Our Flower Exchange proved very satisfactory too, as it enabled 
the members to obtain, for a nominal sum, strong healthy plants, 
true to color and name. The proceeds of the "market" to be put 
back into the members' garden. Mrs. J. Sawyer Wilson, Jr. 
The Ulster Garden Club 
During the past year the Ulster Garden Club has supervised the 
school children's gardens, offering prizes as last year for the best 
flower and vegetable garden in each district. Last year 700 children 
entered this contest, this year over 900. We found it necessary, for 
various reasons, to have some one for the final inspection, so the 
teacher of manual training and agriculture in the high school was 
selected and proved very satisfactory. 
One event which was useful as well as entertaining was our Field 
Days, one held in Saugerties when we visited, on the same day, the 
gardens of all the members and another held in Kingston when we 
visited the Kingston gardens. We thus had an opportunity to see the 
results obtained from different soils, location, manner of cultivation, etc. 
Another interesting day was an Experience Meeting when we told 
our trials and tribulations and also our good luck — if any. Recipes 
for sprays and fertilizers, were exchanged, ways of putting the gardens 
to sleep, etc., suggested. The result was a very helpful meeting. 
Janet K. Fowler. 
The Warrenton Garden Club 
The season of 1916 was probably the most interesting and pro- 
gressive in the history of the Warrenton Garden Club. 
The long season in Virginia enables the members to enjoy the 
bloom of the gardens from late March to late November. At the 
last meeting it was found that 56 different kinds of flowers were in 
bloom in the various gardens at the time — November 14th. 
The Flower Show in June was most creditable and inspiring, 
besides being so successful that it was decided to hold it next year in 
the Town Hall, instead of the Country Club, which was too restricted 
to display satisfactorily the beauty of the exhibits. 
There is a marked improvement in the beauty of the roadsides 
since this club started its crusade for this purpose. 
At the weekly meetings, original papers and numerous original 
poems were read by the members. Among the most instructive and 
interesting of these was the one on "Shrubs" by Mrs. Groome, on 
"Birds" by Miss Gaskins; on "Color Schemes" by Mrs. Albert 
Fletcher and some very practical "Experiences" by Mrs. Appleton, 
also one on "Rock Gardens" by Mrs. Montgomery. 
