The holidays are over, winter has set in and, with thoughts of spring, gardening catalogs are in the mail. It's not too early to begin planning for your garden and the NIH Garden Club wants to help. On Tuesday, Jan. 27 in Bldg. 9 at noon, Carol Allen, president of the Maryland Native Plant Society, will talk about garden designing with native plants. Allen is also an expert on growing orchids.
Club meetings are open to anyone interested in gardening.
The exhibit will focus on the role played by PHS in the medical inspection of arriving immigrants at Ellis Island from the time it opened in 1892 until more restrictive laws greatly slowed the flow of immigrants to the United States in 1924. It will also discuss the care provided on the island to those immigrants who required hospitalization. Prof. Alan Kraut of American University, an expert on immigration history, served as consultant. The National Museum of Health and Medicine is located at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Georgia Ave. Admission is free.