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enemy - the squash bug or striped
beetle which ccan be controlled with
rotonone, dusted every four or five days.
We are looking forward to Grace and
Francis' "cucubits" specimens for the July
meeting.

Helen Bentley read on how to plant
bulbs, planting as deep as 6 or 8 inches
or 2 x 1/2 times their depth. Moles and
mice are their worse enemy. Dust
bulb before planting and set on a layer
of sand.

Our forethought chairman, Rebecca
Small, advised us to pinch off side
buds of peonies, set out window box
plants, thin sweet peas, force and pot
geraniums, divide rhubarb and put
fish in the lily pond. She closed her
report by reading the lovely poem by
John Milton, "May Morning."

The meteorologist reported 55° temperature
and 3 7/10 inches of rainfall
in April.

Douglas Farquhar asked for volunteers
for plane spotting to work in
4 hour shifts.

Elsa Thomas told of the exhibits of