for the "Preservation of Wild Flowers," as we feel that educational 
work along this line is very much needed in our vicinity. The Pro- 
gramme Committee is planning, in addition to our regular meetings, a 
Flower Show of Spring bulbs early in May, and an excursion to some 
interesting garden within motoring distance of Trenton. 
The Garden Club of Twenty, though such a small organization, The Garden 
has had a very successful year, our chief activities being our con- Club of 
tributions toward the "French Orphan" Funds and toward the Twenty, 
"Home Garden" work in Baltimore, which is of immense benefit to Maryland 
the health and home making interest of the people of Baltimore. We 
also gave of our time and money toward the "Flower Mart," which 
is a Flower Bazaar held annually in Washington Square. 
Our (during war time) somewhat interrupted interest in our 
gardens has been revived and we had a most successful competition in 
the Spring for the Prettiest Garden; the Best Kept Garden; the Most 
Bloom in the Garden; the Best Conditioned Plants; the Best Color 
Scheme. 
Mrs. W. Champlin Robinson, 
President of the Garden Club of Twenty. 
In addition to the regular meetings, many entertaining and in- Ulster Gar- 
structive outdoor afternoons were arranged by the Program Com- den Club of 
mittee. In the Spring a bird picnic was held in a grave famous for its New York 
numerous varieties of warblers, and later an afternoon was spent in 
another grove of historic interest where the land slopes down to the 
Hudson at the point where the first steamboat landed. In September 
we heard a talk on "Mushrooms" by one of our members who has 
made a study of the fungi and has many varieties on her place. We 
have given a few minutes at each meeting to the wild flowers and 
also have set aside Saturdays in June for visitors to our gardens. , 
As the result of a lecture on Dahlias by Mrs. Stout, our Club has 
specialized on Dahlia culture this year, most of the members experi- 
menting with only a few tubers and seeds, as this plant has not been 
successfully grown by us in previous years. Late in September we 
devoted one afternoon to the distribution of bulbs, seeds and plants 
to any of our townspeople who might call for them, and were delighted 
to find how many people were thus made happy. 
One interesting meeting in September was held at the home of 
Mrs. Birge Harrison in Woodstock, where Mr. Harrison gave us an 
entertaining talk on Gardens of American Indians. 
In October we listened to an illustrated talk on Bees, given by 
John Aspinwall of Newburgh. Our committee on Photography reports 
that the Club has about seventy slides of diflferent gardens. Our 
President has appointed a Committee to publish in our daily papers 
little articles on gardening that may be useful to the public. 
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