turn is trying to interest the school children in its care and 
improvement. City officials are most responsive as well. The 
Nature Garden Weekly, a valuable little paper published by 
the Board of Education, is spreading- the Wild Flower lesson 
far and wide. The Garden Club of Cincinnati and "Wild Flower 
Preservation Committee opened the season with a fine program, 
with music and a photo-play called "The Four Seasons." It 
was given at the Hughes High School where seven hundred 
teachers were their guests. A lecturer has been employed to 
talk to the children in the schools and she is having much success 
in enrolling junior members, who wear a small button with 
"Enjoy, not destroy" as the slogan. They too are sending 
articles to automobile magazines. 
Specialization in some one Wild Flower is to be asked of 
each member of the Lake Forest Garden Club. The condition 
of soil and environment will be taken into consideration to 
determine the choice of the flower. If possible, seeds are to be 
secured so that the stock may be increased to pass on. 
Still other preserves are in process of establishment — one in Lower 
Bryan Park, Richmond, and one at Arroyo Seco Park, Pasadena. Southern 
The first has a lake, a hillside and marsh— a splendid condition Zone 
for a varied growth. The James River Garden Club members 
are to fence off special natural plantings in Bryan Park. Dr. 
Bartsch, that delightful lecturer, spoke at Wilmington this 
spring and the children were invited to hear him. Later all of 
the schools had follow-up talks. 
It is good to see that Kalmia and Evergreens are on the 
hearts of the Albemarle Club members. They hope to rouse 
public sentiment to a greater sense of responsibility towards 
these much abused shrubs and trees. With the help of the 
University of Virginia some headway should be made. 
The chief progress during the past year in the California Pacific 
Zone has been the passage of two bills; one to provide for the Zone 
purchase of virgin forest; the other making it a misdemeanor 
to cut or sell Christmas Berry (Toy on or Hetermeles aroutifolia) 
without written permission on the part of the owner. In 
Pasadena the Garden Club has gotten the town authorities to 
set aside a portion of Arroyo Seco Park for a preserve. Last of 
all, native shrubs and trees, also seed, were planted. The aim 
there is to have a living herbarium of valuable plants, where 
all may go to study plant life and be inspired to use them in a 
corner of their own gardens. Mrs. Cochrane Armour has made 
her Wild Flower garden available for the Garden Club members, 
and this year promises to share it with the school children and 
teachers, hoping also that Mr. Saunders or Mr. Payne may 
be there to make it more interesting and instructive. 
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