Horticultural Society

H/10/1882 -2-

Hannah Stabler who was one of the readers for this meeting, plead guilty to forgetfulness and was re-appointed for the next meeting. Annie F. Brooke read by proxy and Francis Miller read some verses by Marshal P. Wilder President of Horticultural Society of Boston

Questions

1 The question of winter protection for roses was discussed; pine or cedar boughs are preferred by several members and care has to be used in taking it off at the proper time in the Spring

2 Is it to late to sow parsley? No.

3 How can we get rid of ground ivy? Pull up by the roots or use lawn mower

4 Would it be well to paint a cypress shingle roof? It was thought it would pay.

5 What time take up lily of the Valley to have it bloom in the house in winter? Just before frost.

6 How treat rose bushes which are infested by ants? Take up, clean, and replant

7 How cultivate roses? Keep the ground clean, give a shallow working and fertilize

8 How eradicate plantains from a lawn? If the lawn mower fail it might be best to crop the ground

H/8/1896 -1-

Riverton noon 85° Aug 9^th 1896

Nearly all the members and many guests assembled

Specimens Falling Green Lima beans corn & tomatoes Rock Spring, a large head of cabbage Lima beans, corn tomatoes, potatoes, cauliflower sugar beets and apples Longwood, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, salsify, carrots and white potatoes Rockland egg plant tomatoes and flowers Avalon flowers Riverside flowers The Cedars egg - plant cucumbers and flowers, The black beetle had spared the beautiful asters Brooke Grove cucumbers, beets, salsify, Lima beans, parsnips, martynia, squash tomatoes, carrots, celery, corn, cabbage snap beans and apples Stanmore tomatoes, Ford hook & squash Boston marrow squash and sweet corn, Cloverlea cabbage, sweet corn, tomatoes cucumbers, onions, Lima beans potatoes snap beans, salsify, and pumpkin.

H/8/1898 -1-

Fair Hill Aug 2^nd 1898 noon 82°

This beautiful found the Horticultural assembled at Fair Hill. Our President was not able to be present which is always a cause for regret. Our vice President having started to Boston, Robert H. Miller was asked to serve as president. After the reading and approval of the minutes of the last meeting, Catherine Janney read an article on the stinging tree, for Sarah E. Kirk she read another on the strength of plants.

The Forethought committee included in its report, the suggestion that peas be planted Aug 20^th and Catherine Janney was appointed to try the experiment and report to the April meeting.

Specimens Norwood, corn, carrots, parsnips, cucumbers beets, cabbage, tomatoes, and night-blooming cereus. Longwood, tomatoes Lima beans carrots parsnips, salsify and flowers The Cedars, tomatoes, lilies gladiolus begonias and roses Riverton, corn, cucumbers, tomatoes

H/10/1907 -4-

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12 When cabbage heads are busting can any thing be done to stop it? No

13 Celery blighting, how treat it? Not likely to to blight much more at this season.

14 Have any raised sweet canteleupes? Yes some have had good ones. Roger Farquhar recommends the Bannana Canteleupe as a very sweet, good variety

15 How prevent raspberries from being winter killed? Try bending over and covering with straw

Albin Thoms gave interesting account of a visit to Boston. He met with great kindness and courtesy from all R.R. officials, street car conductors and other artisans with whom he any intercouse. We are not suprised! His visit to the Agasse Sandy Spring Museum the most remarkable exhibit was the wonderful glass flowers They are exqusitely true to nature

Robert Miller is asked to find the name of the nice plums he has at this meeting.

We had much to admire in the gardens Many roses and other flowers blooming. The Kudzu vine is a wonder, making a curtain many feet in length along the West side of the porch and around the Bay-window. our hostess offers cuttings or plants to all who want them.

The names of Minnie and Ernest Iddings were given as applicants for membership . Readers for next meeting Frances Stabler and Eliza Moore. Place of meeting with be decided in the spring. and notices sent to all members

H/9/1908r-43

show to be held at Spokan in Dec. Large prizes are offered. Secretary asked to reply. Forethought

Sow kale now if it was not sowed in August. Sow lettuce for the cold frame Boston Market and Iceberg. Keep cabbage worked and if worms are bad try some of the various remedies, insect powder salt and ever Paris Green as a last resort. Dig sweet potatoes early keep turnips from being chocked by crab grass. Save corn, Lima beans and tomatoes. A new mode is to wrap each tomato, even very green onces in paper and keep where they will not freeze. Gather apples early. The work of this month is very important. it is time to pot plants and ignore from an expert who says, "in lifting plants from the ground no slip-shod work will do, no whacking off roots no shaking off all the soil. Have the pots ready with drainage in them. Choose a time when the ground is wet so the soil will cling to roots. Pot at once, water and set in the shade to recover. Heliotropes need special care trim them back to six inches, use a good sized pot thorough drainage, rich soil firming it well, water and palce in the dark for a week, water scarcely at all till new leaves begin to show. In a few weeks it will be a mass of verdure.

No report from meteorologist.

Janet Miller on poultry says oats soaked until a warm mach of oats and bran is good. White interior of hen houses; Skimmed milk is considered good for hens. Roger Farquhar reports that the fowls he took to College Park experiment station were said by the authorities