The Washington Meeting 
Apart from the delightful social side of the Washing- 
ton Meeting, the pleasure of renewing old acquaintances and 
making new ones, we feel grateful to Mrs. Harrison and her 
committee for having laid the wonder book of Washington before 
us. Beginning with Dr. Fairehild's address the first night we 
convened, on through succeeding days and nights, we learned 
much that was valuable and stimulating, we saw much that was 
beautiful and appealing, we felt both as an organization and 
individually, a part — as Dr. Fairchild so gracefully expressed it 
— of our city of Washington, and these two days were all too 
short. Days instead of minutes should be spent in the green- 
houses of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and at the Arlington 
Experiment Farm. To be a garden-lover is one thing, — to be a 
real gardener is quite another, and through the opportunity 
which these Garden Club of America "tours" give us we 
should learn a trained, choice appreciation of what is best in 
gardening and so trained, if we respond, the response means that 
we are gardeners. 
Our one conference was held the first evening in the Red 
Cross Building, with Mrs. Sloan presiding. A surprising number 
of Clubs responded to the Roll-call. The most interesting piece 
of business (to the Editor) was the announcement by the 
chairman of the Finance Committee, Mrs. Rea, of the new 
plan to issue an Advertising Supplement to the Bulletin, 
thereby making it self-supporting. Mrs. Hill who has worked 
up this admirable plan, and who says she "is proud to 
be advanced from Cub Reporter to Advertising Editor," 
was asked to give the plan in detail, and from the murmur of 
approbation which greeted her, it seems fair to assume that the 
idea met with general approval. She plans to issue in January 
and July, this supplement which is really an enlargement of our 
"White List" of well-tried firms to whom we have given free 
advertising for three years, — now they are to be allowed' the 
long-coveted privilege of paying for their advertisements. Mrs. 
Hill asked every member who avails herself of the list, to give 
these advertisers the first preference, and to mention on all orders 
that "this advertisement was noticed in the advertising supple- 
ment of the Bulletin of the Garden Club of America." It will 
be more than a list of seedsmen and nurserymen, it will include 
lists of everything pertaining to gardens and we expect great 
things from it in every way. 
After the business of the meeting was finished, the discussion, 
"Problems of Garden Clubs," was begun, with Mrs. Crownin- 
shield in the chair. The presidents of several Clubs were called 
on to speak and many of their ideas were much to the point, but 
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