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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



WOMEN'S NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



Under the auspices of the New York Hor- 

 ticultural Society the Women's National 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Association 

 will hold a conference at the Bronx Botani- 

 cal Garden on May 7 and well known 

 nuthorilips on agriculture and horticulture 

 will deliver addresses. 



Although the association is a compar- 

 atively recent organization, it lias grown 

 with such rapidity and vigor that today its 

 members are dra«Ti from 30 states and 

 represent widely varied interests. 



Any one who believes in the objects of the 

 association and wishes to further them is 

 eligible to membership. This means that 

 the membership includes women of many 

 [)rofessions, all having a common interest 

 in some phase of agriculture or horticulture. 

 City dwellers with small back yards, flat 

 dwellers with only window boxes, successful 

 women farmers and commercial growers, 

 women deeply interested in agricultme or 

 horticulture but hesitant about making a 

 start, the owner of the large estate and 

 notable garden, landscape gardeners and 

 amateurs, social and settlement workers, 

 school garden and jilaygrounil entluisiasts. 

 loctrrers and writers on horticulture — all 

 HikI a welcome in the association, ilcn arc 

 not excluded from membership. 



Through the association a greater in- 

 terest is being created among women in all 

 ]ihases of gardening and soil production. In 

 fact, one of the definite aims of the or 

 ganization is the bringing together nt 

 producer and consumer, employer and cm 

 |ilnyee, gardener and land, individuals wlm 

 might form a partnership. 



The formation of local branches is an 

 other object. These branches are indc 

 jiondent in their working, but affiliated with 

 tlie parent society; they will hold local con- 

 ferences and exhibitions, and encourage ami 

 facilitate the direct sale of produce from 

 nu'n and women on farms to people in town. 



The work to be undertaken by the club> 

 will vary greatly in difl'erent regions. Some 

 communities of producers will be largely 

 and practically interested in marketing, nni- 

 tual co-operation and the improvement of 

 country life, esthetically as well as practic- 

 ally. In town and villases there is the 

 work of school and vacant lot gardens; in 

 suburbs there are garden clubs, and every- 

 where practical interest in the economic 

 relation between the farmer and the town- 

 dweller. In every community them is op 

 ]K)rtunity for a club to undertake some 

 activitv which very properly comes within 

 the W." N. A. & 11.' A. 



Officers of the association are, besides 

 six vice-presidents: President, Mrs. Francis 

 King. Alma. Mich.; recording secretary, 

 ^liss Hilda Loines. Brooklyn ; treasurer. 

 !Miss Louisa O. Davis. Ambler, Pa., and gen- 

 eral secretary. Miss ^fargaret .Tackson. 

 Englewood, N. J. 



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HERE'S HOPIN'! 



Last year wasn't the very best — P'r'aps the buildin' that we phinncd 

 Purty hard by trouble pressed ; 'Gainst the cyclone couldn't stand ; 

 But the rough way leads to rest — Liut, thank God, we've got the land- 

 Here's hopin' I Here's hopin' ! 



Maybe crops waz short ; the rills 

 Couldn't turn the silent mills ; 

 But the light's behind the hills — 



Here's hojjin' I 



Where we plant roses sweet 

 Thorns come up an' prick the feet ; 

 But this old world's hard to beat — 

 Here's hopin' ! 



JMavbe flowers we hoped to save 

 Have been scattered on a grave ; 

 I'.ut the heart's still beatin' brave — 

 Here's hopin' ! 



That we'll see the mornin' light ; 

 That the very darkest night 

 Can't hide Heaven from our sight — 

 Here's hopin' ! 

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