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scription is fifteen. In all clubs the meetings are held, as a 

 rule, in the houses or gardens of members. 



Expeditions are undertaken by some of the clubs — jour- 

 neys to fine gardens, public or private. This is as it should 

 be. In England it is a common sight, that of horticultural 

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

 ing gardens. Many of these must knock daily at Miss 

 Jekyll's "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 in 

 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 ofiEshoot of 

 the Philadelphia Club; the Garden Club of Princeton, New 

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

 club at NewRochelle, 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 is Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, and president 

 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 Gar- 

 dens," 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 



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