and harmoniously ushered into being; the garden rage achieved it, 
tempered by the garden peace, in its beginnings at least. The May-day 
festivities were no less successful. The new Executive Committee 
met at Stenton in the morning and were led reluctantly to lunch, 
still organizing, so congenial seemed their task. The first motion by 
Mrs. King, seconded by Mrs. Brewster, that the central organization 
remain permanently in Philadelphia, was carried. 
A motion was carried to take the following subjects for considera- 
tion during the first year: — Grass, Forestry and the Structural Use 
of Green in Grounds and Gardens. A motion was carried to encourage 
and press the use of the Color Chart. The exchange of calenders was 
advocated. It was voted that Clubs might be admitted at this meet- 
ing, and the following Clubs were accordingly elected: — Lenox Gar- 
den Club, Trenton Garden Club, Southampton Garden Club, Cleve- 
land Garden Club and Ann Arbor Garden Club. The meeting then 
adjourned. 
At luncheon an informal ballot was taken on several names 
suggested for the heroine of this tale, and Garden Guild was chosen, 
but owing to many objections the final settlement was reserved for 
further consideration. With the meeting at Stenton the conference 
ended and the delighted guests and their delighted hosts cast care to 
the winds. At the memorable feast then set forth, the Garden Club 
of Princeton were guests of honor, and the receiving ladies were 
honored by the assistance of several ladies of the Colonial Dames 
who have had in hand the good work of preserving Stenton and 
replanting the old garden. The tables laden with good things of the 
olden time, fulfilled the visions evoked by the quaint invitations and 
menu-cards which bore a sketch of the history of Stenton. 
On a May-day of divine beauty in the very home of ancestral 
garden culture, a banquet of enthusiastic friends, brought by Mrs. 
Wright's paper on the experiences of the Planter of Stenton to a 
realization of the noble past this young club is heir to. So was joy- 
ously ushered into being, the "Gaeden Club op America. " 
Immediately after its organization meeting, our glorious Bulletin 
had its humble beginning. Your President issued a four-page number 
and sent it on its way with these words : — " This Little Sheet goes forth 
in the hope that it will be the means of bringing into closer touch 
the Clubs composing the Garden Club of America. " It has not 
only become a medium of communication between our members, 
but to-day under the able editorship of Mrs. Brewster and her stafif, 
stands as the leading garden magazine in this country, and I know 
of none other across the water that can compare with it. 
On her trip around the world in January, 1914, Miss Mcllvaine 
of the Trenton Club, had the opportunity of starting the Garden Club 
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