Evening star., 1917-04-11
GARDEN COMMITTEE
!. RECEIVES REPORTS
Outline of Work of Subsidiary
Bodies Made at Meet
ing Today.
DEMONSTRATION PLOTS

Tho Central Garden committee met
this afternoon at l o'clock at mead
quarters, room 304. Star building, 1oi-
lowing a call by John Dolph. chairman.
Reports were received from the com
mittees on fertilizer. finance. vacant
lots, and from the executive secretary
Harold L. Mcilister, and the De-
partment of Agriculture adviser. ii.
NJ. Connolly.
The CAPITAL Garden Club will meet
this afternoon at the home 70 Mrs.
Samuel Spencer 2012 Massa chusetts
aysnue when Carl Vrooman. assistant
secretary of agriculture, and Charles
F. Neshitt. superintendent OF ll'su
ance will speak on Food Prepareu-
ness.
A. Leftwich SINCLAIR. president OF the
Chamber of Commerce, today an
nounced q committee from that oous
to cooperate WITH the central gar
den committee in promoting the sar
den movement in Washington: The
committee includes i. W WachehLie'
chairman; Chaunce.~ HacketI vice
chairman: p. T. Moran. James ehatp
and Miss Mary O'Toole- Mr.. Sinclair Is
nersonaIly interested IN the movement.
The committee was named as result
of action taken by the chamber last
evening, indorsing the campaign
Demonstration Gardens.
Mr.. Conolly today announced a num-
Der of the demonstration gardens, at
which community gatherings will be
held weekly.
Mr. ConolIy, working with the CEN
trail garden committee, has divided the
city into five divisions. In each OF
these there will be five or SIX OF 1he
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be visited one day a week. and on that
day Mr.. Connolly will go to each OF the
five six demonstration gardens TO
give practical advice about garden cui-
tfvation and answer questions or the
amateur gardeners.
As soon as Mr.. Conolly completes the
work OF locating all the demonstration
gardens schedule of the day and hour
OF his visit to each will be printed in
The Star. Persons in those localities
then can meet Mr.. Conolly on the dem
onstration gardens.
Demonstration gardens SO far select
ed include those at the Hubbard
School. 11th and Kenyon streets north
west: j. y. Wilhelm. 1901 r street
northwest, backyard garden; Mel
vim Beall. sos 9th street southwest
backyard garden; grounds of the old
Potomac School. 11th and streets
southwest: the Noel House garden, at
18th and Rosedale streets northeast;
the Ludlow School garden. 9Th and G
streets northeast: c. f. Molster, 10th
and Kearney streets, Brookland, back
yard garden; G. E Pillow, 18th and
garden; Birney School Garden. Ana
costa; John H. Hooker, 1901 18th street
southeast. truck garden; N. Otterback.
Nichols avenue and L street southeast,
Anacostia. backyard garden.
Mr.. Conolly Is at work today picking
out available gardens for demonstra-
tion purposes at Randle Highlands. ON
Capitol Hill. Congress Heights. Wood
r;l Do%x apt q
Addition. Takoma Park. Tenleytown.
Conduit road and lexington. In each
of the communities there are num-
Der of gardens and the citizens are
evincinG interest in the movement.
Northeast Joins Movement.
The Northeast Washington Citizens
Association. Evan H. Tucker. president,
has notified the committee that 1t will
be represented in the movement by
Aienzo G. Anthony. $40 K street north
east: and the Hillsdale Citizens As
sociation through it's secretary, c. S.
Shippan, notified the central committee
Of the appointment of Ivory Brown.
p Stanton road, Hillsdale, D. c., as its
representative.
j. ]. Heany, 2S0S Bladensburg road,
today called at the committee head
quarters to offer his services in blowing
tract of land to be farmed for any
institution of the city.
The central committee is receiving
inquiries from other cities regarding
the progress of the campaign here and
seeking information about the pro-
motion of similar movements. One of
these requests came from Treadwell
Cleveland. jr.. of Newark, n. J.
Mr.. Conoliy pointed out that the prob
i1em of protecting the gardens, especial
l.? those vacant lots. from depreda-
lions is Il serious one with many gar
deners.
While it is a patriotic duty to fight
for our country, it is just as much
patriotic duty to see that people in
our country produce enough food to
feed the population" Mr.. Conolly said
Every child and every adult should
be made to realize that he. is serving
his country when he does everything
in his power to eliminate depredations
on gardens of this city"
Mr.. Conolly suggested that each citi-
zen assume the responsibility of doing
all in his power to protect gardens, and
that this duty be impressed especially
on school children. He said the police
department would give all the protec-
ton possible. but this should be sup
piemented by the volunteer efforts Of
citizens.
Mr.. Connolly also appealed to parents
and school teachers TO impress upon
children that fruit trees should not h.
stripped of their blossoms for dec
orative purposes.
Many school children go into the
suburbs on holidays and gather these
blossoms" he said. That means that
SO much fruit will not ripen, and fruit
WIN De valuable as food in the autumn
II 1t is allowed to mature