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Offered to Girls Starting Gardens "Do not try to grow too many v a rieties of flowers the first y ear that you. plan a flower garden," is the ad- vice that Max Schling, chiairmain o] the New York Botanical Garden Flo- ricultura[ 'association, gives .to Girl Scoutsý and to others w~ho are plan- niing to start gardens.. "You can start' to. growi seeds out of doors inin ost parts of the countiy about two weeks after the grass lias takeiî on its new green spring dress," lie says.. "The ordinary and easiest way, to grow seeds is. to- loosen the soit s!traighten it, out, 50W -the seeds sparingly so thatý when the little plants corne up they have enoughi room to.grow.. The seed should be> covered with a.layer of sou -only as thick as the diameter of the seed an,'. then pressed'down lightly'with a flat board. If you haven't a very fine watering 'can, tak~e a sponge, dip it i water, .hold it close to the ground and' squeeze it gradually so you will ii.ot washi out the seeds. ".Neyer hesitate to caîl upon a neig Mio, or upon anyone who bias a flower garden, wben you need advice about your plants," Says Mr. Schling.- "You. will be surprised to learn howt ivilling everyone whob loves flowers and is successful in: growing theni will be to tell you how you can have the same success .and the same hap- piniess in growing your flowers." Sisgg.te S*vral Flowers Mr. Schiing suggests the 'following flowers for Girl Scouts who may bc start ing tbeir very flrst flower gar- dens. He selected theru because lwý says they are very easy to, grow: Asters. Globe amaran'h. Helichrysum. (Everlasting flowers,). Panisies, Chinese pinks. Africaxn daisies (so7called Arctoitis Grandis). Cockscomb. Marigolds. Tagetes. Snapdragon. Troop News, 1. Troop 9 Troop 8 met at the Parisli hou,, Saturday morning at 9:45 o'clocký We were to have dedicated, ourgar- dîen, but' Mr.- Ge rbard. was called away to Oak Park. It was postponled until next Saturday, May 21. 'Ne had an -investiture as planncid, and the following guests . were pres- ent:. Miss Grobben, Mrs. Clark, M,%rs, Graif, and Mrs. Goodhue, who acte.d as, our lieutenant., Shirley >,O>Brien and Mary Lou Kriebel -were, awarded second class rank; Betty Keefer. ré- ceived the first-aid award;ý and Ma- rien Goldstein and Mary Lou Kr-ieb!et- were giveni craftsman, honors. We played a game or two. picked somne pansies from our garden, and ivent hiomer-Nancy' Moulton, scribec. Troop 6 Wednesday when we started withl a formai. opening, the flag ceremoiw was so horribly wrong that Mrs. Brit- tain had to show us the correct ivayi. Then-we did it fairly well. After that, Mrs. Rockwood showed Us 'some pictures of wild flowers and we tried to guess their namnes. There was a lovely picture of the firewýeed plant and many others. Wle werc so interested that Mrs.. Rockwoad showed us more. than she had ii- tended. Then we had to go,.hom.- Elise Fleager, scribe. Troop 1 Instead of the usual troop meeting, the girls of Troop 1 had a supper at the Scout. room.' A hike hiad been planned, but was postponed because of the unfavorable weather. We had dinner at> 6:30 o,'clock and spent the rest of the time singing and- talking about camp. There are. only. a f ew meetings 'remaining in this year's pro- gram. Lets 'have a good turnout eachi week.-Isab.el Haskin, scribe. Songsters in Forest Please Campers on Sunrise .Hike Near Shores of a Littit Lake By Dorothy Taylor "Get-tîp," someone violently 'shak-' ing1 my shoulder. roused mie. from my dreamS*. "VWTat's wrông? WXliat do viiu want ? I asked. For, it wvas stili dark. "Aret't you coming 0on t hé bird walk?" "I sure arn. Be ready ini just a minute." Ten minutes' later we were ready to start. WTe whispered: and talked ini low voices so as flot. to disturl, the rest of* the sleepinùg- camp. Our flrst big, thrill came as we reached the shores of the littie lake. -We held our breath and.watched suni- lighit transform it f