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H/5/1935-1-
Cloverly - 7 May 1935

The hospitable doors of Cloverly
were thrown open to us for the
May meeting of the Horticultural
and at the request of the hostesses
we assembled for lunch with
the business session following it.
Minutes of last meeting adopted as
read.

Helen Hallowell's selected article
advised sowing enogh seed to allow
for thinning & transplanting
before the plants if an
artificial season has to be made,
soak the ground around them
in the morning & move the plants
in the evening.

Lena Stabler read some interesting
facts about lilacs which seem
to have been found first in
the Balkan states & were brought
here originally from England.

To secure a full bloom we were
told it could be produced by
stripping off all of the leaves after
the early bloom; and while it was
suggested that some one could
try it, after hearing the plea William
Bancroft for letting Nature