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gave us a fine report of quality and variety
in the exhibits. Everything from soup to nuts.

The names of Mr. and Mrs. Hurry
were proposed for membership, by Lillie Stabler, but as no written
application has been received from them,
no action could be taken, according to the
By-laws of the Horticultural.

QUESTIONS;-

Our Hostess, Mrs. Bancroft told of
a use for Jar rubbers. They are excellant for
holding paper on your jelly glasses. Approved.

Mr. Bancroft told of a drive through
a part of Penn. where the approach to villages
and towns was beautified by trees planted along
the roadside. Also trees cannot be trimmed
cut without sanction of the State Roads Com.

Anna Farquhar is expecting to
plant annuals this fall for next summer flowering,
reporting of the results later.

Cousin Corrie asked if paper mulch
was a good covering for winter for roses. Miss.
Mary Magruder thought it would be.

Mrs. Farquhar told of sending to the
Department of Agriculture a specimen of her
Jananese apple, affected with some trouble. The
answer, "are there red cedars near you?" They
are enjurious to apples. In Virginia they are
not allowed to be planted.

Cousin Robert Hallowell told of
reforesting in Lousiana, three million trees
being planted, three species of pine, all suit-
for lumber purposes and ready for commercial
use in thirty to fifty years. The actual
planting started in 1925.