Constabulary" which has power of arrest, to be followed by 
fines. Those thus punished for disfiguring roads with paper 
and litter of every description, pass along the knowledge of the 
danger of meeting the law, and a decrease of this unsightly of- 
fense must follow. The state police are proceeding with this 
feature of their work with interest and energy. 
Edward L. Partridge 
President. 
THE PASADENA GARDEN CLUB 
Outside the membership doors of the Pasadena Garden Club 
is a long line impatiently waiting admission (an evidence of the 
Club's vigorous condition). The limit of membership has been 
extended twice; first from 50 to 60, and recently from 60 to 70. 
Nine regular and two special meetings were held. On our 
programs appeared many well known names, among them : 
Mr. Edwin Tyler Miller, editor and author of works on 
garden subjects; Mrs. Alice Riley, Mr. Ralph Clarkson, Reverend 
Mr. Reginald Wheeler, of Peking, China ; Signora Oliva Rosseti 
Agresti, of Rome, and Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter who read a 
group of charming wild flower poems written in California last 
winter. Two illustrated talks were enjoyed; one on the gardens 
of China, by Mr. Wheeler, the other on "Italian Gardens and 
Fountains," by Signora Agresti. 
The influence of the Club has been effective along educa- 
tional lines leading to the preservation and cultivation of our 
wild flowers and plant life and an appreciation of their medicinal 
uses ; in protesting against unsightly billboards and the defacing 
of our mountainsides with disfiguring letters and figures ; in sup- 
porting the valuable work of the "Save the Redwoods League" 
through a contributing membership ; the efforts of the "Horticul- 
tural Society" by means of generous donations to the spring and 
fall Flower Shows, and in the supplying of greens and flowers 
for decorating the Community Play House. 
Grace M. Barnes 
Recording Secretary. 
Grace M. Barnes, 1051 San Rafael Ave., Pasadena, California. 
THE GARDEN CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA FOR 1921 
The past year has brought to the members of the Philadel- 
phia Garden Club much interest, profit and pleasure. The many 
meetings have been well attended, general interest stimulated by 
the "Five Minute Talks" on Native Wild Flowers. The year's 
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