Following is a list of the Plant Societies with the names of 
their secretaries, all of whom welcome correspondence with our 
Garden Clubs. Also the name and address of each member of 
your committee who represents her especial plant and who has 
worked to bring about a feeling of goodwill among us all. 
American Dahlia Society. Mr. "William J. Rathgeber, Secretary, 
198 Norton Street, New Haven, Conn. Eepresented by Mrs. Charles H. 
Stout, Short Hills, N. J. 
Chrysanthemum Society of America. Mr. Charles W. Johnson, Sec- 
retary, 141 Summit Street, Rockford, 111. Represented by Miss Ethel 
Wright, Dexter Place, East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
American Gladiolus Society. Mr. David Tyndall, Brockton, Mass. 
Bepresented by Mrs. S. E. Gage, 309 Sanford Avenue, Flushing, L. I., 
N. Y., or East Morris, Conn. 
American Peony Society. Prof. A. P. Saunders, Secretary, Clinton, 
N. Y. . Represented by Miss Ellen Watson, 5400 Bartlett Street, East 
End, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
American Iris Society. Mr. B. S. Sturtevant,- Secretary, Wellesley 
Farms, Mass. Bepresented by Mrs. C. S. McKinney, Sunny Lawn, 
Madison, N. J. 
American Rose Society. Mr. John C. Wistar, Secretary, 606 Finance 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Represented by Miss Hilda Ward, Roslyn, 
L. I., N. Y. 
Dahlia Society of California. Mr. F. C. Burns, Secretary, San 
Rafael, Cal. 
Northwestern Peony and Iris Society, 3804 Fifth Avenue, 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
H. M. S. 
News and Views 
Now, in the early spring, some of the readers of the Bulletin 
may be revolving in their minds ways of raising money for 
their Clubs next summer, and will, perhaps be interested in 
hearing of the success which the Cincinnati Garden Club had 
last June. 
The Children's Hospital in Cincinnati needed money, and Garden 
decided to give a fete at the Zoological Garden, and the Garden Fete 
Club was asked to take the flower booth in the French market. 
The booth was put up at one end of the garden, covered 
with a gay and artistic awning, striped yellow and blue. This 
opened into the most charming little formal garden imaginable, 
fenced on two sides, and the fences a. mass of Dorothy Perkins 
roses in full bloom ; the enclosure divided into sections, edged 
with a tiny box hedge, bird bath, white enamelled benches and 
other garden accessories in place. Inside the border, flower 
pots with pink Geraniums, pink and white Petunias, Lemon 
Verbena and Rose Geranium were sunk in the ground and bright 
colored flowers in pots, planted with a due regard for color 
effect were also sunk everywhere; all, of course, were for sale, 
with reserve stocks to fill in. The garden was easily the feature of 
the fete. Inside the booth all sorts of things were for sale, garden 
aprons and bonnets, tools, Rookwood pottery, vases for arrang- 
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