Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1907-1917

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dry sand. Sow sweet peas in a trench 4 in. deep and cover; fine bone dust is a good fertilizer for them. Do not plant in same ground successive years. ✓

A motion was made to furnish the Secretary a sum for stationary, printing etc. 25cts from each family was acceeded to with good grace.

Exhibits were excellent and in good variety Flowers brilliant; from Highland a vase of Apple blossoms, in October. The fruits, from Cloverly pears and grapes. Brooke Grove 4 kinds of Apples and 2 of pears. Remarkably fine sickle pears from Riverside, Apples and pears from Rockland and a box of beautiful plums from Highland.

Questions 1 What can be done to eradicate A. G. Thomase's new weed and chickweed? No good answer some dig persistantly; one tries burning. 2n What the best way to bleach celery. ? Robert Miller asked to try several ways and report. 3 What time dig sweet potatoes? As soon as frost comes 4 Blackberries did not do well? Advised to thin the plants and trim those left. 5 What variety is the best? Mary Magruder asked to find out and report. 6 How keep grapes? We do not know!! 7 How trim a Crimson Rambler? Cut out the stems which have bloomed. 8 Is it too late to do anything for mildew on Ramblers? yes they will be all right in the spring 9 Is it too late to plant spinach? Try it. 10 In starting a new lawn, what trees set out? Maple, box Elder, Tulip popular and Hemlock 11 Would it be well to intersperse fruit trees? No.

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12 When cabbage heads are busting can any thing be done to stop it? No 13 Celery blighting, how treat it? Not likely to to blight much more at this season. 14 Have any raised sweet canteleupes? Yes some have had good ones. Roger Farquhar recommends the Bannana Canteleupe as a very sweet, good variety 15 How prevent raspberries from being winter killed? Try bending over and covering with straw

Albin Thoms gave interesting account of a visit to Boston. He met with great kindness and courtesy from all R.R. officials, street car conductors and other artisans with whom he any intercouse. We are not suprised! His visit to the Agasse Museum the most remarkable exhibit was the wonderful glass flowers They are exqusitely true to nature

Robert Miller is asked to find the name of the nice plums he has at this meeting.

We had much to admire in the gardens Many roses and other flowers blooming. The Kudzu vine is a wonder, making a curtain many feet in length along the West side of the porch and around the Bay-window. our hostess offers cuttings or plants to all who want them.

The names of Minnie and Ernest Iddings were given as applicants for membership . Readers for next meeting Frances Stabler and Eliza Moore. Place of meeting with be decided in the spring. and notices sent to all members

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1908

Cloverlea

April 7th 1908

We assembled nearly at 12 m. and after lunch proceeded to business. Our President's opening remarks were encouraging and excellent.

The minutes were approved and then came the reading of the By-laws and Resolutions, followed by the Election of officers to serve two years. The result was the re-election of the present officers. The President submitted gracefully. The vice-president tried but was not allowed to escape. The secretary called us "old Fogies by which she meant that we were not doing all we could for the improvement of the Society re-electing a secretary who has served nearly 39 years, having been elected at Edgewood April 17th 1869. It is very gratifying to her but does not show a progressive spirit in the Society.

Readers 1st Frances Stabler a description of a grape vine in Oxford, Maryland, planted in 1798 by John Willis. A cutting he got in England, From the description it may be the Clinton. It makes excellent wine and in 1841, when 43 years old bore nearly fifty barrels of grapes. The greatest circumferance at the ground is 72 inches. 2nd article The American beauty rose said to be of French origin brought to perfection in American soil. 2nd reader, Eliza Moore, 1st Miracle lettuce. grows while you wait 2nd Quaker ladies 3rd Whichever way the wind doth blow. Some heart is glad

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to have it so". Volunteer, Dr. Kirk an article on the soap tree, It grows fifty feet high bears nuts which yield an oil as good as olive oil, soap from the hulls, also hair wash, dentrifice, etc. and the wood is valuable for making furniture. A variety has been grown in Florida.

Forethought

A cordial greeting to all and congratulations that we have had no loss in our membership. The usual planting of early peas, carrots, parsnips, etc. having been made we should now attend to the trimming of trees and vines, working around pie-plant raspberries currant bushes etc. and clean up all corners where the plow cannot go: spade flower beds and if there are any rose bushes or other shrubs to be moved, do it right away: set out a few fruit trees each year. It is too early to plant flower seeds in the open ground, but some can be started in hot-bed, frames or boxes. Put in cuttings of geraniums Begonias &c. James Stabler of Spring Garden will not have as many Lima beans as usual, but what he can spare, he will send to the May meeting

Forethought, advice was excellent except that she says "we must work day after day early and late, and then we wont get thro" Poultry report shows an increas of 153 chicks over the report of the corresponding month last year Janet Miller read "On the complications in raising poultry" Margaret Magruder told of a puppy on their place which has adopted a a chicken: he scratches for it and allows it to

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nestle up to him for warmth. Another member bas a hen which breathes so loudly they have to shut their windows to get their usual sleep!

The report of the Executive committee. It is decided unanimously, to have the September at mid-day as are the April and October meetings.

Questions

1. How save cauliflower seed? Doubleday, Page and Co. say it is no use for us to try save it in this country. The seed we use is imported. 2. Can rhubarb be set out now? Yes, give it a great deal of manure, and to force it put a headless barrel over a good sized plant. 3. Is it proper to raise celery in the same place year after year? Some say better not for fear of perpetuating rust and blight, tho market gardners do it. The seeds should be sown early. 4. Should we plant beans and corn now? Yes, if they do not grow you only lose the seed and you have a chance of having them early. 5. Move young maple trees now? Yes, and any thing else. 6. Prune gooseberry and currant bushes now? Yes, plant four feet apart that they may be worked on both sides. Manure plentifully. 7. How trim raspberries? Cut out canes which bore last year and shorten long ones. 8. Plant lettuce now? Yes, and plant it each month. 9. Do any of us subsoil our gardens? No. It is said to be good in clay soil but usually does not pay for the extra trouble. 10. Has any one tried a mixture of grass seed for shaded places? Yes, it looked well at first