promising' additions. The Miniature Garden Contest,, especial- 
ly, excited great public interest. All of its exhibits showed fine 
artistic conception and painstaking skill in execution. A full 
and accurate description of the exhibits is contained in the May 
Bulletin, together with a most intelligent discussion and 
criticism which is very educational in its scope and will prove 
most helpful to future exhibitors. The prize winners of each 
class are iLoted in this review. 
The Gold Medal of the Garden Club of America, offered 
for "that exhibit which, through beauty of arrangement, color 
harmony and practical suggestion, best promotes the advance 
of Horticulture in America," was awarded to Julius Roehrs of 
Rutherford, N. J., for his Rock Garden. 
It is recognized that considerable organization is necessary 
for a successful show and that systematic records and forms can 
eliminate much arduous work and unnecessary expense. There- 
fore, a Flower Show Equipment has been prepared, which can 
be purchased at cost from our Executive Office, as fully 
described in the March Bulletin. A list of available judges for 
flower shows is on file at the office, also the standards by which 
the best known flowers are commonly judged. 
At a Directors' Meeting, it was decided to merge the Medal 
member (supposedly) from each Club, to whom is assigned the 
Awards Committee with the Flower Show Committee. During 
last summer our Bronze Medal was offered by twelve Member 
Clubs at their shows and, to date, for this year's awards, has 
been procured by five Clubs. The -May, 1921, Bulletin (page 
33) contains the conditions under which this Medal has been 
previously awarded. The basis has been changed from "finest 
exhibit" to "that exhibit scoring the highest number of points." 
It has been decided to offer our Silver Medal to the Horticultural 
Societies of New York and Pennsylvania and to the American 
Dahlia Society, American Gladiolus Society and the Chrysanthe- 
mum Society of America this year. 
In the absence of Miss Delia W. Marble, Chairman of the 
Committee on Historic Gardens, the report of that Committee 
was prepared and presented by Mrs. William W. Frazier, Jr.,. 
as follows : Historic 
The Committee on Historic Gardens is composed of one Gardens 
pleasure of listing and describing the gardens in her locality 
which are at least one hundred years old. 
We have waited long for your enthusiastic support for which 
we yearn and hunger. At present, of the fifty-four Member 
Clubs, only twenty-eight have representatives on this committee. 
Miss Marble, the chairman, begs me to urge each president to 
appoint an historian who will work and study and help to make 
it possible for us to edit a book on Historic Gardens in America. 
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