The President asked for a report from the Committee on Bill- Committee ON 
boards. Dr. Edward L. Partridge, of the Orange & Dutchess Counties Bn-i- Boards 
Garden Club, Chairman of this Committee, reported as follows: 
At this moment propaganda is the most potent factor of combat- 
ing this evil. In order to obtain State legislation, it is necessary to 
create pubHc opinion. The National Association of Gardeners wrote 
a letter of protest against this evil. It would be helpful if other organ- 
izations would do likewise. As propaganda, photographs could be 
taken of an unsightly billboard, and of the view of which its erection 
deprived the passer-by. The Photographs and SHdes Committee 
might issue an appeal for this kind of propaganda. 
Mr. Fletcher Steele, representative of the Association of Land- 
scape Architects, suggested that in the same way that we have laws 
which place restrictions upon public nuisances created by sound and 
smell, so there should be a law to prevent offenses to the eye. Mr. 
Steele advised that the propaganda be directed to this end. 
The President then opened the meeting for general discussion 
asking for an expression of opinion from non-delegates. Miss Ernes- 
tine GooSman of the Garden Club of Philadelphia, directed the 
attention of the Organization to the value of fallen leaves as f ertiHzer, 
and suggested that the Organization use its influence to have these 
leaves allowed to form leaf mould in the pubKc parks, rather than 
be burned. 
Mrs. John Wood Stewart, Member-at-large, suggested that the 
Garden Club of America create pubhc opinion opposing the thought- 
less throwing of waste papers in the parks and pubhc roads. 
Upon motion the meeting adjourned. 
After the business meeting, we motored to the estate of Mrs. 
Richard T. Crane, Jr. As the drive wound up the long hill overlooking 
the sand dunes to the Ocean, the distant views were enchanting. 
Mrs. Crane's gardens were unusually beautiful. The borders of the 
herbaceous garden were full of color, charmingly set against the 
gray walls, and relieved by large spaces of turf. Through the herba- 
ceous garden we passed to the Rose Garden, where the roses were 
grown on a lower level, surrounded by a circular pergola on a raised 
terrace. The plants were unusually fine, and the standards were most 
interestingly grown, surrounded by hybrid perpetuals for the most 
part, which solved the question of the sun's rays upon the standard 
stem, a perplexing problem to many rose growers. The Rose Garden 
was one of most luxuriant growth, and is a great tribute to the knowl- 
edge of its superintendent, Miss Foote, who directs the culture 
of Mrs. Crane's roses. The dinner upon the terrace, which included 
the Presidents and the Delegates, gave one an opportunity to reaUze 
the extent and interest of the view from the terrace of " Castle Hill. " 
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