for the Public. The bronze medal of the Garden Club of Amer- 
ica was offered for an achievement in Dahlia growing ; the Judges 
unanimously awarded it to Mrs. S. H. Taft's "Elizabeth." 
Mrs. Hutchinson's delightful, illustrated talk on Wild Flow- 
ers was given in November. 
The support of the French Orphan is still continued. 
Mary L. S. Perkins, (Mrs. James H.) 
Secretary, pro tern. 
THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND 
During the past year the Garden Club of Cleveland has held 
Seven Meetings with lectures and Five Meetings of the Board of 
Gardeners, 
Also, three afternoons were spent by the Members of the 
Shaker Lakes Club and The Garden Club of Cleveland, visiting 
gardens and planning for the coming visit of the Garden Club of 
America. 
A Wild Flower Garden has been started by the two Garden 
Clubs on land given by the City for a permanent Wild Flower 
Park and to be cared for by the City but to be under the super- 
vision of the two Garden Clubs. It is located at the foot of 
Shaker Lakes by an old miill where the Shakers originally set- 
tled. 
The two Clubs have been asked to take space in the National 
Flower Show to be given here in March. A Spring Garden 20 
by 50 feet has been designed to be entered in competition for the 
prize of $1000 offered by the Flower Show. 
The Club has increased its membership by 22 members. The 
following officers were elected for 1922 : 
Mrs. John E. Newell President 
Mrs. John D. Maclennan First Vice-President 
Mrs. Charles A. Otis Second Vice-President 
Mrs. Courteny Burton Third Vice-President 
Mrs. Belden Seymour Treasurer 
Miss Clara B. Sherwin Corresponding Secretary 
Mrs. Benedict Crowell Recording Secretary 
A special Committee from the Shaker Lakes Club and the 
Garden Club of Cleveland has been appointed to be in charge of 
the arrangements for the visit of the Garden Club of America 
in June 1922. 
Anne C. Newell 
Mrs. John E. Newell President. 
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