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H/9/1929 -1-

NORWOOD,
October 1, 1929.

By request, the September meeting of The Horticultural
met August 28th. at The Maples,
with the Henry Nichols Family, complete, greeting
the members and guests. A lovely warm afternoon
made it desirable to hold the meeting
on the porch and lawn.

Harry Stabler, the Chairman, presided, the meeting
following the usual form of business.

The first appointed reader, Mrs. Allan Farquhar,
told us much of interest about the Arnold Abaratum,
America's greatest garden. At Jamaca Plains
five miles from Boston, this garden is rich in
trees and shrubs and flowers--scantified [illegible] station.
Liberal endowments make possible the
converting of this two hundred and fifty acres
of barren track of land into one of the beauty
spots of our country. Many birds are found in
this garden especially the Robin. is abundant

Marianna Miller read of our garden pests, especially
showing the devastation of the Florida
fruit fly.

Dr. Shoemaker met with us, by invitation of The
Maples, and gave us interesting information about
the crops of our United States, and those
of Europe. Climate influences the growth of
many of our commonest products. England has no
sweet corn or tomatoes, but peas grow to great
perfection there. The Balkans and Northern
France grow some corn. No garden vegetable over
the United States is native to our country, many
of the most delicious vegetables and melons being
Asiatic and African. The relative latitude of