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July 3, 1962.

Th first meeting of Hor iculture with Bea and
Claire Hutton was held on July 3, in their lovely
home near Brighton. In spite of a drizzle, members
enjoyed the gardens from the spacious windows and
many members went outside to inspect the exquisite
flowers and to marvel at the well mulched and completely
weedless beds.

Jack Bentley presided in the absence of Robert
Miller and Douglas Farquhar's early leave taking .
The minutes of the preceding meeting were approved
with a slight correction. Douglas gave the
weather report for the preceding month, and Gelen
reported that the Weske's had accepted Horticulture
invitation to join. Dorothy however is
in England doing some research at the
British museum and John is in California He
plans to be in Europe in the late summer and
is planning to drive into Russia.

Elizabeth Ligon read excerpts from the new Rachel
Carson book, the first article from which
appeared the in the New Yorker. Two other articles
are to follow.

Miss Carson's provacative book brings out that
through the ages the world has adjusted to natural
radiation and ultra violet rays. But at present
the world in subject to man made radiation and
to a myriad of entirely new chemicals. Since
world war II the world has seen ever increasing
insecticides brought on the market, some 500
chemcials and insecticides reach the market
each year. They are produced to
kill insects and garden pests and diseases. Along
with this they kill birds fish and wild life. The
residum remains in the soil, but not always in
the same form. Many undergo changes. As insects
develop immunity to the insecticides, every