The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-22
Beautiful Flowers and Much
Fine Fruit Shown HOrti-
cultural Members.
SEEDLINGS DISTRIBUTED.
AN INTERESTING ADDRESS EN-
TITLED, "ARoUND THE GLOBE"
NEXT MEETING.
By Walter S. Ratliff.).

For several years the great meet
ing of the Wayne county agricultural
and horticultural society has been held
on the second Saturday in September.
The one held Saturday was no excep-
ton to the rule. Although the fore
noon was beset with several showers,
several horticulturists assembled at the
home of Thomas Clark of Centerville,
in time for the noon-day dinner. At 2
O'Clock in the afternoon Richmond So
ciety members and their friends went
to Centerville on the interurban. The
afternoon session was held in the Civic
League club rooms.
The exhibits of fruits and flowers on
the tables were excellent and present
ed very pretty appearance. Nathan
Garwood exhibited the following nam
ed varieties Of grapes: Agawam, Con-
cord. Worden, Rebecca. Merrimac, JEFF
ferson, Washington, Catawba, Iona.
Moore's Diamond, Brighton, Pockling-
ton, Empire State and Diana. All OF
these were of his own growing.
The secretary, Walter Ratliff, exhib-
tied the King, Campbell and Delaware
grapes, the Sheldon pears and about
twenty-five varieties of Seeding apples
obtained on a recent trip to the state
experiment orchard located at Orleans,
Ind. Many fine apples were on the Ia
bles, grown by Thomas Clark and 9TH
ers from Center township. Several
handsome boquets Of dahlias by Miss
Mary Clark were shown, besides many
large boquets of gladiolus, flaming
torch. dahlia, and many other good ap-
pearing flowers grown by Edward Y.
Teas of Centerville.
At the close of the session those in
attendance were invited to sample the
fine grapes on the tables and take any
or all of the Seeding and other 'varie-
ties of apples. This is considered the
best way to test their good qualities.
Mrs. Kings Address.
The chief feature of the meeting was
the address by Mrs. Matte King of this
city, who is a daughter Of one of the
charter members of the county horti-
cultural society. The subject of her
address was Around the Globe"
In this she detailed briefly her expe-
riences together with many reminiscent
ces in her travels around the globe.
From the time she left the Golden
Gate, until she reached the land of the
hor s.1,
included severe ocean storm Of long
duration. While at the Sandwich Is
lands. she could not help but note the
conditions of the Inhabitants. their
buildings and their religion. both of
which were influenced by colonization.
The great valley of the Nile. Mrs. King
said. with its great agricultural advan-
tages produces three crops each year, |
and with the addition of silt from the |
overflow Of this great river, there |
seems to be no limit to its productive |
ness. Egyptian villages. the Arabs. |
the mud walls, and the peculiar GUS
toms of the people, were touched upon |
by the speaker in a very interesting |
way. which, with the graphic descrip- |
ton of her visit to Rome, Naples and |
Florence after the passage through the /
beautiful Mediterranean. From those |
points she journeyed to the British |
Isles. Here she felt more at home
for in Great Britain tue customs were |
nearer like those of our own country
and the language, of course, was prac-l
-ically alike She could not. while in
England. help but notice the difference
n the customs of England and Ameri-
"a, admiring all the time the care that
s given to the landscapes. parks and
grand estates in the former country;
are which Americans might do well
,y copying.
The members of the society attending
he meeting were loud in their praises
# the hospitable treatment they receiv-
ID at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clark \,
rhe next meeting of the society will be
,eld at the court house October II. DR..
Charles S. Bond, city health officer,
will deliver the address OF the DAY.