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H/6/1950-1-

June 1950

The Nesbitts "Green Acre" was the pleasant
secene of the June Meeting of the Horticultural
society. As Ted Nesbitt said, "There are few
homes that have the distinction of having for neighbors the President (of the Horticulture Society) and the Secretary of State".

President McReynolds call the meeting to
oreder and the minutes word read and approved with
the correction of the date of the lost meeting
from April 4th to May 2.

Helen Hallowell gave the first reading
with an article from THE NEW SUNDAY TIMES on
"The Adding Quality of Fragrance" which told of thee
delights that orders in the garden gave us. Tuberoses,
Upturned Earth and flower trees, as the
Mongolia, Flowering Crab and Manchurian Crab are
a delight to the senses. We are advising to
plant for fragrance using lilies of the valley,
peonies, garden pinks and lilies. Another
article by the same reader was on the treatment
of potting plants in the summer time. Give them
a new lease on the life by taking them out of the
garden and put them in a spot out of the wind and sun
and repot them in clean pots.

Rebecca Small, in the place of Leon Small,
Read an article from THE BALTIMORE SUN, "Farmers
Stock Farm with Honey Bee". Written by an
expert from Beltsville the article said, "That
farms should realize that bees are needed for
pollinization of nature's agriculture crop and
that lack of bees is causing a crop decline.
Research specialist advised five hives of bees to
an acre. Lack of bees means dollar losses" 4

Our committe of Forthought, Rebecca Small,
reminded us that dahlias may still be planted and
that there is time for two more planting of "glads".
Watch for aphis and dust with rotonone - also
watch for iris borer. She finished by reading
John Burroughs poem "Junes Corning".

EdwardIddings gave his metoralogy report
Temperature 57 1/2 for May Rain 53/4in

The next place of neeting will be at "Concord"
and the readers appointed were Mary Reading Miller
and Frederick Thomas.