that the slides be charged for at the rate of $5.00 for a box of approximately 
75. Continuing, Mrs. Pratt said that the germ of a national Horticultural 
Society lay in the work of the committee on Special Plant Societies ; that 
a registration for the new plant names should be established, but that 
The Garden Club of America was not now in a financial position to make 
that contribution. Mrs. Stout added her endorsement to this idea. Speak- 
ing of the work of the Flower Show and Horticultural Medal Award Com- 
mittee, Mrs. Pratt said that the influence of The Garden Club of America 
had made itself felt at the last Flower Show and that this is the time to 
make America beautiful. She included in her list of possibilities for con- 
structive work the Horticultural Quarantine Committee, the International 
Eelations Committee and the Eoadside Committee and Office Library. She 
concluded : ' ' You can see that we are an organization which is touching 
this country. If we do not do this work other organizations will. We 
should decide at this Council of Presidents meeting what the policy is 
going to be. I want to emphasize our national scope and the large number 
of people we can influence, and I hope the work will be generously sup- 
ported. ' ' 
Mr. Steele pointed out the amounts given to endowment funds and 
said it was interesting to figure out whether The Garden Club of America 
wished to function on its annual income or desired to build up an endow- 
ment fund on which it can continue to live. The President stated that 
that was a matter which would have to come up after the Club had been 
incorporated. 
Mrs. Pratt said: "There is one thing further I would like to speak 
about. Mrs. Sloan and I have been going about speaking to the Clubs. 
The weak link is that the members of the Member Clubs do not know 
what the Executive Office is doing. How can we tell them? The Clubs 
I have addressed were so responsive that it seems to me that if the matter 
could be properly put before them they would feel that we are doing some- 
thing that is worth while. One of the greatest benefits from this meeting 
will be for each President to go home and make it clear to her members 
just what we are doing and try to win their support. ' ' 
Mrs. Martin suggested asking the Presidents of the Member Clubs to 
set one day a year apart to be devoted to the work of The Garden Club of 
America, and invite certain people to speak at these meetings. 
Mrs. Adee carried this thought further by suggesting that a committee be 
formed consisting of six or eight members who would be prepared to speak 
to the Clubs of the work of The Garden Club of America. A further 
suggestion along this line was that each Club have an annual meeting when 
a member from the Central Office could go and address the meeting. The 
President stated that the Officers made a practice of going to the Clubs 
and talking when the request was made. 
Mrs. Newell said, that she had always felt that the dues were inade- 
quate and that the members were getting more than they were paying for. 
The President asked: "Do the members as a whole realise this? Until 
all of them do, little can be accomplished, and that is what The Garden 
Club of America has been trying to do — help the members to realize what 
the organization stands for. ' ' 
After further discussion about the plan of financing The Garden Club 
of America, 
Upon motion of Mrs. Parker, of Michigan, seconded by Mrs. Henry, 
of Philadelphia, it was 
Voted: That the recommendation of the Finance Committee be pre- 
sented at the Annual Meeting the following day. 
Mrs. Crowninshield said she felt very strongly that no privileges 
should be given to the members who contribute more than the regular dues ; 
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