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Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1918-1925

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proves there are exceptions to every [common?] rule. The Sec. [thinks?] the only reason it did not rain more this past month was beacuse there was no more rain in Heaven!

The list of exhibitions was read by Mary Miller, and a very full list it was too, showing a splendid collection of fruits & vegetables- with a beautiful floral display. Some one remarked that a vegetarian might feel as if he had had a hearty dinner after hearing the list of exhibits! Helen Hallowell said she had not been able to find suitable vases [without?] paying quite dearly for them- so it was suggested she [try?] the 10[cent symbol] store & [? & ?'s], the committee was [continued?] until she made another survey of Washington.

[We?] [were?] very much interested in hearing of a wonderful yield of strawberries on the farm of Ms. Thomas [Poole?] near [Spencerville?] He sold $1990 from 1 1/4 acres of land, & a later bulletin had it that the necessary $10 to make the even $2000 had [been?] made as a [result?] of this good management & good fortune, three

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or four new bank accounts had been opened up at S.S. We understand Mr. Poole had given 1/2 an acre of land to a colored man & $600 was [realized?] from strawberries sown upon it. Again we have proof of the fine quality of this land in the vacinity of Spencerville!

Questions.

Hannah Stabler told of her hydranges that used to be a pink, & had now turned to blue_ Mrs. [Davis?] put [?] pink & white plants, & hers have changed to blue this year. There seems to be no known reason (in the socity-) for this freak of nature, but one said [iron?] in the soil is said to make the change of color.

There are sad looking currant bushes at Cloverly, would you advise cutting off the old growth? [Name?] cut hers, & had good results. Cousin [Ell--?] Farquahr's bushes look [badly?] - she says - ([well?] its the [?] [?] [that?] [does?] look badly in her garden then) Hellebore is said to be good for them, & we were told to put ashes over them,

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and around the bushes. Corrie Brooke told of some bushes [that?] had [?] sprinkled with hellebore; [the?] [main?] part on a [great?] deal of manure early in the spring & worked around them. [Pyeox?] could be used to advantage.

Mrs. Massey has an unpronounceable bush covered with bugs - what could she do? Send to agricultural department, they likely could give a remedy for the evil.

Is it an advantage or disadvantage to pick off blooms of rhododendrons? It [injures?] the plants to pick them off.

A laburnum tree bloomed beautifully this year - must you pick off the pods? The seed can be saved & planted if desired.

Is it too late to set out raspberries for a new row? They would do better to set out earlier, but if it is done, be careful to mulch well.

What best use for cabbage [worms?]? Paris [greens?]. Black flag & [flous?], most people use the [former?].

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Unc;e Fred Stabler has late cabbage plants for sale. Perry Thomas at Ashton also has them.

How must the ground be for late cucumbers? Low ground, & use fertilizer, not manure.

Clarence Gilpin told us to mulch the tomato plants, for a little worm is eating the stems of his.

We were told for planting small seeds, use a tin box with a hole in it, the seeds are distributed more evenly by this method.

How do you get rid of honey suckle? Plow & cultivate, it can be gotten rid of if it is in a place where it can be cultivated. It should be burned in the spring & then then plow the ground. Some one said a fortune could be made if a method could be found to rid your place of it.

The Chairman gave an invitation to the Society to notice the artistic decorations around the Bank Bldg. at S.S. _ done by Mary M. Stabler, the landscape gardener.

We adjourned to

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meet at Cloverly, with [Hulda? Janney?] & [Robert Miller?] as readers.

Our walk into the flower garden showed us neat little beds with permanent [?] borders that looked as if they might last a life-time. The vegetable garden (so an expert said) was [flawless?], such a profusion of everything, & not a weed to be seen so he said!

The afternoon of July 1st was not [Horticultural?] [?] of 1919- for it was an ideal dea, tho' a trifle warm, & it seemed to the Sec., never did Brooke Grove (our Mt. Vernon of S.S.) look as pretty as it did that evening. They may have been looking for company- Well, the company came, & found a warm reception, a pleasant meeting, a delicious supper, & a happy time.

Lillie B. Stabler. Secy.

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Edgewood September 3re 1919.

