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could come close to the 11.6 million tons harvested in
the U.S. last year.

Forethought. -- Our forethought reader gave us numerous
suggestions of what to do a few of which were as follows:
Pinch off tops of flowers for more blooms;
Spray, spray, spray roses;
Prune azaleas after June bloom;
Sow annual seed;
Cultivate your shrubs now;
Follow lettuce with plants of Brussel Sprouts;
Do not cut asparagus after the end of June.

Weather. -- Our weather man, Douglas Farquhar, reported
on the weather for the month of May, 1976, as follows:
High 79 degrees, Average High 70.3 degrees
Low 39 " " Low 59 "
Rainfall : 4.42 inches on 10 days.
The average temperature in May, 1876 -- 62.2 degrees
Maximum temperature in May, 1876 --- 89 degrees.

Report on Birds. - Helen found two wood thrushes
dead. Elizabeth Ligon reported that two birds have broken
their necks flying at one of her windows. Riverside and
Springdale reported a visit from a Baltimore oriole.

The Bullards reported that a barn owl had nested
in one of the chimneys at Clifton, at a particularly difficult
place to get at the nest. There were three baby
owls in the nest. Jim got near enough to feed the babies
which were crying for food. Jim fed them raw meat which
they put away quickly and cried for more. Jim took wonderful
pictures of the owls and their nest, which were circulated
among us to view.

Membership. -- The Horticultural voted unanimously
to invite the Herbert Kinneys to membership in our Society.
Our president Bob Miller indicated he would appoint a new
membership committee to consist of Helen Farquhar, Betty
Hartge and a man.

Questions. -- Elizabeth Ligon has a bag of lime and
wanted to know what to do with it. She was told to scatter
it on the perenial beds and on shrubs. She also said her
roses had no diseases this year, and wanted to know why.
There was no answer, but some one said one should be thankful.

Mrs. Manakee said she had put poison on poison ivy,
wanted to know will it kill the poison ivy as she hoped it
would. The answer to Mrs. Manakee was "Hopefully yes".

Horticultural adjourned to meet with Bill and Betty
Hartge at Riverside on July 6th.

[hand written]
Lucy Manning,
Secy