themselves not to draw attention to them; also to insert in the local 
paper notices urging protection of the three plants needing it. 
An herbarium of about sixty plants is in our possession and will be 
added to, from time to time. 
I do not know whether the Garden Club of America has con- 
sidered discouraging the use of Christmas trees and holly decorations, 
but it seems to me to be in accord with the splendid work already under- 
taken. 
(Mrs. C. Wheaton) Eleanor Lewis Vaughan, Chairman 
The Wild Flower Preservation Committee of this Club is in its Millbrook 
infancy. Garden 
Our "Tribute Garden" of six acres, dedicated in the fall of 1920, Club, Inc. 
is an ideal place for the planting of wild flowers and native shrubs. 
The soil is varied: heavy loam, rocky knolls and a small piece of low 
wet land, so we feel that the possibility of growing all varieties is great. 
Our plan is to work through the schools. The Garden Club is to 
obtain wild flower seeds, and the children will do the planting and 
caring for them in their school gardens, and the best specimens 
will be transplanted to the "Tribute Garden" at the proper time. 
This will not only obtain choice specimens for our Park, but will 
interest the children in the knowledge and care of wild flowers. 
(Mrs. Harry) Henrietta S. Downing, Chairman 
In a Club such as ours, it is somewhat difficult to know just what Phtlldps- 
course to pursue to protect the wild flowers. Last year, through town Gar- 
the generosity of our former chairman, a number of very large signs den Club 
with "Spare the Wild Flowers, Let Others Enjoy Them," etc., were 
put up through the woods, and on the state road, where our really 
worst enemies, — the heedless people who come in motors on Satur- 
day and Sunday — literally tear up by the roots and destroy the 
lovely things which Dame Nature has so abundantly bestowed upon 
us. A set of colored plates of the flowers most needing protection was 
sent to the schools in the county, and we are enlisting the interest 
of the teachers to aid in impressing upon the children that they can 
learn to enjoy and not destroy! We are planning to show slides of 
the different wild flowers and to give short talks on the subject, in 
the hope that some seed may fall upon good ground. We also hope 
that in time we may obtain legislation to protect the Dogwood and 
Arbutus — which in our part of the country are most in danger of 
extermination. 
The account of the Nature Study Exhibit of the Chicago Chapter 
of the Wild Flower Preservation Society in the January Bulletin was 
interesting and an inspiration for the future. 
(Mrs. William) Alice Paulding Haldane, Chairman 
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