fragile flowers to give its members the benefit of their experience, so 
that the safest methods of packing and transportation may reach the 
greatest number. 
Woman^s National Farm and Garden Association 
The Conference of the Mid-west Branch of the Association 
whose offices are at 1730 Stevens Building, Chicago, was held in 
Chicago at the Fortnightly Rooms in the Fine Arts Building, on 
Monday and Tuesday, March 2 2d and 23d. The programme allotted 
a day each to gardening and to farming with important lectures in 
addition — Old New England Gardens, Mr. Loring Underwood of 
Boston; and Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Dr. W. A. Murrill of 
the New York Botanical Gardens. These were illustrated with colored 
slides. Among the speakers on the two days' programme were Mrs. 
Francis King on Lilacs and Other Spring Flowers; Mrs.- Bertram J. 
Kahn on Flower Arrangement; and papers on Succession of Bloom, 
Mrs. F. W. Harnwell, and Small Gardens, Mrs. W. R. Corlett. These 
with the two lectures, filled the first day. 
Mrs. Charles W. Hubbard led off the second days' subjects with 
A Short Talk on Asparagus; Mr. W. J. Kittle spoke on The National 
Board of Farm Organizations, dwelling particularly on the question of 
Milk Production and price; Mr. Clement S. Houghton of Boston, took 
the place of the President of the Association's New England Branch, 
Mrs. George U. Crocker, in describing the great activity of that 
Branch in direct marketing and in other ways; and The Future of the 
Mid-West Branch was discussed by Mrs. Bertram W. Rosenstone, 
one of the staunchest supporters of the Branch from its beginning. That 
evening Miss Lena May McCauley spoke on Gardening of the Com- 
munity, and the general agricultural situation was set forth by an 
authority on soils and fertilizers. Professor Rand. 
Mrs. Russell Tyson, President of the Mid- West Branch, and Mrs. 
Francis King, presided over the sessions which were attended by very 
large and interested groups; discussion was free and fruitful, and the 
Conference brought seventy-four new members into the Branch, of 
which, it is timely as well as pleasant to add, Mrs, Frank 0. Lowden 
is Honorary President. 
The Annual Meeting of the National Association will be held at 
the New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, New York City, on 
Tuesday, May 25th; business and the annual elections will take up the 
morning, luncheon will be served at the Lorillard Mansion, and after 
one or two fine speakers on farming and gardening have been heard, 
guides will direct the members and their guests through the Gardens 
which should be in full Spring beauty. All interested are warmly in- 
vited to this meeting. 
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