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"leaves divided".

As a nominating committee to bring in the name|of a
person to serve|as a Secretary in place of the present one
who filled out the term after Ruth Havens resigned, the
Canbys and Ligons were named. This comm. will see that cards
go out/in the spring The places of meeting for 1962 werre read and approved.
The April meeting will be with Ulric and Rose Hutton. There
are fifteen (15) families and two honorary members active now.

Birds: A small pure yellow bird with black head and
wimngs could have been a warbler eating sunflower seeds. a
pink and gray bird that sang beautifully out west was a
linnet. Mimosa and nicotiana drew hummingbirds. Wild geese
were seen to-day.

Questions: Is it too late to put in a cover crop for the
garden? Rye will grow too tall and wont disintegrate enough
but it can be cut back with a mower. Rust planted soy beans
earlier and plowed them in then put in barley which is green
like a lawn now. Black spot on stems or leaves of roses
should be sprayed with lime sulphur-1 part to 9 parts water.
Apply once in winter and once later before growth starts.
Have figs grown around here? The season is not long enough,
usually. They stay green and freeze off before they ripen.
Protected in the D. C. they bear some fruit. Try a shock of
fodder around the tree for protection. Lavinia Henderson has
had good results in Rockville in the southern exposure there.
Chicken wire covered with leaves also has been used successfully.
Freeze the figs if they bear fruit. There was no answer as to
why wall-flowers had died off. Where crimson clover has not come up,
plant barley. The color of trees is the result of a subsatnce
similar to sugar that is eliminated by dry weather. Irving
Smith will give further information on this at our April
meeting. The weed that looks like chrysanthemums has been
persistent. A flame thrower was needed to scorch it out in the
fall; English ivy and pachysandra are crowding it out for
others.

We adjnourned to meet in April with the Ulric Huttons.

Mary Moore Miller

Mary Moore Miller, Secretary

(End of The 98th Year)