Apple trees generally in best bloom May i8, 1919, some passing. 
Pears in about best bloom May 9, 1919. 
Syringia vulgaris (at best) May 22, 1897; May 23, 1914. 
Forsythia (at about best) May 9, 1901; April 22, 1902. 
Kalmia latifolia, about best bloom June 16, 1919. 
Spring Calendar of the Rochester Parks 
Collection of Lilacs containing 310 varieties and species in good 
bloom about May 25th. 
Crab-apples begin to blossom about May 2otli and the different 
species and varieties maintain a very good show until about the 
first week in June. 
Azaleas probably in good bloom about June ist. They have not 
been injured by the winter but the Rhodendrons look badly o^ving to 
two severe winters, this year and two years ago. 
The large collection of Peonies will be in good condition from 
June 15th to 20th. 
The Garden Club of America's List of Lecturers 
Prepared by Mrs. Frederick L. Rhodes, Librarian 
(Subject to Addition and Revision) 
Miss Ltlian C. Alderson. 69 Lake Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut. 
Garden Outlines and Their Values. (Lantern slides of Italian Gardens). Plant Propagation. Bulbs, 
Indoors and Out. Color in the Garden. Iris. An Amateur's Greenlwuse. Flowering Shrubs. Enemies 
and Diseases of Plants. What Women are Doing in Horticulture. The Fruit Garden. iRoses. The 
Herbaceous Border. How to Make a Rock Garden. Sweet Peas. Annuals and Biennials. The Possibil- 
ities of a Small Garden. (Lectures illustrated by flowers.) (Specimens and practical demonstration.) 
$2s.oo and expenses for a single lecture. 
Mr. F. W. Besley, M. F. D. Sc, Sis Calvert Bldg. Baltimore, Maryland. 
General Forestry and Forest Protection. Forestry in Maryland. Roadside Tree Planting and Memorial 
Tree Planting. Black and white, also colored lantern slides with all lectures. 
Only traveling expenses in Maryland. $25.00 and expenses outside of Maryland. 
Mrs. S. a. Brown. 155 We^t 58th Street, New York City. 
Color Planting and Correct Color Nomenclature. Attractive Weeds. Herbs— .A Garden of Enchantment. 
Herbs used in "Seasoning and in Medicine" in "Magic Romance" and Jor " Sweets" for "Beautifying 
the Body as Well as Satisfying the Senses." Ways and Means of Amateur Exhibitions. (Club organiza- 
tions and suggestion for Flower Shows.) When the East and ]^ est Meet in the Arrangement of Flowers. 
(Japanese arrangement.) 
Personality in the Garden (with the planting lists for the following gardens "Betwixt Thee and Me." 
A Boundary line). A Wayside Inn {for the winter birds). ''April Showers and September Dews" (for 
spring and fall effects). Italian Days and Cloudless Skies" (.4 garden of light and sitadows). The Under- 
ground World (soil and the preservation of nature's humus). Judging for Flower Shows, etc. 
$25.00. Prefers to lecture in vicinity. 
Mr. J. Wilkinson Eluot, Magee Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Gardens at Home and Abroad. i;o black and white, 75 colored lantern slides. 
$25.00 and travelling expenses. 
Mr. Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. 
Peonies, Irises. Black and white also colored lantern slides with each lecture. Traveling and hotel 
expenses only. 
Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, 21 East nth Street, New York City. 
Problems in Garden Design (lantern slides). Rock and Wall Gardens. Design and Composition in 
Gardening. 
Immediate vicinity $75.00 and expenses. 250 miles or more special arrangement. 
Mr. John K. M. L. Farquhar, 6 South Market Street, Boston, Massachusetts. 
Lessons from Gardens Abroad on Construction and Planting. New Hardy Plants for American 
Gardens. Hardy Lilies and Other Bulbous and Tuberous Plants. Lantern slides, also colored slides with all 
lectures. Traveling expenses only. 
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