by an oflGicer of the U. S. Air Service; The Arroyo Seco Park and Plans, 
a subject of great interest to the people of Pasadena. 
The impromptu meeting was held at the estate of Mr. and Mrs. M. 
Cochrane Armour to see the Ceanothus, or Wild Lilac, at its height of 
bloom. During the year the Club has had a number of practical in- 
terests considered by committees appointed by the President; the 
proper care of vacant lots, the feasibility of reforestation after forest 
fires, the best method of handling the oak borers so destructive to the 
live oaks of Southern California, the planting of shrubs in the Arroyo 
Seco Park. Each Spring and Fall a contribution of $25 is made to the 
Pasadena Horticultural Society, an association of professional gard- 
eners and nurserymen, with the proviso that all exhibits at the 
Flower Shows be labeled with their botanical names. The policy of the 
Club is to confine its interests strictly to horticultural Hnes. 
MiRA B. CuLiN, Secretary. 
Garden Club with beauty as the watchword, this year, the Garden Club of 
OF Philadel- Philadelphia has endeavored to come into its own once more; to cherish 
PHiA, Penn- and protect the glory of the living green God has given us; to appreci- 
SYLVANiA ate the natural beauty of the country and help others to know and love 
it. 
The Club made a pilgrimage to the Azalea Gardens, Charleston, 
and two canal-boat trips to the upper reaches of the Delaware. In- 
spired by these journeys, the members desire to have more garden 
joys, and to share them with others. 
The financial results of the Garden Plant Sale at Alverthorpe made 
possible development of the Chestnut Hill Community House Garden. 
The Club booth at the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market gave some 
city children a chance to buy other flowers than salvia and red ger- 
aniums, and incidentally helped the Playgrounds Association. 
Co-operation with the Society of Little Gardens and The Weeders 
brought Mr. Cromarty, Canadian Housing Commissioner, to Philadel- 
phia to tell of the new garden cities now being developed by our 
progressive northern neighbors. 
Among the other activities of the Club were Flower Arranging 
Competitions, Delphinium, Dahlia and Chrysanthemum Shows. A 
Photographic Exhibition is being planned from which the best pictures 
will be culled to be made into slides for the Garden Club of America. 
For the future, trees and native wild flowers- are to be claims for 
special interest. The ambition of the Club this year is a Wild Flower 
Garden in Fairmount Park. 
Mrs. Bayard Henry, President. 
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