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Forethought started the advice to trim evergreen candles to make the
growth thicker...to block out the visual scourge of encroaching housing
developments, for instance.
We were told that nothing is dormant and that when transplanting, prune to
balance root system and foliage.
Don't cut bulb greens.
Divide and replant spring blooming perennials.
Spray peonies if necessary.
Prune spiria drastically after blooming and prune magnolia sparingly.
May is a good time to layer plants.
Rhododendrons need a shot of holytone and need pruning after blossoming.
Sendyour house plants out and cut your grass high.
Be on the lookout for the Holly leaf miner - apply sevin or diazanon now and
orthene in June.
All veggies should be seeded or otherwise ensconced in the garden in May.

The forethought was followed by Peter Conlon's meteorological report. It
was mentioned that on the Sweetbriar compound in Ashton the high for the
Month was 79 degrees - 63 being the average high. The low was 30 degrees
- 39 being the average low. April's rainfall was 3.04 inches. Peter also
brought graphs detailing rain and snow fall as well as temperatures
throughout the 1987-88 season. These will be entered with the minutes.

The exhibits came next:
The Lawrences brough bellwort, juge, sweer woodruff, white and yellow
violets, phlox, lunaria, sweetbria, dog wood, lilac, red bud, and apple blossoms.
From Clifton came 2 kinds of forgetmenots (snowflake and lucage),
columbine, lilac, pulmonaria (lungwort), lillies of the valley, bishop's cap,
armeria, phlox dicaricata, and an unkown bulb flower.
The Earps brought lilac, jack in the pulpit, primrose, scilla, wisteria, jacob's
ladder, azalia, wood hyacinth, iris, daffodil, and lungwort.
From Amersley came lilacs, tulips and azalea.
The Chance's brought lilacs, tulips, bleeding hearts, clematis, daffodils,
viburnum, dog-toothed violet, and virginia bluebells.
Rose Hill offered wisteria, lilac (white and purple), redbud, bleeding heart
(white and pink), columbine, and iris.
Jackpine brought azaleas, bleeding heart, tulip, and a mysterious array of
flora called "et al"
The Cedars brought azaleas, dogwood, candytuft, tulips, mint, strawberry
blossoms, bleeding hearts, and pansies.
Riverside brought lilacs, tulips, wisteria, candy tuft, azalea, kerria, columbine,
springwort, and chhives.

The questions opened with an inquiry on gypsy moth control. For the month
of May a band of sticky tape (brand name Repel-3) around afflicted tree
trunks was recommended. Caterpillars get hung up on the band where they
can be killed and their progress thus arrested. Tent caterpillars were also
inquired after. Their harmfulness was downplayed and if the colonies are out
of reach they should be abandoned to the appetites of coocoos.
Mary Seller asked after the least offensive and economical weed killer for
lawns. Since the problem weedes included everything, some of the suggestion
were to plow, pave, or turn the lawn over to an effortless meadow-in-a-can.
On the other hand, Weed-be-gone or 2-4-D was mentioned.