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Show REGIONAL MEET Gardeners Hear Expert Advice A regional conference of Millard county garden clubs was held Saturday Sat-urday in Deltai open tQ the Mic Officers of the Utah Associated Garden Clubs were present, and talked on topics of particular interest in-terest to local gardeners. An afternoon session was held at the Delta high school where Mayor Black welcomed the visitors. M. D. Naylor spoke on chlorosis. Koith Boyer spoke on pest controls, con-trols, fertilizers and soils. His recommendation re-commendation in this area was to use gypsum on the soil. He stat ed he would return here within a month and take tests of the soils and water, to determine the cause of chlorosis, and also the salt content con-tent of the water. C R. Walters talked on roses . and their culture, and Mrs. Dorothy Newbold discussed junior clubs and peony culture and varieties. After the early meeting, field trips were taken, directed by Mrs. Eddys Barben and M. Ward Moody. One stop was at the rose garden in Delta, which received high praise from the visitors. At 6 p. m. the state officers were dinner guests of the Delta Garden club at the home of Mrs. Frank S. Beckwith, with Mrs. John Swalberg assisting. The evening meeting opened at 8 when Mr. Naylor spoke on iris culture and propagation. Mr. Boyer showed color slides. Fred Augsburger, Augs-burger, president of the Utah association, as-sociation, assisted by Mrs. New-bold, New-bold, Mrs. Milda Patten and Mrs. Genevieve Folsom, gave a demonstration demon-stration and how to arrange the flowers to their best advantage. He used local blooms, and explained explain-ed as he worked why certain combinations com-binations were best. He also advised ad-vised the group to use sugar in the water for the flowers, to keep them alive and fresh longer. The convention concluded in the evening session. It was under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Bishop president pres-ident of the Delta Garden club. |