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Avalon April 1st 1919
The October meeting of the Horticultural was held at Invercauld on Tuesday the first day of the month.
As it was the last meeting of the season, we met at about 12.30, and after the usual exchange of greetings, etc, we were delightfully entertained for luncheon at one o'clock.
The Pres. was absent so Alban Thomas filled the chair in his happy fashion - and reminded us that every where we turn the boys of our land are called into service, so he too claimed to be one of the "boys" called into service. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
Charles F. Kirk was the 1st appointed reader, but in his absence, Sarah Kirk read two interesting articles, one telling us how the Castor Bean Goes To War ", as the best lubricant for the engines of
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the aeroplane is castor oil. The other article said there is no plant so attractive for pot culture & bedding as the various types of beqonias - & several good suggestions were offered which would help one who might have trouble in the raising of these plants.
Mrs. Davis, as the 2nd reader, told us how much might be produced in our gardens in a small space, The article was called "Close planting in small gardens." taken from the Garden Magagine.
Our presiding officer had just returned from an interesting trip in the West & told us among other things of the bautiful florist's windows he had seen in Chicago, with live ducks swimming around in the water, their of advertising is surely one of the most attractive that one can imagine & attention was called to a beautiful window of similar attraction in our own Washington.
We were told the best way to have parsley, is to keep it in the ground
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with a bottomless box over it & cover it when necessary.
A very fine clean bed of asparagus was reported at Clifton Thomas', not a weed to be seen; it was decided asparagus is better grown in rows & in that way it is no trouble to keep clean.
The paper of the Forethought told us all the things worth while to do during the rest of the fall & winter. She ended by saying before another season, she would urge our appointing a younger writer of the Forethought.
In other words, she wished to be "laid on the shelf"--
Well we did put her on the shelf for safe keeping -- away up high, out of reach of all harm, & now since she has had a long rest through the winter months, we feel sure she is ready & willing to give us the good advice, for one more season, that younger minds can not give us.