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wished a bulb bed for spring, this was
the time to put them in the ground.

The assistant secretary could give reports
of exhibits from only six of our members,
but what they lacked in quantity was
made up in quality, that from Cloverly
being especially fine, a home where for
the most of the summer there has been
only one member to care for the gardens.
This was not an afternoon for many
questions.

Our leading hostess wanted to know what
to do with her crab cactus; if it were
"flabby," it was thought nothing could help
it.

Emma Stabler was told that Thanksgiving
day was about the time to put in sweet
peas in the fall & to plant them three
or four inches deep. She had, also,
two varieties of apples to be named, but
we failed to hear any given.

Cousin Ellen Farquhar asked if Lima
beans were bearing abundantly, & the answers
showed plenty now after the previous
scarcity, but no one seemed to know why
his watermelons were not bearing.