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Alloway! what thoughts this name conjures -
It is synonymous with beauty, graciousness and
hospitality always - And never was it more so than on
this beautiful October day when it was the scene
of the last meeting of the Horticultural for 1925.

Every member of the society present had a good
exhibit and from nine places came lovely flowers -
with (of course) cousin Ellen leading with 13
varieties of Dahlias. A mammouth pumpkin
from Tanglewood made one think of real October
and Hollowe'en and goblins and things.

After a typical fall luncheon, the meeting
was called to order in the lovely long drawing
room where a bright open fire crackeled on
the hearth.

The minutes of the Avalon meeting were read and adopted.

Cousin Marianna Miller our first reader,
read a most frightful article, which told us
that American and French Scientists agree that
1927 will be a year without a summer. This is
not merely sensational, it is really authentic.
It will be nineteen-hundred and freeze to
death. This was followed by another article to
show that it can be done. 1816 was just