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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mayflower, January, 1905, by Various
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+Title: The Mayflower, January, 1905
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+Author: Various
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+Editor: John Lewis Childs
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+Release Date: September 10, 2009 [EBook #29951]
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+  January Contents
+
+                                             PAGE
+
+  Editorial Notes                               5
+
+
+  =THE ASTER=
+
+  _By Lora S. La Mance_
+
+  History of the Aster                          6
+
+  The Modern Aster                              6
+
+  General Culture of the Aster               7-11
+
+    About Seed, 7--Time to Start Asters,
+    8--Preparing an Aster Bed, 8--Mulching
+    and Watering, 8--Insect Foes of Asters,
+    9--Other Cultural Rules, 11
+
+  The Aster as a Cut Flower                    11
+
+  Leading Varieties of Asters              12, 13
+
+  The Winter Woods (Poem)                      13
+
+  The Live Oak (Poem)                          13
+
+  Information Box                          14, 15
+
+  Communications                           16, 30
+
+
+
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+
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+
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+VOL. XXI. FLORAL PARK, N. Y., JANUARY, 1905. No. 1
+
+THE MAYFLOWER,
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+Double Poet's Narcissus, N. alba plena odorata. Unfortunately, the
+difference in odor does not lend itself to the illusion.
+
+
+=Two Favorite Bedding Pansies=
+
+These are Emperor William and Lord Beaconsfield. One is light blue and
+the other yellow, so that, en masse, they are effective at a distance.
+The rich, dark, velvety Pansies are really more beautiful to look at,
+but we must stand close by them or hold them in the hand in order to
+enjoy them. In photographs the flowers of dark varieties hardly show at
+all. A good example of the handling of Pansies for effectiveness is
+shown in the planting of the six solid beds usually devoted to them in
+the grounds of Girard College, Philadelphia. The beds chosen for them
+are those that have been planted with Tulips the autumn beforehand. From
+seed sown in August grow thrifty young plants that are wintered in a
+cold-frame. As soon as the Tulips show leaves above ground young Pansy
+plants are set between them. When the Tulip flowers begin to fade the
+Pansies are opening their buds, and when the faded bulb-stems are cut
+away, lo! Pansy beds in full bloom!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE ASTER
+
+BY LORA S. LA MANCE, MO.
+
+_History of the Aster--The Modern Aster--General Culture of the
+Aster--About Seed--Time to Start Asters--Preparing an Aster
+Bed--Mulching and Watering--Insect Foes of Asters--Other Cultural
+Rules--The Aster as a Cut Flower--Leading Varieties of Asters._
+
+
+HISTORY OF THE ASTER
+
+Starworts or Aster-like flowers of the Composit� family are found in
+many parts of the world. In far-off China a flower-loving Catholic
+missionary noted a showy flower of late summer and early autumn. That
+was nearly two hundred years ago. The flower was what is botanically
+known as Callistephus, a Greek term meaning beautiful crown. From a
+scientific standpoint it was not an Aster at all, though closely related
+to that family. This wild Daisy-like Callistephus bore many graceful
+single flowers about the size of our largest wild Asters. The flowers
+consisted of a single row of light bluish-purple ray petals surrounding
+a golden disk-like center. In 1731 the Jesuit missionary sent seeds of
+it to France. It was liked from the first, and its early French
+cultivators politely named it _Reine Marguerite_--Queen Daisy.
+
+In due time the plant reached England. Here it was re-named. In allusion
+to its origin and to the star-like spread of its bluish petals, they
+called it China Aster, =i.e.= China Star. Even in our mother's day it was
+still called the China Aster. It became popular, especially as it soon
+sported into different colors. Otherwise there was little change in it
+until a little after 1840, when the first double flowers were produced.
+
+From that time its development was something marvelous. French, English,
+German and American hybridizers have vied with each other in bringing
+out new forms. It must be considered now as one of the few flowers that
+has all but reached perfection. There are three or four marked types of
+flowers, and it would seem impossible in any of these types to add to
+their beauty of form or to improve their colors, unless it would be to
+add a really deep yellow to the list of shades. Nor is anything lacking
+in size or doubleness of bloom.
+
+
+THE MODERN ASTER
+
+Our Asters of to-day range in size from the dwarfs, 6 to 12 inches high,
+to half dwarfs, 15 to 18 inches tall, and tall sorts, 20 inches to 2
+feet in height. There are three leading types of flowers. (1)
+Rose-flowered, shaped and imbricated like a blooded rose, the outer
+petals reflexed or rolled back, and the inner ones slightly recurved.
+This type of flower is much prized by those who like regularity of
+petals. They are as perfect as though moulded and shaped out of wax. (2)
+Peony-flowered, large blossoms with incurved petals, making a
+globe-shaped flower. (3) Chrysanthemum-flowered, with closely arranged,
+informal petals, sometimes curled and feathered to a high degree. Beside
+there are quilled, ball, and tassel Asters, etc., modifications or
+sports of the types mentioned.
+
+The Aster is a showy flower, and grows well for those who treat it well,
+in any climate or country. They come into bloom in late midsummer and
+last until frost, one of the scarcest times in the year for really good
+flowers. It is fine for exhibition at flower shows, and is useful as a
+cut flower. For all of these reasons the Aster would be a standard
+flower. Their great popularity is based, however, on two qualifications
+not mentioned above, and both of which they possess in a superlative
+degree. These qualities are great beauty of flower and a wonderful
+diversity and perfection of coloring.
+
+A well grown Aster is simply magnificent. The Chrysanthemum is
+acknowledged to be the queen of autumn. Nevertheless more than one
+unscrupulous florist has palmed off great fluffy white blooms of Asters
+as those of Queen Chrysanthemum herself. Size, form, color and substance
+go to make up a superbly beautiful flower without a trace of coarseness
+or gaudiness about it. In poetical language their flowers symbolize both
+bounty and cheerfulness in old age.
+
+No one but an artist should attempt to describe an Aster's colors. There
+are nearly thirty shades in Truffaut's Peony-flowered Asters. Victoria
+Asters can be purchased under twenty-four separate colors. Other
+sections show still other shades, to say nothing of those with white
+crowns and colored borders, and those with striped and silver-tipped
+flowers.
+
+[Illustration: A BED OF MIXED VARIETIES OF ASTERS]
+
+Only the drifted snow can compare with the purity of a white Aster. It
+has those spotless flowers that bring thoughts of heaven. Asters have
+many blue and lavender tints. None of them are muddy, or metallic, or
+dingy, as are too many blues and lavenders. They show the blue of a June
+sky, or the blue of the amethyst, or the color of the lilac of spring,
+together with soft lavenders, pale blues and deep indigo. Sulphur and
+primrose tints are the nearest yellow, but in reds they run the gamut
+from rosy flesh and palest apple-blossom through shell pink, peach,
+rose, carmine, scarlet and blood red to deepest crimson. Many of the
+pink shades are exquisitely beautiful. Only the pure whites can surpass
+them.
+
+
+GENERAL CULTURE OF THE ASTER
+
+I would like to say that a six-year old child can raise good Asters, and
+that they will grow in any kind of ground from a clay bank to a sand
+pit, or stand any kind of treatment. I can't truthfully say those
+things, however, for my Lady Aster is a fastidious dame. She wants
+plenty to eat and plenty to drink, and requires her insect foes kept at
+bay. Those who are not willing to do this had better let her alone.
+James Vick, that good old seedsman now gone to his reward, was an Aster
+enthusiast. His experience concisely summed up amounts to this:
+
+     _Never let them flag from seed-leaf to time of full bloom. Give
+     deep, rich ground, plenty of sunshine, and mulch with coarse
+     manure. Stake the tall varieties so as to prevent their blowing
+     over._
+
+That's a good rule for those who want everything in a nutshell. It may
+be summed up in another way. The way to have fine Asters is to do these
+six things: (1) Get the best seed; (2) start in a seasonable time; (3)
+give rich, mellow ground; (4) never allow them to parch; (5) keep
+insects down; and (6) stake when necessary.
+
+[Sidenote: About Seed]
+
+There are many kinds of seed that may be home grown year after year and
+the strain suffer no deterioration. Aster seed is not one of these
+kinds. If they were given high culture so as to bloom their best, and
+only a few of the very choicest individual flowers allowed to seed, they
+would of course come true from seed year after year. The trouble is
+that home saving is generally from all the flowers as they run, culls,
+off-colored specimens and all. Our best Asters represent very high
+breeding indeed. It is well known that highly bred plants quickly run
+out unless kept at the same high standard. Therefore never trust to
+haphazard seed if you desire first class Asters. Do not depend either
+upon cheap seed. Choose a reliable seed house, one that takes a pride in
+keeping the choicest strains of all the leading flowers and has too much
+regard for its reputation to send out inferior seeds under some
+high-sounding title.
+
+[Illustration: DWARF BOUQUET ASTER]
+
+[Sidenote: Time to Start Asters]
+
+A great many people start Aster seed in the house or greenhouse as early
+as February. There is not only nothing gained by this--for the Aster is
+a late flower and does not come to its best estate before August, start
+it when you will--but an actual disadvantage. Like James Vick, I would
+emphasize the importance of never letting the plants get a check if the
+finest flowers are wanted. Now the Aster is not naturally a hothouse
+plant. It needs in its young stage plenty of fresh air. Without it, or
+without sufficient light, or in too warm an atmosphere, the young Aster
+plants become tall and spindling, or, as florists express it, are drawn.
+A drawn Aster invariably makes a weak, sickly plant, and never bears
+large or handsome flowers. Sow the seed thinly and cover lightly. They
+should germinate in from 5 to 7 days.
+
+In the middle states the best growers make a practice of sowing the
+seeds in boxes about the last of April or first of May. Some make a
+couple of later sowings between that date and the first of June, sowing
+these in carefully prepared seed-beds in the open ground. This is to
+keep up a succession of flowers. So many sowings are scarcely necessary
+now that there are both early and late varieties to be chosen in the
+first place. The period of first sowing will allow for all, if kinds
+that flower at various times are chosen. In the Southern states a June
+sowing is recommended. A lath frame will keep the plants from parching.
+
+Late Asters may be lifted for the house. It is a good plan if one wishes
+several of them for pot plants to sow seed of them in July, under a lath
+frame where they will be shaded somewhat and protected from drying winds
+until up and of some little size. These will come into bloom before the
+first Holland bulbs are ready for the window, and will remain in full
+beauty for several weeks. An August sowing will give late winter and
+early spring flowers.
+
+Asters are easily transplanted and should never be allowed to become
+cramped for room, or to be grown in the shade of other plants. If
+carefully done, an Aster in almost full bloom can be taken up and
+replanted without injuring it in the least. So there is no excuse for
+letting them be crowded in either seed-box or seed-bed.
+
+[Sidenote: Preparing an Aster Bed]
+
+There is no use trying to get good Asters from plants in poor ground.
+They are gross feeders. They dislike sandy soil the most of all. Clay
+ground is better for them than sand, and loamy soil the best of all. If
+the soil is sandy, plant Asters so as to leave a little depression
+around each plant. The water will thus sink about them and more moisture
+be retained. Sour, undrained soils where the water stands should be
+raised a little above the level of the lawn, if for Asters, so that
+excess of water may drain off. They like moisture but not stagnant
+water. Whatever the character of the ground, spade it deep so that it
+may be mellow, and make it very rich. If the ground is to be spaded a
+foot deep, a 3-inch layer of rotted manure is about right to dig in.
+Rotted manure does not mean fresh or lumpy manure. It means that the
+fertilizing element shall have been rotted until ready to drop to
+pieces. Stable manure is too fiery. Cow manure over a year old is best.
+Many expert Aster growers scatter an inch of unleached hardwood ashes
+over the bed before it is broken up and spade it in with the manure.
+They claim it both suits the Aster and helps to keep off root-lice.
+
+It is usual to plant tall or half dwarf varieties in the center of the
+beds, and use some of the dwarf Asters for an outside row or border. The
+tall kinds should stand 10 to 12 inches apart in the row. The dwarf ones
+about 8 inches apart. Asters make a sightly bed because of the uniform
+height of each class and because of their blooming at the same time.
+
+[Sidenote: Mulching and Watering]
+
+Hot dry soil quickly spoils Asters. About July mulch them well.
+
+Two inches of coarse manure spread out well over their roots is the best
+mulch of all, as every rain washes nutrition from it down to the roots
+below. Chip dirt, pine needles, or grass clippings will do, or anything
+else that is light, yet will let the rains or waterings leach through.
+No one who has not actually tried it can know of the help a mulch really
+is to Asters. I doubt whether first-class flowers can be obtained in
+dry, windy countries, or in hot, sun-scorched valleys without its aid.
+Asters love the sun, nevertheless unless their feet are kept cool and
+moist they inevitably burn and wilt. A mulch keeps the ground cool, and
+it keeps it moist also.
+
+I know of Asters that gained the prizes at county fairs that were
+regularly soaked once a week with the suds from the weekly washing. In
+most climates a thorough drenching of the ground once a week will
+promote a luxuriant growth of the plants. There is nothing gained by
+watering in dry weather unless the ground is mulched. Without this
+protection the ground will bake as hard as a brick and the plants suffer
+more than if no water had been given. In some sections hot dry winds
+prevail through August and September. This is most trying to Asters. If
+there is a tank, or system of water works, a good sprinkling, not only
+to the roots but of the foliage as well, will revive them wonderfully.
+Use the hose about sunset. By morning the plants will be entirely
+revived.
+
+[Sidenote: Insect Foes of Asters]
+
+The red spider and aphis have no special fondness for the Aster. They
+get after it when it comes in their way, as they do anything else. But
+the Aster has two implacable enemies that by their ravages have done
+more to discourage people from growing these plants than all other
+causes combined. These two foes are blister beetles and root lice.
+
+RED SPIDER bothers in hot dry weather. Water is their foe. When the
+familiar thin, half-dying foliage appears, grey on the under-side and
+showing a few fine webs underneath, there is no mistaking the signs. It
+is the red spider. If a hose is used in the garden, turn the water on
+under a full head, directing it to the under-side of the leaves where
+the invisible pests have their colonies. Never mind if it does bend the
+plants by the force of the stream. They can be straightened afterwards.
+Play up and down, under and all around. If well done, and the deed
+repeated a couple of days after, they will have been killed. If no hose
+is available, use a sprinkler, dashing the water on with all the force
+possible.
+
+APHIS is the common plant louse. Some use tobacco stems as a mulch about
+Asters instead of manure. Tobacco factories and dealers in florist's
+supplies sell these at low prices, as it is the refuse material left
+after manufacturing tobacco for smoking and chewing. Where these can be
+obtained it is a sure preventative not only against aphis but almost any
+other insect.
+
+Other remedies for aphis are spraying with a hard stream of water. Two
+or three thorough applications will finish them. Kerosene emulsion will
+kill them. So will insect powder if it has not become stale, and if used
+on a still, calm day when there is no air stirring to revive its
+suffocated victims.
+
+THE BLISTER BEETLE or aster beetle comes along when the plants are in
+bloom or in bud. They are half to three-quarters of an inch long, black
+with grey stripes down their back. Oh! how they devour all before them!
+Out of the unknown they come, hordes of them. They tarry but two or
+three days, and leave but bare stalks behind them, every bed, every
+flower, and every leaf eaten off.
+
+The remedy is to fight them.
+
+When the lytta, _alias_ blister beetle, arrives, prepare to give a warm
+welcome to him and all of his kind. There are several methods of doing
+this. Any of them must be repeated two or three times a day, for there
+seem to be successive waves of the beetles. In a few days the danger is
+past.
+
+My own method is to get a helper, and, taking one plant at a time, knock
+the beetles off and kill them with a stick. It is a joy to look upon the
+heaps of slain when all is done. Whenever the plant upon which it is is
+jarred in the slightest, this beetle falls to the ground exactly as
+though it were dead. Only for a second, however, then it runs for dear
+life. That is why it takes more than one person, for it's no child's
+play to kill a score of scampering bugs in a quarter of a minute.
+
+[Illustration: QUILLED GERMAN ASTER]
+
+My other half's way is to get a fresh supply of insect powder
+(Dalmation, Persian, Bubach, etc., whatever name it may be sold under)
+and squirt it thickly over the bugs by the use of one of those 10-cent
+powder guns that all druggists keep. It is effective if the insect
+powder is fresh.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Other remedies are to put netting over the bed; to spray the plants with
+poisoned water, made by stirring 1 teaspoonful of Paris green into 2
+gallons of water; and to use kerosene emulsion. The last is made after
+this formula: 1 tablespoonful of kerosene beaten up with half a cupful
+of milk. Dilute with 2 gallons of water.
+
+Do not forget that any remedy must be used two or three times a day
+while the raid is on.
+
+ROOT-LICE, BLUE APHIS, etc., is one of the most common enemies of the
+Aster. When the plants are almost at their best the tops turn a peculiar
+sickly green, or they wilt, or become brown. They die quickly unless
+something is at once done. Pull one up and the roots are found alive
+with a little insect that looks like a plant louse. Insecticides poured
+on the soil rarely kill the pests. A bed that has been ashed, or had a
+mulching of tobacco stems, as has already been advised, will have
+escaped.
+
+Where the root lice have already commenced, Rexford recommends drawing
+the dirt away until the roots are exposed, then sifting tobacco dust
+thickly over them replacing the soil afterwards. Others recommend
+flooding the bed with kerosene emulsion in the same way. While some have
+success, others claim failure by either of these methods. Here is a way
+of dealing with root lice, however, that is always sure.
+
+Heat a lot of water. Then pull up every affected plant, shake the dirt
+off their roots, and dip them quickly into scalding water. Leave them in
+but a second, but dip their roots two or three times to make sure every
+bug gets its dose. Pour boiling water into the ground where the Asters
+had been. That settles the fate of every root-louse in the ground. As
+soon as the ground has cooled a little, plant the Asters back, stake
+them so as to hold them up, and shade lightly for a day or two.
+
+Will it not kill the plants? No, it will not injure them. Of course the
+plants should have been taken up very carefully so as not to break off
+the roots. The Aster will stand more in the way of lifting than any
+other plant I know. Mature plants may be washed out by the roots in a
+severe storm, but if promptly planted again will be all right in a day
+or two after. I know a lady who had to move some distance in August. She
+had a fine bed of Asters. She made the ground soaking wet, then took
+them every one up, putting them as close as they would stand in ordinary
+soap boxes. They never minded the transfer in the least, and bloomed so
+handsomely in their boxes as to call forth many compliments. I give
+these instances to convince doubting Thomases that pulling up Asters
+and scalding the root-lice on them is not so desperate a remedy as it
+sounds. And it is a sure remedy.
+
+[Sidenote: Other Cultural Rules]
+
+Until it is time to mulch Asters, stir the ground, or hoe the bed once a
+week. In some climates, particularly in warm ones, tall Asters sometimes
+take on a tall, thin growth. These leggy plants are not beautiful, nor
+do they bear many flowers. Whenever plants show a disposition to run up
+this way, pinch out the tops. Repeat the pinching two or three times if
+necessary, until a disposition to branch shows itself.
+
+The tall sorts are the better for a support. Otherwise hard winds uproot
+them. Stakes should be used that when driven will be about two-thirds
+the height of the plants. Tie with soft string, with a sort of a
+slip-knot so that a half dozen of the main branches have a band
+supporting them, yet are not drawn up so hard and tight as to cut into
+the branch.
+
+If a display of Asters are wanted for a flower show make the ground as
+wet as mud. Then lift each plant with a spade or mattock slowly and
+skillfully. The roots, dirt and all, will come up in a solid mass. Pot
+at once, before any of the earth is shaken off. They will not wither in
+the least if kept out of direct sunshine for a few days. If enormous
+blooms are wanted, disbud, leaving but one bud to each tip. Trim off the
+small side branches also, to throw the strength of the plant into these
+chosen blooms. Most people prefer more flowers and less size.
+
+There are generally a few promising late Asters that are not yet in
+bloom when frosts come. Lift these in the same careful manner for the
+house. They do not do well in hot rooms. In cool rooms, not above 60 to
+65 degrees by day, they thrive. They like some sunshine, but will get
+along with little of it if they have good light beside. They do finely
+in halls and bedrooms where the temperature is almost to the frost line
+at night, and no fire heat at all during the day. An Aster will not
+bloom all winter. Its period of bloom is quite long enough, however, to
+make it a welcome guest in the plant window, and when through blooming
+it can be thrown away.
+
+
+THE ASTER AS A CUT FLOWER
+
+An Aster is at its very best as a cut flower, and remains in good
+condition for two weeks. It comes in the late summer season before
+Chrysanthemums are ready and after Lilies are gone. It is a time of
+dearth of really fine flowers. Florists are growing it more and more for
+their sales, and to use in decorations for August and September weddings
+and parties. White Asters are much used for funeral wreaths also.
