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mitted to exceed two dollars and fifty cents in price), and, in 

 fact, all expenses, are paid from the club treasury. An en- 

 trance fee for members, and admission to non-members, are 

 charged at the spring and fall shows, and occasionally a 

 small admission fee is charged to non-members for some of 

 the illustrated lectures; but, as a rule, non-members are in- 

 vited as guests; and no admission fee is ever charged to 

 members except for the shows. Neither fee nor admission 

 is charged for the little shows at meetings. Members are 

 never assessed beyond their annual dues." 



At Short Hills, New Jersey, is a small but vigorous garden 

 club, with so informal an organization that there is no officer 

 but the president. Membership here is limited; but meetings 

 are frequent, in summer as frequent as once a week, "thus 

 enabUng us," to quote a member, "to watch carefully the 

 development of color schemes and artistic planting, so en- 

 thusiastically started in the previous season; and to note 

 the growth of plants tried in our locality for the first time." 

 The writer further remarks upon the incentive established by 

 the frequency of meetings — and that in time of failure the 

 meetings prove a consolation as well. The Short Hills Club 

 has also for several years had dahlia shows. In this short 

 account the most excellent suggestions are interesting novel- 

 ties in plants, a subject which always touches one nearly, 

 and an exhibition devoted to a particular flower. 



The Garden Club of Trenton, New Jersey, with a member- 

 ship of twenty-four, is limited to twenty-five. (One cannot 

 help envying that twenty-fifth member !) It holds its regular 

 meetings on the second Monday of each month, with an 

 extra meeting sometimes on the fourth Monday. The letter 

 of the Trenton club's secretary is so beguiUng that I yield 

 to the temptation to quote a part of it verbatim — "We 



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