Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1891-1906

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Falling Green Oct 3rd 1905

The Society met at noon. After lunch the meeting was called to order the minutes read and approved.

The readers, 1st Emma Stabler read "Forget me not" and an article on peonies; they should be planted 3-1/2 feet apart; the clumps should be divided once five years

2nd Helen Thomas read of an enormous flower 39 inches in diameter and of a Sanatarium for plants in New York. they are taken for the summer and returned to the owners when wanted.

Volunteer by Dr Kirk Raising hemp in Manilla. the lower leaves are cut 15 or 20 each season; the plant grows in a lime formation among rocks and lives about twenty years. E.S Iddings read of Burbank's mountain of lilies in California.

Margaret Magruder told of the wonderful roses she saw in Oregon. Cuttings taken in August are set out in October and bloom in May. Sixty bushels of buds had been cut and sent to the Cities. Marechal

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Neil roses were magnificent.

A. G. Thomas told of a verbina he saw in Europe which was 18 feet high Mary Magruder told how she raised her Dahlias, The bed was prepared by plowing and harrowing then the holes were dug like post holes; plenty of manure and a stake were put in. Start them early and plant out when danger of frost is over The were in bloom for two months.

Forethought

gave the proportions for a potting soil, namely 1 part old hotbed earth 1 of sand 1 of garden soil.

Roger Farquhar puts his carrots in a pile in the garden and covers with earth. They keep well.

Meterologist report missing.

Janet Miller, poultry, white wash the coops inside and paint outside

Dampness a great cause of illness in poultry. Prepare incubators and brooders now and put coops in shelter. April pullets should lay now; get rid of old hens. "Milk paint" Water lime (Portland cement) and skmmed milk is good

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for hen houses

The specimens were numerous and fine. Our thanks are given to Mr Jones for his fine exhibit of pears, celery and nine [1 word underlined] varieties of apples.

Mary Magruder had a brlliiant display of dahlias, 30 varieties.

Questions

1| Will it do to move black berries? they are growing among peach trees. Yes

2| What two best varieties of chicken for table and eggs? Plymouth Rock best all round variety. White Leghorn for eggs.

3| Best early sweet corn? New England Cosmopolitan. Adams not sweet but early

4| How get a piece of sod land in condition for a garden? Plow this fall after manuring, and replow in the spring and plant.

5| Is it too late to sow Spinach? not for spring use. Roger Farquhar plants early in the spring

6| How early does New England corn come? First of July.

7| A grapevine which has never had much attention and is much tangled how treat it? Cut off in December leaving 2 or 3 stalks.

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8| What time bring in house plants? Now if frost threatens

9| Where keep an azalea? In a cool room it will not freeze.

10| When divide peonies? In September and until freezing weather

11| How protect Lavender in winter? with brush

An apple tree 50 years old bore its first crop two years ago, two apples this year had a good crop of fine lookig apples

A. G. Thomas described the gathering of cork in Spain. The tree looks like a Linden. The bark an inch to 2-1/2 inches thick is taken off and taken to the R. R. Station in carts with five mules to a cart - This work is done by women and girls; all the men and boys being in the army. All the bark is taken off and in two or three years it is ready to be cut again.

Many flowers were blooming and vegetables had been abundant.

Readers for next meeting Katherint Janney Emily Massy

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Fair HIll May 1st 1906

Our President opened the meeting with the following remarks

"Since our last meeting in October the great reaper has brought sorrow and sadness to many families of our Society and tho "The tender grace of a day that is dead can never come back to us" we still have the consolation of knowing that the dear ones who have left us their impress for good behind them, and it is only by living up to our highest ideas of duty that we who mourn their absence, can reconcile ourselves to the changed conditions, and go forward through the remainder of life's journey with hope and thankfulness for the many blessing that still are ours."

This was the time for election of officers which resulted in the reelection of the present officers to serve for two years. The readers, 1st Katherine Janney read of the vitality of squash seed which come on early if planted in March. 2nd A thorough way of cleaning a hen-house, 10 lbs of dynamite 3rd An important feature in raising brooder