1 2th and 1 3th should communicate with the Princeton Inn as promptly 
as possible, stating that they wish to attend the Annual Meeting of the 
Garden Club of America and the accommodations they require. 
The first meeting of the Council of Presidents of the Garden 
Club of America was held at Mrs. Russell's, 34 East Thirty-sixth 
Street, New York, on Wednesday, March 25, 1914. 
The President, Mrs. Martin, presided. Those present were: 
The Honorary President, Mrs. Patterson, and Vice-Presidents, 
Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Ely; the Secretary pro tern., Mrs. Bayard 
Henry, and representatives from the following clubs: 
Miss Elizabeth L. Clark, Amateur Gardeners' Club, Baltimore, 
Md. ; Mrs. Moses Taylor, Bedford Garden Club; Mrs. Andrew 
Squire, The Garden Club of Cleveland; Mrs. Horace W. Sellers, 
The Gardeners, Pennsylvania; Miss McLane, The Garden Club, 
Maryland; Mrs. George Wickersham and Mrs. George B. Sanford, 
The Garden Club of Laurence, L. I. ; Miss Georgina Sargent, Gar- 
den Club of Lenox; Mrs, B. S. Warren, The Garden Club of Michi- 
gan; Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, The Garden Association in New- 
port; Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, North Country Garden Club, L. I.; 
Mrs. Morris Rutherfurd, The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess 
Counties, New York; Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Garden Club of 
Philadelphia; Mrs. Archibald D. Russell, The Garden Club of 
Princeton; Mrs. Albert B. Boardman, Southampton Garden Club; 
Mrs. Edward B. Renwick, Short Hills Garden Club; Mrs. F. A. C. 
Perrine, Garden Club of Trenton; Mrs. J. Howard Rhoads, The 
Weeders, Pennsylvania. 
The Honorary President, Mrs. Patterson, graciously welcomed 
the Council and opened the meeting by reading a poem. The Presi- 
dent followed with a short address on the development of The Garden 
Club of America. Important matters concerning the work for the 
coming year were then discussed, among which was an Associate Mem- 
bership to consist of individual members interested in gardens, but not 
living in the vicinity of a garden club. 
Arrangements were made to continue The BULLETIN along the 
present lines, and the request that advertisements be inserted was not 
granted. 
The following committees were appointed: to investigate the 
standing of seed houses in relation to their dealings with different 
garden clubs, a list of the firms recommended to be published in The 
BULLETIN, a committee to learn where the best vases are to be ob- 
tained and the rates for the same, so they can be bought in quantity for 
the clubs holding Flower Shows, and a committee to inquire into the 
