Bulletin of 
tCbe (3arben Club 
of Hmertca 
March, 1920 
No^ 1 1 (New Series) 
President 
MRS. J. WILLIS MARTIN 
Chestnut Hill, Phtt.adelphl^, Pa. 
Treasurer 
MRS. H. D. AUCHINCLOSS 
33 E. 67TH Street, New York and 
Newport, R. I. 
Secretary 
MRS. HAROLD I. PRATT 
820 Fifth A\"e., New York and 
Glen Cove, L. I. 
Librarian 
MRS. FREDERICK L. RHODES 
Short Hills, N. J. 
Vice-President 
MRS. FRANCIS KING 
Alma, Michigan 
MRS. JOHN E. NEWELL 
West Mentor, Ohio 
MRS. OAKLEIGH THORNE 
Millbrook, N. Y. and 
S.\2s^A B.\rbara, Cal. 
MRS. SAilUEL SLOAN 
45 East 53d Street, New York .\nd 
Garrison, N. Y. 
Editor 
MRS. W.ALTER S. BREWSTER 
IZ20 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, .^nd Lake Forest, Illinois 
The objects of this association shall be: to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among 
amateurs; to share the advantages of association, through conference and correspondence in this 
countr>- and abroad; to aid in the protection of native plants and birds; and to encourage civic planting 
And hark! how blithe the Throstle sings! 
He, too, is no mean preacher: 
Come forth into the light of things, 
Let Nature be your teacher. 
One impulse from a vernal wood 
May teach you more of man. 
Of moral evil and of good. 
Than all the sages can. 
She has a world of ready wealth, 
Our minds and hearts to bless — 
Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health 
Truth breathed by cheerfulness. 
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings: 
Our meddling intellect 
Misshapes the beauteous form of things 
We murder to dissect. 
Enough of Science and of Art; 
Close up these barren leaves; 
Come forth, and bring with you a heart 
That watches and receives. 
William Wordsworth. 
