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The Bentley's front porch was so loaded with exhibits that
it took the combined efforts of two able Assistants to name them,
but between them Flora Goff and Grace Thomas compiled a list about
a mile long, with roses predominating. Mary Moore Miller started
things off with 8 different Rose specimens, including a climbing
Peace, Helen Traubel, Golden Shower, White Knight, Dr. VanFleet,
Paul Scarlet and some Thornless variety from Edgewood. All this
was in addition to 3 Peonies, 3 Iris, Pansies, Sweet Rocket, Japanese
Iris, Love-in-a-Mist, Veronica, Columbine, Gaillardia, Snapdragons,
Mock Orange, together with individual Marigold and Zinnia
plants to give out for the asking.

Claire and Mary Bea Hutton brought 15 varieties of assorted
roses, while the Lawrences had Blaze Roses and Mountain Laurel, and
Edward Iddings had a Silver Morn Rose. Rose Hutton brought Clove
Pinks, Irish Broom, Purple Smoketree, Cinquefoil, Peonies, Azalea,
Cornus Kousa and a Grape Holly. The Weskes had red roses and some
Peonies, while the Goffs brought Red and Pink Peonies, Fox Gloves,
Iris, Painted Daisy, Coral Bells, Oriental Iris and Poppies, Lemon
Lily, Columbine and Snapdragons. Caroline Hussman had two kinds of
Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Peonies, Pinks, Platycodon, Iris and Roses.
Dale and Alan Thomas brought a bouquet of Salmon Oriental Poppies,
Snapdragons, Siberian Iris, Mock Orange, Coral Bells,, Penstemon,
Pinks, Batchellor Buttons and Kale. The Mannings had Azaleas, Mock
Orange, Gaillardia, branches from 3 different Cornus Kousa trees
and some wild French Strawberries. The Ligons brought Digitalis,
3 Iris, another Dorothy Kay Iris, Snapdragons, 3 kinds of Peonies,
Mexican Primrose, an Oriental Poppy and 16 varieties of Roses, the
names of which Betty knew all but one.

Helen Bentley rescued a wren that was stuck in its house,
and it finally flew away. Betty Ligon saw and heard a wren scolding
to get into a house with too small an opening, and several birds had
died striking against her picture windows. Wendy Lawrence saw two
male Scarlet Tanagers and had Carolina wrens around her house. Flora
Goff is raising her second crop of Bluebirds now, and while in Bermuda
recently, she saw the Bluebird houses painted just like the main
house. Betty Ligon wants a Martin house for their Virginia home and
Wendy Lawrence reported seeing them in Greencastle, Penna. John
Weske reported seeing blackbirds chasing blacksnakes in his trees,
and Grace Thomas asked John to please send her snakes back home, to
her old house.

Our Host and Hostess had no questions for the moment, but
Esther Murray wanted to know how to keep Helen from working so hard.

Clive Lawrence has had trouble with boring carpenter bees.
He should spray them with DDT, 2% Chlordane, Realkill or stuff poison
soaked rags into the holes. John Weske would calk them in shut up
tight, or some would use a Badminton raquet to swat them for fun,
but then Clive would need a scorekeeper.

Art Souder was told to cut his asparagus only half an inch
below the ground surface instead of 3 inches. Bleached white aspara-
gus, sometimes preferred, is made by hilling up earth around stalks
and then cutting down below the mounds.

Rose Souder wanted to know about the worms on asparagus, and
was told to spray with DDT, but don't eat from there very soon.