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H/6/1948-1-

Concord

June, 1948

"Concord" expressed peace and the happy
achievement of the Woodwards, on the afternoon of
our last meeting, in June. After we had admired the
pretty Concord corners, President Frederick
McReynolds
called
this meeting to order, and the minutes were read and
corrected.

Emeline Hill then read to us facts about the
vanishing bee, the most important insect in the
world today. Did you know that bees were first
brought to this country from Europe, around 1800?
The honey and the bumblebee are the best polonizers.
Thousands and thousands more colonies of bees are
desired by the Department of Agriculture to provide
for the world's requirements of crops. Each acre
of alfalfa and clover requires a colony of bees;
three colonies per acre result in a bumper crop.
Billions of bees are murdered by modern insecticides.
There is a bee culture laboratory at Beltsville.

Strong was the boy who endured Mr. Hurrey's
grandmother's composition tea. But along with it she
instilled a love for herbs and wild flowers and woods'
life. By means of his vivid description, Mr.
Hurrey
took us along his woodland trail at Glen
Lauder
, where the little brook wanders and tinkles
and "friendly ferns" grow under the trees. More
than fifty species of ferns may be found there if
you have the eyes for seeing their feathery grace.
There is nothing to compare with the romance, the
beauty of woods in May.

Rebecca Iddings brought us back to this real
world by explaining Harold Stabler's effective
control of garlic: from the nozzle of an oil can
apply one drop of crude carbolic acid to the stem a
few inches above the ground.

Lillie Stabler read interesting notes. Use the
new fungicides for blackspot in roses. Thin
delphinium clumps to 5 stems. Order new varieties of
iris. At the White House, Mr. Redmond and his
assistants receive from local dealers hundreds of
roses, carnations, smilax, etc., for ordinary
occasions, and thousands for diplomatic functions.

Besides Mr. Hurrey's exhibit of ferns, Lillie
Stabler
's unnamed lillies and Dainty Bess rose,
and Rebecca Small's lovely spirea called goat'sbeard
the Highlands brought a wonderful tray of eight
vegetables and strawberries.

A community public library association will

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