Deficit m Voted: That the Rye Garden Club be reimbursed for any deficit 
Expense of in the expense of the luncheon at the Green Meadow Club from 
Luncheon the treasury of the Garden Club of America. 
Special Mrs. Francis C. Farwell told of the meritorious work of Mrs, 
Member- Samuel Heald, of the Canal Zone, in the specialization of wild orchids, 
at-Large and in the preparation of a pamphlet of the flora of Panama to be 
compiled. The Directors were in accord with Mrs. Farwell's sugges- 
tion that Mrs. Heald would be a valuable member of the Garden 
Club of America, and upon motion duly made and seconded it was 
Voted : That Mrs. Sam_uel Heald be made a special Member-at-Large 
of the Garden Club of America, 
Rye Gardens 
The committee in charge of the Excursion to Rye on May loth 
showed great good judgment in every detail of their arrangements 
for our dehght and comfort; but nowhere did their cleverness excel 
as in their choice of the gardens selected for our inspection. 
One garden by the blue Long Island Sound, one large perfectly 
matured estate among the hills, one small dainty personal garden, 
and one superb terraced garden and distant view of the Sound. 
For those who were not fortunate enough to be there we will try 
to describe it all but the superb spring day, bracing breeze and in- 
spiring company must be kept in mind as a running accompaniment. 
Mrs. WilHam Gilman Nichols' place overlooking the Sound seems 
to have been built quite a long while for the charm of age hangs about 
the great trees and shrubs. The ground is very hilly and uneven, 
t)^ical of the Connecticut shore where the brown rock crops out 
here and there. This has been made a great feature of the place 
and a long winding fhght of rough stone steps leading up to a summer- 
house and superb vista of blue Sound and far away Long Island 
shore had been made the most delectable rock garden. Seen from 
the house it reminded you of Burne Jones' Golden Stairway so blocked 
was it with exclaiming ladies, who instead of singing "Halleluja" sang 
"What is it. What is it, oh, WHAT IS IT?" "IT" was clumps of 
mauve Iris Gracilipes with its grass-hke leaves. Two other knolls 
had been made into rock-gardens, each differing in its planting. 
Sheets of Rhododendron and Azaleas glimmered up the sides of these 
slopes all densely planted with choice dwarf evergreens and rare in- 
teresting rock plants. 
We particularly admired an old tennis court which had been trans- 
formed into a delightfully secluded little garden by a heavy planting of 
flowering shrubs placed around the court-sides in irregular curves 
and in front of which bloomed a profusion of the late tall TuHps. 
Near the entrance in a sheltered dell were a collection of the most 
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