Horticultural Society

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THE MAPLES, JULY 5 th. 1927

On Tuesday June seventh the weather man had a lapse of memory, for that day dawned very June-like, and remained so through-out the day. Not a drop of rain, very spring like, warm and sunny.

Because of illness The Maples could not have the meeting so, very graciously Brooke Grove traded with them, so on this above mentioend June day we met at beautiful old Brooke Grove.

Cousin Emma Stabler's article told us that every garden should have some wild flowers, the Spider Wort being one of the most satisfactory ones as it blooms thru out the summer. She also read us of how to have lovely lilacs. Dig a very deep hole, put in some old shoes and bones, plant your lilac, and keep fertilized with fish bones.

Mrs. Nesbit read for Mrs Tilton an article from "Better Homes and Gardens". Plant beets and Gladiolia about every two weeks. To exterminate moles put a stick down the runway and pour kerosene down the stick, remove the stick and repeat every few feet. Shift the onion bed every year. And a strawberry huller makes a very fine weeder, especialy for use close to plants.

Strawberries are a biennial ot a perennial therefore for best results a new bed should be planted every year.

The poultry report was very slim until Mrs. Hagerman came, when the turkies were brought uppto last years quoto and the chickens greatly surpassed it. However Mr. and Mrs, Weld came in

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ASHLAND FARMS.

On Tuesday June 5th. The regular monthly meeting of the Horticultural Society assembled at Tanglewood. As one aproached this attractive Home with it's fine trees and spacious lawn, it seemed to be glowing with sunshine and beauty. June flowers everywhere, blooming in the yard and garden. The display of vegetables and flowers was very complete. Ashland Farm showed a horticultural basket that was a prize winner. Richard, whose offerings to The Horticultural Table are always to be noted, had a fine display, May I here remark that we think that Tom Hallowell and Richard Farquhar are real assets to The Society. At this Meeting Tom acted as Assistant Secretary and did it well,

The meeting was called to order by The President, cousin Charley Brooke, a full meeting and several guests. After the usual order of business, Mrs Tilton, The First Reader, read from a Farm Bureau Paper. The article advocated the use of th signs gotten out by The Bureau, offering a reward for the aprehention of chicken thieves. There is a new protective association in the Bureau which issponsoring this, and it should prove a benefit to the County. Mrs. Green the other reader, told of a method of planting tomatoes, in which you use a saturated corn cob to keep moisture around the plant. She also read a poem about a robin.

Dr. Shoemaker gave a talk on Lillies of the Valley, most instructive and interesting. He told of the origin, culture and habits. So many countries have this lovely little flower, even far away Sweden, and Hamburg is carpeted with them.

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