loved, and which they wrote about with such delight and enthusiasm. 
For several years this has been one of the Club's most important activ- 
ities, and as each year brings more and more visitors to the island, 
the quaint little garden has become not only a picturesque memorial 
of two gentle garden lovers, but an interesting example of an old- 
fashioned cottage garden. 
But, alas, for our plans. The weather man who had been so 
kindly disposed in the matter of the Flower Show was averse, and a 
heavy rain made the trip to the island impossible. So after a most 
dehghtful luncheon at Lisburne Grange, where the three Clubs were 
the guests of Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. Joseph Walker, the curtains were 
drawn, and we enjoyed an exhibit of Garden Slides, chosen from the 
collection of the Garden Club of America. It was at this time that 
the Philipstown Club presented a pair of Chinese vases to Mrs. Sloan 
whose leadership during the past five years has brought the Club in- 
creased enthusiasm, and broadened its activities in many ways. 
The Twelfth Annual Dahlia Show of the Short Hills Garden Club Short Hills 
was held on September 29th and 30th. Dahlia 
It was the most successful show we have ever had owing to the Show 
fact that our friends from far and near were good enough to com- 
About a hundred and thirty members of the Garden Club of Amer- 
ica lunched with us on the first day. 
The season had been particularly favorable to Dahlias and the 
flowers were very beautiful. 
The Dahlias were judged by Dr. Marshall A. Howe of the New 
York Botanical Gardens; Mr. John E. Williams of the Pennsylvania 
Horticultural Society; and Mr. Arthur Herrington, landscape archi- 
tect of Madison, New Jersey. 
The judges for the flower arrangements were Mrs. Edward Hard- 
ing, Mrs. T. H. B. McKnight, and Mrs. P. W. Kennaday. 
G. S; W. 
Committee on Special Plant Societies 
Mrs. Charles H. Stout, Chairman 
American Gladiolus Society. Mrs. S. E. Gage. 30Q Sanford Ave., Flushing 
American Peony Society. Miss Ellen Watson, S400 Bartlelt Street, East End, Pittsburgh, Pa 
American Iris Society. Mrs. Horatio G. Lloyd, Haverford, Pa. 
American Dahlia Society. Mrs. Charles H. Stout, 30 East 66th Street, New York 
American Carnation Society. American Iris Society. 
A. F. J. Bauer, Sec'y., Indianapolis, Ind. R. S. Sturtevant, Sec'y..Wetlesley Farms, Mass 
Chrysanthemum Society ov America. American Peony Society. 
C. W. Johnson, Sec'y., 2242 W. logth St. A. P. Saunders, Sec'y., Clinton, N. Y. 
Chicago, III. Northwestern Peony and Iris Society 
American Dahlia Society. W. F. Christman, Sec'y., 3S04 Fifth Ave. 
E. C. Vick, Sec'y., 205 Elwood Ave. Minneapolis, Minn. 
Newark, N. J. American Rose Society. 
California Dahlia Society. John C. Wisler, 606 Finance Building, 
F. C. Burns, 714 Fourth St., San Rafael, Ca Philadelphia. Pa. 
Southern Dahlia Society. American Sweet Pea Society. 
W. E. Claflin, Sec'y., College Park, Md. E. C. Vick, 503 Elwood Ave., Newark, N.J. 
American Gladiolus Society 
A. C. Beals, Sec'y., Ithaca, N. Y. 
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