acreage of land, now being put under cultivation, calls for an equally- 
increased number of birds. 
Although we have had our first regular meeting of the season, we 
are to have informal gatherings during the Winter, to carry on war 
relief work. 
Anne duBois de la Vergne. 
Washington Garden Club 
Washington is a small community in which collaboration is the 
rule, and while the Garden Club did not undertake much distinctive 
work this past summer, its members were, and have been, the leaders 
in the Surgical Dressings work. They have been active workers in the 
Red Cross Unit, in the First Aid and Home Nursing Classes, in the 
Conmiunity Canning Kitchen and Food Conservation Campaign. 
A few members supervised children's gardens, and one instructed 
children in canning the produce they raised. As a Club we con- 
tributed to the Red Cross Fund and gave many more than our quota 
of glasses of jelly and jam to the Army. 
We have endeavored to protect the ferns, laurel, and other "Christ- 
mas greens" in the neighborhood, and have sought the co-operation 
of nearby Garden Clubs in this effort. 
We have also tried to improve several unsightly and unsanitary 
places along the river-front. The Club brought Mr. W. O. Filley, the 
State Forester, to inform the community about the White Pine 
Blister. 
In our scheme of work last summer flowers were not entirely 
neglected, but cultivation and preservation of food products took first 
place. 
Ella L. Hebbard, Secretary. 
The foregoing reports are all that have been received from Member 
Clubs. It is assumed that all Clubs are occupied with patriotic work 
of some sort and all who have further suggestions to make or who 
are engaged in some activity not suggested in the printed reports 
are asked to send accounts not later than February loth for the 
March Bulletin. 
