effect has been adopted by these other associations and should, 
I think, be printed in onr magazine and discussed at our next 
meeting -with a view to adoption. 
Mrs. Francis King, Chairman of the Emily D. Renwick Medal 
Committee, presented the following report : 
Emily D. Your committee for the Emily D. Remvick Medal takes 
Renwick peculiar pleasure in presenting to you as the candidate for this 
Medal honor for the year 1921, Mrs. Charles H. Stout of the Short 
Committee Hills Garden Club. We quote from the letter in which that 
1922 Club presented Mrs. Stout's name to the committee. "Mrs. 
Stout's work in Dahlia cultivation and hybridization is well 
known. During the past year she has perfected the hybridiza- 
tion of many Dahlias which have been awarded certificates by 
the American Dahlia Society and named. Among them are: 
Mexican Beauty, a hybrid cactus; Penelope Tan Princess, also 
a hybrid cactus; and Westhope, a decorative Dahlia. Beside 
lecturing on the subject before many societies and garden clubs, 
Mrs. Stout has written numerous articles for horticultural 
publications. In addition to this work, Mrs. Stout has designed 
the Horticultural Medal of the Garden Club of America, a 
most artistic and charming work, considered worthy of a place 
in the Museum of the American Numismatic Society, as an 
example of American medallic art." 
From another source we learn that in September and October 
Mrs. Stout took no less than six medals for her Dahlias ; and we 
know that her notable book, The Amateur's Book of the Dahlia, 
was written and accepted by the publishers during this past 
year also. 
With affectionate pride in the rare service to American 
horticulture of this member of the Short Hills Garden Club, we 
recommend that the Emily D. Renwick Medal, that medal which 
was the gift of this very club to the Garden Club of America, 
be now bestowed upon its distinguished member, Mrs. Stout. 
Your committee would remind you that now is the accepted 
time for sending in the names of candidates to Mrs. Gage, 
secretary to the committee. "We urge Presidents of Clubs to 
mentally canvass their memberships at once, with this award in 
view. We are eager for many candidates. It may be that since 
January, 1922, there have risen up in your Clubs, those fit to 
receive it. Certainly in the remaining months of this year there 
will, there must, assert itself such talent, nay, perhaps such 
genius in this wondrous world of flowers and gardens as will 
bury the committee in applications. We ask you with all earnest- 
ness to keep us informed of such happy developments. And 
once again, we would mention our deep pleasure in presenting 
as the name for 1921. that of an original and brilliantly success- 
ful worker in and speaker and writer on the Dahlia. Mrs. 
Charles H. Stout. 
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