At the last two Annual Meetings of the Garden Club of America 
a certain embarrassment has been felt by the non-delegates, not 
because they have been neglected but because so much has been done 
for them. Many have even threatened to stay at home, rather than 
feel that they are adding to the burden of the Club which has assumed 
the rather serious task of entertaining so large an organization as 
we have grown to be. 
But the fact that there are many non-delegates who are eager to 
attend the Annual Meeting is the best evidence of a deep and abiding 
interest in the affairs of the Club. Everything must be done to 
encourage them to continue to come, so at this meeting they will be 
left to themselves. They may attend the business meetings if they 
choose; but if they prefer to visit gardens, motors and small maps 
of Lenox and the vicinity will be available, and they may scour the 
country to their hearts' content. Flags will be placed at the entrance 
of all gardens that are open to them, and such gardens will be open 
during the entire day. 
Non-delegates are invited to Miss Kneeland's tea and it is 
particularly hoped that they will come to the Subscription Dinner on 
Wednesday, June 28th. Otherwise they will be left to their own 
devices. 
The Lenox Horticultural Association will hold its Annual Exhibi- 
tion during the Garden Club Meeting. 
An exhibition of garden pastels by William Penhallow Henderson 
of Chicago will also be open at that time. 
An Account of the Work of the Flower Mission 
of the Garden Club of Montgomery and Delaware Counties and 
Suggestions for Their Formation Elsewhere 
Organized Flower Missions were started in Boston, that birthplace 
of so many philanthrophies, but the spirit is the same that animated 
the Colonial Dame who passed her lilacs and sweet herbs over the 
picket fence of her box-edged garden to gratify the longing of the 
childish faces peering in at her. It is the practical way of sharing 
our abundance with the sick in the hospitals, the old people in their 
lonely rooms, and the many wearied workers of the cities, who may 
have memories of other days and gardens of their own. 
The time honored formula for a Flower Mission "bouquet" is 
"Something white, something sweet, something bright." Let me 