August

When the Horticultureal day came around, Aug. 5th; we felt so sorry for our hostess at Cloverley, and for ourselves, for it was rainy & threatening in the morning & it looked as if we were doomed, but nature gave it a second thought, & decided she must smile (as everyone does) for this hostess, and by afternoonthe whole world was [wreathed?] in sunshine, and the [little?] [?] some [?] [penned?] - seems fitting.

August.

"The white lillies sway with the breeze of the morning. In raiment more fair than a monarch's adorning; The bright [?] humming bird, [marvel?] of fleetness, Comes questing for honey-blooms, draining their sweetnessFor summer, the beautiful reigns." -- We were called to order by our President& the reading of the minutes of last meeting

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followed. They were adopted.

We listened to an article of Robert Miller's selection- from a paper published by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture- on the Spraying of Cherry Trees to control the cherry leaf-spot. At a previous meeting mention was made of the blight that had attacked our cherry trees, & this article seemed to solve the problem of further trouble if we followed its advice. This is a most serious disease affecting the foliage of cherries in the eastern U.S., & fruit growers have tried to find a remedy for it. The dept. of agriculture tells us these sprayings [mile-lime-sulphur?] solution or Bordeaux mixture will control the disease.

The first application should be made as soon as the petals fall, the second, about three weeks later, & the third, [?] after the fruit is picked.

Corrie M. Brooke rad [in?] place of [Name?] [Janney?], as she could not be with us. This bright little bit on Flowers & Chickens by Mrs. [Alice?] A. Smith, gave the members a new idea- [?] it told what seemed an

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impossibility, that this combination of Flowers & Chickens have proved very profitable. The lady plants dahlia roots, that she did not need in her garden, in her chicken yard, twelve years ago, putting each root where a chicken coop had stood the previous year, & she was most successful in raising the flowers, & by so doing, making' shade for the little chickens, the whole chicken yard is [annually?] a forest of flowers, & the sales from these have helped her in buying eggs from [blooded?] poultry & [choice?] varieties of dahlias.

[Name?] had a volunteer article on Country [?] corn, it said corn that was planted on Aug 6th [altho'?] there had [been?] frost. made a good crop, [number?] doz. ears were sold @ 50 [cent symbol?] a doz. - & when thanksgiving came it tasted mighty good, as did also tomatoes which had ripened on the vines that had [been?] put in the cellar. Mrs. [Janney?] also gave us the proportions for various sprays which will be kept in the Sec's. box for future federence.

Ellen Farquhar read us a beautiful poem

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written by Mr. [Albert?]. which had been sent to the neighborhood recently by his daughter. This poem had been written many years ago for the meeting of the Horticultural Exhibition at the [hyceum?], & it brought back tender memories of the long ago. A copy of the poem was ordered put in the Sec's. book & Alban Thomas said he would have a type-written copy made of it, for that purpose.

The Sec. was asked to write to Miss [Albert?] & express the thanks & appreciation of the meeting for this interesting article.

As usual, the Forethought was "on her job" and told us what we ought to do in our vegetable & flower gardens in the month of Auguse - the principal advice being the planting of different seeds. We are glad she did not bring specimens of weeds from her garden, for they were of "such noble growth", she said, there would not have been room in the automobile & some of the family would have been obliged to remain at home!

Mary Brooke took charge of the specimins present, & I feel sure the society was

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proud of the exhibit that was before us - almost every family had a fine showing - this [feature?] of the society is [certainly?] one of interest to those who work & care for their growing things.

Helen Hallowell handed in [$2.10?] as dues from the members, she was [unable?] to procure suitable vases.

Questions.

Cornelia Bently asked the advice of the society in regards to her namesake park, at Sandy Spring. The fence was in need of repair, & she wondered whether it would be advisable to do [?] it now - The question was put around, & the majority thought a high fence necessary to protect the lot. She also wanted advice in regard to her [willow?] bushes that had [been?] started, & her English walnut trees that she felt were not looking healthy.

We were again told of the good work the Unitarian Church is doing for the Neighborhood House in Washington - & Marianna Miller said she would take charge of any donations from the members, in the way of fruits & vegetables.

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