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planting, and roses. No object-lesson in the advancement 

 of gardening could be more effective than that of the 

 decision of these dwellers in Newport — some of them pos- 

 sessors of as fine gardens as America has to show — no 

 object-lesson could be better than their admission that still 

 they need to learn; that their gardens, some of them con- 

 sidered practically perfect, still need contributions from the 

 charming flowers and plants of that older world beyond 

 the Atlantic. 



The Shedowa Garden Club, of Garden City, New York, has 

 for president and secretary two whose brains are never idle in 

 working for a progressive policy for their club. (Shedowa is 

 an Iroquois word meaning Great Plains.) Their fifty-odd 

 members meet about every fortnight. They have had sev- 

 eral authorities address them during their first year's exist- 

 ence, they have already a library of forty volumes, and they 

 have taken much interest in improving the flower exhibit 

 at the Nassau County Fair. The president of the club is 

 now exerting herself to get the various plantsmen and seeds- 

 men of the country to adopt the fine color chart of Doctor 

 Robert Ridgway, "Color Standards and Color Nomencla- 

 ture." 

 From an account of this club by its secretary I quote: 

 "The management of the Shedowa Club is entirely in the 

 hands of the executive committee. The membership is not 

 limited; the dues are smaller than those of the average gar- 

 den club, and men of the community are admitted as asso- 

 ciates (since they cannot attend afternoon meetings) for a 

 still smaller fee. The club is an all-the-year-round one, with 

 meetings each month, and an occasional extra talk. The 

 speakers and their expenses, prizes (except for four cups of- 

 fered at each large flower show by members and not per- 



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