Annual Bulb Exchange and Business Meeting coming up on October 25

That’s when we’ll have the BulbExchange and Annual Meeting of theMidwest Daffodil Society at Annex 1 ofthe Chicago Botanic Garden. We’ll startat 2 p.m.

Light refreshments, probably ciderand donuts, will be served.

The bulbs we have for that eventwill include some from the garden of ourchampion shower Nancy Pilipuf and afew extra-special ones from John Reed’scatalog. Also we may have some bulbsleft over from the sale, so everyone willwalk away with bulbs worth more thantheir annual membership fee.

Bring any daffodil bulbs you mayhave (labeled, please) and any otherplants, seeds, or other things from yourgarden which you would like to share.

As MDS members, you are welcometo attend with or without bringing some-thing. Everything will be shared by all.

This meeting will also feature theelection of officers. All offices exceptthe directorships are one-year terms. Adirector serves for three years.

Why not consider serving on theboard. This year we had only one boardmeeting, and a fine time was had by all.If you are interested, please call me at847 438-5309 or e-mail me atmary@dorners.net.

Hook a kid on daffodilsDo you know a child who may be interest-ed in growing daffodils? The ADS has agreat newsletter for youth. Get a copy byemailing daffodil@dorners.net.

MDS upcoming events• October 17 and 18: MDS annual bulb

sale at the Regenstein Center of theGarden (see article)

• October 25: annual business meetingand bulb exchange in Annex 1 of theGarden (see article)

Midwest Daffodil Societymidwestdaffodil.org October, 2009

Mary Dorner, President20753 Buffalo Run • Kildeer, IL 60047daffodil@dorners.net • 847 438-5309

Above, see Annex 1 at the Chicago BotanicGarden, site of our October 25 meeting. It islocated on the service road just south of theVisitor Center, between parking lots 1 and 2.

Bulb sale scheduled forOctober 17-18 at the Garden

The MDS Bulb Sale will be held onOctober 17-18 at Burnstein Hall of theRegenstein Center at the ChicagoBotanic Garden. This year’s sale will besomewhat different. We have a lot ofbulbs, but only a few varieties. They willall be bagged in multiples, and the pricewill be $3 to $5 per bag. We’ll also havethe popular “grab-bulb,” a handful ofunnamed bulbs for fifty cents.

Members get the usual 10% dis-count, and another 10% if you work thesale for at least an hour.

These bulbs are all from the dig atOakwood Daffodils and are of very goodlineage, but they may be a little young;some may not bloom until the secondyear. The asterisked cultivars are WisterAward winners. See www.daffseek.orgfor photos.Air Marshal, 2 Y-O*Accent, 2 W-PCeltic Gold, 2 Y-YCoral Light, 2 W-GWPDottie's Dream, 2 Y/W-WPPFirst Born, 6 YYW-GYP*Fragrant Rose, 2 W-GPPGold Convention, 2 Y-YRefrain, 2 W-PSalem, 2 Y-W*Salome, 2 W-PPYSpellbinder, 2 Y-WWYTorridon, 2 Y-OZanzibar, 2 Y-R... and a few more.

We’ll be bagging next weekend(October 9-11) at the Dorners’ home inKildeer. Call for information if you’dlike to help.

We’re looking for help during thesale, which will be from 10 a.m. to 4:30p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Planto spend a couple of hours helping at thesale. Drop a note to daffodil@dorners.net or call 847 438-5309 to signup for a convenient time.

MDS members shine atcombined ADS/MDS Show

Several of our members did verywell at the ADS/MDS Show at theBotanic Garden in April. Irene Vass wonthe Small Grower Ribbon at this nation-al show. (A “small grower” is one grow-ing 50 or fewer daffodil cultivars orspecies.)

Nancy Pilipuf won both the MaroonRibbon for the best collection of fivereverse bicolor cultivars and the MathewFowlds Silver Medal for the best stan-dard cyclamineus hybrid in the show.

The talk of the show was “WindyCity,” a beautiful bloom from Dr. JohnReed which won five major awards.

Bill Hessel won two of the designcategories, as well as the Best Design inShow award. Bill and Pat Hessel alsoorganized the design show.

Stephanie Lindemann won the BestUse of Daffodils in a Design award andwas instrumental in all arrangements forthe show and the convention.

Photos of the winners mentionedabove are shown on the reverse side ofthis newsletter.

Special thanks to Carol and AlanChamp who hosted the members’ loungeat the convention.

Time to pay your annualmembership dues

All who receive this newsletter arecurrently paid members through at least2009. Those wishing to pay 2010-11dues of $5 per year may do so to AlanChamp, treasurer, at the October 25meeting or by sending a check made outto the Midwest Daffodil Society to AlanChamp, Treasurer, 1546 Willow Street,Lake Forest, IL 60045.

Please include your address, phonenumber and email address, if applicable.

New members are always welcome.Consider bringing a friend to the nextmeeting.

2009 Board of DirectorsPresident: Mary DornerVice President: Nancy PilipufSecretary: Carol ChampTreasurer: Alan ChampImmediate Past President: BruceEckersbergDirectors:

Stephanie Lindemann, 3 yearsPatricia Hessel, 2 yearsGail Schaffner , 1 year

Reciprocal gardens: something you should know

Are you a member of the AmericanHorticultural Society or any of these gar-dens? • Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL; • Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden,

Rockford, IL; • The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; • Boerner Botanical Gardens, Hales

Corners, WI.• Mitchell Park Conservatory, Milwaukee,

WI• Fernwood Gardens, Niles, MI

If so, you can show your member-ship card to get free parking at theChicago Botanic Garden.

See www.ahs.org/events/recipro-cal_events.htm for a description of theAmerican Horticultural SocietyReciprocal Admissions Program and acomplete list of participating gardens,arboreta and conservatories.

Conversely, you can use yourChicago Botanic Garden membershipcard to gain admission to the AmericanHorticultural Society reciprocal gardens.

Have you tried Daffseek?Daffseek is the online catalog of

registered daffodils which keeps grow-ing and expanding its services and itsutility. It’s an example of pooling, mak-ing available, and keeping up to datemore information via the web than couldever be done with books and magazines.Any daffodil grower should know it anduse it. This web resource provided by theAmerican Daffodil Society is easy to useand it may be used to expand yourknowledge, to plan for next year, or tohelp you identify blooms in your ownyard.

Give it a try. Sit at your computer orgo to the library and use theirs. On yourbrowser go to www.daffseek.org. Youwill see a page with a number of blanks.For a trial, type in “Thalia” for FlowerName, and click on “Submit Query” atthe bottom. Then spend a little timelooking around on the page that appears.Click one of the thumbnail pics. Thenclick it again. Then again. There arethree sizes for most of the photos, allow-ing close examination. You’ll see thatthis flower is on the Historics list andthat it came from Holland.

Top row: “Jamboree,” 2 Y-O, Irene Vass; five reverse bi-colors, Nancy Pilipuf; “Rapture,” 6 Y-Y, Nancy Pilipuf.Second row: “The Japanese Garden,” Bill Hessel; “WindyCity,” 2 W-Y, Dr. John Reed; “The Circle Garden,”Stephanie Lindemann. See story on page 1. Pictures byTom Stettner and George Dorner.