romn the calm and peace of night to the golden radiance of day. The hilîs behind us reflected the saine glory, and the woods cainle *to life with the, multitudinous voices of tue' creatures who called it honiîe. :An early rising kingflsher flashied fromn the wood and plunged into the clear water, presently emnerging with a diminutive flsh in his beak. 1.I "This time the early bird decidcd to try flsh," said one of our group, a-, we started. to cross' the little bridge.1 Qitietly' following the little wood-1 land path, we came across the happy catbird family flitting hére and there in' searc~h of its breakfast. The little' black and white warblers could be seen scurrying up the trees and theni flitting into the air catching insects, while i the busbes we heard« theý somber-colored ovenbird -chattering.1 tô, its mate. Coming out once more. on the shores, one brigbt-eyed girl pointed to .an odd-looking lump on a tree branch. We -crept up quite closel but some noise must have frightened the bird, and we saw a great blue 'hertfa flap its wings and soar up across thet lake and into the woods on~ the others side. fi ý ; 1 , ý i . m i , ! p ýý w 1 , 1 M , ý a 1 u'urriay 'gn wepratîcci mg-Troop 13 us' how to make a blanket rôll. Then' naling. Miss Hughes 'gave us soile On Friday, May,13, we went to the, we had court of honor.-Patty. Goo- new letters. In themeridst of it al beach. Two patrols went ahead anid der, scribe. Miss Grobben came in and helped -us. laid a trail with stone signs. The Then we played somne. games. Miss other patrois followed the signs down NOTICE 1 Grobben told us about camp. We to the beach, When we got down Scouts or leaders baving books' spent a very interesting evening.- tixere ,we played a modeling gaine. fromn the Girl Scout, office are re-' -Betty J Diltz."' e went back tc' the parish bhouseqetd t eunteb ue1 scnoo in v-enIwurth who are miein- bers of Troop 2 'of the Kýenilworthi Girl 'Scouts completed a 'first aid course uncler the direction of ýMiss .Altha Lyman, school nurse, Monday of this' week. The girls. will receive, their awards soonl. Girl Scouts tKnow H-awaiian Islands Are Good to Eat If you, hear ý group of girls chat'- tering about Blushing Bunny, Hlop- ping john or Hawaiian Islands, whe.ii thyare planning an. out-of-doors .meal, do no .t be unduly alarmed. They- are perfectly sane* and are very proh- ably a troop of Girl.Scouts discussing some of the new recipes which are recommenided by national Girl Scout 1 headquarte rs in the new spring pamphletson day hikes and day camping. If1 the cooks. for the day have planned, to, have Hopping John for lunch, they-will use two cups of coiv peas, three',cups of water in whichi the peas were. cooked, one, cup of un - cooked rice and threetablespoonfuls of, bacon drip'pings, adding sait to tastc. They will boil thtpeas until they are tender, add the rice Mnd bacon drip- pings, and 'the required amnount "I water to 'steam the rice. When t1hiî has cooked over a slow fire. for one hour, there wilt be food-a-ple*nty f or six hungry hikers. HeWes Bluthing. Bumnny To the initiated, Blushing B3unnvlrneans one tablespoonful of. butter. the same amnount of flour, one caii of tomato soup,. one-baîf a cup of diced", American -cheese and either crackers or bread. Give a Girl Scout cool, these ingredients and she will melt the butter, blend it,with-the flour and add the soup. When this mixture is thoroughly heated she will add the cheese. The result is poureci over either crackers or bread-and presto) -the Blushing Bunny is ready for. his brief moment in the sun. The Hawailian Islands are of ga3- .ronomic rather than geographical iii- .erest to the hungryGirl Scout., The recipe for this ýtasty tid-'bit calîs for large slices of, bread, buttered anit )rown-ed on each side in a, frying pan. rhey are served'very hot, with a, slicoŽ of pineapple covered with a litle juice on eachi slice of bread, and opped a bit of red. jelly or a ixuara- chino cherry. ~gj