MEETINGS 1916 
January 12. — Annual Meeting. Scope of Club arranged. Con- 
servation of Wild Birds. Civic Planting. 
February 9. — Paper by Prof. F. Ff. Hall, "Dahlias and Their 
Culture." 
March 1. — Lecture and demonstration, Japanese Flower Arrange- 
ments. Miss Mary Averill. 
March 8. — Unpublished poem by Kipling, "The Glory of the 
Garden." Paper by Mrs. Hartshorn, "The Uses of the 
Garden." 
March 15. — Co-operation of Clubs and Organizations for Road- 
side Planting for food supply for Birds. 
March 22. — "Summer Flowering Bulbs," Mrs. Hartshorn. 
March 29. — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens with Diagram of 
the Garden, drawn by Mr. Rhodes. 
April 5. — Lecture, "Dahlias" Mr. Richard Vincent, Jr. 
April 19. — Arrangements for Daffodil Show. 
April 28. — Mr. H. K. Job lectured on Conservation of Wild Birds, 
with Motion Pictures. 
May 3. — Daffodil Show, Judges, Mr. de Graff of Holland and 
Mr. C. F. Hunt. 
May 10. — Plans to Protect our Gardens from Vandals and 
Trespassers. 
May 17. — "Flowers and Plants seen at the Exposition at San 
Francisco," Miss Craig. 
May 31. — "Pruning Shrubs," by Mr. L. Barron. 
June 7. — Testing of Soils for Humus and Acidity. Members 
brought samples of soils from their gardens, which were tested 
at the meeting. 
June 14. — Lecture by Mr. Bertrand Farr. "Peonies." 
June 21. — "Tent Caterpillar, a growing Menace." Paper 
issued by New Jersey State Experiment Station. 
July 5. — Report of Annual Meeting of Garden Club of America. 
Descriptions of the Lenox Gardens. 
July 19.— "Trees" original paper by Miss Hall. ' 
August 2. — "Herbs," Mrs. Campbell. 
September 13. — "Garden Tricks." Paper by Mrs. Lloyd, read 
by Mrs. Renwick. 
September 20. — Arrangements for Dahlia Show. 
October n. — Small Dahlia Show. 
October 18.— Lecture Mr. C. H. Totty, "Chrysanthemums." 
October 25. — Lecture by Mrs. S. A. Brown, "Herbs." 
