Horticultural Society

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Our walk was very limited owing to the earlyness of the season. The hot-beds were in a proper state of advancement and the Greenhouse was glowing with beauty.

Adjourned to meet next at Alloway

Alloway

May 13th 1875

Our Society met at Alloway. The members from Longwood Hermon and Olney were absent, and our guests were Sallie Brooke Patty Stabler Gilbert Smith and T. J. Lea. The specimens were from Brooke Grove flowers, Radishes and onions two feet high; from Sharon a bouquet and asparagus. Riverside Leawould Mills bouquet of Heartsease Springdale a bouquet, Avalon a bouquet and Lettuce. Rock Spring Radishes

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may cause disaster. Tho' the migrants set out under favorable conditions, they may be forced by storms which arise suddenly to exhaust their strength in a futile struggle against the elements. The structures raised by man also kill their thousands. On a spring morning in the year 1902, nearly 150 dead birds were picked up around the Washington Monument; but this destructiveness is greatly exceeded by that of the numerous lighthouses on our coast, particularly those having a steady white light.

While the torch in the Statue of Liberty was kept lighted, as many as 700 birds were killed in a single month. The Fire Island Light on Long Island, claimed 595 victims in one night."

While so much is known of our birds, we lack knowledge on many of the specific phases & general principles of migration." Alfred Newton said "We are here brought face to face with the greatest mystery which the whole animal kingdom presents."

Mary Brooke told us in her selection, of the life of Enos Mills, the animals'

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friend - & what he has given to us in his more than a dozen books, "each of them is packed with information of the kind that you will hardly find elsewhere. He was a dweller in nature's own lands, a haunter of her mountain peaks & her wild valleys. Mills was a friend of animals, & in his life he has done much to insure their safety from extermination, & to make it clear to the public at large that they are not dangerous & hateful because they are wild; no wild animal on our continent will attack a man save under provocation, & rarely even then. No one else has done quite what Enos Mills has done, & no one could have done it better."

Among other things, our Forethought told us to get ready for canning -- keep on planning as well as planting your garden, keep up succession in crops, safe every bit of vegetable matter, cover with soil & allow to decay, by next year it will be ready to top-dress the garden. From the day cucumbers & melons are set out, hoe the ground surrounding them at least once a week.

At this meeting we had our last call for

Dorothy Weske - saw remarkable hybrid delphiniums in Germany - probably 8 feet tall -

Connie Mills - showed a copy of the 1973 Living Calendar, recommending it as a good guide for gardeners and enviromentalists -

Iris Beall - dug down to see what had happened to her Lycoris bulbs - they were very, very deep - It was recommended that she lift them - they need to be close to the surface. She has another problem ; her perennial ageratum died - has anyone had that problem - Apparently not!

Flora Goff - wonders why some of their Chinese Chestnuts burrs are full - others small and underdeveloped nuts -

Betty Ligon - has one local chestnut burr on her tree this year -

After a delightful evening the meeting adjourned until April 1973.

Claire Hutton, Secretary