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garden. One or 2 inches is deep enough to cultivate
in hot weather. Forethought again sounded the
note already struck: a seed bed covered with slats
or with mats will repay all the effort, and effort
it is. Oakleaf lettuce, lately rediscovered, has
quality, long season, and ability to withstand
hot weather.

Mr. Powell, one of the guests present, had
found it the best of several varieties.

We miss the presence of our Forethought writer.
The secretary was asked to send her best wishes
from the Horticulture members.

The only full exhibit was brought by
Edgewood, and a very good one it was.

The meteorologist could give nothing but a
dry report. Mary Newton Stabler added that . 82 of an inch
of rain fell at "Sunnyside"during July.

In reply to a query it was said that July and
August are the best months in which to trim
evergreens, -after the new growth gets hard.

Following adjournment, Robert Miller's fine
garden was the center of attention. Our own
garden suffering from lack of rain and lack of
labor, it was a pleasure to behold rows of
vegetables apparently suffering from neither.
Isabel Wesley, secy