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The 1st reader, Frances Stabler, in place
of a selected article, passed around
some pictures for us to see. At a
previous meeting, Elizabeth Davis had
read of a wonderful garden near
Boston belonging to Harvard, so
Cousin Lizzie Idding's sent the article
to Richard Iddings _ he was so in-
terested in the place, that he has
visited it frequently, & sent the pictures
to his mother. This arboretum is
a wonderful spot _ "There has been no
attempt to make it artificial, the
ground is left uneven as in nature, &
the wild plants are allowed full
freedom to grow. There is no weeding
or pruning, & the whole section rep-
resents a perfectly natural area which
altho' tended to by man, does not
have any indication of artificial
cultivation.

Katherine Janney was the 2nd reader,
& gave us a very comprehensive
article called "The Month's Reminder"
from The Garden Magazine.

It said "Stick to your Garden to
the end of this season, even if it