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H/4/1965-1-
April 1965
IN THE 102ND YEAR

HORTICULTURE opened its 1965 season with a meeting
at Springdale with Ellis and Lucy Manning, April 5th.
Francis Thomas, our vice president presided the absence
of Jack Bentley. After suggesting that Spring is really here
when Horticulture meets he most graciously welcomed our guests
Mr. and Mrs. Janney, Helen Moore, Dorothy Wetherald and the
youngest Ellis Manning.

Following the reading and approval of the minutes of
the meeting of last October, Francis announced that it was election
night. The slate suggested by the nominating committee was unanimously
accepted; Ulric Hutton, President, Francis Thomas, vice-president,
Alan Thomas, Secretary. The new officers were welcomed
by Francis, who turned over his office to the new President;
because Alan was to substitute as reader for Dale, Lucy was
impressed to take minutes one more meeting. It was suggested
that a letter be written to Jack Bentley regretting his absence
at the April meeting and expressing our appreciation for his
service as president; WHICH WAS DONE AND COPY ATTACHED.

Alan suggested that his showing of pictures be placed
at the end of the meeting; therefore volunteer articles wereNOT TO SPOIL THE CANDLELIGHT DECOR
called for. Mary Moore Miller summarized an article from the star
regarding the progress being made in controlling dutch elm disease.
Chicken supplemented this by mentioning an article that came out
in the weekly reader along the same lines, and showing pictures
of the process. By injecting a chemical into the sap of the elm
tree the bark beetle is poisined before he poisins the tree.
This article and the weekly reader are attached to these minutes.
Bea Wilson gave us good advice; plant everything now; feed
your lawn. She mentioned some tantilizing new seeds and answered
the question raised some time ago regarding the cutting back
of rhododendrons - cut back to a few inches of the ground if
you wish.

Douglas gave us a weather report of the period since the
last meeting. Mean temperatures in March were much lower than
a year previous. 20 inches of rainfall fell for the past
6 months, as against 19 a year earlier This is a little less than
the desirable average.
Exhibits were surpisingly beautiful - specimen tulips,
jonquils and geraniums. Helen and Douglas brought a tomato
plant and Ulric and Rose a lovely fan tail willow.

As usual, Horticulture had wonderful bird stories; the
robbins had eaten all the berries off Walter's hollies; sparrows
are taking over blue bird nests; some one told a delightful
story of a bluebird who took over a paper box and the accommodating
paper man put up a new box. Francis thought that the geese on
the Eastern shore had not left for northern vacations; he had
seen a group of Canadian geese and a little space apart white swans.

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