Once upon a time the Supreme Court is reported to have said: 
"If a city desired to discourage Billboards by a high tax, we know 
of nothing to hinder. " And, will the Member Clubs who are inter- 
ested, follow the text of the Chinese proverb which says, "If every 
man sweeps the snow from before his own house, the city will soon 
be clean." M. H. B. McK. 
Bernard Clark has no monopoly on "idears. " Here is one sent Mrs. Hill's 
to "News and Views" by Mrs. Hill, who in her Miscellany for Idea 
March has given a list of her seven favorite annuals. She now sug- 
gests that we All send in names of our seven favorites — for publica- 
tion; this to be followed (as her imagination catches up, toys with 
and blows in our direction, this idea) by seven best perennials, then 
bulbs, then gladioK, dahhas, vines, shrubs, etc. All this to be incor- 
porated in a "Httle planting scheme" (little must be the diminutive 
of affection, I see nothing small in it), to appear in an Autumn number 
of the Bulletin. Something is started, and we should Hke to hear 
from you ALL, either as Clubs or as individual members. 
The Hartford Garden Club has been experimenting with the Petunias 
many new varieties of Petunias. As pot-grown plants they are very and 
charming and unusual with the frail stems trained on fine wire so Vines 
that the plants spread out in globe shape, the numerous blossoms in 
shades of lovely shell-pink, indigo-blue or pure white, hanging from 
every point, and the pale green stems, leaves and calyces making a 
fine misty background. The ruffled white varieties have enormous 
blossoms, and bear no resemblance to the once-despised Petunia of 
our childhood days. A prize has been offered by a member of the 
Club for the best Petunia grown this coming Summer. This Garden 
Club also recommends for treUises, the Ampelopsis aconitifolius 
dissecta, which grows eight or ten feet high and has both beautiful 
foliage and bright blue fruit. Also they report that they have 
tried with great success the Hydrangea petiolaris, recommended in 
the September number of the Bulletin for retaining walls. 
Committee on Special Plant Societies 
Mrs. Charles H. Stout, Chairman 
American Gladiolus Society. Mrs. S. E. Gage, 30Q Sanford Ave., Flushing, New York. 
American Peony Society. Miss Ellen Watson, 5400 Bartlett Street, East End, Pittsbttrgh, Pa. 
American Iris Society. Mrs. Horatio G. Lloyd, Haverford, Pa. 
American Dahlia Society. Mrs. Charles H. Stout, 20 East 66th Street, New York. 
American Carnation Society. 
;. F. J. Bauer, Sec'y., Indianapolis, Ind. 
Chrysanthemitm Society of America. 
C. W. Johnson, Sec'y., 2242 W . lOQtk St., 
Chicago, III. 
American Dahlia Society. 
E. C. Vick, Sec'y., 205 Elwood Ave., 
Newark, N . J. 
California Dahlia Society. 
. C. Burns, 714 Fourth St., San Rafael, Cat. 
Southern Dahlia Society. 
W. E. Claflin, Sec'y., College Park, Md. 
American Iris Society. 
R. S. Sturtevant, Sec'y., Wellcsley Farms, Mass. 
American Peony Society. 
A. P. Saunders, Sec'y., Clinton, N. Y. 
Northwestern Peony and Iris Society. 
W. F. Christman, Sec'y., 3804 Fifth Ave., 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
American Rose Society. 
John C. Wister, 606 Finance Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
American Sweet Pea Society. 
E. C. Vick, 20$ Elwood Ave., Newark, N. J. 
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