In closing I should like to make public recognition of the 
valuable services of the editorial staff. We could not have a more 
interested, hard-working and clever group of women— they have 
made Mrs. Hill's and my task a very delightful one. 
Mrs. William R. Mercer, Chairman of the Committee on Ad- 
missions, presented the following report : 
Admissions The Admissions Committee has met only twice since its 
Committee creation. As its members are in widely separated localities, it 
is difficult to come together more frequently. 
The first action of the Committee may be said to have been 
the sending of a questionnaire to each Member Club of the 
Garden Club of America, asking for its definition of Member- 
ship. Of the fifty-two Clubs, then in the Federation, forty 
answered and on these answers were based the Admissions Ruling 
which the Committee had the honor to present to the Directors 
at the Autumn Meeting. These Rulings were confirmed by the 
voting body of the Garden Club of America, and are at present 
the standard by which Clubs desiring admission are judged. 
They also apply to Membership at Large. 
Since October 16th, 1921, thirty-seven Members at Large 
have been admitted and at present three Clubs are to be 
presented. These Clubs have been visited by two members of 
the Admissions Committee who have carefully considered them 
in relation to the principal qualifications for admission into the 
Garden Club of America, that is to say; the quality of their 
gardens, the knowledge and interest in good gardening evinced 
by the members, their accomplishment as a Club and the general 
acceptability of the personnel of a Club. 
As our object is to create, in time, a beautiful America, we 
hope that by raising our standard we may encourage Clubs to 
feel that entrance into the Garden Club of America is a goal 
to be attained, not only for what we may give them but for what 
they may contribute to us. In other words, to establish a perfect 
relationship the benefit should be mutual. 
Mrs. Francis C. Farwell, Chairman of the Wild Flower Com- 
mittee, presented the following report : 
In a recent conversation with Mr. George Bird Grinnell, he 
said : ' ' After working for the cause of conservation for nearly 
forty years at last I am beginning to see results." If the man 
who gave us Yellowstone Park after forty years of discourage- 
ment can see results, we are facing a very encouraging prospect 
for the future. 
Wild The New England Zone with Mrs. Crosby, chairman, has 
Flower started a strong educational campaign, beginning with an exhibit 
Committee at the recent Massachusetts Horticultural Show, at which many 
of the pamphlets published by the Society for the Protection of 
Native Plants, of which she is President, were distributed. 
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