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The weather favored us for the pre-dinner tour of the Canby's impressive
array of landscaping and gardening delights. We had a sumptuous meal in a
home whose decor and fittings perfectly match our world travelling and
sophisticated hosts.

There were no guests and Priscilla Allen and the Bullards were sadly in
absence.

The Secretary read the minutes and we proceeded to the selected article
read by Ellen Hartge. It was taken from the May/June 1988 Fine Gardening
and was entitled "Banded Cuttings". It dealt with propagating plants
vegetatively. Essentially the article described how to propagate difficult
items such as maples, oaks, and pines by putting opaque bands around first
year growth for about four weeks then snipping off the branch below the
band. The band comes off and the covered section is treated with rootone
and planted. There were details and procedures that complicated matters but
overall it seemed worth a try.

The minutes were read from Rockspring of August 6, 1889.

Harold Earp read the Forethought. Was August the time to sit back and
relax? The negative answer was backed up with a unnerving list of plants to
culture and pests to conquer.

The Meteorologist Report said the rainfall is 10 inches above the normal for
this time of year. The Washington Post reported that the area has had 5.56
inches for July which is 1.68 inches above normal. The high temperature
mark was on the 11th with 97 degrees. The lowest was on the 2nd with 51.

EXHIBITS

Vegetble tray from Havilands Black beans from the Earps. Lea House
tomatoes, beans and peppers.
From Riverside came Lord Baltimore hibiscus, platycodon, Blue Danube
stokesia, zinnia, sweet bush pepper, red onion, red pontiac onion, and italian
green beans.
From the Earps came zinnias, dahilia, Queen Elizabeth rose, astilbe, lantana,
chrysanthemum, and black berries.
From the Chances came clematis, blackberry lily, Honest Pleasure day lily,
marigold, zinnias, geranium, coreopsis, Goldstrum rudbeckia, Victoria salvia,
garlic chives, and sea lavendar (statice latifolia).

The content and soaring spirit of the Bird Report once again was clipped
perhaps because of the Bullards' absence. However, Bill Hartge reported a
Great (big!) Blue Heron stalking about a small tributary on the Patuxant. Ari
Preuss was on the Cacapon River in West Virginia and saw a large wild
turkey. Peter Austin was told that clearing out bluebird boxes is only
necessary to keep the eggs or nestlings away from the entrance and out of
reach from raccoons and other predators.