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The McReynolds' new home -
September 1945

It was September, but summer was still here when
we gathered at the McReynolds' new home. Surely such
an artistically finished gem deserves a name more
distinctive than "The Annex." The Horticultural
meeting was held in Katherine Barnes' pretty, open
greensward, surrounded by the noble trees.

Following the [reading of the minutes, Mary Moore
Miller read anrticle announcing the return of the
Dutch bulbs to America. 'l'he Dutch have given us first
choice of the tulips , daffodils , hyacinths, and other
spring-flowering bulbs, and are even presenting several
new varieties. Hyacinths, the most fragrant, are
not the easiest tc grow. Consult the Better Homes
Gardens magazine, Septembcr, 1945, for definite
directions. Mary Moore also read from this number,
"How to divide a peony".

Elza Thomas's Forethought notes were given us by
Helen Hallowell. "September is a month to make a slave
of any gardener." Begin by sowing the new lawn.
Tie up chrysanthemums, take up the dahlia roots, the
gladiolus corms, etc. Pot houseplants with a pinch
of bonemeal per pot. Improve your garden soil by manure,
compost, lime, or a cover crop.

Stuart Wesley's list of exhibits consisted of
tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce, carrots, peppers, LIMA
BEANS and apples from The Cedars, corn from Edgewood,
tomatoes and flowers from Yardley, and a charming
bowl of tall Madame Eugene Marlet roses and delicate
flowering Spanish spikeneedle brought by Edward
Iddings, who claims that the rose, a member of the Bourbon
family bloom all the year round. The sweetest
flower of the occasion, however, was under the special
care of the hostesses and was named Cathy Barnes.

Edith Green reported that August weather
ranged from 62° to 82°.

The secretary has answered William Stanton's note
to us before the Stantons left on their journey. She asked
them to make mental notes of things horticulturally
interesting while they were away.