+
+Amateurs cannot make up elaborate floral pieces like florists, and it is
+not wise to attempt it. But it is well enough for us all to remember
+that a simple spray of white Asters in a setting of green Ferns, or of
+lace-like Asparagus plumosus, is a gift of remembrance that no loving
+hand need be ashamed of placing on the coffin of a friend. A loose,
+careless nosegay of Asters, bright with its pretty pinks and blues, and
+a deep crimson one or two to bear its white companions company, will
+cheer up a sick friend. Always remember the touch of color in flowers
+for the sick. They need cheer and brightness, and sunny flowers give
+them both.
+
+[Illustration: NEW ROSE ASTER]
+
+The taller Asters are fine to cut for vases and for pulpit bouquets, if
+the longest stems are chosen. Use plenty of pretty greenery, and arrange
+the flowers so that each stands out airily by itself, not wedged
+between its neighbors. Asters can be over-crowded in a bouquet until
+heavy and clumsy looking. It is the one fault to avoid. The remedy is to
+use more foliage with them, and to put fewer flowers in the bouquet.
+Enough is better than a surplus in arranging cut-flowers.
+
+[Illustration: ASTER AS A POT PLANT]
+
+
+LEADING VARIETIES OF ASTERS
+
+NEW ROSE. This has been a standard sort for many years. Nearly or quite
+2 feet in height. Handsome flowers of regular form, imbricated like a
+rose. Many shades.
+
+TRUFFAUT'S P�ONY-FLOWERED. For more than a generation this has been a
+standard. It is sometimes shown at exhibitions in a fourth of a hundred
+distinct shades. It is tall, with a profusion of very large globular
+flowers. An old but showy variety.
+
+VICTORIA. Esteemed by many the very best Asters in existence. Fine for
+pots, bedding or flower shows. Flowers are three or four inches across,
+or even larger, and these are perfection as to form. There are over a
+score of shades, among them colors as rare and as lovely as the cloud
+tints of sunrise.
+
+[Illustration: ASTER SHAKESPEARE]
+
+COCARDEAU OR CROWN is another old but not superseded sort. The center of
+the flower is of small quilled petals, pure white in color. This center
+is surrounded by a wide ring of flat ray petals of bright color. 18
+inches tall. Pretty, odd and showy, but by no means as superb a flower
+as some of the others.
+
+QUILLED GERMAN. Another oddity, of about equal value with the Crown
+Asters. 2 feet high and branching. The flowers are quilled like those of
+some Dahlias.
+
+DWARF BOUQUET. One of the smallest of all. Only 6 to 8 inches tall, very
+uniform, each a pyramid of pretty flowers. About a dozen colors are in
+this strain. Used for edging.
+
+SHAKESPEARE. A fine sort for borders. About 6 inches tall, a solid mass
+of large globular flowers from top to bottom. There are several colors.
+
+SNOWBALL. 10 to 12 inches high, of a symmetrical habit and bearing
+exquisitely beautiful flowers of the large Chrysanthemum type. The color
+is a pure white.
+
+[Illustration: TRUFFAUT'S P�ONY-FLOWERED ASTER]
+
+VICK'S BRANCHING ASTERS. The Vicks have always been famous for their
+Asters, and this is the triumph of their skill. These grow the tallest
+of all Asters, and require more than ordinary space because of their
+wide branching habit. Largely grown by florists. It is a late variety,
+and its magnificent, large and informal flowers are often mistaken for
+the finest Japanese Chrysanthemums. The flowers are of extraordinary
+size and are long-stemmed. It comes in snowy-white, pink, lavender,
+crimson, and purple shades. Pure White is esteemed the finest of the
+lot, with Daybreak, a lovely sea-shell pink, as a close second. Daybreak
+is earlier than the type.
+
+JAPANESE. Known also as the Ostrich Plume Asters, a name which exactly
+describes them. About 15 inches tall. The curled flowers are of enormous
+size, 5 to 6 inches across. About 10 colors, some of them most unusual
+ones.
+
+GIANT SILVER-TIPPED. These are of dwarf habit, but have blossoms of the
+largest size. These beautiful flowers, whatever their color, are tipped
+silvery white. An exceptional good pot variety.
+
+SEMPLE'S MARVEL. This is another favorite with professional growers.
+They are 20 inches to 2 feet tall, and of branching habit. This is
+rather a late Aster. The flowers are of much substance, and are perfect
+in form and rich in color.
+
+COMET. The best known of the curly Chrysanthemum-flowered type. There
+are two or three strains of this, varying a little as to habit. They
+range from 14 inches to 2 feet in height, and bear those large, loose,
+feathered flowers that find so many admirers. The broad outer petals are
+reflexed. The inner petals are shorter and curve and curl toward the
+center. These grand flowers come in several beautiful shades.
+
+[Illustration: ASTER "DAYBREAK"]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WINTER WOODS
+
+  How patiently they wait--the bare brown trees
+      Through winter's sullen gloom,
+  With arms outspread as if in suppliance
+      Of vanished leaf and bloom!
+
+  Till Nature's voice shall sound its clarion call
+    Waking the earth from sleep,
+  These monarchs shorn of all their treasure stand
+    In silence long and deep.
+
+  O learn a lesson from the winter woods!
+    Hope on O troubled heart!
+  In patience wait! The blessing thou dost need
+    God will at last impart!
+
+  _Alice Jean Cleator, Ohio._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE LIVE OAK
+
+(_In the South_)
+
+  On the gray outside of the year
+    Fluttered its leaves of cheer;
+    They reached to my winter window
+  And I thought that spring was here.
+  They reached out mistily
+  When dawn was on the tree,
+    But through the rainy mornings
+  How bright they gleamed and clear.
+
+  When other trees are bare
+  Oak banners glad the air,
+    And through the Southern summer
+  Its branches great and fair.
+  In all their splendid strength,
+  To all their living length,
+    Emparadise in shadow
+  The meadows everywhere.
+
+  _Ethelwyn Witherald, Canada._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE INFORMATION BOX
+
+What Our Readers Want to Know
+
+_In this department Mrs. Lora S. La Mance will answer the inquiries of
+those asking information about plants, their culture, etc. The subject
+of inquiry will be touched upon in a general way, instead of being made
+a personal matter, in order that the information conveyed may be useful
+and interesting to the greatest number. We will forward to Mrs. La Mance
+for answering such inquiries as our readers may send in.--Editor_
+
+NOTICE. Correspondents will please observe these rules: Give with every
+letter your name, town and state. They will not be published. If you
+wish an immediate or personal answer, enclose stamp for reply. Do not
+ask for greenhouse plans. The space cannot be given. In reporting a
+failure with anything, tell what treatment you have given it.
+
+AGAPANTHUS. In early housekeeping days, when as yet I was ignorant of
+the A B C's of floriculture. I bought an Agapanthus. No pains were taken
+with it, but it grew right along and blossomed freely. I was much
+astonished afterwards to learn that the Agapanthus is considered an
+obstinate plant that can neither be coaxed nor driven to bloom. Poor
+Agapanthus! It has been unjustly censured. Be liberal with it in the way
+of providing a rich potting soil, and giving plenty of water while it is
+growing. With autumn, let it have a taste of adversity. Put the pot on a
+back shelf. Keep the earth in the pot decidedly on the dry side, giving
+plenty of water when you do water, but making the intervals between long
+enough for the soil to dry out well. The plant can even be placed in the
+cellar to winter, provided this absolute rest is not unduly prolonged.
+After three months of inaction give light, warmth and moisture.
+Agapanthus will at once respond, and flowers usually follow.
+
+TRAINING A RUBBER PLANT. A tall, straight stemmed Rubber tree finds more
+admirers than branched specimens, which are more squat in shape. Those
+who like the bush form best can make their Rubber Plants branch at any
+desired height by cutting off the end of the stem. The part cut away may
+he rooted in heat in damp sand. The best time to cut them is in late
+winter, just before the time for spring growth. Branches will soon be
+sent out after the top of the main stem has been cut away.
+
+MOLES. A lady piquantly relates her trials with an army of moles that
+she cannot "catch, kill, or drive away," although she has tried
+everything she has ever heard of. It is a bad case when mole traps will
+not catch, or corn soaked in Fowler's solution of arsenic and dropped
+along their runways will not finish them. In this case I can only refer
+her to other said-to-be cures that other people have tried and have
+faith in. A dozen witnesses testify that the seeds of Ricinus (Castor
+Bean,) dropped here and there in their tunnels will make them leave. A
+Connecticut lady says a sure remedy is to drop handfuls of salt here and
+there in their runways. Others put ball potash or concentrated lye in
+their runs but that is cruel, for it burns wherever it touches. Some use
+sawdust soaked in tar, or with a stick punch holes here and there along
+their tunnels and drop in each hole a small quantity of kerosene (coal
+oil). These two last substances will kill choice plants if used close to
+their roots, so use caution. An ingenious soul, rightly conceiving that
+the mole is highly sensitive to smells made a number of stiff pasteboard
+tubes and put in the center of each a stinking moth-ball. Buried in the
+runways there was a dearth of moles directly. I heartily approve of the
+mole's judgment in leaving moth-ball-scented premises. I have felt like
+it myself.
+
+TROUBLE WITH LILIUM CANDIDUM. Some of our friends have had trouble with
+Lilium Candidum. They purchased fine, large bulbs, potted them, and had
+only leaves for their pains. That was because they were procured too
+late. They are not nearly so tractable as Lilium Harrisii. It is their
+natural disposition to start to growing early in autumn. If kept dormant
+beyond this period their flower-buds blast. Get them if possible in
+August or the first half of September. There is no difficulty in getting
+them to blossom then.
+
+BADLY SHAPED PLANTS. Every little while someone asks what to do with a
+one-sided or badly shaped pot plant. Plants, and particularly pot
+shrubs, ought never to be allowed to get in bad shape. It is an easy
+enough matter to correct a bad or awkward tendency at the first. It is a
+difficult matter to remedy it later. When a plant begins to grows
+coxcomby, or develops a long, switchy growth, or twists about in an ugly
+crook, begin _at once_ to overcome it. One-sidedness is usually arrested
+by turning that side away from the light. A crooked, knotted limb can be
+straightened by tying to a stout support or trellis, tying it every two
+or three inches to take the kinks out. Long, leggy, or whip-like shoots
+need the ends pinched off. If done at an early stage no sap will waste.
+It is old wood that bleeds when the knife is put into it. I always
+hesitate to advise re-shaping an old specimen if it is so contorted that
+over half of the old wood must be cut away. It is a great shock to a
+growing plant to lose half or more of its wood. It sometimes kills it,
+particularly if injudiciously watered. If severe cutting is required do
+it while the pot shrubbery is nearest at rest, and a little before
+renewed growth may be expected again. Usually this is about the close of
+mid-winter. Such shrubs as Rubber Plants, that bleed profusely, should
+have grafting wax or paint daubed on the end of cut branches. If nothing
+better is at hand paste a jacket of clay over the cut end until the
+wound can heal. Water with much moderation until new growth appears.
+
+SPOTTED CALLA FROM SEED. Spotted Callas are easily grown from seed if it
+is sown as soon as ripe. Plant out in garden rows like dwarf peas, and
+hoe them and keep weeds down. After frost dig the little tubers up and
+keep in dry sand in the cellar. Plant out in the garden the next year.
+Some will bloom the second season, the rest will require another year.
+
+SOIL FOR VARIEGATED SHRUBS. Do not manure the ground for golden or
+variegated leaved shrubs. The color is not as clear where fertilizers
+are used. Very rich ground means a quick, lush growth. Green is the
+normal color of leaf vegetation. Any departure from this rule is an
+abnormal one. Whatever imparts vigor to a plant tends to make it throw
+off its acquired markings and revert to its original stage. Abundant
+plant food supplies more chlorophyll or green coloring matter to the sap
+also.
+
+ABOUT BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS IN WINTER. A lady asks, "Is it the summer
+sun that is harmful to Rhododendrons, Andromedas and Mahonias, or is it
+the winter sun they should be protected from?" It is the winter sun. The
+reason broad-leaved evergreens are such a hard class to bring through
+the winter in good condition is because the sun shines upon their
+foliage while it is frozen, blistering, and searing it. It is not the
+winter's cold but the winter's sun that does the mischief. Plant all
+such evergreens on a north slope, or at the north side of a building
+where they are protected from a glare of sunshine on their frozen wood
+and leaves.
+
+SNAILS AND SLUGS. Where they are numerous enough to do injury, get after
+them. I believe a hand to hand killing is the best remedy for all such
+pests. They are sluggish and cannot run away from one. They usually take
+a siesta during the heat of the day under Pansies or similar low matted
+plants. Some trap them by placing slices of cabbage or raw potato about.
+Others kill all the slugs in a bed, then make a ring of salt all about
+it to keep them out. Lime dust powdered over the plants helps to keep
+them away.
+
+WORMS BORING INTO PLANTS. A couple of cases are reported of worms boring
+into the stalks of Asters, Dianthus and Carnations. Of course the tops
+die, and the damage is great. There is no insecticide that can be used
+against these canny worms which snugly hide themselves in the plant
+stalks where not a drop of liquor can reach them. The only remedy is to
+keep a sharp outlook for affected plants, cutting away each
+worm-infested top and burning it. This kills the worm and cuts off
+future crops of worms. It seems a hard method of ridding the plants of
+their enemies. However, the plants branch out again and develop a later
+crop of flowers.
+
+HOW ANNUALS RUN OUT. "Last year I purchased the very best grade of
+seeds, and my flowers were lovely. I saved from these flowers, expecting
+a similar treat this year. But my Pansies, Carnations and Petunias are
+nothing near as large or as finely marked as they were last year, and
+the last two flowers are all single, not a double one in the lot. What
+is the cause of this?"
+
+Deterioration in the quality of bloom is what our mothers used to call
+the "running out" of plants. There is no mystery about it. It is
+confined to those favorite flowers that have been highly bred and
+hybridized. Everyone knows highly bred stock, be it animal or vegetable,
+will not stand roughing it. If the flower grower would use the nerve of
+the seed-grower and pull up every inferior plant or poor flowered one;
+if she would keep the ground as clean as a market garden; if she would
+allow only the finest flowers to go to seed, cutting the others off as
+they fade, she would have good seed for next year's flowers. Petunias
+are artificially hybridized to get a double strain of seed, and this the
+amateur cannot well do. It pays most of us better to buy Pansy, Petunia,
+Carnation and Ten Weeks Stocks seed than to try to save it ourselves.
+
+FAILURE OF PEONIES TO BLOOM. Everyone says the Peony will endure
+anything, heat, cold, rain or dry weather or any kind of soil. It is
+true the plant is tenacious of life. It is just as true that it knows
+when it is not well treated. It evens up matters many times by refusing
+to bloom. Any one of the following reasons may cause it to be barren of
+bloom. (1) Poor, hard ground. (2) Deep shade, as when grown under
+evergreens or behind thick shrubbery. (3) Spring planting in hot
+climates, or (4) clumps allowed to get too dry in droughty summers.
+
+BRUGMANSIA. I admire this plant when in bloom. Its magnificent ivory
+trumpets are a grand sight. It is a fine thing for piazza decoration
+during summer, and may be grown in a greenhouse or warm plant room in
+winter. It is not, however, suitable for ordinary window culture. It
+needs good care and freedom from dust, and moreover chills easily. If
+placed in the cellar in November it will winter there safely. Bring up
+as early as possible in the spring, water with moderation until new
+shoots start from the root, then give abundance of water.
+
+EUCHARIS. This is a beautiful flower worth taking a little pains to
+grow. It is more often seen in greenhouse than in a window, as it is
+easier in the former to secure a warm, moist, even temperature. Shortly
+after New Year Eucharis grow very fast. Keep them warm and moist until
+through flowering when they can be kept ten to fifteen degrees cooler
+and watered less freely. This gives them the needed semi-rest to enable
+them to get ready for bloom again. In summer they need plenty of water
+again. When fall comes keep them pretty dry for the next three months,
+supplying only enough water to keep them from losing their leaves. Pot
+them in loam and sand, with a small quantity of old crumbled manure and
+leaf loam.
+
+A PLAGUE OF ANTS. A correspondent has suffered for years from annual
+raids of ants that literally swarm over everything and everywhere. "Last
+year," says this lady, "they killed ever so many plants, from Pansies to
+trees. All of our outdoor flowers were almost ruined by them. I have
+tried molasses and Paris green, but they only increase in numbers. They
+are everywhere, but I cannot find their holes or nest."
+
+There is no use trying to depend on killing all these ants after they
+have taken possession. A bushel of pyrethrum powder would not pepper
+them all or a hogshead of kerosene emulsion last long enough to get them
+all. They must be killed at the fountain head, in their nesting places.
+A few years ago a certain set of our pear trees had their blossoms
+ruined year after year by hordes of ants. We could not kill them off,
+for there were always new ones to take their places. One day we found
+their nest, a very large one, but entirely underground. A speedy and
+therefore merciful death was decreed for them. Big pot, little pot,
+kettle and boiler were filled with water which was brought to the
+boiling point. We used it, _every day_, on that ant nest. That was 15
+years ago, and there has been no recurrence of the trouble.
+
+HOLY THISTLE. Some one asks about a curious plant of which no one knows
+the name. It blooms quickly from seed, making a plant several feet tall.
+It has long and wide leaves, waved along the margins, and very spiny.
+Along each vein is a wide milk-white band or mottling. The flowers are
+like a purple thistle. Strange how the wheels of time go round. This new
+(?) plant is so very old that hundreds of years ago it was a common
+garden ornament. It is Carduus Maritima, a near relative of the common
+thistle. Everyone notices it because of its odd milky splashes, and it
+every now and then enjoys a brief popularity again. Our superstitious
+forefathers believed that a drop of the Virgin Mary's milk fell on its
+leaves, which ever after bore milk-white markings because of it. The old
+names for it were Milk Thistle and Holy Thistle. The peasantry used to
+eat its tops as greens, and cook the roots in stews. Like all thistles
+this will become a weed if not kept down with a firm hand.
+
+AN IMPOSSIBILITY. A lady asks us to give a list of the six best Roses.
+"I acknowledged to stand at the head of the Rose kind." It can't be done
+as long as the old adage holds true of
+
+  "Many men of many kinds,
+  Many men of many minds."
+
+A correspondent wants a companion Rose to a Crimson Rambler, which she
+enthusiastically declares is the grandest Rose in the world. Side by
+side with her letter is one from an artist. "I don't like Ramblers,"
+writes he. "An artistic Rose to my mind is like a jewel in a right
+setting. Too many jewels denote vulgarity." Every class of Rose has its
+enthusiastic devotees. The best Hybrid Teas come nearer combining all
+merits of a Rose, and nearer pleasing all standards of taste than any
+other; yet any florist will tell you that they are by no means the Roses
+most freely purchased. In other words, no one Rose suits all.
+
+  _Lora S. La Mance, Mo._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CORRESPONDENCE
+
+QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
+
+This department is open to any of our subscribers who may have anything
+to say that will be of general interest and usefulness. Questions may be
+asked or answered
+
+
+ARKANSAS
+
+_Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I must tell you of an experience I had in transplanting a Dahlia, which
+was in bloom, the last day of July. Driving out one warm morning I saw a
+family moving out of a house. Seeing a clump of beautiful Dahlias I
+asked for one. The lady said she did not think I could do anything with
+it, but I knew I could try. She took it up with an old tuber attached
+and two young ones. I put it in a well protected place where it was cool
+and kept it well watered. It grew and continued to bloom. When taken up
+in the fall there were three tubers. That was two years ago. I still
+have some of it now.--_Mrs. Philetus Wakefield._
+
+
+CAROLINA, NORTH AND SOUTH
+
+_Editor Mayflower:_
+
+When the world looks as if it were at the mercy of the wind and cold in
+winter. Sad indeed would be these hopeless days only we know that
+always, and always, it will be spring again. While the flowers are
+asleep under their blanket of snow we have a period for rest and
+reflection, and by thinking over the mistakes in the past we may
+improve. Of all times of the year spring is the season when everything
+seems to require attention at the same time. House-cleaning, sewing and
+gardening crowd upon us, when the bright days come, and one of the three
+is sure to be neglected by the busy women if plans are not made for each
+work beforehand. Let me beg all our flower-loving women not to deny
+themselves the comfort, rest and happiness that flowers alone will bring
+them throughout the long summer days because they feel the time cannot
+be spared to attend to the planting in early spring. What if the house
+_is_ left a little disordered while one works in the garden? It can be
+put to rights after the precious roots and seeds have been placed under
+ground to begin their work of beauty. We must all sew I suppose, but let
+us wear the last year shirt waists awhile, and take the time to plant
+flowers in the garden or window boxes, to cheer us when we are compelled
+to run the machine. By leaving off some of the trimmings, or doing
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  "HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
+  SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
+
+  SAPOLIO
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WARBLER
+
+JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, EDITOR
+
+With 1905 =The Warbler= begins a new series which will contain many superb
+Colored Plates of rare eggs such as Kirtland and Olive Warbler, Carolina
+Paroquot, Clark's Crow, Ipswich and Rufous Crowned Sparrow, Yellow and
+Black Rail, Calaveras Warbler, etc. Also splendid illustrations of Birds
+and Nests, and leading articles by well known authorities.
