simple form of dress, all possessions were a common property 
and after four years of hardship, under the influence of 
a fresh religious revival, they abjured matrimony. In time they 
became extremely prosperous, supporting themselves, making 
their own sumptuous silks and velvets, wine, pottery, baskets 
and so on. They cultivated flowers and musical song and they 
"builded a garden" beside the Great House. This garden is 
being restored by the Garden Club of Allegheny County and I 
believe we are to see it among the other pleasures of this interest- 
ing week. 
(Mrs. Frazier supplemented her report by urging the members to send 
in papers, stating that the Cincinnati Garden Club has listed the gardens 
of historic interest in that locality, and that her committee would welcome 
further additions of a similar nature.) 
Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Chairman of the Committee on Legis- Legislation - 
lation, said that she had nothing to report further than to say 
that the matter of making Hamilton Park a public park is still 
before the Committee of Congress and it is said will remain 
there for some time to come. 
In the absence of Mrs. Percy R. Turnure, Chairman of the 
Committee Eelating to Horticultural Quarantine, her report was 
read by Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield, as follows : 
The last meeting of the Committee on Horticultural Horti- 
Quarantine was held on March 17th, 1922. cultural 
The special object of the meeting was to decide whether the Quarantine 
committee should appear formally at the hearing which had 
been called by the Federal Horticultural Board for March 15th 
and subsequently postponed first to April and then to May. 
The chairman reported that he, with a sub-committee includ- 
ing Mr. Havemeyer, Mr. Boyd and Mr. Harlan P. Kelsey who 
represented the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, had made 
a visit to the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. "Wallace, and had 
left with him a carefully prepared statement. This statement 
described how and when the Committee on Horticultural Quaran- 
tine was constituted and what organizations were represented 
on it and declared the position of the committee as being in 
sympathy with establishing and enforcing reasonable protective 
measures to prevent the introduction of injurious insects and 
diseases. The statement also took up the present regulations 
paragraph by paragraph, pointing out what was believed to be 
the unequal and detrimental features of the provisions as now 
enacted and making some suggestions for the consideration of 
the Secretary, which it was felt would bring about more desir- 
able conditions and a better understanding between the Horti- 
cultural Board and the public. 
Mr. Wallace promised to reply in six weeks ; eight weeks had 
already passed and no word had been heard from him. 
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