this means the Secretary's time is thus diverted from other 
channels. In addition, assistance is constantly given to Com- 
mittee Chairmen, including stenographic work and typing, the 
preparation of reports, the sending of notices to committee 
members and other service rendered. 
When slides are ordered for Club meetings they must be 
carefully packed and dispatched by the Executive Secretary, 
a bill sent for their rental and when they are returned they 
must be unpacked, inspected and replaced. Often it is necessary 
completely to re-sort them, which requires valuable time. 
Tradespeople must be interviewed, supplies ordered and dis- 
posed of and the office kept up to date in equipment in order 
to fulfill the purpose for which it stands. 
The ever-broadening functions of the Central Office are a 
practical demonstration of the rapid growth of the organization 
in the course of one year and its usefulness not alone to its own 
community but to the entire country. 
Gertrude Oldaker. 
Executive Secretary. 
The Garden Club op America can never be stronger than Secretary's 
its individual members. "We ask you to make a special point of Report 
carrying back to your members what its activities are. Oppor- 
tunity is constantly knocking at our door and we want to be 
able to meet it, and for this we need your help — the help and co- 
operation of each individual member. 
I wish to call your attention to the Flower Show Equipment 
which can be explained to you after the meeting by Mrs. Hill. 
We have here samples of the various parts of the equipment and 
a descriptive circular, and the sets can be obtained through the 
Central Office. 
May I also call to your attention the little booklets, Pro- 
nunciation of Plant Names, which we have here for sale at $1.00 
a copy ? Having learned that it permits us to go back to our old 
pronunciation of ' ' Gladiolus, ' ' I feel that I can heartily endorse 
the book. 
Some of you have seen the caricature in a recent issue of 
Life of a roadside tree in bloom, and then a second picture 
showing it stripped bare, and underneath the words "Ain't 
Nature beautiful. ' ' Both Mrs. Iselin and I saw it and permission 
was obtained of the Life Publishing Company to have 500 copies 
reproduced on posters. We added the words which have been 
a slogan of the Roadside Committee, ' ' Spare the Roadside Trees, 
please!" These posters are here and each President is asked 
to take ten, to be placed in the Post Offices and Schools. These 
posters are Mrs. Iselin 's gift and it is her wish that they be 
distributed, so far as possible, throughout the country. 
Mrs. Francis King was asked, some time ago, to help the • 
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