Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1936

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broom corn.

Had any one lost any poultry from eating locusts? Richard Iddings had seen one hen swallow 62 with no bad effects but in Howard Co. some one lost 1500 young chickens from eating them.

Lena Stabler gave the tidbits of several books on gardening & wild flowers & thought an appropriate name for this side of Edgewood.

No one seemed to know what was puncturing the stems of rhubarb.

Helen Farquhar asked if any one had tried putting tin cans on top of lima bean poles into which the beetles were said to crawl & so far no one had.

The blight on the fruit trees a round Ashton is caused by cedar rust.

The best way to plant peas is tp sow them along in the row, but beans should not be sown too close together.

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Wood ashes are recommended as a good dust for squash & cantaloupes.

There was a good display of fruits & vegetables, &, as always in this month, lovely roses as well as other flowers.

Andrew Adams as an appointed reader for next time, asked the privilege of inviting Dr. Knight from the Maryland University to bring some colored pictures in which he was sure we would be interested. Edith F. Green the other reader will also give her time to Dr. Knight.

Adjourned to meet at The Highlands on July 7^th.

To many of us Mt. Airy has many pleasant associations of the past & we are so glad we can still enjoy the beauty and charm of the place with the new owners who while making changes that can only be classed as improvements.

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still pressure the attractive plants as shown in the garden with thin beds of blooming plants and rows of fine vegetables.

Mariana S. Miller Secretary.

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The Highlands July 1936

The July meeting of the Horticultural was entertained by the two families at "The Highlands". A fine display of flower and vegetables showed there are good gardens this year & few pests so far.

The programs for the afternoon was planned by Andrew Adams who was one of the readers. Edith Green, the other reader, was absent so her time was also given to Prof. Knight from Md. University who should us his colored photographs of the Azaleas and Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, S. Carolina. These gardens are very old & are individually laid out along the Ashby River. He stressed the planning of long aisles with shrubbery on each side with vistas toward the river. He told us of his success in this climate in growing azaleas & iris.

After the minutes were read & accepted Helen Hallowell was asked to act as secretary in rder to relive the hostess from this duty.

Mary Stabler read a fine collection of Forethought amng them the

{H/7/1936 -2-} 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