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Rivermist Kennels and southeast to the powerline and Windswept Lane. The
Leiser's 65 year old barn was blown into Goldmine Road. Tree damage was
extensive especially on Windswept Lane where a healthy 305 year old white
oak was toppled. Substantial evidence indicated that the incident was a
microburst but those with drama in their souls and insurance companies to
romance called it a tornado.

EXHIBITS

From the Earps came begonias, lantanas, a Touch of Class rose impatiens,
vinca, geranium, colchicum, stock, and basil.
From the Cedars came blue corn, white eggplant, and assorted other seasonal
offerings.

From Clifton came a Sun Flare rose, asters, obedience plants, purple
loosestrife, buddleis, oregano, sea lavendar, artemesis, nasturtiums, zinnia and
cosmos.

From Pi Acres came Ted's roses; Sweet Surrender, Brandy, French Lace,
Tropicana, Gold Medal, and Cary Grant.

From the Chances came peppers and tomatoes.

The Bird Report included tidbits from Beth Bullard's Bird
Notes for Fall. To encourage hummingbirds plant early columbine, Virginia
bluebells, phlox, sweet william, bee balm, cardinal flowers, and the butterfly bush.
Woodpeckers drum on human houses for territory in the spring and food in
the fall. To encourage goldfinches and discourage housefinches turn the
feeder upside down so the feeder hole is below the perch. Also don't feed
broad spectrum or stale seed to goldfinches. Tom Canby was cited as an
excellent source of quality goldfinch feeders.

The Bee Report indicated that the Society's golden throngs were doing fine.

There were no Committee Reports nor was there any New Business.

QUESTIONS

Ted Fletcher who missed a former report about tilling at night was informed
that some seeds need a flash of sunlight to germinate so if one tills at night
many weed seeds are kept in the dark and never grow.

Mary Seiler has several yellowjacket nests in a fencerow that she'd like to
have cleared. Among the suggestions were applications of gasoline, powdered
sevin, pans of beer or...one could wait 2 months and clear the brush when all
the buggers are frosted or in hibernation.

Harold Earp asked if there is any hope that grass beaten down and humiliated
by the dry weather can recover before winter arrives. No.

Bettes Hartge asked how to prepare clematis for winter. It's possible to
prune and mulc but there was a stronger case for the intensive neglect-
unti-spring treatment.