Mrs. William Pierson Hamilton, Chairman, Garden Club of 
Orange and Dutchess Counties. 
Mrs. Samuel Sloan, President of the Philipstown Garden Club. 
Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd, Garden Club of Montgomery and 
Delaware Counties. 
Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt, North Country Garden Club. 
Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, Garden Association in Newport. 
The Nominating Committee: 
Mrs, Benjamin Fairchild, Chairman, Garden Club of Orange 
and Dutchess Counties. 
Mrs. S. Edson Gage, Litchfield Garden Club. 
Mrs. Benjamin Warren, Garden Club of Michigan. 
The business meeting having been concluded, the President in- 
troduced Mr. J. Edward Moon, President of the American Association 
of Nurserymen, who presented the aims and progress of his Association. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Moon's speech, Mrs. Stewart, President 
of the Short Hills Garden Club, presented the following Resolution: 
Quarantine 37 RESOLVED: — ^That the Garden Club of America appoint a 
Resolution committee whose chairman shall attend the Meeting called by the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society to discuss the action taken by the 
Federal Horticultural Board and known as Quarantine No. 37. That 
said Committee be instructed to report that the Garden Club of 
America deplores and disapproves of Quarantine No. 37 in its present 
form and will enthusiastically cooperate with the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society and other organizations represented, in any 
effort to mitigate the conditions imposed by the action under dis- 
cussion. That the Massachusetts Horticultural Society be immediate- 
ly informed of the desire and intention of the Garden Club of 
America to so cooperate. 
which was seconded by Dr. Partridge, President of the Garden Club 
of Orange and Dutchess Counties and was duly carried. The members 
of the committee appointed are named above. 
Mr. William N. Craig, of the National Association of Gardeners 
next spoke on "The Point of View of the Professional Gardener," and 
upon co-operation between the gardener and the employer. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Craig's speech, the meeting adjourned for 
luncheon. After luncheon Mr. John C. Wister, President of the Iris 
Society spoke on the "Present Conditions in the Nurseries of France 
and England." 
At the conclusion of Mr. Wister's speech, on motion the Club 
adjourned, and a large proportion of those present attended the 
Flower Show at the Grand Central Palace. 
Harriet Pratt, Secretary. 
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