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Edgewood June 4 - 1935

The lure of the out-of-doors at
Edgewood on June 4^th made it a
little hard for the president to
call the meeting of this society to
order at the appointed hour, but
when we did gather it was with
quite a full attendance of members
and a number of guests.

The minutes of last meeting were
ordered recorded as read.

Margaret C. Bancroft, as one of
our readers asked Diane Stabler
to tell of the Peony Show recently
sponsored by the Takoma Park
Horticultural Society & from her we
learned some good points on peony
culture, among other things, they like
plenty of sunlight & if only 10 or 12
shoots are left on a plant, they will
not need to be separated. A heavy
dressing of manure can be applied
after they are up in the spring.

Elza Thomas said before she went
West, she was a bit skeptical as to
all being true of what she had
heard of the beauty & chatm of what
was to be seen there. But she
found the whole had not been
told and she gave us a most