Address by the President 
It is with great pleasure we come together for our Ninth 
Annual Meeting of The Garden Club of America. 
A few weeks ago one of our well-known lecturers spoke to 
five Garden Clubs at my home, and I have been worried ever 
since! She stated that The Garden Club of America liked 
poetry and wanted poetry, and she proceeded to soar to poetical 
heights. Unfortunately the good old days are no more, when 
Mrs. Martin presided so delightfully, opening our meetings with 
a few charming verses, always appropriately chosen. Since 
learning of the special tastes of our members I have felt it my 
duty to begin this meeting with poetry, but failing to find the 
proper lines, here I am, still scared and matter of fact ! For 
poetry you will have to fall back on our clever Editor, who 
always does as the members wish and doubtless you will see that 
from now on the Bulletin will be edited entirely in verse. 
There are a few matters which I wish to speak of, and fore- 
most in my heart and mind is the really marvelous cooperation 
given me by the Board of Directors. I want to thank each one 
of them and tell all the members of The Garden Club of 
America that whatever success has come to the Club has been 
due to them. "When you realize that we meet every month and 
always have more than a quorum present and sometimes as; 
many as twenty, you can readily understand the time and 
trouble the Directors take to travel to New York to talk over 
and decide questions. I feel this very deeply and hope all will 
appreciate with me the gratitude we owe, not only to our 
Directors but also to our Secretary, Mrs. Pratt, and to our 
Treasurer, Mrs. Rand. 
What we are most proud of is the Bulletin. "We cannot 
now, nor shall we ever be able to thank Mrs. McKnight for what 
she has done. It is a tremendous task, and her untiring efforts 
have been crowned with success. She must know of our grati- 
tude as well as our pride. We desire also to express our thanks 
to Mrs. Hill and all the Board of Editors. 
The Chairmen of our Committees have given much of their 
time and I am sure some have given all of their time to the work 
of their Committees, and when you hear the reports you will be 
able to judge for yourselves of the results accomplished. 
I am happy to announce that Mrs. Pratt has given to The 
Garden Club of America a set of slides with appropriate and 
instructive descriptions, which are being compiled by Mr. 
Fletcher Steele to be used by the Federated Women's Clubs 
and other organizations. So many demands come to us for help 
in gardening that we must be ready to meet these demands. 
Few of you realize the number of requests which come from all 
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