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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... The Award of the Highest Horticultural Honor in the United States. The George Robert White Medal Of Honor Of The Massachusetts Horticultural Society For The Year 1921 Has Been Awarded To Mrs. Louisa Yeomans King (francis) In Recognition Of Her "services To Horticulture By Increasing The Love Of Plants And Gardens Among The Women Of Tiie United States. This Has Never Been Awarded To A Woman Before. (The editor considers that the news of this award to our dearly-loved Mrs. King will give more pleasure than any editorial that could be written, and therefore gives it the place of honor in the November BULLETIN.)' THE MAKING OF THE WEST It seems to me God took a part of Eden And purged it of the things that should not be. Then molded on it gentle hills and valleys And placed it by his own most wond'rous sea. He builded mountains, traced around them rivers, He sowed it with a lavish hand in grain: He touched it with the energy of Ajax And tinged it with the indolence of Spain. Ho conjured fruits and flowers into being And all his work was with perfection blest: He bathed it in his melted golden sunshine And so God made the Great Pacific West! The Orerland Monthly. By Kenneth A. Millican. News of Three Western Garden Clubs The Garden Clubs of Denver, Pasadena and Santa Barbara and Montecito, have assisted in making this the "Western Number" of the Bulletin. Their response to a request for help was most gratifying, and the editors regret that owing to lack of space many of the contributions had to be omitted. Denver Garden Club The author of the suggestion of the presentation from the Difficulties Garden Club Ok Denver, of an article on the difficulties Of of gardening in Colorado, met with a response from the Gardening members of the club...