+
+Published Quarterly, 32 Pages & Cover
+
+SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 30c
+
+Eggs of Kirtland Warbler will be figured in first issue (Jan. or Feb.)
+of the new series.
+
+  ADDRESS
+  THE WARBLER
+  FLORAL PARK, N. Y.
+
+without some things altogether, the money will be forthcoming to
+purchase the plants we long for. Are they not worth the
+sacrifice?--_Prudence Plain, So. Car._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONNECTICUT
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+A friend of mine has a Winter Gem Rose, received as a premium with THE
+MAYFLOWER three or four years ago. This is put in the garden in summer,
+where it grows and blooms all summer. It is potted, cut back and taken
+in the house through the winter. It soon grows new branches and blooms
+nicely here. It is a favorite with the whole family. This same friend
+has the Bouquet Petunias, also a premium with THE MAYFLOWER. She has
+kept the old plant summer and winter, until this last summer it did not
+seem to do as well so she took slips. I planted mine in a flower-bed.
+They come up each year, some are mixed with some other kinds, but last
+summer there were some the same as the original.--_L. N. F._
+
+
+CALIFORNIA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+The Blue Palm is one of the very pretty varieties planted upon the
+choicest lawns. Its correct name is Erythea Armata, and it is a native
+of Lower California, that part of the country so little known. In the
+young plants, the blue "bloom" is very striking, and if the Palm is
+grown in the sun in sandy soil the "bloom" will always remain, but a
+shaded position and heavy soil destroys that beautiful color. It grows
+to about forty feet in its wild state, but does nothing like that in
+Southern California. It makes however a beautiful growth and adds to the
+beauty of a lawn, whether alone or arranged with other
+varieties.--_Georgina S. Townsend, So. Cal._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A Reliable Heart Cure.
+
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+Heart Disease will write her she will without charge direct them to the
+perfect home cure she used.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A Household Necessity
+
+The Kitchen Cabinet advertised on page 19 of this paper should be called
+the Woman's Friend. It is only 46 inches in length, 27 inches in width
+and 61 inches in height, but in this compact space may be stored 50 lbs.
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+for spices, knives, forks, spoons, pans, etc., etc., in fact a woman may
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+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+do the same
+
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+
+This $25 is in addition to the regular commission he receives week after
+week for selling THE POST.
+
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+
+He persuaded several prominent business men to sign at the top of the
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+
+This is one of the many ways we have suggested to help boys to sell THE
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+
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+
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+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DAKOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I believe the main trouble in growing Verbenas is in not getting them
+started early enough. They grow very slowly at first and if they are not
+good strong plants when set out are almost sure to die. If you get them
+started late do not think to hurry them by putting them out with the
+others that grow faster. Wait patiently until they are at least an inch
+and a half high and their quick growth will surprise you. And I will say
+to comfort some one who can not have flowers because the pigs sometimes
+get out, that I have never seen a pig touch a Verbena though I have lost
+Pinks and other flowers growing beside them. There is another flower
+that grows wild here that covered a quarter of our pasture last fail yet
+was not touched. The leaves resemble a Verbena some but are wider and
+not so thick; the main stalk is about two feet high when full grown and
+the branches run like a Verbena. The flowers are red and yellow mixed
+and about the size and shape of Rose Moss. They last one day and a
+hollow sphere-shaped seedpod takes their place. Can anyone tell me what
+the name is?--_Mrs. Nellie Fitzgerald, So. Dak._
+
+
+FLORIDA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I thought that I would write an account of the curious freaks of
+Weigelia Eva Rathke received from Floral Park and transplanted to my
+grounds two years ago this winter. On the near approach of spring it
+began to grow rapidly, and soon bore its first crop of flowers. And such
+flowers as they were it was a rare treat to behold. Their five-petaled
+corollas, faultless in form, and each perhaps an inch and a half in
+diameter, were of the darkest and most intense red; a color that is
+almost unrivaled by any other, and which it retains till the last, is
+one of its attractions. About a month later it bloomed again, and kept
+up a continuous growth, which did not end till frozen down to the ground
+in the following December, after it had attained a height of over two
+feet. So I came to the conclusion that being a Northern shrub, and full
+of sap, it was undoubtedly killed out, root and branch. The next spring,
+when the ground had become well warmed up, I beheld two delicate, tiny
+looking sprouts from the root, which I immediately took charge of,
+giving them shade and an occasional watering. After awhile their growth
+became more vigorous; and after having attained a height of about
+eighteen inches they formed their terminal buds in early autumn, and
+ceased growing. At present both of them are alive along their entire
+length and all their buds are plump and dormant. I shall make a strong
+effort to push this shrub when warm weather comes again, as it looks as
+though under favorable circumstances it ought to thrive in the South. I
+also believe that Weigelia Rosea would likewise be at home here, as it
+is a thrifty large growing shrub in the North, and has every appearance
+of being an iron-clad.--_Joshua Morris._
+
+
+GEORGIA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+A well-grown Carnation cannot, in my opinion, be surpassed in elegance,
+beauty, or odor, by any other flower, yet we scarcely ever see it in
+perfection. Our summers here are too dry and hot for the full
+development of its beauties, but the young plants sent me from THE
+MAYFLOWER headquarters early this spring have so successfully overcome
+all difficulties that I cannot refrain from telling your readers that I
+think my success was due, first, to healthy young plants, and secondly,
+to ordering them _early_ in the season. Many years, for the want of this
+knowledge, I waited until the time for setting out tender plants in May
+before putting out Carnations, and thus deprived them of a season of six
+weeks well adapted to their growth. As Carnation plants are almost
+hardy, they may, with safety, be put out in the open ground in any
+section of the country as soon as lettuce, cabbage, etc., are planted.
+Of the dozen plants I received from THE MAYFLOWER only one has succumbed
+to our hot Southern summer, and the greater number are at this writing
+(Aug. 7,) growing beautifully. They are planted around the edge of a bed
+of Tea Roses, and have received no special attention except an
+occasional pinching out of the terminal shoots to produce a stocky
+growth. When the roses were mulched with grass clippings at the
+beginning of summer a layer was placed around the Carnations, and when
+the Roses are sprinkled with the hose every evening the Carnations come
+in for their share of the moisture. A single blossom of Gen. Maceo would
+amply repay me for all the trouble I have taken, as one flower of this
+variety remained fresh and bright for over a week.--_A. M. Stuart._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+
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+
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+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+IOWA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+My Cineraria did no good except to keep alive until I removed the top
+soil and put in a mixture of garden soil, one-fourth well rotted manure,
+and one-fourth sand. It is now doing extremely well. I put my Tuberose
+in water and it remained there for six or eight hours, then I planted it
+in earth mixed like that for the Cineraria. I planted my Cyclamen in the
+same kind of soil. Both are doing nicely. I lost a number of Begonia
+slips by keeping the earth too wet. I now keep the earth moist and I
+have the plants in a cool place, which seems to be better for them. It
+takes a long time for a new growth to appeal. My neighbor asked me to
+care for five of her large Begonias. The flies and the dust had almost
+destroyed them. She told me not to give them a shower bath as that would
+'cook' the leaves. I did it, however, and the Begonias were doing nicely
+when she took them home again. I was invited to visit an old fashioned
+flower garden a few days ago. I did so and found it old, old fashioned
+indeed. The flower beds were arranged here and there in the vegetable
+garden. Phlox seemingly four feet high, Hibiscus that would certainly
+measure ten feet around the largest part of the bush, and a few other
+plants of the same order. All the bloom was very scattering and very
+small and quite inferior to what up-to-date flower beds should
+be.--_Ursula._
+
+
+ILLINOIS
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+So many advise if but one Begonia is kept to let it be a Rubra. Well, a
+well grown Rubra in full bloom is a gorgeous sight, but the President
+Carnot is more beautiful, is a more robust and more rapid grower. The
+foliage is beautiful, showing a sheen like changeable silk. Ours is now
+in a three-gallon pail, has four stems, one 27 inches high from top of
+bucket, has five large panicles of bloom, as large as man's hand, and
+has not been without bloom since the 20th of June. One bunch of bloom
+will hang on in fine condition for six weeks, if the plant is not
+disturbed. It is the admiration of all who see it. This specimen was 12
+inches high when we placed it in the Begonia bed the 22nd, of May. There
+it grew and grew, until the first of September when it was placed in a
+pail, and since then it has grown and blossomed almost like the famous
+gourd. The soil is old swamp dirt, with one-fourth wood soot. No insects
+have ever bothered it. We spray the leaves with warm water to cleanse
+the lovely foliage and water the plant with very warm water. Try this
+Begonia, it is a fine one.--_E. Clearwaters._
+
+
+KANSAS
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Seldom you see anything written about the good old fashioned Zinnias.
+How our grandmothers prided themselves on their summer flowers as they
+called them. Then why should we push them off for something new because
+they have been cultivated so many years. They should be held up as the
+old songs of long ago are being sung to-day. Zinnias are easily grown.
+Make a bed of good rich soil and the last of April or the first of May
+plant your seed, then keep the weeds out, water in the dry season, and
+you will have a nice bed of flowers until frost. They are among the
+hardiest annual plants raised and any flower lover can raise them with
+but little care.--_Sunflower._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+  Worley's Life Was
+  Saved.
+
+  Warnock, O., April 28, 1904.
+
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+
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+
+  Respectfully,
+
+  ELIZABETH WORLEY.
+
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+Ind.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+KENTUCKY
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+There are few who think to take up plants for winter garnishing, yet if
+one has a pit, conservatory or greenhouse enough can be raised for any
+amount of entertaining, without missing either the time or space. There
+are two plants suitable for this purpose, the Parsley and Lettuce, but
+the Parsley will be found most valuable and will be much more easily
+grown than the Lettuce. The Parsley is as pretty as it is useful, and a
+few sprays of this dropped on a meat platter or on salad dishes adds
+much to the attractiveness of the table. There are florists who grow
+this profitably as a greenery for cut flowers, and when grown in partial
+shade is quite dainty and pretty enough for this purpose. The Curled
+Lettuce is best for this purpose, but if kept damp is almost sure to
+rot.--_Laura Jones._
+
+
+LOUISIANA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Last winter a lady gave me some cuttings, among them a piece of green
+and white striped "Wandering Jew." I put this cutting in a pot with some
+hardy plant, and when the freeze came it was forgotten, and of course it
+froze. I dug it up and found one joint green, so planted it. It soon put
+out two shoots and it was transplanted to a two-gallon pan of well
+rotted manure and leaf mold, given an abundance of water, and how it did
+grow! It has covered the pan and hangs down, many of the vines being
+over a yard long,--one is 57 inches long. But when it first began to
+grow some of the shoots were perfectly green, and all branches from
+those shoots are green. Many other shoots were beautifully striped, and
+some nearly white. I also have a fine box full of purple striped
+Wandering Jew, but I prefer the green and white, for it hangs so much
+more gracefully. These common plants, if grown at their best, are lovely
+for small stands, hanging baskets, or any place where a trailing plant
+is desirable, I have grown delicate vines in pots very little, but a
+Kenilworth Ivy I have has encouraged me to add others to my gallery
+garden, and I expect to take great pleasure in training them.--_Mrs. L.
+B. R._
+
+
+MAINE
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+If any of your readers want something odd and interesting in the way of
+plants let them try one of your Little Monarch Fern Balls. I have had
+rather hard luck with mine. I received the Fern Ball about a year ago,
+and every member of the family except myself condemned it at once as
+being "no good," but I kept it watered and in a few weeks it began to
+show signs of life and had several little fronds on it in April when we
+decided to move, and the Fern Ball was left with my other plants for a
+friend to care for. She kept them all well watered except that, and when
+I next saw it in May it looked a few degrees deader than it did in the
+first place (if possible), but it came to life again and then it got
+chilled in the fall so it died again apparently; but now it is starting
+to grow all over and if nothing new happens to it it will soon be very
+pretty. I think it has more lives than a cat.--_Mrs. F. M. Young._
+
+
+MONTANA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+While visiting the florist's near home this spring I watched him at his
+work repotting Boston Ferns and learned something new. They say there's
+a trick for every trade and I now believe it, for I found him putting
+three and four Ferns of the same variety into the same pot, making them
+all appear as one plant. If professional florists can do so why isn't it
+good enough to pass along to ambitious amateurs? I have always wanted
+some Ferns, but as we can't always regulate the heat at night and I find
+it necessary to be away from home sometimes in winter, I have decided to
+wait until I have a home in a more congenial clime than this,--not that
+Montana is not all right, but our home, at present, is high up in the
+mountains and winter is both long and severe. However, when I do buy
+Ferns I shall try and purchase at least three of every kind I decide on
+and pot them together, and then if in after years they are too crowded I
+can easily repot and divide them at the same time.--_Laurel._
+
+
+MARYLAND
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Outside all is snow and ice, the wind howls and rattles at doors and
+windows and I feel very sure Jack Frost is trying to get in to nip my
+few pretty, thrifty window plants, but I do not think he will succeed,
+for when I shut them up at night in tight boxes, and cover the tops, I
+do not believe he could reach them though a blizzard raged. I have been
+looking out at a bed where there are two dozen glass jars showing, or
+rather their tops are just sticking out, for they are well banked with
+old well rotted cowpen manure and coarse litter thrown over that--and
+all now covered over with snow, making little white mounds all over the
+bed. But I know that underneath these mounds are two dozen little Rose
+slips--some very choice varieties--and every chance I get to peep at
+them, which is every chance I get to go outside, they look fresh and
+green and bid fair promise of much pleasure in the spring and summer
+when, if they grow as those I raised a year ago under glass jars did, it
+will be a marvel to watch them. I think it a far more satisfactory way
+to raise Roses than to buy small rooted plants from a florist; at least,
+such has been my experience.--_Sister Belle._
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Anyone who has never seen the Giant Browallia in bloom can never realize
+how very pretty and bright it is. Last summer I saw a lovely stand of
+Geraniums of various shades and among them was a pot of Browallia in
+full bloom. The contrast was fine. I think the shade is very much like
+that of the hardy Plumbago Lady Lapente, though I've never seen the two
+together. It is a lovely shade of deep blue. With me it has only one
+rival among blue flowers and that is Plumbago Capense. The latter is a
+lovely delicate blue while the former is a deep dark blue. I am
+unbounded in my admiration of both plants. The plants are cheap. I have
+never seen it only as a pot plant yet I believe it would make a most
+excellent bedding plant.--_Mrs. P. L. Young._
+
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+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+In my order to Floral Park, two years ago, for seeds and plants, I
+included an order for one of the unique Acalyphas Sanderi. I had read
+somewhere that these plants would prove a disappointment to the amateur,
+and must have hot-house culture to develop their beauty, so of course I
+wanted to try one in my south window. The plant as received was about 5
+inches high and beginning to blossom. I placed it in good rich soil,
+gave it plenty of warmed (not hot) water, and the very warmest, sunniest
+corner of the south window, so screened that the sun's rays were caught
+and held in the little nook where it stood. I persisted in the warmed
+water treatment and never let the soil get dry. The lustrous green
+leaves soon began to appear and at the stem of each leaf a bloom-tassel
+grew in crimson contrast. I am well pleased with my experience with this
+plant.--_Lillian McIntosh._
+
+
+MINNESOTA
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+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I wonder who first advanced that miserable theory that Begonias should
+be watered sparingly, be kept always in the shade and not a drop of
+water allowed to touch the leaves. No wonder that Begonias treated in
+that way drop their leaves and refuse to grow. I have grown a great many
+varieties--I have forgotten how many--and I find that they all like heat
+and moisture, and showering or spraying the leaves is a benefit to them
+if the sun is not allowed to shine on them while they are wet. While the
+rough or hairy leaved varieties will not stand hot sunshine they will do
+much better and be more sure to bloom if they stand where the early
+morning or late afternoon sun can shine upon them. B. Vernon and two or
+three other varieties will stand as much hot sunshine as Portulaca if
+given plenty of water at the roots and an overhead showering every day
+after the sun is gone, in dry weather. No Begonia will do well here on
+the prairie if bedded out, and plunging in pot is worse. I don't like
+earthen pots for them any way--the plants do better in wood or tin. I
+have a number of pots (?) made from gallon paint kegs; one keg makes
+two, which I use for my Tuberous Begonias. I use broken bones for
+drainage, a mixture of leaf mold and sand for soil, plant one bulb in a
+keg, and after the weather becomes warm I place the kegs on a bench
+which stands in an angle of the house, said angle being open to the
+north and east and gets the sun till 11 o'clock. I keep the soil moist
+and shower the leaves when I think they need it. And those plants do
+grow and bloom, the foliage is immense, some of the leaves measuring 8
+by 12 or 14 inches, and the blossoms measure from 2 to 4 inches across.
+I have counted fifteen such blossoms on one plant at one time. Do they
+do much better than that anywhere? Mine are the finest I have ever
+seen.--_H. J. W._
+
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+The earth had been dug away about three feet each way from the trunk in
+order to preserve the root-ball intact, though truth to tell, one root
+went too deep and was ruthlessly cut. By means of skids, a stone-sled, a
+jack-chain and much audible exertion, the tree was finally started on
+its journey. Owing to bad management, a beautiful Tulip-tree was
+sacrificed to open up a road for the royal procession, but the men
+thought nothing of that--it was only a tree in the woods. In the yard a
+great hole was waiting, with a deep layer of manure in the bottom; and
+here, with more exertion, the tree was set, due regard being paid to the
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+with mingled hope and misgiving.--_Mrs. M. H. L._
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+also have in blossom an Abutilon and three Obconica Primulas. I have six
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+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Last spring I planted two bunches of the roots of Rudbeckia or Golden
+Glow. although it is what some might call a coarse flower yet its color
+is fine and very showy, and i know of no plant that blossoms so
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+growing and sending out new blossoms from early summer until autumn.
+They grow to be six feet high and must be staked otherwise the plant
+will topple over. But the glory of my small flower garden was a bed of
+Zinnias as they represented every known color, and was one blaze of
+color from midsummer until autumn, when Jack Frost closed the
+scene.--_Mrs. A. C. Buck._
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+The best time for pruning Hybrid Perpetual Roses is in January or early
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+spraying with quassia is the most beneficial as well as least harmful to
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+over night or boiling for about 10 minutes.--_Dennis H. Stovall._
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+We are trying to grow the giant white Narcissus in the house this
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+now. Are these bulbs like the Chinese Sacred Lilies, worthless after
+being once forced? We also have the Sacred Lilies in bloom with two pots
+coming on for a succession of blossoming. The latter are so easy to grow
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+PENNSYLVANIA
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+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I usually keep but one plant of a kind, and in order to keep that one
+blooming at its best I have been in the habit of keeping the withered
+flowers cut off, and not allowing them to ripen seed, but there are many
+possibilities in this way of increasing plants. By exchanges with
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+new to me. Among them was one named Albert Delarix; the flower is bright
+pink, shaded deeper in the centre, and plentifully dotted over with
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+During the hot months here in Central Texas we pass a great deal of our
+time on the gallery, which is a very necessary part of a Southern home.
+If it faces a public road it has its drawbacks, and sometimes, by reason
+of arid soil or large trees near the house, vines will not flourish. To
+such a gallery one or two movable screens will be of great use. Mine,
+last year, was made of a rather deep, narrow, long box, about 18 inches
+deep, 12 inches wide and 36 inches long. Can be mounted on casters or
+not. If hard winds prevail, two short cross strips on the ends of the
+box will prevent tipping over. My screen was four feet square, made of a
+light frame work of narrow laths and wire netting, fastened securely to
+the box. The box was planted with Madeira Vine tubers, and was ready for
+use in six weeks. I kept it clipped all summer to induce new growth. It
+was very pretty, and behind the green bank I sewed or read, secure from
+the public gaze. Behind this screen I placed my afternoon tea table, and
+sometimes in the cool of the afternoon enjoyed a social chat. This year
+I shall make one of blooming vines, to stay out of doors till buds set.
