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Highland

April 4th 1909

A very beautiful day for our first
meeting and an unbroken membership. Our
President congratulated us upon our having passed
through the winter with no loss in our
circle. He read an extract from the Annals of
Sandy Spring. The author said if our society
lived a year it might continue to
exhist! This is its 45th year. At our last meeting
an article was read suggesting bringing
in the plants of wild flowers for blooming
in the house in winter. Elizabeth Iddings
brought in Hepaticas which bloomed the 16th
of February and are still blooming. At Rock
Spring a large branch of lilac was broken
off by the storm of March 4th. It came in bloom
beautifully and gave much pleasure to the family
and their friends.

The minutes were read and approved.
1st Reader, Sarah Kirk read of the seedless
orange. A lady gave some cuttings to the
Dep. of Ag. From those cuttings came our seedless
orange. Her address is not known or it would
be a pleasure to let her know that her gift is
appreciated.

2nd Mary Magruder read of a system and
scale of colors to insure having flowers in
bloom at the months possible. Volunteer, Dr. Kirk
read from a magazine, published in 1792, extracts
which showed that methods in gardening
used then were similar to those
in use now. E.S. Iddings read Carl Morton's