! dens attached" and of others with green
! houses flied with tropical plants as cary
| "a 1856 prove that some attention was
! Given TO ornamental planting here about at that
| period The nurseries Of William PIncG at flush-
| ing were opened in 1861 and early III me present
! century the catalogues OF MI Prince, DT liOsack'
| Thomas Iloeg-the father of the present lhomas
! Hoaa 10 whom the world IS so much indebted iOr
the introduction of Japanese plants Thomas Bude-
| man and Others show that coinmclcial 1oiucmtuIo
! was already considerable business. II was not
| until about 1910 that this industry began TO be
! literally patrouized and rewarded.
| tho largest establishment IN Ncw-fork ana nQt
o,nonnt IN 5000 and probably the sales in the whole
! city did not amount to $1,000. Now, It w0uld
probably be no ggeration 10 say that NeW-l DIX
n9ye $50 900 for its flowers on that day. and during
the year the trade in these perish9ble commodities
runs into the millions. There are 900 Horst eslaD-
ishments within radius of ten miles from the CITY
! Hall and the capital invested IN land, structures
and stock IS not less than SN.OOOOOO. MI Hcnucr-
son showed that in horticultural methods America
IS in advance of Europe, while IN the
ornamentlhon of public grounds we ,haTe
the Jardin des Plautes or PhGnlX Park, Dublin;
and tine comparison between the grounds about su-
burban villas III this country ana Europe Is even
,nnre strongly against us. The paper concluded
with sketch of of the hOrticutuTal societies
in the larger cities. and showed what they might
accomplish by exhibitions for comparison ana COM
petition. and in other ways TO esiabhsh correct
canons of taste and to stimulate Intelligent interest
PROTECTING AND PAVING THE STREETS
THE ALDERMEN SETTLE down TO BUsINEss-LIGIiIs
on Tue ELEVATED RAILWAY PosTs-A LARGE
NUMBER or STREETS ORDERED PAVED.
For the first time since the present Board OF Al
dermcn organized at the beginning Of the year 1t
devoted itself almost entirely Yesterday TO
the transaction of business and gave l:tle
time to discussion. The ordinance to license
dealers or venders of theatre tickets was
Io,d on the table for ono week. Alderman
Marshall called up tho ordinance providing for
the punishment of any person over twelve years OF
ace who shall throw banana or orange peeS or any
simla substances on the sidewalk Alderman nan
wished TO make tho age of the offenders twentY-one
,ears instead of twelve Alderman Pcrey thought
If would he necessary to have more station houses
The motion was laid upon the table
Another motion by Alderman MARSHALL TO compel
tha Elevated Railway companies 70 put Iight, on
the pillars at street crossings. and also to prevent
grease water. etc, from falling IN ihc.sueeis was
nosso | by vote of 13 to 8.
ON tho recommendation of tho Committee ON
! pnbhc Works the Commissioner Of Public
| Works was authorized TO pave the following
| streets with granite block pavement: Fulton-st..
/ between Broadway and South Ccntre aud Marion
sts from south side Of Canal to Prlncej front-st,
| between Whitehall and Old SIP; Waker-st., be-
! tween Haxter and West Broadway; SeYenth-aVc.,
between Eleventh and fourteeml-sts.. except on
! the horsc-patbs of the railroads; Greenwlct-aVe.,
! between Sixth and Elghth-aycs.; West-st. ana
! Tenth-ave between Eleventh and FOnr;ecnth-sts.
! The following streets are to be paved with trap
| hlock paVement MadisOn-st., between clinton ana
| G~on1. lcners0n-st betty cen Division and South {;
! Sevcnth-st between Avenue-A and East RIVER {;
! Srcopd-avc., between Nineteenth and twenty
! tbird-sfs: Thirteenth-st.. from Elghth-ave. TO
Ganeevoort-st; and GanseyoOrt-st" from 1hir-
teenfL-st to Twofth-aye.; Iwcnty-sec-
ond-.t.. between SiXth-ayc. ard Ilud-
som River; Eleventh-st.. between Third aud
/ Tourth-avoe Twenty y-iirst-st., between FIRST ana
Ihird-ayes; lenthave., between Twcnty,second
and Ihirtg-frst -sts. First-ave., between H0dston
and Eiehth-sts.; Jay-st. between Hudson and
Moore-st, between Pearl and south; Williams T.,
befween Beaver and Broad; St0ne-st, between Will
lam and Broad Old Slip, between Pear and south;
Fletchcr-st between Pearl and South BurlinG
| slim between Water and South iiouOyer-st.. be-
tween Exchange place and PeaTl-St DePeyhter-st.,
! between Water and SOUTH Platt-st., between VIII
| 1aJn and Pearl Cntf-st., between Fulton and
| Fclry Fourtecnth-st., between Ninth nnd kIey-
enfh-ayes.; Fify-seventh-st., between Fifth and
| Sixtb-aVes.
| IL was also provided that One hundrcd-and-
! tyent y-fourtl-st., between First and lhrd-aYcs.
! shonlG be paved with Macadam pavement
QUESTIONS OF WATER SUPPLY.
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