+I have a two year old Empress of China Rose I expect to use the same
+way.--_Mrs. W. J. Standlee._
+
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+What Emma Odell says in the October issue of the Mississippi negro is
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+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+It is only an old paint keg, but it contains things of beauty, which are
+"a joy forever." In December, the weather being unusually mild, with no
+snow on the ground, I visited the woods on the last botanizing
+expedition of the year. Most of the plants were curled up for their
+winter sleep, but a little search brought to light undeveloped Ferns of
+some species and others that were still green with last season's growth.
+They were carefully taken up and set out, and have been kept in a
+northeast window through the winter. Now they are rested and for several
+weeks have been waking up. Let me tell you what spring reveals in that
+limited space, as some unlooked-for plants were hidden under the moss
+and Ferns. Above all the rest rise delicate fronds of the Maiden Hair
+and more of the reddish crooks are unfolding. The common Polypodium
+shows both the fruited fronds of last year and the lighter green of
+recent growth. Rarest of all is the Walking Leaf, also fruited, with its
+long feet reaching nearly across the keg. They will find a foothold, and
+so form new plants. The tiny Asplenium Trichomanes, which has never
+before flourished when transplanted by me, is sending up fresh fronds,
+already fruiting. A few fronds each of the Buck Fern and Cystoptiris or
+Bladder Fern, with at least three kinds of moss complete the list of
+"Flowerless Plants." Three little clumps of Violets are sending out new
+leaves. There are a few leaves of Partridge-berry vine, a yellow Oxalis,
+an Orchid called Rattlesnake-Plantain, having lovely velvety leaves
+veined with white, a few sprigs of Mouse-ear Chickweed, and, last of
+all, a leaf of a Jack-in-the-Pulpit plant, the corm of which was
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+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p>
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 443px;">
+<img src="images/f001.jpg" width="443" height="650" alt="" title="title page with contents" />
+</div>
+
+<h1>January Contents</h1>
+
+
+
+
+<div class='centered'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" width="60%" cellspacing="0" summary="CONTENTS">
+<tr><td align='left'>&nbsp;</td><td align='right'>PAGE</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Editorial Notes</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_5'>5</a></td></tr>
+<tr><th align='center' colspan="2">THE ASTER</th></tr>
+<tr><td align='center' colspan="2"><i>By Lora S. La Mance</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>History of the Aster</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_6'>6</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>The Modern Aster</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_6'>6</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>General Culture of the Aster</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_7'>7-11</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>About Seed, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a>&mdash;Time to Start Asters, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a>&mdash;Preparing an Aster Bed, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a>&mdash;Mulching and Watering, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a>&mdash;Insect Foes of Asters, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>&mdash;Other Cultural Rules, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>The Aster as a Cut Flower</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_11'>11</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Leading Varieties of Asters</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_12'>12-13</a>,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>The Winter Woods (Poem)</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_13'>13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>The Live Oak (Poem)</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_13'>13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Information Box</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_14'>14-15</a>,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Communications</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_16'>16-30</a></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p><p class="center">ISSUED BY <span class="smcap">The</span> <b>MAYFLOWER PUBLISHING CO.</b> FLORAL PARK, N.Y.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+<div class="centerbox1 bbox">
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 471px;">
+<img src="images/f002.jpg" width="471" height="500" alt="" title="Childs&#39; Giant Cyclamen" />
+</div>
+<h4>
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Childs' Giant Cyclamen.</span></h4>
+
+<div class="centerbox">
+<p>  Our new strain of Cyclamen is the finest in the world.
+  Enormous flowers, delicate colors, superb foliage. Each
+  bulb produces scores of flowers at once, and each flower
+  keeps perfect about two months before fading. As easily
+  grown in a window as a Geranium.
+
+  Colors range from dark red to white, delicate blush and
+  pink shades prevailing. Often flowers will be spotted.
+
+  The foliage is very beautiful, being variegated, with different
+  shades of green, and helps to show off the flowers which
+  rise above it, to a remarkable degree. In fact, a plant in
+  bloom always looks like a tastily arranged vase of flowers
+  and foliage. We offer bulbs for blooming at once, and seed
+  which soon makes flowering plants.</p>
+
+
+
+  <h4>BULBS.</h4>
+
+
+<div class='centered'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="BULBS">
+<tr><td align='left'><b>Giant White</b>&mdash;pure white.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><b>Giant Carmine</b>&mdash;Bright.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><b>Giant Pink</b>&mdash;Exquisite shade.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><b>Giant White Crimson Eye.</b></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+  <p class="center"><i>Bulbs, 30c. each; the 4 for $1.00</i>.</p>
+
+  <p><b>Giant Mixed&mdash;</b>All colors, tints and shades, some being finely
+  spotted. 25c. each; 5 for $1.00.</p>
+
+  <p><b>SEED.&mdash;</b>Of above sorts and colors separate or all of them
+  mixed, at 20c. per pkt.; 3 pkts. for 50c.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 15%; Margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.3em;" />
+
+<div class="centerbox">
+  <h4>Seeds&mdash;Bulbs&mdash;Plants&mdash;Fruits</h4>
+
+  <h3>OUR 1905 CATALOGUE.</h3>
+
+  <p class="center">30th Anniversary Edition. 148 pages,
+  colored plates and hundreds of superb cuts.</p>
+
+  <h3><i>SENT FREE TO ALL WHO APPLY.</i></h3>
+
+  <p>Among our great Novelties and Specialties are the
+  following:</p>
+
+  <p>Ivy-leaved Moonflowers, New Asters, Carnations, Geraniums,
+  Coleus, Petunias, Verbenas, Pansies, Primulas,
+  Pink and Yellow Callas, Burbank's Giant Amaryllis, Caladiums,
+  Begonias, Gladiolus. Dahlias, Cannas, Lilies, Azaleas,
+  Midwinter Chrysanthemums, New Shrubs, Vines and Rare
+  New Fruits. Address at once.</p>
+
+
+  <p class="center">JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y.</p></div>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
+<img src="images/f003.jpg" width="650" height="274" alt="" title="decorative heading" />
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="THE_MAYFLOWER_MAGAZINE" id="THE_MAYFLOWER_MAGAZINE"></a><i>THE MAYFLOWER MAGAZINE</i></h2>
+
+<p class="center"><b><i>Sent for 3 years for only 30c. together with 10 fine Flowering Bulbs
+Free.</i></b></p>
+
+<p>For twenty years <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> monthly magazine has been the most
+popular horticultural publication issued, going all over the world to
+hundreds of thousands of subscribers. It is devoted exclusively to the
+cultivation of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, Vegetables, and to gardening and
+home adornment in general. Each issue contains a leading article on some
+one subject and this subject is treated fully and concisely, being a
+perfect treatise. Some of the leading articles for next year will be as
+follows: Dahlias, Sweet Peas, Nasturtiums, Carnations, Violets, Asters,
+etc. Besides these leading articles each issue contains many more which
+while not so lengthy are none the less useful and interesting. Each
+issue also contains two important and useful departments, namely:</p>
+
+<p><b>The Information Box:</b> What our Readers Want to Know, by Lora S. La Mance.
+Here requests for information asked by our readers will be answered in a
+thorough and interesting manner.</p>
+
+<p><b>Correspondence:</b> Under the heading of each individual state are published
+interesting and useful letters from our readers, questions and answers,
+etc., which make this department of great interest and value to every
+subscriber. Most of our articles are finely illustrated, and all in all
+<span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> is the greatest help that any lover of flowers and
+gardening can have, keeping one abreast of the times on methods of
+culture, new varieties and scores of topics of general usefulness.</p>
+
+<blockquote><p><i>Knowing that The Mayflower is the greatest help any one can have in the
+successful cultivation of flowers and gardens we have made the price so
+very low that it is easily within the reach of all</i>.</p>
+
+<p><b>SUBSCRIPTION PRICE</b> only 25 cents for 3 years, or for 30 cents we will
+mail <span class="smcap">FREE</span> <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> until January 1908, and 10 fine flowering bulbs
+as follows:</p></blockquote>
+
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+
+<h4>Mayflower's Bulb Garden.</h4>
+
+<p class="center"><b>10 Splendid Summer-Flowering Bulbs for each of those who Subscribe, at a
+Cost of Only 5 cts. for postage.</b></p>
+
+<blockquote><p>We have made up a Collection of 10 very choice and beautiful
+Summer-Flowering Bulbs as sort of a premium or present to those who
+subscribe this season. To get these 10 Bulbs it is necessary only to
+send <b>5 cents,</b> in addition to the subscription price (25c. for 3 years)
+making only 30c. to be sent to get the 10 Bulbs and <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> for 3
+years, or until January 1908. They are as follows:</p></blockquote>
+
+
+
+<div class='centered'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Bulb List">
+<tr><td align='left'>3 Gladiolus Groff's New Hybrids, newest type</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1 Montbretia Sulphurea, golden yellow</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1 Chlidanthus Fragrans</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1 Phadranassa</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1 Mexican Gem (Milla or Bessera)</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1 Mammoth Oxalis</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1 Hyacinthus Candicans</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1 Zephyranthus</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+
+<h4>Club Premiums to Club Raisers.</h4>
+
+<p class="center"><b>A Fine Club Premium for Every Name Sent.</b></p>
+
+<blockquote><p><span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> is so good and valuable that it is a very easy matter for
+anyone, man, woman, or child, to get up a club among their friends and
+neighbors. Just think of it. <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> three whole years for only 30
+cents. We give the club-raiser a fine premium for every subscriber sent
+in. The club-raiser may elect one of the following fine Plants or Bulbs
+for <b>every subscriber</b> sent us, and same will be mailed free.</p>
+
+<p><i>Remember also that everyone who subscribes for The Mayflower for 3
+years may by sending 5 cts. more receive the 10 superb Summer-Flowering
+bulbs.</i></p></blockquote>
+
+
+
+<div class='centered'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Bulb special offers">
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>Bulb</td><td align='left'>Chlidanthus Fragrans</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Yellow Calla</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>New Giant Gloxinia</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>New Giant Begonia</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Canna Musafolia</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Fancy Caladium</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Gloxinia Tubiflora</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Sauromatum Simlense</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Japan Lily</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Easter Gladiolus</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>Pkt. Seed</td><td align='left'>Jubilee Phlox</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Multiflora Roses</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Mayflower Verbena</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Jennings Pansy</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Giant Petunia</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>New Double Sweet Peas, 4 sorts</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Marg. Carnation New Dwarf-Extra fine</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Giant Emperor Asparagus</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Rosy Nugget Watermelon, finest sort</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>1</td><td align='center'>"</td><td align='left'>Everbearing Bush Strawberry</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p class="center"><i>Subscriptions may be sent to</i><br />
+
+THE MAYFLOWER PUBLISHING CO., Floral Park, N. Y.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+
+
+<div class="centerbox1 bbox">
+<h2>Thousands of Women Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It.</h2>
+
+
+<h3>
+Didn't Know I Had Kidney Trouble
+</h3>
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+
+<div class='centered'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" width="65%" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Vol</span>.</td><td align='left'>XXI. FLORAL PARK, N. Y., JANUARY, 1905.</td><td align='left'>No. 1</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<h2>THE MAYFLOWER,</h2>
+
+<h4>PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT FLORAL PARK, N. Y.,</h4>
+
+<h4>&mdash;&mdash;BY&mdash;&mdash;</h4>
+
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+
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+
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+
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+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+
+<p class="center"><b><i>The principal subject of this issue is The Aster, by Lora S. La Mance.
+Read it and preserve the copy. It is worth keeping and you are quite
+likely to need it for future reference.</i></b></p>
+
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+
+
+<h3>Editorial Notes</h3>
+
+<p><b>Our Attractive Offer for 1905</b></p>
+
+<p>We would refer our readers to one of the foregoing pages for complete
+information regarding our club premiums for 1905. As usual, we offer a
+good premium, (one that is well worth working for,) to the club raiser
+for every subscriber he or she sends us. Here is a chance for all our
+readers to add materially to their collection of floral treasures, as it
+is the simplest thing in the world to go out among one's friends and
+neighbors and get subscribers to <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span>. So good a floral
+magazine, at only 25c. for 3 years, together with 10 beautiful summer
+blooming bulbs for only 5c. extra, is a proposition that people are
+likely to accept, when it is brought to their attention, especially if
+they are the least bit interested in flowers or gardening.</p>
+
+
+<p><b>The Warbler</b></p>
+
+<p>If you are in the least interested in the scientific study of birds and
+bird protection, you surely need <span class="smcap">The Warbler</span> magazine, which we publish
+at $1.00 per year, and which is advertised elsewhere in our columns.</p>
+
+
+<p><b>Imitation Gardenias</b></p>
+
+<p>The gardenia flowers now so much favored for wearing are expensive. All
+the dames beautiful enough to deserve them in profusion, do not receive
+them, perhaps. Clever imitations of the sprays are sometimes made up of
+the large shining leaves of the Japan Euonymus and the flowers of the
+Double Poet's Narcissus, N. alba plena odorata. Unfortunately, the
+difference in odor does not lend itself to the illusion.</p>
+
+
+<p><b>Two Favorite Bedding Pansies</b></p>
+
+<p>These are Emperor William and Lord Beaconsfield. One is light blue and
+the other yellow, so that, en masse, they are effective at a distance.
+The rich, dark, velvety Pansies are really more beautiful to look at,
+but we must stand close by them or hold them in the hand in order to
+enjoy them. In photographs the flowers of dark varieties hardly show at
+all. A good example of the handling of Pansies for effectiveness is
+shown in the planting of the six solid beds usually devoted to them in
+the grounds of Girard College, Philadelphia. The beds chosen for them
+are those that have been planted with Tulips the autumn beforehand. From
+seed sown in August grow thrifty young plants that are wintered in a
+cold-frame. As soon as the Tulips show leaves above ground young Pansy
+plants are set between them. When the Tulip flowers begin to fade the
+Pansies are opening their buds, and when the faded bulb-stems are cut
+away, lo! Pansy beds in full bloom!<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span></p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+<h2>THE ASTER</h2>
+
+<h4>BY LORA S. LA MANCE, MO.</h4>
+
+<p class="center"><i>History of the Aster&mdash;The Modern Aster&mdash;General Culture of the
+Aster&mdash;About Seed&mdash;Time to Start Asters&mdash;Preparing an Aster
+Bed&mdash;Mulching and Watering&mdash;Insect Foes of Asters&mdash;Other Cultural
+Rules&mdash;The Aster as a Cut Flower&mdash;Leading Varieties of Asters.</i></p>
+
+
+<h4>HISTORY OF THE ASTER</h4>
+
+<p>Starworts or Aster-like flowers of the Composit&aelig; family are found in
+many parts of the world. In far-off China a flower-loving Catholic
+missionary noted a showy flower of late summer and early autumn. That
+was nearly two hundred years ago. The flower was what is botanically
+known as Callistephus, a Greek term meaning beautiful crown. From a
+scientific standpoint it was not an Aster at all, though closely related
+to that family. This wild Daisy-like Callistephus bore many graceful
+single flowers about the size of our largest wild Asters. The flowers
+consisted of a single row of light bluish-purple ray petals surrounding
+a golden disk-like center. In 1731 the Jesuit missionary sent seeds of
+it to France. It was liked from the first, and its early French
+cultivators politely named it <i>Reine Marguerite</i>&mdash;Queen Daisy.</p>
+
+<p>In due time the plant reached England. Here it was re-named. In allusion
+to its origin and to the star-like spread of its bluish petals, they
+called it China Aster, <b>i.e.</b> China Star. Even in our mother's day it was
+still called the China Aster. It became popular, especially as it soon
+sported into different colors. Otherwise there was little change in it
+until a little after 1840, when the first double flowers were produced.</p>
+
+<p>From that time its development was something marvelous. French, English,
+German and American hybridizers have vied with each other in bringing
+out new forms. It must be considered now as one of the few flowers that
+has all but reached perfection. There are three or four marked types of
+flowers, and it would seem impossible in any of these types to add to
+their beauty of form or to improve their colors, unless it would be to
+add a really deep yellow to the list of shades. Nor is anything lacking
+in size or doubleness of bloom.</p>
+
+
+<h4>THE MODERN ASTER</h4>
+
+<p>Our Asters of to-day range in size from the dwarfs, 6 to 12 inches high,
+to half dwarfs, 15 to 18 inches tall, and tall sorts, 20 inches to 2
+feet in height. There are three leading types of flowers. (1)
+Rose-flowered, shaped and imbricated like a blooded rose, the outer
+petals reflexed or rolled back, and the inner ones slightly recurved.
+This type of flower is much prized by those who like regularity of
+petals. They are as perfect as though moulded and shaped out of wax. (2)
+Peony-flowered, large blossoms with incurved petals, making a
+globe-shaped flower. (3) Chrysanthemum-flowered, with closely arranged,
+informal petals, sometimes curled and feathered to a high degree. Beside
+there are quilled, ball, and tassel Asters, etc., modifications or
+sports of the types mentioned.</p>
+
+<p>The Aster is a showy flower, and grows well for those who treat it well,
+in any climate or country. They come into bloom in late midsummer and
+last until frost, one of the scarcest times in the year for really good
+flowers. It is fine for exhibition at flower shows, and is useful as a
+cut flower. For all of these reasons the Aster would be a standard
+flower. Their great popularity is based, however, on two qualifications
+not mentioned above, and both of which they possess in a superlative
+degree. These qualities are great beauty of flower and a wonderful
+diversity and perfection of coloring.</p>
+
+<p>A well grown Aster is simply magnificent. The Chrysanthemum is
+acknowledged to be the queen of autumn. Nevertheless more than one
+unscrupulous florist has palmed off great fluffy white blooms of Asters
+as those of Queen Chrysanthemum herself. Size, form, color and substance
+go to make up a superbly beautiful flower without a trace of coarseness
+or gaudiness about it. In poetical language their flowers symbolize both
+bounty and cheerfulness in old age.</p>
+
+<p>No one but an artist should attempt to describe an Aster's colors. There
+are nearly thirty shades in Truffaut's Peony-flowered Asters. Victoria
+Asters can be purchased under twenty-four separate colors. Other
+sections show still other shades, to say nothing of those with white
+crowns<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> and colored borders, and those with striped and silver-tipped
+flowers.</p>
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;">
+<img src="images/f007.jpg" width="600" height="441" alt="A BED OF MIXED VARIETIES OF ASTERS" title="" />
+<span class="caption">A BED OF MIXED VARIETIES OF ASTERS</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Only the drifted snow can compare with the purity of a white Aster. It
+has those spotless flowers that bring thoughts of heaven. Asters have
+many blue and lavender tints. None of them are muddy, or metallic, or
+dingy, as are too many blues and lavenders. They show the blue of a June
+sky, or the blue of the amethyst, or the color of the lilac of spring,
+together with soft lavenders, pale blues and deep indigo. Sulphur and
+primrose tints are the nearest yellow, but in reds they run the gamut
+from rosy flesh and palest apple-blossom through shell pink, peach,
+rose, carmine, scarlet and blood red to deepest crimson. Many of the
+pink shades are exquisitely beautiful. Only the pure whites can surpass
+them.</p>
+
+
+<h4>GENERAL CULTURE OF THE ASTER</h4>
+
+<p>I would like to say that a six-year old child can raise good Asters, and
+that they will grow in any kind of ground from a clay bank to a sand
+pit, or stand any kind of treatment. I can't truthfully say those
+things, however, for my Lady Aster is a fastidious dame. She wants
+plenty to eat and plenty to drink, and requires her insect foes kept at
+bay. Those who are not willing to do this had better let her alone.
