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on wilting ferns and it revived them;
as it does roses and other flowers, by
cutting a little off of the stems and putting
them in a vase of hot water.

Dr. Kirk propose cutting his gooseberry
bushes to the ground let them make
new tops.

It is recommended to mulch rose
bushes heavily with grass instead of
watering them.

Ellen Farquhar has white narcissus
bulbs for those who want them
and also pepper plants

The garden was very clean, roses
in full bloom, house plants arranged
for summering out of doors. In
the vegetable garden cabbage salsify
etc were well advanced
The report on Forethought advised fighting
weeds and rose bugs and gave
an excellent recipe for potting soil
This meeting like all before it was, what?
Charming, delightful? Words fail, all our meetings
are so pleasant, all our host and hostesses are so kind
and attentive, all our guests are so politely interested,
all our members so genial and responsive all
our glasses are rose colored. May they so continue