Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1935

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have her own way and not tamper with her well established methods, we doubt if the experiment will be tried.

Our Forethought gave us another of "Auntie Brookes" papers prepared in a first year for May, the month as [?] as it is beautiful.

The poultry report recorded 2491 chickens & 6 ducks, 1500 of the chickens living at Cleremont.

William Gilpin, Hobart Hutton & Joseph Peters were the new members elected for three years to the Community Council. Frederick Thomas asked to be excused from serving as our representative to that body & the president was asked to name some one in his place to which was appointed.

The new Meteorologist was absent & sent no report so nothing to report as to weather.

There were exhibits of flowers from six places & vegetables from four. Included in the latter was a pea vine from Cleremont measuring 12 meters.

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Mildred Wilson had sent for distribution a very fine variety of melon and called "Benders Sinpinee" & put out by Jos. Harris Co. of Rochester, N. York.

Questions Fred McReynolds is taking the stucco off of his house & would it be of benefit to his garden if spread on it. Some thought it would lighten the soil but not enough lime in it to be of much use.

Does one need both a sprayer & a duster in the garden. As there are different insecticides required to combat the various pests, both the liquid & powder are used & a napsack sprayer & the Hudson duster that fits in the top of a Mason jar are very satisfactory for the purposes.

No one could name a flower found in the woods at Cleremont.

Has any one raised the morning glory or moon flower called Heavenly Blue. Several had had it & it was suggested as a good vine to plant to grow on a summer house or lattice work.

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A patch of moss in a flower garden indicates acid condition. Lime & fertilizer will help correct it.

It was really discouraging to the one asking how to raise gourds to hear that it was said only fools could do it, but we think we will find there are exceptions to that rule if she plants the seed in rich soil.

If climbing roses are liable to be badly winter-killed, they can be taken off their trellis & laid on the ground & protected.

Margaret C. Bancroft recommended to garden[?] a book by Gertrude Jekyl called "Love of Gardening, & other books suggested were "Garden for an Ignoramus" by Mary Rush, "Garden Making and Keeping" by Dr. Findley & the "Gardener's Digest".

The secretary was asked to send a message of sympathy to Mrs. Hurry who could not be with us owing to illness.

Readers for next meeting - Margaret Bancroft, & something from Fred & Eliza Thomas about their trip.

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As we stepped out of the back door of the hall our attention was divided between the garden with it rows of well started vegetables & the distant fields, woods & hills all so pleasing to the eye in the fresh verdure of spring.

Nestled among the apple trees close by, a glimpse could be gotten of the new home that Jack & Helen Bentley now occupy & so near to make them seem a part of the Cloverly family.

The flower garden was given over mostly to roses.

Adjourned to Edgewood 6-4-35

Mariana S. Miller

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Edgewood June 4 - 1935

The lure of the out-of-doors at Edgewood on June 4^th made it a little hard for the president to call the meeting of this society to order at the appointed hour, but when we did gather it was with quite a full attendance of members and a number of guests.

The minutes of last meeting were ordered recorded as read.

Margaret C. Bancroft, as one of our readers asked Diane Stabler to tell of the Peony Show recently sponsored by the Takoma Park Horticultural Society & from her we learned some good points on peony culture, among other things, they like plenty of sunlight & if only 10 or 12 shoots are left on a plant, they will not need to be separated. A heavy dressing of manure can be applied after they are up in the spring.

Elza Thomas said before she went West, she was a bit skeptical as to all being true of what she had heard of the beauty & chatm of what was to be seen there. But she found the whole had not been told and she gave us a most