Zhc <$arben Club 
of Hmerica 
July 1915 
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 
MRS. BAYARD HENRY 
Germantown, Philadelphia 
Librarian 
MISS ERNESTINE A. GOODMAN 
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia 
No. IX 
Vice-Presidents 
MRS. ARCHIBALD D. RUSSELL 
Princeton, New Jersey 
MRS. ALFRED ELY 
New Milford, New York 
MRS. FRANCIS KING 
Alma, Michigan 
MRS. WALTER S. BREWSTER 
Lake Forest, Illinois 
Editor 
MRS. WALTER S. BREWSTER 
Lake Forest, Illinois 
The objects of this association shall be: to stimulate the knowledge and love of 
gardening among amateurs ; to share the advantages of association, through conference and 
correspondence in this' country and abroad ; to aid in the protection of native plants and 
birds; and to encourage civic planting. 
"Die when we may, I want it said of me, by those who 
knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a 
flower when I thought a flower would grow." 
— Abraham Lincoln. 
present's Httoress 
Third Annual Meeting of The Garden Club of America 
We have now existed, as The Garden Club of America, for two 
years and are beginning to realize that we have come together on an 
irresistible wave of desire for the beauty of gardens. Our object is to 
garden finely and to induce others to join us in this neglected art. We 
are met with the various objects of seeing gardens, finding out what 
others are doing, how they are doing it, and how it can be done even 
better. 
We have found it convenient to issue, quarterly, a little BULLETIN 
as a means of keeping our scattered membership in touch. The develop- 
ment of this BULLETIN, how to increase its value and usefulness, is one 
of the important subjects before this meeting. The BULLETIN has 
been sent, on request, to the Arnold Arboretum, the American Civic 
Association, many universities and horticultural and agricultural socie- 
