And also would beg to express its belief that at this time it is of the 
utmost importance to specially stress the fact that forest fires, big 
or little, are often the result of heedlessness and inexperience. And 
that greatest publicity should be given to the need of and the 
personal obligation of ob5er\-ing certain rules in the making and 
quenching of the campfire, in the woods or bj' the roadside. And that 
the posting of the regulations and laws for the prevention of forest 
fires be made more general and conspicuous and systematic by legal 
enactment. 
The The report of the Emily D. Renwick Medal of Achievement was 
Emily D. read by the Secretary as follows: 
Ken'wick To the President and Other Officers, and Members of the Garden 
Medal Cll'b of America: 
Committee Before announcing the award of the Emily D, Renwick Medal of 
Achievement your Committee respectfully asks the attention of the 
Garden Club of America to the rules under which awards are 
made; we repeat these here: 
1. The Medal presented by the Short Hills Garden Club to 
the Garden Club of America may be awarded each 5^ear to the 
member attaining the greatest achievement in gardening or in a Hne 
pertaining to gardening. 
2. A Committee shall be formed to consist of the President 
of the Garden Club of A^ierica, one member of the Short Hills 
Garden Club, and as many others as shall be necessary. 
3. The Committee year shall be from January ist to January 
ist, the award to be made at the succeeding Annual Meeting. 
4. The Member Clubs of the Garden Club of America shall 
submit to the Committee before January ist of each year, the names 
of candidates and their quahfications for the honor. 
5. It is earnestly hoped that each Member Club will give this 
subject careful consideration, and do all in its power to encourage 
competition for this Medal. 
It will be noticed that the period covered by these rules is from one 
January to another — one year; the achievement must have taken place, 
or must have been consummated during the current year. It will also 
be noticed that no candidate will be considered whose name is not 
presented according to these rules. Your Committte urges upon 
every President a re-reading of these rules, for the Committee follows, 
and will follow them, with the utmost strictness. 
The Committee also calls attention to a . slight change in the 
wording of the letter of the Short Hills Garden Club, giving the 
Emily D. Renwick Medal to the Garden Club of America, by 
which if the claims of candidates submitted under the rules for the 
current year shall not seem to justify the making of the award, the 
Medal need not be given that year. And now your Committee takes 
very great pleasure in announcing that by unanimous vote at a 
meeting in New York on April 15 th last, The Emily D. Renwick 
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