Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1939

H/5/1939-4 Fore thought gave valuable hints for spring activities. Prune back butterfly bushes - pinch ft. short terminals of spruce & pine. Scatter radish seeds in drills when planting carrots, beets and parsnips. They grow quickly and mark the rows for cultivation. Commercial fertilizer is good for perennials now. The assistant sec. reported good exhibits of asparagus & [?] plant & flowers. Elza Thomas has cocktail tomato plants for distribution. Albert Stabler told how to keep dogwood fresh when picked. Fred McReynolds told of the many beautiful flowers in Texas & Louisiana, obsered on his trip this winter. Dr. Nichols had sent no report of his mother but Mr. Iddings said the spring is about as last year altho it seems late & cold. He was voted to the office of assistant meteorologist at the request of Fred McReynolds who wishes to resign.

H/5/1939-5 The Com. Council report was read giving the election of members at large in the year. Douglas Farquhar, Wm Moore & Stanley Stabler, with Mary Magruder our Horticultural rep. Dues for the season were collected. Questions Mrs. Hill told of treating tulip bulbs with dicholorocide, 200 were killed & the mice still flourish. Then hog-wallow mentioned at the last meeting is sprouting oats to produce a green effect. Mariana Miller told of the beautiful lupins, poppies and wild lilac she and Mary enjoyed in California. Delphiniums with bloom heads three feet long & sweet peas very luxuriant. Hobart Hutton has Judas trees and tomato plants for sale. It is too late to transplant dog wood. Middle of March to middle of April - better. Tulip bulbs may be moved every three years, for good results. Laurel is not easily transplanted. Cauliflower leans

H/5/1939-6 should be tied up around the heads when quite small African violets do well in sun, altho this fact is [?] requested. They should be watered from the bottom of the pot. Edith Thomas brought a spray of a shrub to be identified. Probably a wild currant. Mr Iddings has killed 1808 wasps at Riverside. Poultry report - 6980 chickens Adj. to South Highlands with Edith Green and Lillie Stabler as readers. Many improvements have been made at the Porches as well as at the [?]. Fine stone & cement steps and a new wall in the upper garden and a terrace in front of the house. Helen T. Hallowell Sec

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South Highlands

On June 6 the Horticultural with a number of guests met at So. Highlands with Robt & Mary Reading Miller and three charming daughters as our hosts. After the minutes, Mary Green read in place of her mother, a bit of the history of the Scottish Thistle. The Rose of England and Ireland's shamrock. This was particularly appropriate as our attraction has been turned recently to this visit of Britains King & Queen to Canada and the U.S.A. Lillie Stabler read two articles. One concerning the enemies of trees by Paul Davy. She

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chose this for the men & strangely enough, the number of men at this meeting was thrirteen & 14 with Lofton & Isabel's boy - a rare occurrence for the Horticultural. Trees should not be neglected. They need trimming, fertilizer, and water and sprays for harmful pests and diseases. Lillie's other article was one by Edith Hough on the origin and ages of some of our bestloved flowers. Lily, snowcrop violet, rose and many others living centuries ago - and praised by [?] & queens. Mary Stabler spoke of disease on ash trees - which is discouraged by Amonium sulfate. Elza Thomas told of a flower show she had attended in