Evening star., 1922-10-08
u. s. FLOWER YARDS
/ DRAW CONVENTION
25o Garden Enthusiasts to
Meet Here and Study Wash
ington Parks.
MEETING OPENS OCT. 20
All Branches of Horticulture to Be
Debated and Demonstrated at
Clubs National Session:
MEETING OPENS OCT. 23

More than $50 members of the Gar
den Club of America will assemble
in Washington October % to attend
the autumn meeting which has been
especially arranged for this time In
order that garden enthusiasts from
, all over the country may have the
privilege of viewing the flower eX-
hibits of the Department of Agricul-
ture and of making a study OF the
Washington park system.
officials of the Commission on Fine
Arts and of the Department of Agr1-
culture, as well as scientists OF the
Smithsonian Institution and the Unit
ed States National Museum. are Keen
ly interested in this meeting and are
offering every hospitality to the dele
gates.
Indoor sessions will be held in the
audltoriums OF the American Reu
Cross building and OF the United
States National Museum. and num-
Der of charming tours in Maryland
and Virginia have been planned for
the visitors under the direction Of
MIR. Charles Moore and Dr. Paul
Bartsch, who, with Mrs. Fairfax Har-
rison, Mrs Edward H. Bouton. Mr..
}. H. Small and MIR. Ben A. Harlan.
are members of the Washington COM
mittee.
Founded in 1913.
The Garden Club of America was
founded IN 1913 by group OF garden
clubs from Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and even as lar west as Detroit ana
Chicago. with the object OF stimulat-
ing interest all over the country IN
gardening as a fine art. Since then
the Garden Club OF America has
grown to include fifty-seven clubs,
covering a territory from the Atlan-
tic TO the Pacific, as well as a NUM-
per of men and women who are IN
terestsd In gardening as d fine arr,
but who do not belong to any local
garden club. Twice year-in the
spring and in the autumn-the 1000
members are invited to meet In some
locality where the object OF the or
ganization is finely demonstrated.
Practically all branches of horticu&-
|. tural interest are covered by. the
work of the Garden Club, which in
'ciuues d wild hover committee. Whose
object is to interest itself in our ma
tional parks and to promote interest
in the preservation OF our native
plans; plant society committee,
which is clearing house for the
smaller horticultural societies. and a
trades relations committee. when
takes up the questions OF mutual IN
Ieresr to the buying members or the
Garden Club of America and the nur-
Serymen.
Data on Historic Gardens.
The historic gardens committee is
engaged in accumuiatlng data about
the old gardens of this couns.y. which
will be published in book form. The
visiting gardens committee, not only
lists the more important gardens OF
the country, but is bringing about
connections in Europe which will
open the well known gardens OF Eng
land, France and Italy to our men,
bership.
In, the last few years the Garden
Club has assembled a valuable col
lecIion of more than a thousand
slides of enormous educational inter-
est, showing architectural designs
and garden ornaments. borders, en-
frances, flower groups, foreign gar
dens. formal gardens, garuens IN fe-
lation to the house, gateways and ar
bors, informal gardens, rock gardens.
trees and shrubs. use OF water ana
wild flowers.
Among the interesting future plans
of the Garden Club is an exhibition OF
paintings of still life and of gardens
which is being collected by the art
committee, and in this connection 1t
is of special interest to note that,
while in Washington, the delegates
will have the privilege OF viewing
Mrs, Charles Walcotts wonderfully
beautiful collection of wild flower
paintings.