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Tanglewood

October 1947

Autumn had painted many of the trees lovely
colors at the time of our last meeting, in October,
at gracious Tanglewood. President McReynolds called us to order
and the minutes were read and amended.

Landscape gardening is one of the fine arts,
was the theme of selections read by Elizabeth Ligon
from "A Treatise" printed in 1824 "on the Theory
and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to
North America". Whether the natural characterisitics
of a place be easy and undulating, or spirited in
its irregularity, the beauties of nature are but
enhanced ifi it is lanscaped according to the
proper principles of unity, variety and harmony.
Landscape gardening produces effects of "grace,
elegance and picturesqueness".

Plant a garden with white or pale-colored
flowers, to be enjoyed on moonlight nights, read
Ulric Hutton. Plant candutuft, primulas, deutsias,
spireas, viburnums. The effects in our gardens
that disturb us at day fade into nothingness at
twilight or at night. Many scented flowers are dull
by day. Stock and nicotiana are transformed at
night into haunting fragrance. Use the white lilacs
and roses, to catch the moon's eyes, sweet allyssum and
baby's breath.

Lillie Stabler next volunteered an account of
the tree from which its owner reaped 21 different
varieties of apples all through the season.
Just to mark our modest successes let us here
remember the exhibits: a box of strawberries
from The Cedars, pretty plums from The Highlands,
Millwood's dahlias and huge pumpkin squash,
caryopteris from Falling Green (blue spirea to you),
and the corn, tomatoes and fat Homestone grapes,
(although the grape season had been supposedly poor).

Edward Iddings reported that September was
60° cool on the average, with almost 6" of rainfall.

Will the membership committee please remain
active this winter? They are Robert Miller chairman,
Mary Hutton and Helen Farquhar.

Mr. Ickes sent a booklet with an exact
portrayal of the planned destruction of the heart
of the Olympic National Park. His secretary is to
notify the Horticultural Society of any hearings on
the matter, in order that it may register another
protest. The following were appointed to attend
such hearings: