our auspices, and our -Club has been so heartily commended for work 
thus accomplished that we feel encouraged to extend our activities still 
further for the benefit of other local institutions of public moment, as 
far as we may have the means to do so. 
Our last Annual Show of Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables was held 
at the home of our secretary, Mrs. E. Dimon Bird, at which awards 
were made for excellence in the usual classes. 
Recently at the suggestion of the Garden Club of America a 
number of the home gardens of our members have been opened to 
visiting members of the other affiliated clubs; a list of these gardens is 
kept by both of our secretaries,— Mrs. E. Dimon Bird and Mrs. Sartell 
Prentice, who will be pleased to furnish on card and appUcation the 
privilege which now may be offered. 
Elsie S. Edson (Mrs. Franklin Edson), 
President Greenwich Garden Club. 
The Green Spring Valley Garden Club has been having difficulties Green Spring 
this year. I wonder if many of the other Clubs have not found it hard Valley Gar- 
to get back to normal conditions after the years of war, when gardens den Club, 
meant vegetables and "land armies" and flowers for hospitals, and Marylani> 
Garden Club meeting places were turned into Red Cross workshops! 
We have, however, been meeting regularly, except during the three 
winter months, when most of our members go to town or Florida or 
CaUfornia, and the "stay-at-homes" find that Uving in the country 
has its disadvantages. 
We are much interested in the plans for a Community House to be 
built in our midst and will, as a Club, undertake the planting in con- 
nection with it, and try to make it a center for the distribution of 
flowers, seeds and plants. We also have a small Garden Library and 
occasional lectures open to all. 
Last fall we had a most interesting lecture on bulbs by Mr. Chester 
Hunt of New Jersey. This spring one of our members, Mrs. Todd, who 
had recently returned from Japan, gave us a delightful description of 
Japanese flower arrangement. 
This past spring we have also co-operated with the Baltimore Civic 
League in its "Flower Mart" for the benefit of city planting. Our 
Club specialized in vegetable and flower seedhngs, and found that 
tomatoes and cabbages were much more in demand than Snapdragons 
and Asters. i 
We have, as a Club, journeyed to Mr. Vincent's Dahha Farm near 
Bel Air this fall, and last week had a most interesting talk on the 
Preservation of Wild Flowers. We have appointed a Committee to 
take up this work. 
We feel very proud of the Valley with its beautiful estates and miles 
of field and meadow and woodland, but the Garden Clubs have not 
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