Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1950

The readers appointed for next month were Lillie B. Stabler and Ulric Hutton.

The meeting was adjourned and all went to enjoy the delicious and bountiful supper.

H/9/1950 -1The Highlands Sept 1950

The September meeting of the Horticultural Society met September 5th '50 at the Highlands where an open fire blazed cozily.

Clarence Hurrey acted as president as both the president and vice president were absent.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

Lillie B. Stabler read about many memorial plantings in Maryland parks. Baltimore's Druid Hill Park has it's grove of Remembrance in honor of veterans of World War I. There are fifty-one trees including ones in honor of Wilson and Pershing. The D.A.R.'s have a memory planting there to also.

A mother's memory garden is planted with pin oak, honey locusts, lilacs, flowering crab, lobelias and chrysanthemums. In the Hopkins garden there is a rose garden dedicated to John Cook rosarian. - Another interest - article "Indian Trail Trees", read by the same reader, told how the Indians

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bent saplings to mark trails and now after many years the trees are bent in curious shapes as a result.

There followed an interesting discussion about interesting and beautiful trees in the neighborhood.

Rose Hutton read of an annoying chemical M.H.- Malaick Hydrocede. This M.H., as it is called was developed by Pennsylvania State College.

This miracle chemical delays the set of fruit and keeps lawn growth down so that it needs only infrequent cutting. With M.H there is no need to detassel corn. Tests are being made on roses and flowering shrubs as it can make a difference between no bloom and good bloom when adverse weather threatens. It has an excellent effect on grass, killing crab grass and holding back growth-a single spray holds back growth four to five weeks - a substitute for nine or ten mowings.

Our excellent committe on Forethought told us to plant

Madonna lilies now, also crocus and scylla. Divide and plant peonies and feed with bone meal. - Brace newly planted trees and shrubs. Apply liquid manure to chrysanthemums as they start to bud. - Rebecca finished her report by reading Helen Hunt Jackson's beautiful poem "September".

Dr. Tumbleson, a guest, told of the dangers of using carbon tetrachloride and what great care should be used in handling it.

The meteorologist report for the month of August was: Average temp - 72 1/2° Average rainfall - 5 1/10 in.

In new business Elza B. Thomas asked if the exhibits from the different members should be continued as it was felt that only a very few participated. The society, as a whole, felt they should all bring exhibits and not leave it to the faithful few.

The readers selected for October were Elza Thomas and Leon Small.

H/9/1950 - 3. The meeting was adjourned to visit the garden and then to enjoy our usual sumptuous repast.

Sylvia Woodward

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