Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1934

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frost came and destroyed.

How many lima beans advised to a pole. One very satisfactory.

When should asparagus be cut down. Before berries get red.

Should rhubarb be fertilized in fall or spring. Best in the early spring.

Not too late to transplant raspberries. Many find calendulas difficult to transplant.

Mrs. Hill told us the scarlet runner bean is edible in England.

The Elm tree in New Jersey is infested with a destructive pest said to have been brought to this country in [?ing]. State side right to get rid of or control this menace.

Is it well to plant pines now. Best to wait until later. All deciduous plants should be dormant when moved.

This has been a season of complexes some members had good cabbage early and late. While others failed to grow cabbage. Tomatoes have not

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4/ Been up to standard in quantity or quality. Cauliflower grew vigorously producing no flower. Several other varieties of vegetables were not grown to perfection as usual.

The tropical storm of Aug 33 left a trail of destruction in our gardens. There is an old Proverb which reads "More grows in the garden than the gardener plants" To this I am here one member bear evidence. There is much of natures charm to be found at Glen Lauder and the fine October day we assembled there showed us [?] of beauty around us sloping hillsides. Trees so stately and tall. The core green woods near enough to the house to enjoy, held secrets of flower and fern and shrub. Surely the Hermit Thrush came here to sinf his evening song.

Here we close the pages of one record for 1933.

Mary Mathews Nichols, Sect'y.

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The Cedars May 1st

The April and first meeting for 1934 of the Horticultural Society was held April 1st with Henry and Mary Nichols at The Maples assembling for luncheon as is specified for this month.

The April meeting is not usually a large meeting but a meeting of cheer and good fellowship. When the members seem happy to get together after the lapse of meeting.

The many clubs of our Sandy Spring neighborhood each [?] to be significant of some special time and condition. The Horticultural Society is an inheritance so little changed from its origination some of its members being of the third and fourth generation as is so ordered. The By-laws and Resolutions of this Society were read at this first meeting

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The minutes of the October 1933 meeting were read and adopted without change.

Edith Green our first appointed reader read from an old forethought of her aunt Miss Eliza Brooke = strange seed from foreign lands, and a pleasing rhyme. Where do the sweetest apples grow.

Helen Hallowell second appointed reader told us of the origin of Garden Clubs and of the Garden Club of Athens, Ga. the first Garden Club organized 1904 Many of us confuse Horticultural Clubs and Garden Clubs. They are separate and distinct organizations.

Mrs. Hill described the Flower Show in New York where the arrangement and effect of all plant life were so perfect it seemed to belong and to have grown where placed.

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Forethought suggested many things to be done in the garden. Burn all debris now as cleared very important. Rose bushes more winter killed than usual but to slow in cutting back.

Start Dahlia seed now. Mrs. Tilton asst. Sec. gave a good report of early spring flowers shown, some effectively arranged in special groups. Few winter vegetables. Robert Miller had apples in perfect condition, some shrubs in bloom, and Edgewood lovely variety of Gderanium. The Cedars coleus & nicotianaia. Albert and Lena Stabler were welcomed as members at this meeting. The resignation of Harry and Bessie Stabler was accepted with regret. The club parted reluctantly with these members who have meant much to the membership. The Sec. was instructed to write them this has been done.

Forethought Helen Farquhar resigned