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Interesting in itself and as contrast was another short and eloquent history of
the Society written by Ellen Hartge.

The Forethought followed with advice mostly on harvesting, planning next
year's garden layout, and preapring the proper components for indoor
container planting.

We were told it is now possible to transplant peonies. It is recommended not
to plant them too deep and water immediately. The plants like locations
providing full sun or very light shade. Mound the plants with manure in the
late fall and come spring push the manure aside.

Our esteemed meterologist gave us figures for June, July and August. June
gave us no rain and the high temperature was 98 on the 22nd and the low
was 42 on the 10th. July gave us 3.55 inches of rain and a high temperature
of 100 on the 17th and a low of 49 on the 1st. August rained 3.13 inches
and gave us a high temperature of 100 on the 15th and a low of 56 on the
23rd.

EXHIBITS

From the Cedars came butternut squash, nice sweet potatoes (all from the
same plant), cucumbers, a "Long Keeper" tomato, and a Spanish onion.
The Chances brought zinnias, marigolds, geraniums, garlic chives, orange
milkweed, rudebeckia, heliotrope, salvia, lirope, and golden flax.
Riverside presented peppers, carrots, a baby butternut, miniature pumpkins,
basella malabar, bridal veil clematis, hollyhocks, plumbage, lemon and
cinnamon basil, and scarlet runner bean blossoms.

Lea House had for us blue concord grapes, white concord grapes, lavender,
purple sage, Chinese onions, blue salvia, and lambs ears.

Clifton was represented by zinnias, blackeyed susans, lobelia, new england
asters, obedience plant (physostegia), artemesia annua, cosmos, garlic chive,
butterfly bush, and blue corn.

The bird report brought sightings of hummingbirds ar Riverside. A great blue
heron at Sandy Spring Friend's School pond. A Barred Owl at Clifton. An
Osprey at Quailhill and sightings of nighthawks in the middle of the
afternoon.

The Redundancy Committee reported remarkable progress. So far 51 years of Horticultural Society data has been digested and filed in order. There are
1,702 questions the most popular and possibly redundant having to do with
asparagus and roses. In plowing fields of past minutes John Hartge
unearthed for the meeting several clusters of nuggets most valuable for the
humor inherent in the retelling.

QUESTIONS

Herb Kinney resurrected a topic that John Hartge had excerpted earlier for
our amusement. Over a span of time this subject refused to die, resisted
explanation, and drew suspicion on our predecessor's ability to retain answers
to their questions. Although not the reigning monarch of redundancy, this
subject merited a wooden stake through its heart. In homage to this item,
Herb Kinney was assured that now is either a perfect time to plant soup
beans or the venture should not be touched with a 10 foot rototiller.