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H/5/1900 -1-

Avalon 75^o
May 1^st 1900

We assembled near the appointed
hour. The minutes were read and corrected
Readers of selected articles Emma
Stabler read of a fern which thrived on
beef - steak 2^nd arrangement and treatment
of a bed of sweet peas; the bed
made very rich nasturtiums planted
in front of the peas. They produced
quantites of flowers till late autumn
3^rd To make screws go easily into hard wood
apply soap. Some of our members use
beeswax which causes screws or nails to
enter the hardest wood easily 2^md Reader
Mary E. Gilpin in place of George Nesbitt
the experiment with some of the
common kinds of roses; the bed was
ashes, mulched with straw and watered
with soap suds. After a repetition
of the treatment they were
scarcely recoganizable; so vigorous was
the growth and so fine the flowers.

Volunteer articles by F. D. Stabler
1^st Observation of Dr Woolsey of