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and By-laws were read.

Mary B. Brooke's selected reading
gave first some timely advice on
growing roses, as to nature of soil,
drainage, &c, saying that a soil that
will grow good corn will grow good roses.

It also spoke of the Tom Thumb rose,
a novelty offered this spring, with a
bud no larger than a grain of wheat
while the bloom could open in a thimble.

Mary's other article gave interesting
facts from the U.S. Weather Bureau
with reagrd to low temperatures,
stating that every state in the
Union has such gen temperatures
on its weather records.

Fred H. McReynolds as the other
reader offered a rather illuminating
account of a so-called poisonous
plant - Herr Hitler by name - a
variety one can only hope will
never be allowed to grow in this
country.

Mary M. Stabler told of using
ammonia sulphate to kill chickweed.
One cup full to a good sized watering
pot of water about the right proportion.

The forethought was sent in the
following form -