XTbe (Barren Club 
of Hmerica 
MRS. C. STUART PATTERSON 
Honorary President 
President Secretary and Treasurer 
MRS. J. WILLIS MARTIN MISS ERNESTINE A. GOODMAN 
Chestnut Hill, Phila., Pa. Chestnut Hill, Phila., Pa. 
Vice-Presidents 
MRS. ARCHIBALD D. RUSSELL MRS. WALTER S. BREWSTER 
Princeton, N. J. Lake Forest, III. 
MRS. ALFRED ELY MRS. FRANCIS KING 
New Milford, N. Y. Alma, Mich. 
The objecls of this association shall be to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening 
among amateurs, to share the advantages of association, to aid in the protection of native plants 
and birds, and to encourage civic planting. 
This little sheet goes forth in the hope that it will be the means of 
bringing into closer touch the Clubs composing "The Garden Club of 
America." 'Tho widely separated, we are drawn together by our common 
love of gardening, and there is much that we can learn from one another. 
It is thought a Bulletin issued at first quarterly, will be of the greatest 
help, provided each club shares the responsibility by sending to the Secretary, 
from time to time, reports of what it is doing. 
It is proposed to publish in each Bulletin, a paper written by a member 
of one of the Clubs. 
A Question and Answer Column. 
A list of interesting Lectures, with charges for the same. 
A list of attractive Gardens in this country and abroad that may be 
seen. 
A word about new Plants and old ones. 
Valuable information concerning Fertilizers for Roses and other 
Plants. Also remedies which have been found efficacious in dest^ipg 
the many enemies of the Garden. 
At the first meeting of "The Garden Club of America," a motion was 
made and carried, that the Club should take the following subjects for 
consideration during the first year: "The Structural Use of Green in 
Gardens and Grounds;" "Grass;" and "Forestry." Reports on these 
subjects will be due at the annual meeting in May, and it is hoped every 
Club will contribute something on at least one of these subjects. 
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