Mrs. Blake declined to accept the amendment. After general dis- 
cussion Mrs. Blake withdrew her motion and in its place moved that 
the old policy be continued as the poUcy of the Garden Club of 
America. This was seconded by Mrs. Greeley." 
On page 13, immediately preceding the motion made by Mrs. 
Bouton, the following should be inserted: "It was moved by Miss 
Pendleton and seconded by Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne that a request be 
sent through the central office to Member Clubs asking them to open 
their gardens to visiting Garden Club of America members." 
The Report of the Committee on Honorary Award should be 
completed as follows: ''The Medal is to be awarded annually to the 
person doing the most for horticulture and Mrs. King announced 
that the first medal should and would be presented to Professor 
Charles Sprague Sargent of Boston, Mass." 
Flowers and Herbs for the Lord Mayor 
An Old City Custom . • 
On Thursday, the loth inst., in conformity with ancient usage, the 
Master (Major Samuel Weil), the Wardens (Mr. Francis Agar and Mr. 
D. C. Haldeman), and the Clerk (Mr. E. A. Ebblewhite) of the Gar- 
deners' Company, which dates from 1605, waited upon the Lord Mayor 
at the Mansion House and presented him with specimens of flowers, 
vegetables and herbs in remembrance of the long association of the 
guild with the City. The guild are especially proud of the fact that 
in 1632 they were granted by the Recorder a warrant for the arrest of 
persons using the trade of gardening in contempt of the company's 
charters. To the Lady Mayoress the guild presented a bouquet of 
Orchids. 
— The Garden. 
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