Zhc <3ar6en Club 
of Hmerica 
January 1915 
No. VII 
Honorary President 
MRS. C. STUART PATTERSON 
President 
MRS. J. WILLIS MARTIN 
Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia 
Treasurer 
MRS. H. D. AUCHINCLOSS 
33 E. 67th Street, New York 
Secretary 
MISS ERNESTINE A. GOODMAN 
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia 
Vice-Presidents 
MRS. ARCHIBALD D. RUSSELL 
Princeton, New York 
MRS. ALFRED ELY 
New Milford, New York 
MRS. FRANCIS KING 
Alma, Michigan 
MRS. WALTER S. BREWSTER 
Lake Forest, Illinois 
The objects of this association shall be, to stimulate the knowledge and love of garden- 
ing among amateurs, to share the advantages of association, through conference and corre- 
spondence in this country and abroad, to aid in the protection of native plants and birds, and 
to encourage civic planting. 
I read in the lesson of death, the moral of life returning 
Everywhere hope; in the brown fields, in the dry leaves scattered beneath 
my feet, 
Light in darkness, day hid in night, strength in weakness ; 
And in my soul again, like a river welling eternally, 
The endless living flood of life, life, life. 
At the meeting of the Council of Presidents in New York the 
President, Mrs. Martin, proposed to have prepared for the spring, in 
anticipation of the certain want consequent on the war in Europe, a short 
paper of practical directions for the most economical planting for food 
of small plots of ground. In this way many small householders may 
avoid distress and create a great resource. A committee was appointed 
to carry out this plan, and the members of the Garden Clubs are ear- 
nestly asked to send information and suggestions that may help the com- 
mittee to produce a reliable working paper. The President has offered 
the first thousand papers and further assistance will be gladly accepted, 
both for printing and distribution. Any success we may have in light- 
ening the general burden will be most honorable to the Garden Club of 
America, The chairman of the committee is 
Mrs. Horace Sellers, 
Ardmore, Penna. 
