ON FORMING A GARDEN CLUB 



eflfective, and I hope the time may come when we 

 shall have little shows of the finer geraniums and 

 dwarf cannas, that these beautiful and ever-bloom- 

 ing flowers may again find place in our good gar- 

 dening schemes. An autumn show comprising 

 both flowers and vegetables is often tried and found 

 successful. I shall never forget the beauty and 

 originality of effect of a rich basket at a recent gar- 

 den club show of this type. The occupants of this 

 basket were ears of a purplish-black com, delicate 

 green heads of lettuce, egg-plant, and the purple- 

 blue flower of an artichoke. One could not fancy 

 a more decorative color effect than this. A rose 

 show, too, suggests itself as a matter of course. 

 And how amusing it would be to try the experi- 

 ment of a show to be composed entirely of blue 

 flowers — the varying ideas of that hue would be 

 everywhere in evidence, and what opportunities 

 for enlightening comparisons ! 



That the garden club shall keep abreast of the 

 general march of gardening knowledge, a member- 

 ship on the part of some officer or member is ad- 

 visable in all the societies in this country which 

 make a study of special plants, such as the Ameri- 

 can Peony Society, the American Rose Society, 

 and so on. Also memberships in large horticul- 



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