+James Vick, that good old seedsman now gone to his reward, was an Aster
+enthusiast. His experience concisely summed up amounts to this:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p><i>Never let them flag from seed-leaf to time of full bloom. Give
+deep, rich ground, plenty of sunshine, and mulch with coarse
+manure. Stake the tall varieties so as to prevent their blowing
+over.</i></p></div>
+
+<p>That's a good rule for those who want everything in a nutshell. It may
+be summed up in another way. The way to have fine Asters is to do these
+six things: (1) Get the best seed; (2) start in a seasonable time; (3)
+give rich, mellow ground; (4) never allow them to parch; (5) keep
+insects down; and (6) stake when necessary.</p>
+
+<div class="sidenote">About Seed</div>
+
+<p>There are many kinds of seed that may be home grown year after year and
+the strain suffer no deterioration. Aster seed is not one of these
+kinds. If they were given high culture so as to bloom their best, and
+only a few of the very choicest individual flowers allowed to seed, they
+would of course come true from seed year after<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> year. The trouble is
+that home saving is generally from all the flowers as they run, culls,
+off-colored specimens and all. Our best Asters represent very high
+breeding indeed. It is well known that highly bred plants quickly run
+out unless kept at the same high standard. Therefore never trust to
+haphazard seed if you desire first class Asters. Do not depend either
+upon cheap seed. Choose a reliable seed house, one that takes a pride in
+keeping the choicest strains of all the leading flowers and has too much
+regard for its reputation to send out inferior seeds under some
+high-sounding title.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;">
+<img src="images/f008.jpg" width="400" height="377" alt="DWARF BOUQUET ASTER" title="" />
+<span class="caption">DWARF BOUQUET ASTER</span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="sidenote">Time to Start Asters</div>
+
+<p>A great many people start Aster seed in the house or greenhouse as early
+as February. There is not only nothing gained by this&mdash;for the Aster is
+a late flower and does not come to its best estate before August, start
+it when you will&mdash;but an actual disadvantage. Like James Vick, I would
+emphasize the importance of never letting the plants get a check if the
+finest flowers are wanted. Now the Aster is not naturally a hothouse
+plant. It needs in its young stage plenty of fresh air. Without it, or
+without sufficient light, or in too warm an atmosphere, the young Aster
+plants become tall and spindling, or, as florists express it, are drawn.
+A drawn Aster invariably makes a weak, sickly plant, and never bears
+large or handsome flowers. Sow the seed thinly and cover lightly. They
+should germinate in from 5 to 7 days.</p>
+
+<p>In the middle states the best growers make a practice of sowing the
+seeds in boxes about the last of April or first of May. Some make a
+couple of later sowings between that date and the first of June, sowing
+these in carefully prepared seed-beds in the open ground. This is to
+keep up a succession of flowers. So many sowings are scarcely necessary
+now that there are both early and late varieties to be chosen in the
+first place. The period of first sowing will allow for all, if kinds
+that flower at various times are chosen. In the Southern states a June
+sowing is recommended. A lath frame will keep the plants from parching.</p>
+
+<p>Late Asters may be lifted for the house. It is a good plan if one wishes
+several of them for pot plants to sow seed of them in July, under a lath
+frame where they will be shaded somewhat and protected from drying winds
+until up and of some little size. These will come into bloom before the
+first Holland bulbs are ready for the window, and will remain in full
+beauty for several weeks. An August sowing will give late winter and
+early spring flowers.</p>
+
+<p>Asters are easily transplanted and should never be allowed to become
+cramped for room, or to be grown in the shade of other plants. If
+carefully done, an Aster in almost full bloom can be taken up and
+replanted without injuring it in the least. So there is no excuse for
+letting them be crowded in either seed-box or seed-bed.</p>
+
+<div class="sidenote">Preparing an Aster Bed</div>
+
+<p>There is no use trying to get good Asters from plants in poor ground.
+They are gross feeders. They dislike sandy soil the most of all. Clay
+ground is better for them than sand, and loamy soil the best of all. If
+the soil is sandy, plant Asters so as to leave a little depression
+around each plant. The water will thus sink about them and more moisture
+be retained. Sour, undrained soils where the water stands should be
+raised a little above the level of the lawn, if for Asters, so that
+excess of water may drain off. They like moisture but not stagnant
+water. Whatever the character of the ground, spade it deep so that it
+may be mellow, and make it very rich. If the ground is to be spaded a
+foot deep, a 3-inch layer of rotted manure is about right to dig in.
+Rotted manure does not mean fresh or lumpy manure. It means that the
+fertilizing element shall have been rotted until ready to drop to
+pieces. Stable manure is too fiery. Cow manure over a year old is best.
+Many expert Aster growers scatter an inch of unleached hardwood ashes
+over the bed before it is broken up and spade it in with the manure.
+They claim it both suits the Aster and helps to keep off root-lice.</p>
+
+<p>It is usual to plant tall or half dwarf varieties in the center of the
+beds, and use some of the dwarf Asters for an outside row or border. The
+tall kinds should stand 10 to 12 inches apart in the row. The dwarf ones
+about 8 inches apart. Asters make a sightly bed because of the uniform
+height of each class and because of their blooming at the same time.</p>
+
+
+<p>Hot dry soil quickly spoils Asters. About July mulch them well.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="sidenote">Mulching and Watering</div>
+<p>Two inches of coarse manure spread out well over their roots is the best
+mulch of all, as every rain washes nutrition from it down to the roots
+below. Chip dirt, pine needles, or grass clippings will do, or anything
+else that is light, yet will let the rains or waterings leach through.
+No one who has not actually tried it can know of the help a mulch really
+is to Asters. I doubt whether first-class flowers can be obtained in
+dry, windy countries, or in hot, sun-scorched valleys without its aid.
+Asters love the sun, nevertheless unless their feet are kept cool and
+moist they inevitably burn and wilt. A mulch keeps the ground cool, and
+it keeps it moist also.</p>
+
+<p>I know of Asters that gained the prizes at county fairs that were
+regularly soaked once a week with the suds from the weekly washing. In
+most climates a thorough drenching of the ground once a week will
+promote a luxuriant growth of the plants. There is nothing gained by
+watering in dry weather unless the ground is mulched. Without this
+protection the ground will bake as hard as a brick and the plants suffer
+more than if no water had been given. In some sections hot dry winds
+prevail through August and September. This is most trying to Asters. If
+there is a tank, or system of water works, a good sprinkling, not only
+to the roots but of the foliage as well, will revive them wonderfully.
+Use the hose about sunset. By morning the plants will be entirely
+revived.</p>
+
+<div class="sidenote">Insect Foes of Asters</div>
+
+<p>The red spider and aphis have no special fondness for the Aster. They
+get after it when it comes in their way, as they do anything else. But
+the Aster has two implacable enemies that by their ravages have done
+more to discourage people from growing these plants than all other
+causes combined. These two foes are blister beetles and root lice.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Red spider</span> bothers in hot dry weather. Water is their foe. When the
+familiar thin, half-dying foliage appears, grey on the under-side and
+showing a few fine webs underneath, there is no mistaking the signs. It
+is the red spider. If a hose is used in the garden, turn the water on
+under a full head, directing it to the under-side of the leaves where
+the invisible pests have their colonies. Never mind if it does bend the
+plants by the force of the stream. They can be straightened afterwards.
+Play up and down, under and all around. If well done, and the deed
+repeated a couple of days after, they will have been killed. If no hose
+is available, use a sprinkler, dashing the water on with all the force
+possible.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Aphis</span> is the common plant louse. Some use tobacco stems as a mulch about
+Asters instead of manure. Tobacco factories and dealers in florist's
+supplies sell these at low prices, as it is the refuse material left
+after manufacturing tobacco for smoking and chewing. Where these can be
+obtained it is a sure preventative not only against aphis but almost any
+other insect.</p>
+
+<p>Other remedies for aphis are spraying with a hard stream of water. Two
+or three thorough applications will finish them. Kerosene emulsion will
+kill them. So will insect powder if it has not become stale, and if used
+on a still, calm day when there is no air stirring to revive its
+suffocated victims.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">The blister beetle</span> or aster beetle comes along when the plants are in
+bloom or in bud. They are half to three-quarters of an inch long, black
+with grey stripes down their back. Oh! how they devour all before them!
+Out of the unknown they come, hordes of them. They tarry but two or
+three days, and leave but bare stalks behind them, every bed, every
+flower, and every leaf eaten off.</p>
+
+<p>The remedy is to fight them.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/f009.jpg" width="350" height="350" alt="QUILLED GERMAN ASTER" title="" />
+<span class="caption">QUILLED GERMAN ASTER</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>When the lytta, <i>alias</i> blister beetle, arrives, prepare to give a warm
+welcome to him and all of his kind. There are several methods of doing
+this. Any of them must be repeated two or three times a day, for there
+seem to be successive waves of the beetles. In a few days the danger is
+past.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>My own method is to get a helper, and, taking one plant at a time, knock
+the beetles off and kill them with a stick. It is a joy to look upon the
+heaps of slain when all is done. Whenever the plant upon which it is is
+jarred in the slightest, this beetle falls to the ground exactly as
+though it were dead. Only for a second, however, then it runs for dear
+life. That is why it takes more than one person, for it's no child's
+play to kill a score of scampering bugs in a quarter of a minute.</p>
+
+
+<p>My other half's way is to get a fresh supply of insect powder
+(Dalmation, Persian, Bubach, etc.,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> whatever name it may be sold under)
+and squirt it thickly over the bugs by the use of one of those 10-cent
+powder guns that all druggists keep. It is effective if the insect
+powder is fresh.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;">
+<img src="images/f010.jpg" width="600" height="417" alt="" title="Giant Asters" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Other remedies are to put netting over the bed; to spray the plants with
+poisoned water, made by stirring 1 teaspoonful of Paris green into 2
+gallons of water; and to use kerosene emulsion. The last is made after
+this formula: 1 tablespoonful of kerosene beaten up with half a cupful
+of milk. Dilute with 2 gallons of water.</p>
+
+<p>Do not forget that any remedy must be used two or three times a day
+while the raid is on.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Root-lice</span>, <span class="smcap">blue aphis</span>, etc., is one of the most common enemies of the
+Aster. When the plants are almost at their best the tops turn a peculiar
+sickly green, or they wilt, or become brown. They die quickly unless
+something is at once done. Pull one up and the roots are found alive
+with a little insect that looks like a plant louse. Insecticides poured
+on the soil rarely kill the pests. A bed that has been ashed, or had a
+mulching of tobacco stems, as has already been advised, will have
+escaped.</p>
+
+<p>Where the root lice have already commenced, Rexford recommends drawing
+the dirt away until the roots are exposed, then sifting tobacco dust
+thickly over them replacing the soil afterwards. Others recommend
+flooding the bed with kerosene emulsion in the same way. While some have
+success, others claim failure by either of these methods. Here is a way
+of dealing with root lice, however, that is always sure.</p>
+
+<p>Heat a lot of water. Then pull up every affected plant, shake the dirt
+off their roots, and dip them quickly into scalding water. Leave them in
+but a second, but dip their roots two or three times to make sure every
+bug gets its dose. Pour boiling water into the ground where the Asters
+had been. That settles the fate of every root-louse in the ground. As
+soon as the ground has cooled a little, plant the Asters back, stake
+them so as to hold them up, and shade lightly for a day or two.</p>
+
+<p>Will it not kill the plants? No, it will not injure them. Of course the
+plants should have been taken up very carefully so as not to break off
+the roots. The Aster will stand more in the way of lifting than any
+other plant I know. Mature plants may be washed out by the roots in a
+severe storm, but if promptly planted again will be all right in a day
+or two after. I know a lady who had to move some distance in August. She
+had a fine bed of Asters. She made the ground soaking wet, then took
+them every one up, putting them as close as they would stand in ordinary
+soap boxes. They never minded the transfer in the least, and bloomed so
+handsomely in their boxes as to call forth many compliments. I give
+these instances to convince doubting Thomases<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> that pulling up Asters
+and scalding the root-lice on them is not so desperate a remedy as it
+sounds. And it is a sure remedy.</p>
+
+<div class="sidenote">Other Cultural Rules</div>
+
+<p>Until it is time to mulch Asters, stir the ground, or hoe the bed once a
+week. In some climates, particularly in warm ones, tall Asters sometimes
+take on a tall, thin growth. These leggy plants are not beautiful, nor
+do they bear many flowers. Whenever plants show a disposition to run up
+this way, pinch out the tops. Repeat the pinching two or three times if
+necessary, until a disposition to branch shows itself.</p>
+
+<p>The tall sorts are the better for a support. Otherwise hard winds uproot
+them. Stakes should be used that when driven will be about two-thirds
+the height of the plants. Tie with soft string, with a sort of a
+slip-knot so that a half dozen of the main branches have a band
+supporting them, yet are not drawn up so hard and tight as to cut into
+the branch.</p>
+
+<p>If a display of Asters are wanted for a flower show make the ground as
+wet as mud. Then lift each plant with a spade or mattock slowly and
+skillfully. The roots, dirt and all, will come up in a solid mass. Pot
+at once, before any of the earth is shaken off. They will not wither in
+the least if kept out of direct sunshine for a few days. If enormous
+blooms are wanted, disbud, leaving but one bud to each tip. Trim off the
+small side branches also, to throw the strength of the plant into these
+chosen blooms. Most people prefer more flowers and less size.</p>
+
+<p>There are generally a few promising late Asters that are not yet in
+bloom when frosts come. Lift these in the same careful manner for the
+house. They do not do well in hot rooms. In cool rooms, not above 60 to
+65 degrees by day, they thrive. They like some sunshine, but will get
+along with little of it if they have good light beside. They do finely
+in halls and bedrooms where the temperature is almost to the frost line
+at night, and no fire heat at all during the day. An Aster will not
+bloom all winter. Its period of bloom is quite long enough, however, to
+make it a welcome guest in the plant window, and when through blooming
+it can be thrown away.</p>
+
+
+<h4>THE ASTER AS A CUT FLOWER</h4>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 212px;">
+<img src="images/f011.jpg" width="212" height="400" alt="NEW ROSE ASTER" title="" />
+<span class="caption">NEW ROSE ASTER</span>
+</div>
+<p>An Aster is at its very best as a cut flower, and remains in good
+condition for two weeks. It comes in the late summer season before
+Chrysanthemums are ready and after Lilies are gone. It is a time of
+dearth of really fine flowers. Florists are growing it more and more for
+their sales, and to use in decorations for August and September weddings
+and parties. White Asters are much used for funeral wreaths also.</p>
+
+<p>Amateurs cannot make up elaborate floral pieces like florists, and it is
+not wise to attempt it. But it is well enough for us all to remember
+that a simple spray of white Asters in a setting of green Ferns, or of
+lace-like Asparagus plumosus, is a gift of remembrance that no loving
+hand need be ashamed of placing on the coffin of a friend. A loose,
+careless nosegay of Asters, bright with its pretty pinks and blues, and
+a deep crimson one or two to bear its white companions company, will
+cheer up a sick friend. Always remember the touch of color in flowers
+for the sick. They need cheer and brightness, and sunny flowers give
+them both.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>The taller Asters are fine to cut for vases and for pulpit bouquets, if
+the longest stems are chosen. Use plenty of pretty greenery, and arrange
+the flowers so that each stands out airily by itself,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> not wedged
+between its neighbors. Asters can be over-crowded in a bouquet until
+heavy and clumsy looking. It is the one fault to avoid. The remedy is to
+use more foliage with them, and to put fewer flowers in the bouquet.
+Enough is better than a surplus in arranging cut-flowers.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px;">
+<img src="images/f012a.jpg" width="450" height="376" alt="ASTER AS A POT PLANT" title="" />
+<span class="caption">ASTER AS A POT PLANT</span>
+</div>
+
+
+<h4>LEADING VARIETIES OF ASTERS</h4>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">New Rose.</span> This has been a standard sort for many years. Nearly or quite
+2 feet in height. Handsome flowers of regular form, imbricated like a
+rose. Many shades.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Truffaut's P&aelig;ony-flowered.</span> For more than a generation this has been a
+standard. It is sometimes shown at exhibitions in a fourth of a hundred
+distinct shades. It is tall, with a profusion of very large globular
+flowers. An old but showy variety.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Victoria.</span> Esteemed by many the very best Asters in existence. Fine for
+pots, bedding or flower shows. Flowers are three or four inches across,
+or even larger, and these are perfection as to form. There are over a
+score of shades, among them colors as rare and as lovely as the cloud
+tints of sunrise.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/f012b.jpg" width="500" height="267" alt="Aster Shakespeare" title="" />
+<span class="caption">Aster Shakespeare</span>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Cocardeau or Crown</span> is another old but not superseded sort. The center of
+the flower is of small quilled petals, pure white in color. This center
+is surrounded by a wide ring of flat ray petals of bright color. 18
+inches tall. Pretty, odd and showy, but by no means as superb a flower
+as some of the others.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Quilled German.</span> Another oddity, of about equal value with the Crown
+Asters. 2 feet high and branching. The flowers are quilled like those of
+some Dahlias.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Dwarf Bouquet.</span> One of the smallest of all. Only 6 to 8 inches tall, very
+uniform, each a pyramid of pretty flowers. About a dozen colors are in
+this strain. Used for edging.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Shakespeare.</span> A fine sort for borders. About 6 inches tall, a solid mass
+of large globular flowers from top to bottom. There are several colors.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Snowball.</span> 10 to 12 inches high, of a symmetrical habit and bearing
+exquisitely beautiful flowers of the large Chrysanthemum type. The color
+is a pure white.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 405px;">
+<img src="images/f012c.jpg" width="405" height="450" alt="TRUFFAUT&#39;S P&AElig;ONY-FLOWERED ASTER" title="" />
+<span class="caption">TRUFFAUT&#39;S P&AElig;ONY-FLOWERED ASTER</span>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Vick's Branching Asters.</span> The Vicks have always been famous for their
+Asters, and this is the triumph of their skill. These grow the tallest
+of all Asters, and require more than ordinary space because of their
+wide branching habit. Largely grown by florists. It is a late variety,
+and its magnificent, large and informal flowers are often mistaken for
+the finest Japanese Chrysanthemums. The flowers are of extraordinary
+size and are long-stemmed. It comes in snowy-<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span>white, pink, lavender,
+crimson, and purple shades. Pure White is esteemed the finest of the
+lot, with Daybreak, a lovely sea-shell pink, as a close second. Daybreak
+is earlier than the type.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Japanese.</span> Known also as the Ostrich Plume Asters, a name which exactly
+describes them. About 15 inches tall. The curled flowers are of enormous
+size, 5 to 6 inches across. About 10 colors, some of them most unusual
+ones.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Giant Silver-Tipped.</span> These are of dwarf habit, but have blossoms of the
+largest size. These beautiful flowers, whatever their color, are tipped
+silvery white. An exceptional good pot variety.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Semple's Marvel.</span> This is another favorite with professional growers.
+They are 20 inches to 2 feet tall, and of branching habit. This is
+rather a late Aster. The flowers are of much substance, and are perfect
+in form and rich in color.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Comet.</span> The best known of the curly Chrysanthemum-flowered type. There
+are two or three strains of this, varying a little as to habit. They
+range from 14 inches to 2 feet in height, and bear those large, loose,
+feathered flowers that find so many admirers. The broad outer petals are
+reflexed. The inner petals are shorter and curve and curl toward the
+center. These grand flowers come in several beautiful shades.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 362px;">
+<img src="images/f013.jpg" width="362" height="500" alt="Aster &quot;Daybreak&quot;" title="" />
+<span class="caption">Aster &quot;Daybreak&quot;</span>
+</div>
+
+
+<h4>THE WINTER WOODS</h4>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">How patiently they wait&mdash;the bare brown trees</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Through winter's sullen gloom,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">With arms outspread as if in suppliance</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Of vanished leaf and bloom!</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Till Nature's voice shall sound its clarion call</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Waking the earth from sleep,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">These monarchs shorn of all their treasure stand</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">In silence long and deep.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">O learn a lesson from the winter woods!</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Hope on O troubled heart!</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">In patience wait! The blessing thou dost need</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">God will at last impart!</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 11em;"><i>Alice Jean Cleator, Ohio.</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+<h4>THE LIVE OAK</h4>
+
+<p class="center">(<i>In the South</i>)</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">On the gray outside of the year</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Fluttered its leaves of cheer;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">They reached to my winter window</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And I thought that spring was here.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">They reached out mistily</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">When dawn was on the tree,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">But through the rainy mornings</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">How bright they gleamed and clear.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">When other trees are bare</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Oak banners glad the air,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">And through the Southern summer</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Its branches great and fair.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">In all their splendid strength,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">To all their living length,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Emparadise in shadow</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The meadows everywhere.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 10em;"><i>Ethelwyn Witherald, Canada.</i></span><br />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+<h3>THE INFORMATION BOX</h3>
+
+<p class="center">What Our Readers Want to Know</p>
+
+<p><i>In this department Mrs. Lora S. La Mance will answer the inquiries of
+those asking information about plants, their culture, etc. The subject
+of inquiry will be touched upon in a general way, instead of being made
+a personal matter, in order that the information conveyed may be useful
+and interesting to the greatest number. We will forward to Mrs. La Mance
+for answering such inquiries as our readers may send in.&mdash;Editor</i></p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Notice.</span> Correspondents will please observe these rules: Give with every
+letter your name, town and state. They will not be published. If you
+wish an immediate or personal answer, enclose stamp for reply. Do not
+ask for greenhouse plans. The space cannot be given. In reporting a
+failure with anything, tell what treatment you have given it.</p>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Agapanthus.</span> In early housekeeping days, when as yet I was ignorant of
+the A B C's of floriculture. I bought an Agapanthus. No pains were taken
+with it, but it grew right along and blossomed freely. I was much
+astonished afterwards to learn that the Agapanthus is considered an
+obstinate plant that can neither be coaxed nor driven to bloom. Poor
+Agapanthus! It has been unjustly censured. Be liberal with it in the way
+of providing a rich potting soil, and giving plenty of water while it is
+growing. With autumn, let it have a taste of adversity. Put the pot on a
+back shelf. Keep the earth in the pot decidedly on the dry side, giving
+plenty of water when you do water, but making the intervals between long
+enough for the soil to dry out well. The plant can even be placed in the
+cellar to winter, provided this absolute rest is not unduly prolonged.
