APPENDIX 



on "Gardens," Miss Averill on "Japanese Flower Arrange- 

 ment," and Miss Coffin on "Color and Succession in the 

 Flower Garden." 



Returning again to the Middle West, we have the Garden 

 Club of Cincinnati, which, to quote from a recent letter, 

 "limits its membership to thirty." 



"The By-Laws read rather insistently upon its members 

 being active workers in their gardens, although there are 

 included a small number of associate and honorary mem- 

 bers. From its inception the greatest enthusiasm has been 

 shown by the members of this club, whose meetings are held 

 fortnightly during most of the year. Lectures by profes- 

 sionals have been given and papers read by the members. 

 The bulletins have been most interesting, and the exhibi- 

 tions have embraced displays of all sorts of bulbs, forced 

 and outdoor grown, roses, delphiniums, iris, dahlias, cosmos, 

 chrysanthemums, and floral arrangements for different oc- 

 casions. These exhibitions have been accompanied by de- 

 bates and prizes have been awarded. 



"The last dahlia show was given in the pergola of the 

 Zoological Gardens and was on a large scale. Thousands 

 of blooms were shown by amateur and professional growers. 



"One of the important aims of this club has been to 

 beautify the city and adjacent country roads. Ten thou- 

 sand pink ramblers have been planted, and seeds and bulbs 

 are being scattered along the rural ways. 



"Meetings have been held with the botany class of the 

 university, and the club now hopes, with encouragement, to 

 establish a chair in gardening at this institution. 



"The oriflamme of the Garden Club of America is also car- 

 ried by the Garden Club of Cincinnati, and it further aims to 

 put Botticelli foregrounds in all of Cincinnati's landscapes." 



Now for the club in which I am most at home the 



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