Horticultural Society

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8 How keep celery? Set close together in the ground or in a deep hot bed and cover with forest leaves and then with boards - a trench in the garden is used by some

9 When trim Evergreens? Nov. Decem. or March

The walk in the garden was very interesting. The long rows of vegetables and raspberry vines and a very fine row of grape vines with fine clusters of fruit were very attractive. Adjourned

Norwood Aug 29^th 1890 Temp 78^o to 82^o

A large number of members and guests assembled. The absent members were those from White Hall and Rock Spring. The guests were Edith Bentley, Sarah Needles, Clara Moore Dora Moore Mary and Joseph Tilton, Hetty Moore, Rebecca Moore Sadie Moore, Mabelle Parks, Mrs. Benjamin Moore, Miss Ida Hope-Doeg Carrie Brooke, Mr & Mrs. Henry Maigne Mrs. Harry Gilpin, Mrs. Clarkson Taylor, Mary B. Thomas Beatrix and Martha Tyson Miss Nannie Clark and Carrie Reese Miss Lizzie Smith, Rebecca Ramsey & Stuart Janney.

The specimens were fine; from Longwood, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, crook-neck squash

H/8/1894 -1Noon Temp 82° Riverton Aug. 7^th

A large company gathered at Riverton Fair Hill and Brooke Grove had no representatives. The guest were Alice Stabler Mrs. Frank Stabler, Mrs. Lucy Michie, Mrs. Harry Gilpin, Mrs. Duck and daughter, Mrs. Alexander, Mary A. Gilpin, Amy Hutton, Charlie and Nellie Hartshorne, Ben and Lydia Hallowell, Estelle Moore, Mary Tilton, Sallie Elliot, Ulric and Mary Hutton, Miss Colt John and Sallie Janney, Sallie and Ernest Adams, Lucy and Lawrence Leadbeater, Lucy and Robert Kummer, Gertrude Miller, Dr. Augustus and Helen Stabler. Dr Green, Robert Brooke, Lottie Farquhar, the Misses Harrington Walter Thomas Miss Massey and perhaps other whose names I did not get.

The specimens were from Alloway potatoes and flowers The Cedars, tomatoes, fragrant pomgranite Lima beans, corn, cucumbers, egg plant & flowers Cloverlea tomatoes, carrots, salsify, parsnips, beets & cymblings Hermon egg-plant, beans, salsify

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{4/} advised to put the pot in the ground, first putting stone in the hole + spray with

Mrs. Young, a guest, asked how to raise sweet peas - If not planted early + deep, till up from time to time + mulch.

Helen Farquhar wanted to know if a sitting duck would take ducklings if she had hatched none. Try putting them under the duck at night.

Emeleen Hill said they had quite a problem on their hands trying to get some good soil to stay on some land they had recently bought next to about 12 ft higher than gardens in the city (Washington) it is naturally rotten rock on which fine trees grow, but they want grass + other things as well. Have added loads of rich earth that promptly washes away = how can they keep it there. Not much help was given we fear + it would seem all they can do is try, try again.

Readers for June meeting Mary Tilton + Frederick L. Thomas Adjourned to Mt. Airy on June 7th Mariana S. Miller sec. There is always much of

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pollen from several cultivated varieties. As a result we have the Ballentine Belle & Queen of the Prairies, now famous all over the United States.

John Cook, another florist originated the Radiance, My Maryland, and the Glorified La France. It takes from several weeks to four or five years for the seed of a rose to germinate & grow. Dr. Water Van Fleet, the most famous of Maryland rosarians, propagated Silver Moon, The American Pillar, & one named for himself. These are climbers. His aim was to grow beautiful door yard roses, so easy to grow that every family might have them. The Mary Wallace, & Mrs. Walter Sarah Van Fleet, are among these.

The following is a list of [?] valuable varieties of roses voted by the American Rose Society.

1. Radiance 2. Frau Karl Druschki, 3. Ophelia, 4 Red Radiance, 5. Sunburst, 6. Grus an Teplitz [Gruss an Tepliz]. 7 Mrs. Aaron Ward, 8. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 9. Columbia, 10. Mdme. Caroline Testout. 11. Lady Hillington, 12. Duchess of Wellington.

Our new Forethought Com., Mary Tilton,

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the hummingbirds love the delphinium which is a poison pest for cattle. Albert Stabler had a story of Colorado too - a pretty girl - a jail - etc. At this point we found it well to adjourn to see the garden.

The next meeting will be at Norwood if Mary Tilton is well enough.

Helen T. H. Sec.

Oct 3. Treas. $6.00 Paid during 1939 - .15 for post cards $6. Com. C. dues.