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1964 June H/6/1964-1-

Horticulture met for the first time with Dorothy
and John Weske on June 2. It wa a beautifu
evening and we enjoyed very much wandering
around the woods gardens at Oakwood that John
and Dorothy are developing. After supper,
Our president Jack Bentley presided. We
were priviledged to have as a guest at the meeting
Ethel Thomas who had attended Horticulture
as a child. After supper Ellis went home
and brought back Mrs. Robert Brigham of Lawton
Oklahoma who arrived at Springdale just as
the Manning's were leaving for Horticultural.

Mary Moore Miller our scheduled reader was away and Robert
Miller read as substitute for her an article from Woman's Day on
bulbs. We all came away with many suggestions
and good resolutions to improved our bulb
culture. Daffodils requrie little care - take
off seeds, let foliage die; never cut this until
it has turned yellow. If you slice a daffodil
right after blomming you will see that it is
like an onion; later if you slice it, you can
see the embryo of a new bulb. Hyacinths and
tulips must be lifted periodically or
they will eventually disapper. Planted too
deeply they will not reproduce. Six inches is
about right. Fertilize bulbes with bone meal.