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societies going about, en masse, forty or fifty strong, inspect- 

 ing gardens. Many of these must knock daily at Miss 

 JekylPs "close-paled hand-gate." I would suggest to mem- 

 bers on the eastern seaboard that they avail themselves of 

 the beauties of the Arnold Arboretum in lilac time, or hi 

 mid-June and never without a note-book, for, as at Kew, 

 every tree and shrub is labelled to perfection. 



Other clubs there are of which mention should be made, 

 as the Garden Club of Warrenton, Virginia, an offshoot of 

 the Philadelphia Club; the Garden Club of Princeton, New 

 Jersey; "The Weeders," of Haverford, Pennsylvania; the 

 club at New Rochelle, New York; one forming at San Antonio, 

 Texas; indeed, at the time of writing, the whole number of 

 clubs known to me in this country is forty-nine ! Twenty-six 

 of these have combined to form the Garden Club of America 

 (founded by the Garden Club of Philadelphia), whose hon- 

 orary president was the late Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, and 

 whose president is Mrs. J. Willis Martin. The stated objects 

 of this society are: "To stimulate the knowledge and love 

 of gardening among amateurs, to share the advantages of 

 association through conference and correspondence in this 

 country and abroad, to aid in the protection of native plants 

 and birds, and to encourage civic planting." In "American 

 Homes and Gardens," August, 1914, appears an article on 

 the association, by Mrs. Arthur H. Scribner, written with 

 sympathy and charm. 



The best garden club is doubtless yet to be formed; it 

 can now be a composite. It will adopt the more important 

 and practical plans of those already in existence; it may start 

 with the benefit of their experience. Existing clubs are al- 

 ready recognized, reference to our gardening journals shows, 

 as powerful factors for the right development of horticulture 

 in America. May their tribe increase ! 



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