ON FORMING A GARDEN CLUB 



of the garden were ideal bits of ground for this 

 practice, and the place itself by August was a pic- 

 ture of beauty. We tried not to use it as a mere 

 target to throw flowers at, but to keep the unities 

 a little in mind. On a day in May the large bor- 

 rowed garden was an interesting sight, with groups 

 of people actively engaged in cultivating, planting, 

 and sowing every bed. And in September a yet 

 more interesting picture was there, for the flowers 

 had done marvellously well, and squares of zinnia, 

 dahlia, petunia, aster, stock, verbena, and gladio- 

 lus in a setting of well-kept turf made a pretty 

 spectacle. It would be well if such generosity 

 could be oftener shown in the lending of the un- 

 used garden. However, if a garden is not at hand, 

 a vacant lot might be seciu'ed. Such trial grounds 

 are invaluable, both for the education and pleasure 

 which they give to members of a garden club, and 

 as objects of public interest, comment, and ex- 

 ample. 



An annual gladiolus show on very simple lines 

 is arranged for August. This, by the way, I be- 

 lieve to be the simplest, most eflfective small flower 

 show possible, and therefore perhaps the best with 

 which to start. Given a broad, non-windy piazza, 

 a few boards and barrels, some dark-green cam- 



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