THE GARDEN CLUB OF HARTFORD COUNTY 
PROGRAM 
April 7, 1915. — Business Meeting. 
April 29, 1915. — "Dahlias and Hardy Chrysanthemums." Lecturer, Mr. 
Vincent. 
May 6, 1915. — Discussion Meeting. 
May 20, 1915. — "Succession of Iris." Lecturer, Mr. Thilow. 
May 26, 1915.— Garden Visiting. 
June 3, 1915. — Annual Meeting. 
June 17, 1915. — Discussion Meeting. 
July 1, 1915. — "Something About Shrubbery." Lecturer, Mr. Byan. 
July 15, 1915. — "Small Gardens." Lecturer, Mr. Pratt. 
July 29, 1915. — "Planting and Care of Shrubbery." Lecturer, Mr. Stras- 
burger. 
Aug. 5, 1915. — Snapdragons Judged. 
Aug. 19, 1915. — Zinnias Judged. 
Sept. 2, 1915.— Garden Party. 
Sept. 16, 1915. — Discussion Meeting. 
Oct. 7, 1915. — Garden Visiting. 
Nov. 19, 1915. — (A meeting of several Clubs.) "From Snow to Snow." 
Lecturer, Mr. Thilow. 
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The municipal garden idea is an old one, familiar, no doubt, to all 
readers of The BULLETIN, but that the Garden Club of Illinois should 
take an active and financial interest in such a project was an idea new 
to its members. The Chicago City Gardens Association, last spring, 
asked our help in establishing a municipal farm. About $500 was 
needed to pay the salary of a competent farmer as superintendent and 
overseer and to help defray the expense of plowing and preparing a 
fifty-acre tract which had been offered to the association for a term of 
years, rent free. 
This amount was raised among the members, and an active interest 
was shown by the many visits paid to the farms during the summer. 
Because of the unusually wet season, it was possible to cultivate only 
about thirty acres, giving space to forty families. Many of these fami- 
lies built shacks on their plots, which were both decorative and useful. 
One man was able to sell $35 worth of celery, besides raising enough 
vegetables to take care of his family during the summer. Another man 
told with pathos that he had not had a spade in his hand for twenty- 
two years, and that he had never expected to be so happy again as he 
was in his garden. His little shack was covered with vines and flowers, 
his potato crop yielded some thirty bushels and his cabbages were beyond 
criticism. 
One surely takes a keen satisfaction in being even a small factor 
in helping these people on the road toward successful truck farming. 
What occupation is more healthful and wholesome, and what money 
better spent, than that given to help our city poor to help themselves 
through a remunerative outdoor occupation? 
Jean M. Cudahy. 
