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2) following. Care should be exercised
in morning lawns this month; unless
the season is unusually wet, only
an occasionally mowing is necessary
& then the knife should be
set high. Geraniums & other
house plants which are expected
to produce bloom next winter
should be cut back & kept from blooming
during the summer. New shoots
should be pinched back to produce
bushy plants. July is the best time
to sow columbineseeds. They are
slow to germinate & ground should
be kept moist.

The Community Council report
was read by Mary Magruder.

Questions

Mariana Miller called attention
to a fine oak tree which seems
to be dying. It may be the roots
were injured when the road was
widened. Oaks like some leaves
left on the ground for a mulch.

Charles F. Brooke brought a
beautiful lily which he had cultivated
after finding it in a marsh
some years ago. It is called
"Marsh lily" & is rare in this
vicinity.

Mary Hutton's Japanese iris are not
blooming. She may have put too