twenty-eight women were enrolled, and all the fruit and vegetables 
used in class work reverted to the committee. 3050 jars, and 824 
boxes of dried products have been distributed to the Sewickley 
Hospital, the Columbia Base Hospital, and a Naval Base Hospital, 
and the dried products shipped to the American Ambulance at 
Neuilly. 
In the early spring the Club collected $3890.00, which was put in 
the hands of a Committee composed of men members, who worked with 
the County Agriculturist in assisting the farmers of Allegheny County 
to increase production. Seed was sold to the farmers at cost, and time 
was given for payment. Five demonstrators, all State College gradu- 
ates, were employed to instruct farmers' wives in the cold-pack 
method, and evaporation of fruits and vegetables. This Committee 
owns sixty-five evaporators, which have been left with responsible 
people in rural districts, and which are loaned to farmers' wives for 
use at home. Five thousand women were reached, and three himdred 
boys sent to help the farmers. The funds remaining ($2500.00) have 
been invested in the Second Liberty Bond issue. 
Five hundred dollars has been sent to Miss Bagge to assist the 
French orchardists. 
Former interests have been kept alive by offering cash prizes 
to the Civic Club for vacant lot gardens. Mrs. William Maclay Hall 
was Chairman of the Woman's Committee of the War Farmers' and 
Gardeners Association, which put under cultivation several hundred 
acres of idle property in Pittsburgh. 
Mrs. Finley Hall Lloyd, President. 
Amateur Gardeners Club 
We went rather exhaustively into the question of raising medicinal 
herbs. But after gathering much information we found it quite 
difficult to get seeds and plants and so we, reluctantly, decided to 
abandon the plan that we had formed of cultivating herbs. The 
preservation of the wild flowers has entered into the discussions at our 
meetings. Not only have we been concerned in taking steps to protect 
the wild flowers but also in discouraging the use of Christmas greens 
and the cutting of Christmas trees. 
As a bit of war work our Club, in its desire to co-operate with the 
Women's section of the Maryland Council of Defense, decided to 
finance one of the community gardens started by the Food Production 
Committee of the Council. We selected a lot in one of the poorer 
districts of the city, cleaned and graded it and divided it into seven- 
teen lots which were rented at one dollar a garden. It is hard to 
estimate the value of these gardens in the community. Not only do 
they give wholesome out door employment to almost every member 
