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Iris: May, 1989; page 2

After the article Elizabeth Thornton read the minutes from
100 years ago in which the Committee on Bees and Grapes
exonerated the honeybee from accusations of puncturing
grapes. It was also mentioned that ducks in pens must be
kept from water....which sounds like one of those cryptic
oriental sayings.

Buzz Hussman was next with a demonstration of an unpatented
but nonetheless ingenious and effective system for watering
plants by going directly to their roots.

Ellen Hartge overwhelmed us with the forethought which
advised planting everything, harvesting everything
harvestable and weeding everything. Also cut your lawn high
and pinch back candles on evergreens.

John Hartge reported that in April the peak wind gust was 26
mph on the 9th, the low temperature was 21 degrees on the
12th, and the high was 82 degrees on the 26th. The average
low had been 36 and the average high had been 64.9. April
had 12 frost dates and approximately 2.3 inches of rain -
National Airport reporting 3.5 and furthermore reported the
area rainfall being 1.35 inches over average for the year so
far.

EXHIBITS
From the Earps came lilacs, azaleas, jack in the pulpit,
yellow iris, white Dutch iris, daffodils, ajuga, bleeding
heart, wisteria, wood hyacinth, and viburnum.
From the Chances came lilac, ajuca, grape hyacinth,
columbine, wild phlox, forget me not, bleeding heart, and
daffodils.
From Lakeview came pink and white dogwood blossoms, azalea,
hugonis, forget me nots, dwarf bearded iris, ajuca, and wild
columbine.
From Quaker Lane came lily of the valley, bleeding heart,
forget me not and azaleas.
From Lea House came lunaria, forget me not, and viburnum.
From Rose Hill came wisteria, white and purple lilac, sweet
woodruff, forget me not, dogwood, candytuft, and lunaria.
From Riverside came multiple tulips, multiple pheasant eyes,
chives, wysteria, judas tree, and money plant.

The Bird Report mentioned the preseasonally maligned Orioles
being in first place somehow and somewhere in the world of
baseball. The Bullards told of travelling to West Virginia
and spotting a Yellow Rumped Warbler for the first time.

The Redundancy Committee reported that Mo Chance had
deposited 350 additional processed questions into the
Society's data bank.