+After three months of inaction give light, warmth and moisture.
+Agapanthus will at once respond, and flowers usually follow.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Training a Rubber Plant.</span> A tall, straight stemmed Rubber tree finds more
+admirers than branched specimens, which are more squat in shape. Those
+who like the bush form best can make their Rubber Plants branch at any
+desired height by cutting off the end of the stem. The part cut away may
+he rooted in heat in damp sand. The best time to cut them is in late
+winter, just before the time for spring growth. Branches will soon be
+sent out after the top of the main stem has been cut away.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Moles.</span> A lady piquantly relates her trials with an army of moles that
+she cannot "catch, kill, or drive away," although she has tried
+everything she has ever heard of. It is a bad case when mole traps will
+not catch, or corn soaked in Fowler's solution of arsenic and dropped
+along their runways will not finish them. In this case I can only refer
+her to other said-to-be cures that other people have tried and have
+faith in. A dozen witnesses testify that the seeds of Ricinus (Castor
+Bean,) dropped here and there in their tunnels will make them leave. A
+Connecticut lady says a sure remedy is to drop handfuls of salt here and
+there in their runways. Others put ball potash or concentrated lye in
+their runs but that is cruel, for it burns wherever it touches. Some use
+sawdust soaked in tar, or with a stick punch holes here and there along
+their tunnels and drop in each hole a small quantity of kerosene (coal
+oil). These two last substances will kill choice plants if used close to
+their roots, so use caution. An ingenious soul, rightly conceiving that
+the mole is highly sensitive to smells made a number of stiff pasteboard
+tubes and put in the center of each a stinking moth-ball. Buried in the
+runways there was a dearth of moles directly. I heartily approve of the
+mole's judgment in leaving moth-ball-scented premises. I have felt like
+it myself.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Trouble with Lilium Candidum.</span> Some of our friends have had trouble with
+Lilium Candidum. They purchased fine, large bulbs, potted them, and had
+only leaves for their pains. That was because they were procured too
+late. They are not nearly so tractable as Lilium Harrisii. It is their
+natural disposition to start to growing early in autumn. If kept dormant
+beyond this period their flower-buds blast. Get them if possible in
+August or the first half of September. There is no difficulty in getting
+them to blossom then.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Badly shaped plants.</span> Every little while someone asks what to do with a
+one-sided or badly shaped pot plant. Plants, and particularly pot
+shrubs, ought never to be allowed to get in bad shape. It is an easy
+enough matter to correct a bad or awkward tendency at the first. It is a
+difficult matter to remedy it later. When a plant begins to grows
+coxcomby, or develops a long, switchy growth, or twists about in an ugly
+crook, begin <i>at once</i> to overcome it. One-sidedness is usually arrested
+by turning that side away from the light. A crooked, knotted limb can be
+straightened by tying to a stout support or trellis, tying it every two
+or three inches to take the kinks out. Long, leggy, or whip-like shoots
+need the ends pinched off. If done at an early stage no sap will waste.
+It is old wood that bleeds when the knife is put into it. I always
+hesitate to advise re-shaping an old specimen if it is so contorted that
+over half of the old wood must be cut away. It is a great shock to a
+growing plant to lose half or more of its wood. It sometimes kills it,
+particularly if injudiciously watered. If severe cutting is required do
+it while the pot shrubbery is nearest at rest, and a little before
+renewed growth may be expected again. Usually this is about the close of
+mid-winter. Such shrubs as Rubber Plants, that bleed profusely, should
+have grafting wax or paint daubed on the end of cut branches. If nothing
+better is at hand paste a jacket of clay over the cut end until the
+wound can heal. Water with much moderation until new growth appears.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Spotted Calla from Seed.</span> Spotted Callas are easily grown from seed if it
+is sown as soon as ripe. Plant out in garden rows like dwarf peas, and
+hoe them and keep weeds down. After frost dig the little tubers up and
+keep in dry sand in the cellar. Plant out in the garden the next year.
+Some will bloom the second season, the rest will require another year.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Soil For Variegated Shrubs.</span> Do not manure the ground for golden or
+variegated leaved shrubs. The color is not as clear where fertilizers
+are used. Very rich ground means a quick, lush growth. Green is the
+normal color of leaf vegetation. Any departure from this rule is an
+abnormal one. Whatever imparts vigor to a plant<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> tends to make it throw
+off its acquired markings and revert to its original stage. Abundant
+plant food supplies more chlorophyll or green coloring matter to the sap
+also.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">About Broad-leaved Evergreens in Winter.</span> A lady asks, "Is it the summer
+sun that is harmful to Rhododendrons, Andromedas and Mahonias, or is it
+the winter sun they should be protected from?" It is the winter sun. The
+reason broad-leaved evergreens are such a hard class to bring through
+the winter in good condition is because the sun shines upon their
+foliage while it is frozen, blistering, and searing it. It is not the
+winter's cold but the winter's sun that does the mischief. Plant all
+such evergreens on a north slope, or at the north side of a building
+where they are protected from a glare of sunshine on their frozen wood
+and leaves.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Snails and Slugs.</span> Where they are numerous enough to do injury, get after
+them. I believe a hand to hand killing is the best remedy for all such
+pests. They are sluggish and cannot run away from one. They usually take
+a siesta during the heat of the day under Pansies or similar low matted
+plants. Some trap them by placing slices of cabbage or raw potato about.
+Others kill all the slugs in a bed, then make a ring of salt all about
+it to keep them out. Lime dust powdered over the plants helps to keep
+them away.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Worms Boring Into Plants.</span> A couple of cases are reported of worms boring
+into the stalks of Asters, Dianthus and Carnations. Of course the tops
+die, and the damage is great. There is no insecticide that can be used
+against these canny worms which snugly hide themselves in the plant
+stalks where not a drop of liquor can reach them. The only remedy is to
+keep a sharp outlook for affected plants, cutting away each
+worm-infested top and burning it. This kills the worm and cuts off
+future crops of worms. It seems a hard method of ridding the plants of
+their enemies. However, the plants branch out again and develop a later
+crop of flowers.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">How Annuals Run Out.</span> "Last year I purchased the very best grade of
+seeds, and my flowers were lovely. I saved from these flowers, expecting
+a similar treat this year. But my Pansies, Carnations and Petunias are
+nothing near as large or as finely marked as they were last year, and
+the last two flowers are all single, not a double one in the lot. What
+is the cause of this?"</p>
+
+<p>Deterioration in the quality of bloom is what our mothers used to call
+the "running out" of plants. There is no mystery about it. It is
+confined to those favorite flowers that have been highly bred and
+hybridized. Everyone knows highly bred stock, be it animal or vegetable,
+will not stand roughing it. If the flower grower would use the nerve of
+the seed-grower and pull up every inferior plant or poor flowered one;
+if she would keep the ground as clean as a market garden; if she would
+allow only the finest flowers to go to seed, cutting the others off as
+they fade, she would have good seed for next year's flowers. Petunias
+are artificially hybridized to get a double strain of seed, and this the
+amateur cannot well do. It pays most of us better to buy Pansy, Petunia,
+Carnation and Ten Weeks Stocks seed than to try to save it ourselves.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Failure of Peonies To Bloom.</span> Everyone says the Peony will endure
+anything, heat, cold, rain or dry weather or any kind of soil. It is
+true the plant is tenacious of life. It is just as true that it knows
+when it is not well treated. It evens up matters many times by refusing
+to bloom. Any one of the following reasons may cause it to be barren of
+bloom. (1) Poor, hard ground. (2) Deep shade, as when grown under
+evergreens or behind thick shrubbery. (3) Spring planting in hot
+climates, or (4) clumps allowed to get too dry in droughty summers.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Brugmansia.</span> I admire this plant when in bloom. Its magnificent ivory
+trumpets are a grand sight. It is a fine thing for piazza decoration
+during summer, and may be grown in a greenhouse or warm plant room in
+winter. It is not, however, suitable for ordinary window culture. It
+needs good care and freedom from dust, and moreover chills easily. If
+placed in the cellar in November it will winter there safely. Bring up
+as early as possible in the spring, water with moderation until new
+shoots start from the root, then give abundance of water.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Eucharis.</span> This is a beautiful flower worth taking a little pains to
+grow. It is more often seen in greenhouse than in a window, as it is
+easier in the former to secure a warm, moist, even temperature. Shortly
+after New Year Eucharis grow very fast. Keep them warm and moist until
+through flowering when they can be kept ten to fifteen degrees cooler
+and watered less freely. This gives them the needed semi-rest to enable
+them to get ready for bloom again. In summer they need plenty of water
+again. When fall comes keep them pretty dry for the next three months,
+supplying only enough water to keep them from losing their leaves. Pot
+them in loam and sand, with a small quantity of old crumbled manure and
+leaf loam.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">A Plague of Ants.</span> A correspondent has suffered for years from annual
+raids of ants that literally swarm over everything and everywhere. "Last
+year," says this lady, "they killed ever so many plants, from Pansies to
+trees. All of our outdoor flowers were almost ruined by them. I have
+tried molasses and Paris green, but they only increase in numbers. They
+are everywhere, but I cannot find their holes or nest."</p>
+
+<p>There is no use trying to depend on killing all these ants after they
+have taken possession. A bushel of pyrethrum powder would not pepper
+them all or a hogshead of kerosene emulsion last long enough to get them
+all. They must be killed at the fountain head, in their nesting places.
+A few years ago a certain set of our pear trees had their blossoms
+ruined year after year by hordes of ants. We could not kill them off,
+for there were always new ones to take their places. One day we found
+their nest, a very large one, but entirely underground. A speedy and
+therefore merciful death was decreed for them. Big pot, little pot,
+kettle and boiler were filled with water which was brought to the
+boiling point. We used it, <i>every day</i>, on that ant nest. That was 15
+years ago, and there has been no recurrence of the trouble.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Holy Thistle.</span> Some one asks about a curious plant of which no one knows
+the name. It blooms quickly from seed, making a plant several feet tall.
+It has long and wide leaves, waved along the margins, and very spiny.
+Along each vein is a wide milk-white band or mottling. The flowers are
+like a purple thistle. Strange how the wheels of time go round. This new
+(?) plant is so very old that hundreds of years ago it was a common
+garden ornament. It is Carduus Maritima, a near relative of the common
+thistle. Everyone notices it because of its odd milky splashes, and it
+every now and then enjoys a brief popularity again. Our superstitious
+forefathers believed that a drop of the Virgin Mary's milk fell on its
+leaves, which ever after bore milk-white markings because of it. The old
+names for it were Milk Thistle and Holy Thistle. The peasantry used to
+eat its tops as greens, and cook the roots in stews. Like all thistles
+this will become a weed if not kept down with a firm hand.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">An Impossibility.</span> A lady asks us to give a list of the six best Roses.
+"I acknowledged to stand at the head of the Rose kind." It can't be done
+as long as the old adage holds true of</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">"Many men of many kinds,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Many men of many minds."</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>A correspondent wants a companion Rose to a Crimson Rambler, which she
+enthusiastically declares is the grandest Rose in the world. Side by
+side with her letter is one from an artist. "I don't like Ramblers,"
+writes he. "An artistic Rose to my mind is like a jewel in a right
+setting. Too many jewels denote vulgarity." Every class of Rose has its
+enthusiastic devotees. The best Hybrid Teas come nearer combining all
+merits of a Rose, and nearer pleasing all standards of taste than any
+other; yet any florist will tell you that they are by no means the Roses
+most freely purchased. In other words, no one Rose suits all.</p>
+
+<p class="author">
+<i>Lora S. La Mance, Mo.</i><br />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span></p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+<h3>CORRESPONDENCE</h3>
+
+<h4>QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS</h4>
+
+<p class="center">This department is open to any of our subscribers who may have anything
+to say that will be of general interest and usefulness. Questions may be
+asked or answered</p>
+
+
+<p><b>ARKANSAS</b></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span></p>
+
+<p>I must tell you of an experience I had in transplanting a Dahlia, which
+was in bloom, the last day of July. Driving out one warm morning I saw a
+family moving out of a house. Seeing a clump of beautiful Dahlias I
+asked for one. The lady said she did not think I could do anything with
+it, but I knew I could try. She took it up with an old tuber attached
+and two young ones. I put it in a well protected place where it was cool
+and kept it well watered. It grew and continued to bloom. When taken up
+in the fall there were three tubers. That was two years ago. I still
+have some of it now.&mdash;<i>Mrs. Philetus Wakefield.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>CAROLINA, NORTH AND SOUTH</b></p>
+
+<p><span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span></p>
+
+
+<p>When the world looks as if it were at the mercy of the wind and cold in
+winter. Sad indeed would be these hopeless days only we know that
+always, and always, it will be spring again. While the flowers are
+asleep under their blanket of snow we have a period for rest and
+reflection, and by thinking over the mistakes in the past we may
+improve. Of all times of the year spring is the season when everything
+seems to require attention at the same time. House-cleaning, sewing and
+gardening crowd upon us, when the bright days come, and one of the three
+is sure to be neglected by the busy women if plans are not made for each
+work beforehand. Let me beg all our flower-loving women not to deny
+themselves the comfort, rest and happiness that flowers alone will bring
+them throughout the long summer days because they feel the time cannot
+be spared to attend to the planting in early spring. What if the house
+<i>is</i> left a little disordered while one works in the garden? It can be
+put to rights after the precious roots and seeds have been placed under
+ground to begin their work of beauty. We must all sew I suppose, but let
+us wear the last year shirt waists awhile, and take the time to plant
+flowers in the garden or window boxes, to cheer us when we are compelled
+to run the machine. By leaving off some of the trimmings, or doing
+without some things altogether, the money will be forthcoming to
+purchase the plants we long for. Are they not worth the
+sacrifice?&mdash;<i>Prudence Plain, So. Car.</i></p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox bbox">
+<h3>
+"HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS<br />
+SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH</h3>
+
+
+<h2>SAPOLIO</h2></div>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox1 bbox">
+<h3>THE WARBLER</h3>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/f016-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="258" alt="" title="The Warbler" />
+<span class="link"><a href="images/f016.jpg">View original image</a></span>
+
+</div>
+
+<h4>JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, <span class="smcap">Editor</span></h4>
+
+<p>With 1905 <b>The Warbler</b> begins a new series which will contain many superb
+Colored Plates of rare eggs such as Kirtland and Olive Warbler, Carolina
+Paroquot, Clark's Crow, Ipswich and Rufous Crowned Sparrow, Yellow and
+Black Rail, Calaveras Warbler, etc. Also splendid illustrations of Birds
+and Nests, and leading articles by well known authorities.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 15%; Margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.3em;" />
+<p class="center">Published Quarterly, 32 Pages &amp; Cover</p>
+<hr style="width: 15%; Margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.3em;" />
+<p class="center">SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 30c</p>
+<hr style="width: 15%; Margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.3em;" />
+<p class="center">Eggs of Kirtland Warbler will be figured in first issue (Jan. or Feb.)
+of the new series.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">ADDRESS</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;">THE WARBLER</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 4em;">FLORAL PARK, N. Y.</span></p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<p><b>CONNECTICUT</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower</i>:</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>A friend of mine has a Winter Gem Rose, received as a premium with <span class="smcap">The
+Mayflower</span> three or four years ago. This is put in the garden in summer,
+where it grows and blooms all summer. It is potted, cut back and taken
+in the house through the winter. It soon grows new branches and blooms
+nicely here. It is a favorite with the whole family. This same friend
+has the Bouquet Petunias, also a premium with <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span>. She has
+kept the old plant summer and winter, until this last summer it did not
+seem to do as well so she took slips. I planted mine in a flower-bed.
+They come up each year, some are mixed with some other kinds, but last
+summer there were some the same as the original.&mdash;<i>L. N. F.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>CALIFORNIA</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower</i>:</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>The Blue Palm is one of the very pretty varieties planted upon the
+choicest lawns. Its correct name is Erythea Armata, and it is a native
+of Lower California, that part of the country so little known. In the
+young plants, the blue "bloom" is very striking, and if the Palm is
+grown in the sun in sandy soil the "bloom" will always remain, but a
+shaded position and heavy soil destroys that beautiful color. It grows
+to about forty feet in its wild state, but does nothing like that in
+Southern California. It makes however a beautiful growth and adds to the
+beauty of a lawn, whether alone or arranged with other
+varieties.&mdash;<i>Georgina S. Townsend, So. Cal.</i></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox bbox">
+<blockquote><p><b>A Reliable Heart Cure.</b></p>
+
+<p>Alice A. Wetmore, Box 67, Norwich, Conn., says if any sufferer from
+Heart Disease will write her she will without charge direct them to the
+perfect home cure she used.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+
+<p><b>A Household Necessity</b></p>
+
+<p>The Kitchen Cabinet advertised on page 19 of this paper should be called
+the Woman's Friend. It is only 46 inches in length, 27 inches in width
+and 61 inches in height, but in this compact space may be stored 50 lbs.
+of flour, 50 lbs. of meal, 50 lbs. of sugar, with drawers and shelves
+for spices, knives, forks, spoons, pans, etc., etc., in fact a woman may
+do all her baking and scarcely move out of her tracks.</p></blockquote>
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox1 bbox">
+<h4>This Boy won a $25.00 Prize selling <i>THE SATURDAY EVENING POST</i> YOU can
+do the same</h4>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 201px;">
+<img src="images/f017-tb.jpg" width="201" height="453" alt="" title="" />
+<span class="link"><a href="images/f017.jpg">View original image</a></span>
+
+</div>
+
+
+
+<p>This is the "Champion Boy" of the State of Washington. His name is Harry
+Ireland. The smile on his face is due to the fact that he had in his
+pocket a check for $25 from THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.</p>
+
+<p>This $25 is in addition to the regular commission he receives week after
+week for selling THE POST.</p>
+
+<p>Harry is a hustler. The long strip of paper he holds in his hand is
+covered with closely written signatures of people who have instructed
+him to deliver THE POST for four consecutive weeks.</p>
+
+<p>He persuaded several prominent business men to sign at the top of the
+sheet and their names influenced others to sign until the list became
+longer than he is tall.</p>
+
+<p>This is one of the many ways we have suggested to help boys to sell THE
+POST. It makes the work so easy that thousands of boys have taken it up.
