Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1939

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Baltimore and a talk by a Mr. Johnson on the planting of annuals & perennials. He stressed the importance of staying at home to work in the garden for greatest success. Forethought for June Dhalias may be planted till the middle of the month. Apply Massey dust to roses all summer. Put in Heavenly blue morning glory seeds now, & perennial seeds soon. The poultry report ws a bit low, as West Edgewood was not included. Very few families brought specimens of flowers, fruits & vegetables. Dr. Nichols read a fine weather report giving the precipitation for each month

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in detail & deploring the present drought. He asked to be relieved of his duties as meteorologist. His recordings were accepted, but not his resignation. We hope to hear many more of his reports as well as those of his assistant - Mr. Iddings. In connection with the serious dry spell Andrew Adams gave some valuable information for planting shrubs & trees. Water trees profusely in the cup of earth made around them if they are dug with ball & vegetables & flowers should have trenches beside them to hold water & water tremendously, seldom rather than a little bit often. Corn watered area with burlap on earth. The Com. Council report was given - and action was taken

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on this problem of the Juvenile Court - probation officer . It was moved and carried that we oppose the payment by the commissioner to any person who is not qualified by training and experience to act as probation officer for the County.

Questions Mary Reading wanted to learn why her yellow lilies do not flourish. Mrs. Hill has great success with hers grwon in the soil and kept free of grass. Mariana Miller spoke of the million tulips in bloom at the N.Y. Fair to be replaced with red geraniums. Mariana & Mary [?] were both of the Worlds Fairs. noting the varied vegetation & climate. Mary Huttons iris is not doing well. shall she dig it up? Hobart emphatically says "NO!"

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Iris may be thinned and good earth dug in. Tomato plants may be fertilized with manure after they are planted. Hard shell Mexican beetles may be ridding lima bean vines. Spray with rotonone. Elsie Snowden & Mary E. Gilpin have night-blooming cereus & may have cuttings to give away. The new asparagus bed at Norwood should be weeded rather than cut-over. Mrs. Hills tulip bulbs which were apparently killed by dichloricide are sprouting in the cellar. She was advised to put them in the ground again. Mr. Hurry was told to spray curling Elm leaves with nicotine. Albert Stabler has ferns in his woods for distribution. Adj. to Tanglewood July 7.Readers Mariana Miller, Roberta Adams.

H.J.H.

H/6/1939-7-

The Highlands, June 6^th, 1939

As "Metereologist" of the Sandy Spring Horticultural Society I submit the following report of the weather, so far, during the year 1939.

		average	record
January Precipitation	3.41"	3.55"	7.83" '37
Feby. Precipitation	5.71"	3.27"	6.84" '84
March Precipitation	2.89"	3.75"	8.84" '91
April Precipitationv	3.78"	3.27"	9.13" '89
May Precipitation	.41"	3.70"	10.69"

June 1st last year we were 5.57" below the average precipitation. June 1st this year we we but 1.34" below but, the month of May this year, we were 3.29" below average for the month, thus causing our gardens to be drier than this time last year. clemens Again we have been blessed with moderate temperature during the winter. 17° was the lowest, on Feb'y 23d at the Highlands & Washington, DC. W.B. but I have heard of its being much colder in other places in the neighborhood, and as low as 40° below zero in many places in the U.S.