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The Garden Magazine, April, 1923 
Plants, shrubs, and ever¬ 
greens, the gifts of generous 
gardeners and nurserymen, 
are collected and grown in 
this garden by Mrs. lames 
Y. Swift (Chairman Coun¬ 
try Life Committee, Gen¬ 
eral Federation Women's 
Clubs) for distribution to 
country schools and 
churches throughout the 
state of Georgia 
Such tidy and pleasantly 
planted stations as this at 
Brockwayville, Pa., are a 
distinct public asset; a typ¬ 
ical example of how the Buf¬ 
falo, Rochester & Pittsburgh 
Railway Co. is doing its bit 
of national gardening 
TWO HUNDRED 
MILES OF ROSE 
HEDGES 
Portland, Oregon, is known 
to gardeners the world over 
for the beauty and luxuri¬ 
ance of its Roses which, 
through the generous 
efforts of the Portland Rose 
Society, are enjoyed by all 
the city 
booklets on wild flowers, with placards to 
tack up on trees. A request to The Gar¬ 
den Magazine for these booklets will be 
forwarded to this Society. 
Echoes from Everywhere 
One of the most interesting results of Gar¬ 
den Week has been the response of the kappa 
KAPPA GAMMA SORORITY OF ALLEGHENY COL¬ 
LEGE at Meadville, Pa. The colors of this 
sorority are two shades of blue. This chapter 
of this national organization proposes to 
plant clumps of Iris in these two shades along 
a lovely creek that crosses the college campus. 
This campus is famous as one of the loveliest 
in America, and the planting of Iris by this 
sorority will add to its beauty v If every col¬ 
lege in the country would observe National 
Garden Week in the same way, or by plant¬ 
ing trees on the campus, it would be a most 
valuable addition to each college. 
children’s gardens, such as the “Avenue 
A’’gardens in New York City, conducted 
by The National Plant, Flower and Fruit 
Guild, offer a most effective means of reach¬ 
ing children in the con¬ 
gested districts of our 
large cities. The small 
sum of $10 covers the 
cost of such a garden- 
plot, including the su¬ 
pervision of a teacher. 
trees, and Daniel C. Beard will give 
a talk. It is a helpful, inspiring pro¬ 
gramme. 
BEAUTIFUL AMERICA CLUB of Buford, 
Georgia, is enthusiastically cooperating 
and making plans for full observance 
of Garden Week. 
THE SPRINGFIELD GARDEN CLUB (Spring- 
field, Mass.) has asked Mr. Herbert 
Headle, a landscape architect, to be 
the Chairman of the committee on ob¬ 
serving National Garden Week. The 
club intends to carry out the entire 
programme and will have a city-wide 
campaign to make Springfield a city 
beautiful. 
THE GARDEN CLUB OF WESTWOOD, NEW 
jersey, has secured the cooperation of 
the Men’s Club, the Home and School 
League, and all the civic organizations 
to carry out an entire week’s garden 
programme. 
THE GARDEN CLUB OF FLORIDA is planning 
to observe the week in detail. 
THE WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION SOCIETY 
will send to any one requesting it, a 
collection of interesting and valuable 
