already proved by two interesting meetings, which we hope to con- 
tinue semi-annually, drawing garden lovers in our State more closely 
together. 
This plan of amalgamation was suggested to our members by a 
Virginia Garden Club where it had been successfully tried. A Commit- 
tee for the exchange of plants, perennials and bulbs has been started. 
One of our meetings was devoted to Birds, an illustrated lecture 
to which members' children were invited. 
We hope next summer to have the nucleus of a collection of picture 
sHdes, and also open possible " worth while gardens " to visitors through 
the Garden Club of America. 
We have donated a few books on gardening to our Public Library 
and, with the co-operation of the Librarian, have had exhibits of 
specimen wild flowers, collected by school children, hoping to encour- 
age their more careful preservation while arousing an interest in their 
beauty. If only each Club could be the open sesame in its community 
to the joy of a flower garden, however small, the problem of making 
villages and city suburbs "blossom as the rose" would soon be solved. 
CarouneT.. Kissel, President. 
New Canaan There were ten regular meetings, two Field Days, and two Annual 
Garden Flower Exhibitions, in September and in June. 
Club, Papers and talks: 
Co>rNECTicuT By presidents of neighboring Garden Clubs, on ' ' President's Day " ; 
Wild Flowers of Connecticut, with sHdes, Mr. Norman Taylor; 
The Annual Magazine, with contributions from Club members; 
Experiences, by Club members; Roses, Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt; 
The Understanding of Landscape Design, Mr. H. A. Capam; Rock- 
work, Rock-plants, Fools and Sundials, Mrs. W. E. Verplanck. 
Rural Spain, with original slides, by Mrs. S. S. Auchincloss; An 
Antique Garland, Mrs. J. Putnam Brinley (Club member); Annuals, 
Mr. John B. Gerrish (Club member); The Annual Magazine, with 
contributions from Club members. 
At each regular meeting save that of mid- winter a flower exhibition 
was held, of two to three classes, three judges from the Club being 
appointed. 
The Annual Exhibition of September comprised fifty- two classes; 
that of June, seventy-nine. At the last, open competition was a 
feature, with gratifying success. There was a competition in garden 
photographs and there were juvenile exhibits. The judges of the 
Annual Exhibitions are invariably professional gardeners, the decora- 
tive classes being judged by members of outside Clubs. 
Various Activities : An herbarium of local wild flowers, compiled by 
Mrs. WilHam H. Cary. A Committee for Civic Improvement, which 
has not yet reported. The Club mothers and receives reports from: 
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