The Annual Meeting Number of the Bulletin should prove 
of great interest to all Garden Club Members. To those who were 
so fortunate as to be present it will serve as a pleasant reminder, 
and it will bring detailed news of our triumphal march to the 
stay-at-homes. The business meeting was one of the best we have 
ever had and as ever, was beautifully conducted. The Presidents 
and Delegates will have many interesting things to report to 
their Clubs, and Ave hope these reports will be made in full. 
The cordial welcome of the Hostess Clubs and the perfection 
of our entertainment is almost indescribable; we cannot give too 
much detail to this never-to-be-forgotten hospitality — it might 
sound as if we had eaten our way through the gardens of Cleve- 
land and Pittsburgh. 
Of course as the Council of Presidents and the Annual Meet- 
ing come first in importance we give them first place in the 
magazine, and though this is as it should be, and the descriptions 
of the gardens is accorded second place, we want to remind 
everybody that visiting these beautiful gardens, talkiug with 
the owners and their gardeners, making notes, asking questions 
and exchanging experiences should be a very important part of 
the Annual Meeting. A casual conversation overheard in an 
automobile revealed the fact that a moth-ball placed carefully 
at the root of each Aster plant will keep away beetles — a bit 
of rare knowledge that seems almost international in importance ! 
This is only one of many instances of the value of "listening 
in" as the procession moves, so that to keep one's ears pricked 
up and a pencil ever ready in the hand will bring forth just 
such wonderful reward. In other words these meetings should be 
regarded not only as a glorious five-day Garden Party, but as a 
rare opportunity to meet and talk with knowing gardeners from 
Boston to Santa Barbara, and the more note-books and pencils 
there are in evidence, the more the meetings are justified. 
There was something- for everyone at this Ninth Annual 
Meeting, from magnificent estates to the exquisite and en- 
chanting little door-yards at Gates' Mills. The Cleveland 
gardens and the wonderful Garden Exhibition at Carnegie 
Institute in Pittsburgh should prove an inspiration to us all. 
Let the enthusiasm which we carry home with us each year 
make us remember that the best in gardening is none too good 
and that Ave should aim for the very highest and where possible, 
take the advice of the A^ery best. 
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