THE GARDEN CLUB OF MIDDLETOWN, 
CONNECTICUT 
The Garden Club of Middletown has experienced another 
year of usefulness to its members and the community. A parti- 
cular impetus has resulted from our association with the Garden 
Club of America. The national meetings have been the greatest 
stimulous to those attending and their enthusiasm has been 
caught by those who had to remain at home. An open meeting 
with the beautiful slides from the G. C. A. brought pleasure to 
a large audience, and as a result of the Visitors Book many mem- 
bers have spent very delightful moments in many delightful gar- 
dens. 
Our flower booth at the Garden Fete was again so success- 
ful, we are realizing that we have created a demand for seedlings 
and garden accessories which will lead us to greater things. 
Papers of interest have been read, interesting talks given by 
those who have visited gardens in other lands and a very plea- 
sant interchange of hospitality with a nearby garden club and a 
pilgrimage to Mr. Gilletts wild flower sanctuary in Southwick, 
Mass., has had a place on our program. 
Our interest in collecting books for our Garden Shelf in the 
public library continues and we look forward to a year of greater 
pleasure and usefulness. 
Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. 
President. 
THE MILLBROOK GARDEN CLUB, INC.. 
The Millbrook Garden Club has had a year of very diversi- 
fied interests and closes its year with a feeling of contentment and 
satisfaction over the work accomplished. 
Our best horticultural achievement has been, probably, with 
the dahlia. The general interest taken in its culture by many 
of the members is a satisfaction. 
Our flower show, the first since the war, was excellent and 
the Children's Gardens showed a really good exhibit. 
The Tribute Garden, a small park of six acres which the 
Club is planting and maintaining for the benefit of the village, 
is developing into an actual fact and is finding a real place in 
the village life. Our pledge to plant only native material has led 
us into a most interesting field. The wild flowers do not seem 
to be such a closed book, but the shrubs, rock plants and ground 
covers fill a very large book of unknown facts which we are 
struggling to master. 
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