gone over in Boston, Washington and at Cornell University; and there 
has been endless correspondence with growers all over the world, to 
verify data and descriptions of their introductions. About 800 
varieties have been checked up so far and these sheets with much in- 
formation as to habit of growth, etc., will be at the Test Grounds when 
the Iris are in bloom. 
Xbe Society holds its Annual Meeting at Iris time and has its 
most important exhibition then. Last June the Philadelphia show 
was a great success both as to the nimiber of entries by professionals 
and amateurs, and in the varieties and new seedlings shown. At that 
time the lovely "Rachel Fox," grown by Mrs. Jacobs, made her bow 
to the public as " Seedhng No. i." The Annual meeting this year will 
be at Colimibus, Ohio, in connection with the Central Region Show, 
and there will be others in Boston, Tacoma Park and Flushing. The 
Iris does not bear transporting as well as some other flowers, so 
regional exhibitions have been planned to cover the coimtry. 
Mr. Robert S. Sturdevant, Wellesley Farms, Mass., is our secretary 
and it is hoped that any Club wishing to hold an exhibition will feel 
free to ask any questions, and that any one interested in the growing 
of this charmingly varied plant will become a member of The American 
Iris Society. 
Quarantine Order No. 37 
At the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 7th, 1920, it 
was voted that the Garden Club or America should co-operate with 
the Horticultural Quarantine Committee, and the President appointed 
a representative of the Club to serve on that Committee. 
A short Report on what the Committee 
on Horticultural Quarantine is 
doing and what it hopes 
to accomplish. 
The Committee on Horticultural Quarantine desires that the 
matter of Quarantine 37, as it now stands, should be placed before 
all the members of the Garden Club of Aaierica. 
Before this issue of the Bulletin goes out, every member will 
have been sent a copy of the Appeal and Preliminary Report issued 
by the Committee on Horticultural Quarantine. Please read it care- 
fully. 
The Executive Committee of the General Committee since its 
formation last June has been studying the unfortunate situation, and 
preparing data for use when it is ready to take its case before the 
various authorities in Washington. 
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