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H/5/1961-1-

ROSLYN May 2, 1961

On a sparkling bright afternoon, we met at Roslyn where
members and guests enjoyed the hospitality of the Krickers
in a setting conducive to comfort and attractiveness. The
meal was "put together" in the usually surprising and adequate
fashion and was deliscious.

Our President, Robert H. Miller called us to order and
the minutes of April 4th were read and approved with a few
changes.

Edward Iddings read "Mother Nature Knows Best" by Ruth
Stout
who advises leaving the dead growth the winter-over along
with spoiled hay or straw applied to a depth of 8 inches. Add
lime and cottonseed meal and garbage, except meat scraps that
attract animals. Leaves and wood chips are also good mulch.
Even diseased plants or insect infested ones were not harmful
to next year's crop. She had no beetles and in the spring she
pulled the mulch back a week before planting to dry the soil.
The entire garden was a compost heap.

Leon Small warned us to beware of the spectacular plants
we see advertized which may not be suited to this climate,
such as the climber and French strawberries. Early Dawn,
Pocahontas and Tenn. Beauty are good for here. A climbing
peach vine has only a hard inedible fruit. Wild plants such as
rhododendrons are not hardy for transplanting usually.
Congimums (Oriental chrysanthemums) are still being tested by the
US Dept. of Agriculture. Claims are premature in ads so
cust0mers gamble if they buy.

A Chinese chrysanthemum trained to perfect symetry thru
latice work in Hong Kong was shown in a picture. Our guest
Irving Smith told of his experiment with training a cascade
of thse flowers, one year.

Sylvia Woodward's Forethought said go after weeds now with
2-4-D; put in glad corms at 2 to 4 week intervals; apply alum
for blue hydrangias, lime for pink ones; dont cut lawns too
close; disbud side buds for larger peonies; pick dead pansy
blooms and leggy growth; chrysanthemumscan be put in as cuttings
and annual seeds shouls be sown; shade seed beds with laths.

Our Meteorologist reported: Ave. high 60* Ave low 39*
Highest 86* Lowest 28* ; total rainfall 3.86 inches, also 1/4 in.
snow; rain fell on 11 days and traces on 4 days. Mean temp.
was 50* compared to 60* last year.

Gen'l and Mrs. Herron, were introduced as guests and are
garden enthusiasts of Bethesda, Md.

Exhibits: Bien Venu had lovely pink geraniums with honesty
and saxafrage and Johnny Jump Ups. The Cedars had pansies and
asparagus. Great Ease brought flower samples and asparagus.
The Cottage has flower samples. Millwood had lecogum, snow
flakes, trillium and un unnamed plant which Irving Smith will
attempt to identify by next meeting. Field Head had lettuce,
spinach, old onions, new ones, potatoes, kale, and rhubarb.

Birds: Wrens have been here for 2 weeks; Great Ease has had
casualties of myrtle warblers and a wood thrush hitting the
glass windows and dying. Humming birds have tried to get to

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