Horticultural Society

H/5/1914-1-

Norwood

May 6th 1914

Joseph T. Moore and his daughter Margaret Bancroft, received us at this beautiful home. There was much regret expressed that Eliza Moore could not be with us. Illness detained her in Wilmington Del. We missed her cordial greeting. It was gratifying to see our host in such good condition and his daughter was a competant and attentive hostess.

The minutes were read and accepted 1st Reader, Ellen Farquhar, read about Lima beans by a New Jersey trucker. He plants from April 25th to May 10th in that region, places each bean, eye down. Starts cultivation as soon as the plants are started, and continues cultivating throughout the season. When the begin to run they are tied to the poles with soft cotton twine. This has to be done about three times and it was quite a job. In fact pole Limas always seem to be requiring some attention, and this year we are not going have a single pole on the place. Our bush Limas tasted just as good, sold as high and yielded as well and brought us more per acre, with far less work. We have dropped pole Limas for bush Limas, "Ford hook" rows 4 1/2 feet apart, beans 12 to 18 inches apart in the row. 2nd Reader Corrie Brooke read an interesting

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9 Sweet peas planted in the fall came up in January but died. Is there any way of protecting them? No answer Florence Bond has California spruce and Norway spruce trees for sale.

Catherine Janney has several weeping willows to give away. The parent tree came from St. Helena. E. S. Iddings will have white Narcissus bulbs to give in June to Mrs. Bird and Margaret Bancroft English Marigold seed for distribution.

We visited the gardens which we found very neat and promising and the conservatory was very flourshing.

Our visit to the poultry, gave us a to turn us green with envy if we ever indulged such feelings

Next meeting to be at Riverside June 6^th

Readers Emily Massey and Charles F. Brooke

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The Horticultural Society meet at this dear home. After the reading of the minutes the readers of selected articles were called.

1^st Mary Stabler read of Cow peas used for table purposes. They are really a kind of bean and are like other kinds of beans, compareable with meat in the kind of nourishment contained in them The specialist of the Dept. of Agricultural say they are good human food in the North as they are in the South There are many varieties The white and the black-eye sorts are the favorites They are cooked in various ways.

2^nd Reader Mary B. Brooke per E. S. I. some curious names of flowers,

Volunteer, Margaret Bancroft, "How to to grow salad in your cellar all winter" Whitloof chicory which is French Endive Sow the seed middle of June cultivate during summer to get good roots. After frost pack the parsnip-like roots in a box 18 inches deep. with rich earth. Coarse litter for drainage, water well. Exclude the light. Growth will start soon; the white shoots will

H/6/1917 -3. 275 Schools cupulsory as in some States.

The subject not being Horticultural was dismissed

Question 1 When take the jars off of young rosebushes started last summer? Do it gradually

2 What is a good dressing for an asparagus bed? Sand, coal ashes or wood ashes and rotted manure.

3 How treat Begonias repot & cut back. Too late to plant Hubbard Squash? First week in June is a good time

4 Should a strawberry bed be watered? Yes and mulched

5 Where plant egg-plants? In rich soil Ellen Farquhar brought plants of wall flower and Tobasco (red pepper) for distribution. Margaret Bancroft brought Alyssma and agerations and Carrie Brooke had snap dragon A. G. Thomas brought a fine style of Wren-house and offers to make such Bungalos. when wanted.

In our walk we found the finest garden of the spring. The Flower bed were bordered with concrete thus mice, moles, grass and weeds are fenced out Roses were flourishing

Next meeting to be as Cedar Lawn Readers Sarah Kirk Anna Farquhar

or else she must have been sitting up at nights to care for it!! The committee on arrangements gave the places of meeting for the coming year as follows - April - Avalon May - The Highlands June - The Cedars July - Brooke Grove August - Cloverley Sept. - Edgewood Oct - Mrs. Magruder & Mrs. Davis will entertain The Horticultural at Knowlton.

Helen Hallwell was appointed to collect 15 ^¢ year dues from each family - quite a drive - let us hope she will go "over the top"! A communication was read from Margaret Bancroft in which she said as Norwood could not entertain the Horticultural this season she felt they might be keeping the place of some one else, & she thereby tendered their resignation. This came as a shock to the members, who would not hear of such an action and as we knew "Norwood's place