+Some are making $10 to $15 a week after school hours.</p>
+
+<p>You can start in this business, at once, without capital. Send us your
+name and we will forward 10 free copies, which you can sell at five
+cents each. This will supply capital for the next week's order.</p>
+
+<p><b>$300 IN CASH TO BOYS Who Do Good Work EACH MONTH</b></p>
+
+<p class="center">The Curtis Publishing Company, 215 Arch Street, Philadelphia<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p>
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+
+<p><b>DAKOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH</b></p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 381px;">
+<img src="images/f018a.jpg" width="381" height="450" alt="" title="FIT CURE" />
+</div>
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+<p><br /><br />I believe the main trouble in growing Verbenas is in not getting them
+started early enough. They grow very slowly at first and if they are not
+good strong plants when set out are almost sure to die. If you get them
+started late do not think to hurry them by putting them out with the
+others that grow faster. Wait patiently until they are at least an inch
+and a half high and their quick growth will surprise you. And I will say
+to comfort some one who can not have flowers because the pigs sometimes
+get out, that I have never seen a pig touch a Verbena though I have lost
+Pinks and other flowers growing beside them. There is another flower
+that grows wild here that covered a quarter of our pasture last fail yet
+was not touched. The leaves resemble a Verbena some but are wider and
+not so thick; the main stalk is about two feet high when full grown and
+the branches run like a Verbena. The flowers are red and yellow mixed
+and about the size and shape of Rose Moss. They last one day and a
+hollow sphere-shaped seedpod takes their place. Can anyone tell me what
+the name is?&mdash;<i>Mrs. Nellie Fitzgerald, So. Dak.</i></p>
+
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
+<img src="images/f018b.jpg" width="650" height="237" alt="" title="PIANO-PLAYER" />
+</div>
+
+<p><b>FLORIDA</b></p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 306px;">
+<img src="images/018c.jpg" style="margin-top: 2em;" width="306" height="450" alt="" title="A BETTER LOCATION THAN YOURS" />
+</div>
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>I thought that I would write an account of the curious freaks of
+Weigelia Eva Rathke received from Floral Park and transplanted to my
+grounds two years ago this winter. On the near approach of spring it
+began to grow rapidly, and soon bore its first crop of flowers. And such
+flowers as they were it was a rare treat to behold. Their five-petaled
+corollas, faultless in form, and each perhaps an inch and a half in
+diameter, were of the darkest and most intense red; a color that is
+almost unrivaled by any other, and which it retains till the last, is
+one of its attractions. About a month later it bloomed again, and kept
+up a continuous growth, which did not end till frozen down to the ground
+in the following December, after it had attained a height of over two
+feet. So I came to the conclusion that being a Northern shrub, and full
+of sap, it was undoubtedly killed out, root and branch. The next spring,
+when the ground had become well warmed up, I beheld two delicate, tiny
+looking sprouts from the root, which I immediately took charge of,
+giving them shade and an occasional watering. After awhile their growth
+became more vigorous; and after having attained a height of about
+eighteen inches they formed their terminal buds in early autumn, and
+ceased growing. At present both of them are alive along their entire
+length and all their buds are plump and dormant. I shall make a strong
+effort to push this shrub when warm weather comes again, as it looks as
+though under favorable circumstances it ought to thrive in the South. I
+also believe that Weigelia Rosea would likewise be at home here, as it
+is a thrifty large growing shrub in the North, and has every appearance
+of being an iron-clad.&mdash;<i>Joshua Morris.</i></p>
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 329px;">
+<img src="images/f019a.jpg" width="329" height="400" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 486px;">
+<img src="images/f019b.jpg" width="486" height="550" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 763px;">
+<img src="images/f021bfull.jpg" width="763" height="600" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+
+
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 311px;">
+<img src="images/f021a.jpg" width="311" height="600" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+<p><b>GEORGIA</b></p>
+
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>A well-grown Carnation cannot, in my opinion, be surpassed in elegance,
+beauty, or odor, by any other flower, yet we scarcely ever see it in
+perfection. Our summers here are too dry and hot for the full
+development of its beauties, but the young plants<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> sent me from <span class="smcap">The
+Mayflower</span> headquarters early this spring have so successfully overcome
+all difficulties that I cannot refrain from telling your readers that I
+think my success was due, first, to healthy young plants, and secondly,
+to ordering them <i>early</i> in the season. Many years, for the want of this
+knowledge, I waited until the time for setting out tender plants in May
+before putting out Carnations, and thus deprived them of a season of six
+weeks well adapted to their growth. As Carnation plants are almost
+hardy, they may, with safety, be put out in the open ground in any
+section of the country as soon as lettuce, cabbage, etc., are planted.
+Of the dozen plants I received from <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> only one has succumbed
+to our hot Southern summer, and the greater number are at this writing
+(Aug. 7,) growing beautifully. They are planted around the edge of a bed
+of Tea Roses, and have received no special attention except an
+occasional pinching out of the terminal shoots to produce a stocky
+growth. When the roses were mulched with grass clippings at the
+beginning of summer a layer was placed around the Carnations, and when
+the Roses are sprinkled with the hose every evening the Carnations come
+in for their share of the moisture. A single blossom of Gen. Maceo would
+amply repay me for all the trouble I have taken, as one flower of this
+variety remained fresh and bright for over a week.&mdash;<i>A. M. Stuart.</i><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p>
+
+<p><br />&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox1 bbox">
+<h2>Deafness Can Be Cured</h2>
+
+<h4>I Have Made the Most Marvelous Discovery<br />for the Positive Cure of
+Deafness and<br />Head Noises and I Give the<br />Secret Free.</h4>
+<hr style="width: 15%; Margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.3em;" />
+<h4>With This Wonderful, Mysterious Power I<br />Have Made People Deaf for Years<br />
+Hear the Tick of a Watch in<br />a Few Minutes.</h4>
+<hr style="width: 15%; Margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.3em;" />
+<h4>Send Me No Money&mdash;Simply Write Me About<br />Your Case and I Send You the
+Secret<br />by Return Mail Absolutely Free.</h4>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 290px;">
+<img src="images/f020.jpg" width="290" height="350" alt="I Have Demonstrated That Deafness Can Be Cured&mdash;Dr. Guy
+Clifford Powell." title="" />
+<span class="caption">I Have Demonstrated That Deafness Can Be Cured&mdash;Dr. Guy
+Clifford Powell.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>After years of research along the lines of the deeper scientific
+mysteries of the occult and invisible of Nature-forces I have found the
+cause and cure of deafness and head noises, and I have been enabled by
+this same mysterious knowledge and power to give to many unfortunate and
+suffering persons perfect hearing again; and I say to those who have
+thrown away their money on cheap apparatus, salves, air-pumps, washes,
+douches and the list of innumerable trash that is offered the public
+through flaming advertisements, I can and will cure you to stay cured. I
+ask no money. My treatment method is one that is so simple it can be
+used in your own home. You can investigate fully, absolutely free and
+you pay for it only after you are thoroughly convinced that it will cure
+you, as it has others. It seems to make no difference with this
+marvelous new method how long you have been deaf nor what caused your
+deafness, this new treatment will restore your hearing quickly and
+permanently. No matter how many remedies have failed you&mdash;no matter how
+many doctors have pronounced your case hopeless, this new magic method
+of treatment will cure you. I prove this to your entire satisfaction
+before you pay a cent for it. Write to-day and I will send you full
+information absolutely free by return mail. Address Dr. Guy Clifford
+Powell, 1592 Auditorium Building, Peoria, Ill. Remember, send no
+money&mdash;simply your name and address. You will receive an immediate
+answer and full information by return mail.</p></div>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p><b>IOWA</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>My Cineraria did no good except to keep alive until I removed the top
+soil and put in a mixture of garden soil, one-fourth well rotted manure,
+and one-fourth sand. It is now doing extremely well. I put my Tuberose
+in water and it remained there for six or eight hours, then I planted it
+in earth mixed like that for the Cineraria. I planted my Cyclamen in the
+same kind of soil. Both are doing nicely. I lost a number of Begonia
+slips by keeping the earth too wet. I now keep the earth moist and I
+have the plants in a cool place, which seems to be better for them. It
+takes a long time for a new growth to appeal. My neighbor asked me to
+care for five of her large Begonias. The flies and the dust had almost
+destroyed them. She told me not to give them a shower bath as that would
+'cook' the leaves. I did it, however, and the Begonias were doing nicely
+when she took them home again. I was invited to visit an old fashioned
+flower garden a few days ago. I did so and found it old, old fashioned
+indeed. The flower beds were arranged here and there in the vegetable
+garden. Phlox seemingly four feet high, Hibiscus that would certainly
+measure ten feet around the largest part of the bush, and a few other
+plants of the same order. All the bloom was very scattering and very
+small and quite inferior to what up-to-date flower beds should
+be.&mdash;<i>Ursula.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>ILLINOIS</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>So many advise if but one Begonia is kept to let it be a Rubra. Well, a
+well grown Rubra in full bloom is a gorgeous sight, but the President
+Carnot is more beautiful, is a more robust and more rapid grower. The
+foliage is beautiful, showing a sheen like changeable silk. Ours is now
+in a three-gallon pail, has four stems, one 27 inches high from top of
+bucket, has five large panicles of bloom, as large as man's hand, and
+has not been without bloom since the 20th of June. One bunch of bloom
+will hang on in fine condition for six weeks, if the plant is not
+disturbed. It is the admiration of all who see it. This specimen was 12
+inches high when we placed it in the Begonia bed the 22nd, of May. There
+it grew and grew, until the first of September when it was placed in a
+pail, and since then it has grown and blossomed almost like the famous
+gourd. The soil is old swamp dirt, with one-fourth wood soot. No insects
+have ever bothered it. We spray the leaves with warm water to cleanse
+the lovely foliage and water the plant with very warm water. Try this
+Begonia, it is a fine one.&mdash;<i>E. Clearwaters.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>KANSAS</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Seldom you see anything written about the good old fashioned Zinnias.
+How our grandmothers prided themselves on their summer flowers as they
+called them. Then why should we push them off for something new because
+they have been cultivated so many years. They should be held up as the
+old songs of long ago are being sung to-day. Zinnias are easily grown.
+Make a bed of good rich soil and the last of April or the first of May
+plant your seed, then keep the weeds out, water in the dry season, and
+you will have a nice bed of flowers until frost. They are among the
+hardiest annual plants raised and any flower lover can raise them with
+but little care.&mdash;<i>Sunflower.</i></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox bbox">
+<h3>
+Cancer of the Breast&mdash;How Mrs. Elizabeth<br />
+Worley's Life Was<br />
+Saved.
+</h3>
+
+
+<p class="author">
+Warnock, O., April 28, 1904.</p>
+<p><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Dr. D. M. Bye Co., Indianapolis, Ind.</span>
+</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Dear Doctors</span>&mdash;I will write you again to let you know I am well and doing
+my own work. There is no sign of the cancer coming back. You have cured
+me of a cancer that four other cancer doctors told me I never could be
+cured of. May God bless you in your good work. If I never meet you on
+this earth I hope to meet you in Heaven.</p>
+
+<p class="center">
+Respectfully,</p>
+<p class="author">ELIZABETH WORLEY.
+</p>
+
+<p>All forms of cancer or tumor, internal or external, cured by soothing,
+balmy oil, and without pain or disfigurement. No experiment, but
+successfully used ten years. Write to the home office of the originator
+for free book.&mdash;<span class="smcap">Dr. D. M. Bye</span> Co., Drawer 505, Dept, 82, Indianapolis,
+Ind.</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<p><b>KENTUCKY</b></p>
+
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>There are few who think to take up plants for winter garnishing, yet if
+one has a pit, conservatory or greenhouse enough can be raised for any
+amount of entertaining, without missing either the time or space. There
+are two plants suitable for this purpose, the Parsley and Lettuce, but
+the Parsley will be found most valuable and will be much more easily
+grown than the Lettuce. The Parsley is as pretty as it is useful, and a
+few sprays of this dropped on a meat platter or on salad dishes adds
+much to the attractiveness of the table. There are florists who grow
+this profitably as a greenery for cut flowers, and when grown in partial
+shade is quite dainty and pretty enough for this purpose. The Curled
+Lettuce is best for this purpose, but if kept damp is almost sure to
+rot.&mdash;<i>Laura Jones.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>LOUISIANA</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Last winter a lady gave me some cuttings, among them a piece of green
+and white striped "Wandering Jew." I put this cutting in a pot with some
+hardy plant, and when the freeze came it was forgotten, and of course it
+froze. I dug it up and found one joint green, so planted it. It soon put
+out two shoots and it was transplanted to a two-gallon pan of well
+rotted manure and leaf mold, given an abundance of water, and how it did
+grow! It has covered the pan and hangs down, many of the vines being
+over a yard long,&mdash;one is 57 inches long. But when it first began to
+grow some of the shoots were perfectly green, and all branches from
+those shoots are green. Many other shoots were beautifully striped, and
+some nearly white. I also have a fine box full of purple striped
+Wandering Jew, but I prefer the green and white, for it hangs so much
+more gracefully. These common plants, if grown at their best, are lovely
+for small stands, hanging baskets, or any place where a trailing plant
+is desirable, I have grown delicate vines in pots very little, but a
+Kenilworth Ivy I have has encouraged me to add others to my gallery
+garden, and I expect to take great pleasure in training them.&mdash;<i>Mrs. L.
+B. R.</i><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p>
+
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 304px;">
+<img src="images/f022a-full.jpg" width="304" height="900" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+
+<p><b><br /><br />MAINE</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>If any of your readers want something odd and interesting in the way of
+plants let them try one of your Little Monarch Fern Balls. I have had
+rather hard luck with mine. I received the Fern Ball about a year ago,
+and every member of the family except myself condemned it at once as
+being "no good," but I kept it watered and in a few weeks it began to
+show signs of life and had several little fronds on it in April when we
+decided to move, and the Fern Ball was left with my other plants for a
+friend to care for. She kept them all well watered except that, and when
+I next saw it in May it looked a few degrees deader than it did in the
+first place (if possible), but it came to life again and then it got
+chilled in the fall so it died again apparently; but now it is starting
+to grow all over and if nothing new happens to it it will soon be very
+pretty. I think it has more lives than a cat.&mdash;<i>Mrs. F. M. Young.</i></p>
+
+
+
+<p><b>MONTANA</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>While visiting the florist's near home this spring I watched him at his
+work repotting Boston Ferns and learned something new. They say there's
+a trick for every trade and I now believe it, for I found him putting
+three and four Ferns of the same variety into the same pot, making them
+all appear as one plant. If professional florists can do so why isn't it
+good enough to pass along to ambitious amateurs? I have always wanted
+some Ferns, but as we can't always regulate the heat at night and I find
+it necessary to be away from home sometimes in winter, I have decided to
+wait until I have a home in a more congenial clime than this,&mdash;not that
+Montana is not all right, but our home, at present, is high up in the
+mountains and winter is both long and severe. However, when I do buy
+Ferns I shall try and purchase at least three of every kind I decide on
+and pot them together, and then if in after years they are too crowded I
+can easily repot and divide them at the same time.&mdash;<i>Laurel.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>MARYLAND</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Outside all is snow and ice, the wind howls and rattles at doors and
+windows and I feel very sure Jack Frost is trying to get in to nip my
+few pretty, thrifty window plants, but I do not think he will succeed,
+for when I shut them up at night in tight boxes, and cover the tops, I
+do not believe he could reach them though a blizzard raged. I have been
+looking out at a bed where there are two dozen glass jars showing, or
+rather their tops are just sticking out, for they are well banked with
+old well rotted cowpen manure and coarse litter thrown over that&mdash;and
+all now covered over with snow, making little white mounds all over the
+bed. But I know that underneath these mounds are two dozen little Rose
+slips&mdash;some very choice varieties&mdash;and every chance I get to peep at
+them, which is every chance I get to go outside, they look fresh and
+green and bid fair promise of much pleasure in the spring and summer
+when, if they grow as those I raised a year ago under glass jars did, it
+will be a marvel to watch them. I think it a far more satisfactory way
+to raise Roses than to buy small rooted plants from a florist; at least,
+such has been my experience.&mdash;<i>Sister Belle.</i><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p>
+
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+<p><b>MISSISSIPPI</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Anyone who has never seen the Giant Browallia in bloom can never realize
+how very pretty and bright it is. Last summer I saw a lovely stand of
+Geraniums of various shades and among them was a pot of Browallia in
+full bloom. The contrast was fine. I think the shade is very much like
+that of the hardy Plumbago Lady Lapente, though I've never seen the two
+together. It is a lovely shade of deep blue. With me it has only one
+rival among blue flowers and that is Plumbago Capense. The latter is a
+lovely delicate blue while the former is a deep dark blue. I am
+unbounded in my admiration of both plants. The plants are cheap. I have
+never seen it only as a pot plant yet I believe it would make a most
+excellent bedding plant.&mdash;<i>Mrs. P. L. Young.</i></p>
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+
+<p><b>MICHIGAN</b></p>
+
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+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>In my order to Floral Park, two years ago, for seeds and plants, I
+included an order for one of the unique Acalyphas Sanderi. I had read
+somewhere that these plants would prove a disappointment to the amateur,
+and must have hot-house culture to develop their beauty, so of course I
+wanted to try one in my south window. The plant as received was about 5
+inches high and beginning to blossom. I placed it in good rich soil,
+gave it plenty of warmed (not hot) water, and the very warmest, sunniest
+corner of the south window, so screened that the sun's rays were caught
+and held in the little nook where it stood. I persisted in the warmed
+water treatment and never let the soil get dry. The lustrous green
+leaves soon began to appear and at the stem of each leaf a bloom-tassel
+grew in crimson contrast. I am well pleased with my experience with this
+plant.&mdash;<i>Lillian McIntosh.</i></p>
+
+
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+<p><b>MINNESOTA</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>I wonder who first advanced that miserable theory that Begonias should
+be watered sparingly, be kept always in the shade and not a drop of
+water allowed to touch the leaves. No wonder that Begonias treated in
+that way drop their leaves and refuse to grow. I have grown a great many
+varieties&mdash;I have forgotten how many&mdash;and I find that they all like heat
+and moisture, and showering or spraying the leaves is a benefit to them
+if the sun is not allowed to shine on them while they are wet. While the
+rough or hairy leaved varieties will not stand hot sunshine they will do
+much better and be more sure to bloom if they stand where the early
+morning or late afternoon sun can shine upon them. B. Vernon and two or
+three other varieties will stand as much hot sunshine as Portulaca if
+given plenty of water at the roots and an overhead showering every day
+after the sun is gone, in dry weather. No Begonia will do well here on
+the prairie if bedded out, and plunging in pot is worse. I don't like
+earthen pots for them any way&mdash;the plants do better in wood or tin. I
+have a number of pots (?) made from gallon paint kegs; one keg makes
+two, which I use for my Tuberous Begonias. I use broken bones for
+drainage, a mixture of leaf mold and sand for soil, plant one bulb in a
+keg, and after the weather becomes warm I place the kegs on a bench
+which stands in an angle of the house, said angle being open to the
+north and east and gets the sun till 11 o'clock. I keep the soil moist
+and shower the leaves when I think they need it. And those plants do
+grow and bloom, the foliage is immense, some of the leaves measuring 8
+by 12 or 14 inches, and the blossoms measure from 2 to 4 inches across.
+I have counted fifteen such blossoms on one plant at one time. Do they
+do much better than that anywhere? Mine are the finest I have ever
+seen.&mdash;<i>H. J. W.</i></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p><b>NEW JERSEY</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>I "assisted" a few days ago at a tree-moving, if assisting means
+standing shivering in the snow watching eight men and four horses try to
+remove a White Thorn tree (<i>Crat&aelig;gus coccinea</i>) from the frozen ground.
+The earth had been dug away about three feet each way from the trunk in
+order to preserve the root-ball intact, though truth to tell, one root
+went too deep and was ruthlessly cut. By means of skids, a stone-sled, a
+jack-chain and much audible exertion, the tree was finally started on
+its journey. Owing to bad management, a beautiful Tulip-tree was
+sacrificed to open up a road for the royal procession, but the men
+thought nothing of that&mdash;it was only a tree in the woods. In the yard a
+great hole was waiting, with a deep layer of manure in the bottom; and
+here, with more exertion, the tree was set, due regard being paid to the
+points of the compass. It was a low spreading tree and certainly worth
+the moving, and held in its branches a trim little nest. But "there are
+no birds in last year's nest"&mdash;no little bird to say whether or no this
+small tree will take kindly to its transplanting. So it will be watched
+with mingled hope and misgiving.&mdash;<i>Mrs. M. H. L.</i><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p>
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+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p>
+
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+
+<p><br /><br /><b>NEW HAMPSHIRE</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Let me give you a peep at my flowers this cold day in January, with the
+mercury so far below zero as not to be neighborly and the wind blowing
+and snow flying as only new hampshire snows <i>do</i> fly, making necessary
+constant intercourse with the stove, to replenish fuel, as on farms wood
+is used for that purpose and farmers have no dread of a "coal famine." A
+very large De Lesseps Begonia is loaded with immense clusters of white
+waxy flowers; a Woodstock Begonia is brilliant with large panicles of
+red blossoms, also Otto Hacker and Wetsteinii well filled with buds. I
+also have in blossom an Abutilon and three Obconica Primulas. I have six
+varieties of Rex Begonias, a magnificent boston fern, and an immense
+acacia which, although two years old, has never blossomed, though the
+foliage is lovely; can any one tell me why? through the columns of <span class="smcap">The
+Mayflower</span>, where we find so much help in plant culture.&mdash;<i>Sunie Mar.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>NEW YORK</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Last spring I planted two bunches of the roots of Rudbeckia or Golden
+Glow. Although it is what some might call a coarse flower yet its color
+is fine and very showy, and i know of no plant that blossoms so
+continuously as the Golden Glow, and it is a plant that never tires of
+growing and sending out new blossoms from early summer until autumn.
