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10-5-1965
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Salsify, Tomatoes, Pepper, Radishes, Green Beans and Wax
Beans; the Huttons brought a beautiful Oregon Holly, and the
Ligons had Watermelon, Cantelope, Sweet Potato, their own two
kinds of white Potatoes, Red and Yellow Tomatoes, Raspberries,
Helen Traubel Rose, a Pink Perfection Dahlia, a Yellow Dahlia,
and Hibiscus both Yellow and Double Red.

Helen Bentley said that Jack had seen three large birds,
identified as pilated Woodpeckers; Wendy Lawrence reported seeing
some mixed-up Geese flying East!

For unfinished business, the Secretary reported no reply
to our letter offering cleanup help to the Jaycees.

Rust Canby has three feeding stations and wants to know
what kinds of grain will help eliminate bird fighting? John
Weske
reminded him that the social behavior of birds is still
in the research stage at the University of Maryland, but they
have found that big birds like the big seeds. Rust also
wanted to know if squirrels liked cracked corn; answer, no.

Bill Canby has found drowned birds in his water trough;
what to do about it? Nothing much, because when splashing in
water beyond their depth, the wet feathers and weight of water
will pull the bird under. He reported 1/8" ice ths morning.

Clive Lawrence reported that his crape myrtle has finally
flowered after ten years.

Helen Bentley is just tired of vegetables.

John Weske has holes in his grapes: are they being eaten
by wasps? Better use Black Leaf 40 and bagging them would help.

On the strength of Clive's report, Lucy Manning decided
that having moved her crepe myrtle around several times it may
be worth saving after all instead of cutting it down. AAlso she
learned that it was too late to put out Oriental Poppies.

Betty Ligon asked if she should cut off her red asparagus
berries? Don't do it until December at the earliest.

Dorothy Weske spoke of some interesting things seen on
her recent trip abroad. The Earl of Ivy at Kenwood, gardens
with white flox and short red rose bushes, cornfields or maize all in green, growing peppers, making dried raisins and even tobacco raising, while John mentioned the hand work being done
on tobacco harvesting, the use of plastic covers, etc. Dorothy
believed that Germany was the cleanest country, altho there
was plenty of trash all over the world, including lots of beer
cans. Rose Hutton said that aluminum cans are the worst because
they won't deteriorate as rapidly, and Edward Iddings thought
that radio advertising of beer caused so many cans around Sandy
Spring. Francis Thomas is working on a scheme to prevent people
from drinking so much beer, but so far he has been unsuccessful.

This subject finally having been drained dry, the Society
adjourned at 9:40 p.m. to meet with the Lawrences in April

Alan F Thomas, Secretary

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