The North Country Garden Club 
The North Country Garden Club of Long Island is three years 
old, has 35 members, and has held within the year 21 regular meetings 
plus 8 business meetings. Its district comprises Oyster Bay, Cold 
Spring Harbor, Roslyn, Glen Cove, Brookville, Wheatly Hills, and 
Westbury. On April 29th, at a business meeting held at the home 
of its President, Mrs. F. N. Doubleday, a resolution was drawn up and 
sent to the Board of Regents in Albany. I tread as follows: "Whereas, 
we feel that there is not sufficient distinction in the curriculum for 
elementary schools between urban and rural communities and whereas 
we feel that a greater emphasis upon nature studies and agriculture is 
desirable in the rural sections; therefore the representatives of the 
North Country Garden Club of Long Island with other organizations 
in our district urge the State Educational Department to require a 
definite amount of practical gardening and other agricultural activity 
as a requisite for the completion of the elementary school course, and 
we recommend that the minimum requirement be a home garden or 
the equivalent in farm work." 
We have distributed 1200 garden leaflets among school children 
and laborers, and we give prizes to the horticultural societies' exhibi- 
tions in our district. Susan A. 0. McKelvey. 
The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties 
The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties during the 
summer of 191 6 has held thirteen meetings, at nearly all of which 
there has been an exhibition of flowers in season. Early in July 
the Club was asked to give a Flower Show in connection with a Fair 
given by the Village Improvement Society of Cornwall, the idea 
being to arouse the children of the village to form a Garden Club. 
Each member did his and her part, and the object for which it was 
given was accomplished. 
A competition was held at Mrs. Fairchild's in June, arrangement 
of flowers counting one-half. Prizes were given and the liveliest inter- 
est shown. 
In October, through the kindness of Dr. Partridge, the Club had 
an opportunity of visiting Bear Mountain, the New York State Park 
Reservation, and of seeing the wonderful work being done in forestry 
and the preservation of native shrubs. 
At the last meeting of the year, Mrs. William E. Verplanck read 
a most interesting and enlightening paper on spring work, and the 
Club parted for the winter feeling that the knowledge and love of 
gardening among amateurs had been stimulated and much progress 
made. Sarah C. Rutherford. 
