given. There were no hostesses, as the owners of the gardens went to 
see those of their neighbors. Guests were shown about by interested 
gardeners, who delighted in calling attention of the visitors to special 
exhibitions of their skill and success. Toward the end of the after- 
noon there was an informal meeting at the Country Club for a cup of 
tea and to "talk it over." 
Eleanor C. Parker, 
Garden Club of Michigan. 
An interesting experiment, tried by the Garden Club of Michigan 
during the past year, was a "Garden Plan Contest" in which fifteen 
members competed. 
The contestants were required to draw a plan to scale of a piece 
of land 100 by 150 feet, to include house, lawn, flower and vegetable 
gardens, trees and herbaceous border. 
Miss Elizabeth Leighton Lee, of Philadelphia, was the judge of 
the contest and was so encouraging in her criticisms that the winner of 
the first prize was inspired to continue in the work and is now enrolled 
as a pupil in the Lowethorpe School at Groton, Mass. 
Mrs. John V. Redfield, 
Garden Club of Michigan. 
Zbe flRillbroofc (Sarben Club 
The campaign against the tent caterpillar started last year is to 
be continued this winter. We have offered prizes to the children in the 
public schools for the largest collections of the egg cases. 
Last winter the winner of the first prize collected 1 2,800 cases. 
We are encouraging children to make and tend their own flower 
gardens, the club procuring reliable seeds and selling them at nominal 
prices. 
The gardens are visited by members of the club and the children 
are invited to bring their flowers for exhibition. 
We are turning our attention also to the highways and byways in 
our neighborhood. A Men's Roadside Committee has been formed 
whose interesting work it is to take note of the condition of the shade 
trees, to co-operate with property owners for the elimination of 
diseased, dead, or otherwise undesirable trees, and the planting of new 
ones where needed. 
Hilda Mary Knott. 
(Barren Club of ©range anb Butcbess Counties 
During the year 1915 the Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess 
Counties has held nine meetings, at two of which there were lectures, 
one by Mr. Powell on "The Soil," and one by Mr. Montague Free 
