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Rock Spring noon 75°

Sept 8th 1905

The meeting was out of the usual date owing to the death of Caroline H. Miller, whose husband with Margaret Magruder started the idea of having a Horticultural Society.

The meeting was called to order near the appointed hour. The minutes were read and approved. owing to the Presiednts absence from the last meeting no readers had been appointed for this meeting.

Eliza Brooke gave a volunteer article sent by Edith Green "Flora's gayest month" mentioning all our brightest September flowers and speaking of the great improvement in Dahlias single and double and the great variety in colors and shades.

A. G. Thomas entertained us with some curios gathered in his travels. pressed specimens of Ragged Robin and barley from the field of Waterloo; a piece of yew tree under which Grey wrote his Elegy, near the William Penn cottage etc. etc.