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BIEN VENU Oct. 3, 1961

On the first cold rainy day of fall we met with the Wilsons,
too late to enjoy the grden but we found the house bright and
cheerful with attractive flower arrangements and a warm welcome
from the host and hostess and some of their family.
In the absence of the President and Vice President, Jack
Bentley
presided. The minutes of the September meeting were
approved as read. Helen Bentley read "Why Blow and Cultivate?"
by a Mr. Garst of Iowa who used a wchemical to keep the field
weed-free after once discing it, and drilling in the corn. He
has found that cultivation opens up the roots to germs and
fewer trips over the fields meant less packing of the soil. His
work time could be spread over lrger frms or he could use the
saved time for rest. Guesses after the reading were that Mr.
Garst
might have been the man by that name who entertained Mr.
Kruschev
. Helen also read "Invite a Hummingbird to Your Garden."
They need plants with nectar which we vcan give them if we want
the joy of having these birds around. The third article was
intriguingly titled, "The Corpse in the Compost Heap" and as
author of mystery stories, the writer suggests we might
find even that in a pile since most anything gets in them, including
magazines. Dont put in Oxalis or anything with a disease
such as rose cuttings with black spots on them.

Carrying on from last month, the Secretary described
Franklinia as a shrub native but very rare in Geaorgia,-half-hardy
to Mass. It grows from 6 to 20 feet tall with smooth,
shiny bright green leaves and large waxy white flowers in the
fall. All plants of theis species are thot to have come from the
original tree in John Bartram's 18th Century garden near
Philadelphia. We were told there is some of this on the banks
at the Brighton Dam.

Our Forethought suggested that we gather seed pods for win
winter arrangements; lift our glad corms; pot daffodils and
crocuses for winter blooming; see that shrubs and perrenils
are not suffering for lack of water; seed and fertilizer lawns; dust rose bushes; pot parsley; plant cover crops; put leaves in c
compost put or pile with lime. An appropriate verse "topped
off" the helpful advice.

Exhibits: Springdale had potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes.
Rust Canby had reached over his head to pick some of the
tomatoes that had started bearing in July. Rose Hutton brought
magnolia, lilacs, beautyberry or callicarpa and evergreens;
Roslyn -chrysanthemums and roses. The Mannings' potatoes were
produced by cutting the potatoes as usual to plant and putting
them on top of hay that had been put out on the ground worked up for
peas, lay the peas on the groujnd, lpile dirt on them then some
manure. They will grow satisfactoruily.

Meteorologist's Report: High ave. temp. 81.6°, love ave.
62°; rainfall .48 (less than ½ inch).

Edward Iddings will give next spring his findings about

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