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#3 December 8th 1931

gracefully to charm her listeners
with descriptions of gardens - some
familiar and others little known
generally, but all combining
to make each member present proud
of North Carolina and her heritage
of beauty appreciated and cultivated
by her ancestors

She first spoke of Orton House of
Willmington a beautifully preserved
colonial home & garden. Then of
Airlee-on-the-Sound also of Willmington
with its glory of four hundred thousand
azaleas combined with the cypress
and water oaks -- a result of thirty
years of intensive cultivation.

Next she told of Greenfield Lake
Park of Willmington in which there
is a natural Christmas tree over
300 years old and with a spread
of 110 feet. She convinced her
hearers that Willmington is indeed
one of the beauty spots of the South

To describe each garden in
detail would be impossible in minutes
but your Sec will simply mention
each so that they may go in the