+They grow to be six feet high and must be staked otherwise the plant
+will topple over. but the glory of my small flower garden was a bed of
+Zinnias as they represented every known color, and was one blaze of
+color from midsummer until autumn, when Jack Frost closed the
+scene.&mdash;<i>Mrs. A. C. Buck.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>OREGON</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>The best time for pruning Hybrid Perpetual Roses is in January or early
+February. Select the strong, well-matured, young shoots at sufficient
+distance apart to allow a free circulation of air and cut back to one
+and one-half to two feet, leaving from four to five canes. If, however,
+the Rose is an unusually strong grower it can be left from three to
+three and one-half feet. Even when left this way it will sometimes be
+found necessary to thin out the young shoots, for if they grow too close
+to each other they are liable to mildew. Tea Roses can he pruned during
+the same season with good results, though they do not require so severe
+a trimming down as the Hybrid Perpetuals. With the teas the important
+part is the cutting back and removing of all old and weak wood, dead
+twigs and unhealthy limbs. Spraying should be done just after the winter
+pruning, just before growth begins in the early spring. A careful spray
+at these times will remove all danger from insects and disease, mildew
+and black spot. The best spray can be made by taking four ounces of
+copper sulphate, four ounces of unslaked lime, and three gallons of
+water. For the green aphis, which attacks the young and tender shoots,
+spraying with quassia is the most beneficial as well as least harmful to
+the plant, using four ounces to one gallon of water, either soaking it
+over night or boiling for about 10 minutes.&mdash;<i>Dennis H. Stovall.</i></p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
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+to divide the fifty dollars equally between them.</p>
+
+<p><b><big>Remember</big></b>&mdash;Send just ten names from one P. O. do not send names of
+children or people not interested in farming. We give away the $50.00 in
+order to get select lists and you cannot get your share of it unless you
+choose the names carefully.</p>
+
+<p>The "Agricultural Epitomist" is the only agricultural paper edited and
+printed on a farm. Our six hundred and fifty acres are devoted to
+practical agriculture and fine stock and we are offering hundreds of
+thoroughbred pigs and fancy poultry as premiums for subscription work. A
+pig or a trio of poultry easy to get under our plan. Write for
+particulars.</p>
+
+<p class="center">
+AGRICULTURAL EPITOMIST,</p>
+<p class="author"><span class="smcap">Spencer, Ind.</span>
+</p></div>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox bbox">
+<h4>EYES BOTHER YOU?</h4>
+
+<p>Do not trifle with so serious a matter. With our improved apparatus,
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+once for immediate relief and certain cure.</p>
+
+<p class="center">U. S. OPTICAL CO., Dept. 20, Chicago.</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p>
+
+
+<div class='centered'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" summary="advertisements">
+<tr>
+<td align='center'><img src="images/f027a-tb.jpg" width="360" height="600"
+             alt="advertisement" /><br />
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+             alt="advertisement" /><br />
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+
+</table></div>
+
+
+
+
+
+<p><br /><b>OHIO</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>We are trying to grow the giant white Narcissus in the house this
+winter, and they are doing nicely so far, having buds ready to bloom
+now. Are these bulbs like the Chinese Sacred Lilies, worthless after
+being once forced? We also have the Sacred Lilies in bloom with two pots
+coming on for a succession of blossoming. The latter are so easy to grow
+and are so beautiful with their sweet fragrance, that more people should
+grow them. We have also two pots of Hyacinths with 3 bulbs in each pot,
+which have just been brought up from the cellar, and are now beginning
+to show growth.&mdash;<i>Miss M. A. Graber.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>PENNSYLVANIA</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>I usually keep but one plant of a kind, and in order to keep that one
+blooming at its best I have been in the habit of keeping the withered
+flowers cut off, and not allowing them to ripen seed, but there are many
+possibilities in this way of increasing plants. By exchanges with
+friends last fall I received several varieties of Geraniums, that were
+new to me. Among them was one named Albert Delarix; the flower is bright
+pink, shaded deeper in the centre, and plentifully dotted over with
+darker spots; it is very delicate and very beautiful. Another was
+Souvenir de Mirande, that reminds one of a cluster of Apple blossoms.
+Now one word about two flowers I received from Floral Park in May.
+Amaryllis Formosissima was in bloom in one week after I planted the
+bulb. It was just like the picture in the catalogue. Ismene Calathena
+bloomed in one month after planting. I have never seen any description
+of this plant that does it justice. I bought one on the recommendation
+that "it was sure to give satisfaction," and I can cheerfully recommend
+it where a white Amaryllis is desired. It is a flower not easy to
+describe.&mdash;<i>Mrs. M. C. Marshall.</i></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class="centerbox bbox">
+  <h3><big>SEEDS</big> $1.50 worth to Test<br />
+  Free to Everybody.</h3>
+
+
+<p>I want every reader of this paper who plants a garden to send for my
+<b>Free Trial Complete Garden Collection</b>, consisting of the following 15
+Grand New Varieties of Seed.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Beet, Perfected Red Turnip, earliest, sweetest, best.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Carrot, Yellow Giant, monstrous size, great cropper.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Cabbage, July Wonder, wonderful early, solid heads.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Cabbage, Winter Header, large, fine, sure to head.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Celery, Winter Giant, large, crisp, finest winter sort.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Cucumber, Family Favorite, best for eating or pickling.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Lettuce, Crisp as Ice, early, tender, heads finely.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Musk Melon, Luscious Gem, fine flavor, best known.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Onion, Prizetaker, wt. 3 lbs., 1,000 bush, per acre.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Parsnip, White Sugar, sweet, long, smooth roots.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Radish, Striped Triumph, handsome, early, crisp.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Tomato, Early Tree, early, large, red, tree shaped.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Turnip, Sweetest German, large, sweet, keeps well.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Sweet Peas, 1-2 oz. California Giants Mixed, grand colors.</span><br />
+
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Flower Seeds, large packet, 500 sorts mixed together.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p><big>I WISH</big> to give you the above 15 packets as a Free Trial of my superior
+Seeds, believing that after one trial you will always buy of me. To
+prevent people sending who have no use for seeds, I ask you to enclose
+10cts. as a guarantee that you will plant seeds and when received show
+collection to your friends. I will promptly mail the 15 packets (well
+worth $1.50) and enclose a due bill for the 10c., which you can return
+to me at any time with an order for 25c. or over of seeds, and get your
+selection of 10c. worth free. <i>Thus this trial is absolutely free.</i>
+Catalogue free. All warranted, tested seeds supplied at about wholesale
+prices.</p>
+
+<p class="center">
+J. J. BELL, Deposit, N.Y.</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 205px;">
+<img src="images/028-tb.jpg" width="205" height="650" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+<span class="link"><a href="images/028full.jpg">View original image</a></span>
+
+</div>
+<p><br /><b>TEXAS</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>During the hot months here in Central Texas we pass a great deal of our
+time on the gallery, which is a very necessary part of a Southern home.
+If it faces a public road it has its drawbacks, and sometimes, by reason
+of arid soil or large trees near the house, vines will not flourish. To
+such a gallery one or two movable screens will be of great use. Mine,
+last year, was made of a rather deep, narrow, long box, about 18 inches
+deep, 12 inches wide and 36 inches long. Can be mounted on casters or
+not. If hard winds prevail, two short cross strips on the ends of the
+box will prevent tipping over. My screen was four feet square, made of a
+light frame work of narrow laths and wire netting, fastened securely to
+the box. The box was planted with Madeira Vine tubers, and was ready for
+use in six weeks. I kept it clipped all summer to induce new growth. It
+was very pretty, and behind the green bank I sewed or read, secure from
+the public gaze. Behind this screen I placed my afternoon tea table, and
+sometimes in the cool of the afternoon enjoyed a social chat. This year
+I shall make one of blooming vines, to stay out of doors till buds set.
+I have a two year old Empress of China Rose I expect to use the same
+way.&mdash;<i>Mrs. W. J. Standlee.</i></p>
+
+
+<p><b>VIRGINIA</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>What Emma Odell says in the October issue of the Mississippi negro is
+equally true of his brother, or rather sister, in Virginia. Poor as this
+shiftless class usually is, many a cabin of rude logs nestles amid
+dainty trailing vines and bright hued blossoms, well worthy to adorn a
+far more pretentious mansion. I never knew any member of the colored
+race here to boast a pit or greenhouse.&mdash;doubtless because they can
+usually beg enough cuttings of tender plants from white neighbors in the
+spring to fill their tin cans. Little care they for flower pots; any old
+broken pitcher, rusty bucket, water pail or teapot, it matters not, so
+it will hold dirt. It is the plant they are after, not a pretty pot to
+hold it. Their "luck" with Chrysanthemums amounts almost to magic
+sometimes. They can make almost any plant thrive and blossom, though
+seemingly in their daily round of toil they have but scant time to work
+over their flowers.&mdash;<i>Roe Ann Oke.</i><br /><br /></p>
+
+<div class="centerbox bbox">
+<h2>Free</h2>
+
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+
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+CO., Dept. 23, 194 B'way, N.Y.</b></p>
+
+<p class="center">(<i>Management established 12 years on Broadway</i>)</p>
+
+<p class="center">One or more packets of SKALPO at 10 cents each will be sent on receipt
+of price in cash or stamps.</p></div>
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+<div class="centerbox2 bbox">
+<h3>FREE TRUSS
+</h3>
+
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+answers this ad. can get one free. The U. S. Government has granted me a
+patent. ALEX. SPIERS, 733 Main St., Westbrook. Maine.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p>
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox1 bbox">
+  <h3>CONSUMPTION<br />
+
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+
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+
+
+<p>I want every one who has catarrh, bronchitis, a cough, "lingering cold,"
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+her name. I will send by return mail my new <b>Ozonized Lung Developer</b>,
+together with my new 3-fold <b>Rational System</b> of Treatment, which is
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+of pulmonary diseases and building up wasted tissues. If you are fully
+satisfied with the benefit from this treatment, send me five dollars; if
+not, don't send me a cent. <b>You decide.</b></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;">
+<img src="images/f029b.jpg" width="400" height="92" alt="Dr Hill&#39;s Ozonized Lung Developer." title="" />
+<span class="caption"><i>Dr Hill&#39;s Ozonized Lung Developer</i>.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>This remarkable Developer enables you not only to build new cell tissue
+by systematic exercise of the lungs, but also to send oxonized air into
+lung cells not now used. The effect is immediate&mdash;the pulse is
+quickened, the nerves reinforced, the appetite increased.</p>
+
+<p>If you have the hacking cough or any of the throat and lung weaknesses
+that are the sure signs of Tuberculosis, or if there is a record of
+Consumption in your family history, don't delay, but send your name
+to-day to Dr. J. Lawrence Hill, 133 Hill Apartments, Jackson, Mich. A
+splendid book (in colors) on pulmonary diseases comes free with the
+treatment. If you enclose 15 cents I will also prepay all express
+charges. Write now&mdash;there's risk in delay.</p>
+
+<p class="center"><i>In writing please mention The Mayflower.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;<br /></p>
+<div class="figright" style="width: 500px; margin-top: 5em;">
+<img src="images/f029c.jpg" width="500" height="444" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+<p><b>VERMONT</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>It is only an old paint keg, but it contains things of beauty, which are
+"a joy forever." In December, the weather being unusually mild, with no
+snow on the ground, I visited the woods on the last botanizing
+expedition of the year. Most of the plants were curled up for their
+winter sleep, but a little search brought to light undeveloped Ferns of
+some species and others that were still green with last season's growth.
+They were carefully taken up and set out, and have been kept in a
+northeast window through the winter. Now they are rested and for several
+weeks have been waking up. Let me tell you what spring reveals in that
+limited space, as some unlooked-for plants were hidden under the moss
+and Ferns. Above all the rest rise delicate fronds of the Maiden Hair
+and more of the reddish crooks are unfolding. The common Polypodium
+shows both the fruited fronds of last year and the lighter green of
+recent growth. Rarest of all is the Walking Leaf, also fruited, with its
+long feet reaching nearly across the keg. They will find a foothold, and
+so form new plants. The tiny Asplenium Trichomanes, which has never
+before flourished when transplanted by me, is sending up fresh fronds,
+already fruiting. A few fronds each of the Buck Fern and Cystoptiris or
+Bladder Fern, with at least three kinds of moss complete the list of
+"Flowerless Plants." Three little clumps of Violets are sending out new
+leaves. There are a few leaves of Partridge-berry vine, a yellow Oxalis,
+an Orchid called Rattlesnake-Plantain, having lovely velvety leaves
+veined with white, a few sprigs of Mouse-ear Chickweed, and, last of
+all, a leaf of a Jack-in-the-Pulpit plant, the corm of which was
+doubtless hidden among the roots of the Ferns. So, while the cold winds
+are blowing, snow is yet on the ground, and the thermometer registers
+several degrees lower than the freezing point, I have a little bit of
+summer where, at my leisure, I may study the development of fifteen
+species of plants, at the same time admiring their delicate beauty and
+inhaling the odor of the woods.&mdash;<i>M. A. L.</i></p>
+
+
+<div class="centerbox bbox">
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/f029a.jpg" width="350" height="318" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Send us your name and address, we will mail you postpaid and TRUST YOU
+with 20 of our fast-selling jewelry novelties to be sold at 10c. each:
+send us the $2.00 and we will send you the same day FREE AND WITHOUT
+CHARGE an AMERICAN camera with complete developing and toning outfit.
+This camera is made by the well-known firm The American Co., N. Y., and
+every camera delivered by them is guaranteed to take a perfect picture.
+This is an honest advertisement. We forfeit $100.00 to anyone who sends
+us $2.00 and can prove we do not send the Camera and outfit.</p>
+
+<p class="author">
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">GEM JEWELRY CO.,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Dept. 11, No. 196 Broadway, N. Y.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p class="center"><i>In writing please mention The Mayflower.</i><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p>
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="centerbox2 bbox">
+  <h2>RHEUMATISM</h2>
+
+  <h3>Cured<br />
+
+  Through the Feet</h3>
+
+  <h4>Thousands Are Being Cured at<br />
+
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+
+  New Discovery, Which is<br />
+
+  Sent to Everybody to</h4>
+
+  <h3>TRY FREE&mdash;PAY WHEN SATISFIED.</h3>
+
+
+<p>Don't neglect rheumatism. The Acid poisons accumulate day by day until
+joints become solidified in horribly distorted shapes and relief from
+the indescribable suffering is beyond the power of man to give.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;">
+<img src="images/f030a.jpg" width="300" height="298" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Heed the warning pains of rheumatism and rid your system of the cause
+while you can by wearing Magic Foot Drafts. Don't take harmful medicine.
+The Drafts draw out the acid poisons through the great pores of the
+feet, where the capillary and nerve systems are most susceptible,
+reaching and curing rheumatism in every part of the body.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 180px;">
+<img src="images/f030aa.jpg" width="180" height="90" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+
+
+<p>If you have rheumatism send your name to-day to the Magic Foot Draft
+Co., 134N. Oliver Bldg. Jackson, Mich. You will get by return mail a
+pair of the celebrated Magic Foot Drafts, which have made a record of
+curing nine out of ten cases in Jackson, where the discoverer lives, and
+have already become a household remedy all over the world. No other
+remedy ever cured so many cases considered incurable. That is why the
+makers can send them on approval. You risk nothing. If you are satisfied
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+Write to-day,</p>
+
+<p class="center"><i>In writing please mention The Mayflower.</i></p>
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p><b>WASHINGTON</b></p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Editor Mayflower:</i></span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/030.jpg" width="350" height="148" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+<p>I ordered all my flowers from Floral Park and my flower garden is
+lovely. Every one who sees it wonders how I can have such nice flowers
+when the soil is so poor and the season so dry; but almost any one, who
+loves flowers as I do, can have a nice garden with a little work and
+seeds from Floral Park. Will some one please tell me if English Ivy can
+be started from slips? I have been trying for some time to start one
+from a slip a lady sent me, but for some reason it does not seem to take
+root, but stays just as green as the day it was cut. [It may be rooted
+in a bottle of water.&mdash;Ed.] I bought, from a neighbor's little boy, a
+package of mixed seed and among them was only one nice flower, but I do
+not know what it is, and no one around here knows what it is, or have
+ever seen any flower like it before. I planted the seed last year and
+when the flowers were good size I found this plant almost in bloom, so I
+took it up and planted it over near the house. Then before the frost
+came it had forty blossoms and a lot of buds, so I potted it for the
+house, where it bloomed until it froze down while I was away from home
+but I had saved some of the seed, which I planted this spring and had
+sixteen healthy plants. But it seems they are hard to raise for now I
+have one left, which will soon bloom. The flowers are light pink when
+they first come out, but the longer they are bloomed the brighter they
+get. Does any one know what it is? The leaves are smooth and long in
+shape, while the stock is a dull red and grows from two to three feet
+high; the blooms are something like the Rambler Rose but not quite so
+large. I have been a subscriber only a short time but could not be
+without <span class="smcap">The Mayflower</span> now; it has helped me in many ways, and the
+cooking recipes are fine.&mdash;<i>Mrs. A. E. W.</i></p>
+
+
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+
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+</div>
+
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+pure vegetable product you need have no hesitancy in using it freely, as
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+2-cent stamp to cover postage, and they will forward the free trial
+package at once.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p>
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class="centerbox2 bbox">
+  <h2>FREE BOOK ON EYE DISEASES</h2>
+
+  <h3>A Message of Hope to the Blind</h3>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">I want</span> every one who has any form of eye trouble to have my book.</p>
+
+<p>A postal card will get it free of charge.</p>
+
+<p>It illustrates and describes a majority of Eye Diseases and gives
+valuable advice on the care of the eyes.</p>
+
+<p>Tells how to diet, bathe, exercise, etc.</p>
+
+<p>It tells all about the Oneal Dissolvent Method and what I have been able
+to do in the most serious, chronic eye troubles.</p>
+
+<p>It tells how you can cure yourself in your own home easily and at small
+expense.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">I will</span> also diagnose your case, and advise you free of charge. I am
+interested in every case of eye disease.</p>
+
+<p>I often receive letters from people who have been cured by following my
+advice and instructions given in my book which did not cost them one
+penny.</p>
+
+<p>If I can cure you without expense I will gladly do so.</p>
+
+<p>My treatment is harmless and painless; my patients treat themselves in
+their own homes.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">All</span> Eye Diseases are dangerous. No matter how slight or insignificant
+your eye trouble may seem.</p>
+
+<p>It may result in blindness unless treated now.</p>
+
+<p>Don't neglect your eyes a moment if they are bothering you in the least.</p>
+
+<p>Consult a competent oculist <i>at once</i>.</p>
+
+<p>Do not be like thousands of others who have failed to heed this warning
+till too late.</p>
+
+<p>I have restored sight to thousands of people in all parts of the world
+who sought my aid as a last resort.</p>
+
+<p>Many of them had been given up as hopelessly "incurable" by others yet I
+cured them.</p>
+
+<p>I can do as much for you.</p>
+
+<p>The publisher of this paper will vouch for my entire reliability.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 251px;">
+<img src="images/f031.jpg" width="251" height="300" alt="" title="advertisement" />
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">These</span> people wrote me as I am asking you to do, treated themselves at
+home under my direction and were <i>cured</i>.</p>
+
+<p>Most of them had been given up as "hopelessly incurable" by other
+oculists:</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+"Though I am 81 years old you cured me of cataracts
+in three months after I had been afflicted for years."&mdash;Col.
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mayflower, January, 1905, by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The Mayflower, January, 1905
+
+Author: Various
+
+Editor: John Lewis Childs
+
+Release Date: September 10, 2009 [EBook #29951]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MAYFLOWER, JANUARY, 1905 ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed
+Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+  January Contents
+
+                                             PAGE
+
+  Editorial Notes                               5
+
+
+  =THE ASTER=
+
+  _By Lora S. La Mance_
+
+  History of the Aster                          6
+
+  The Modern Aster                              6
+
+  General Culture of the Aster               7-11
+
+    About Seed, 7--Time to Start Asters,
+    8--Preparing an Aster Bed, 8--Mulching
+    and Watering, 8--Insect Foes of Asters,
+    9--Other Cultural Rules, 11
+
+  The Aster as a Cut Flower                    11
+
+  Leading Varieties of Asters              12, 13
+
+  The Winter Woods (Poem)                      13
+
+  The Live Oak (Poem)                          13
+
+  Information Box                          14, 15
+
+  Communications                           16, 30
+
+
+
+ISSUED BY THE =MAYFLOWER PUBLISHING CO.= FLORAL PARK, N.Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  Childs' Giant Cyclamen.
+
+  Our new strain of Cyclamen is the finest in the world.
+  Enormous flowers, delicate colors, superb foliage. Each
+  bulb produces scores of flowers at once, and each flower
+  keeps perfect about two months before fading. As easily
+  grown in a window as a Geranium.
+
+  Colors range from dark red to white, delicate blush and
+  pink shades prevailing. Often flowers will be spotted.
+
+  The foliage is very beautiful, being variegated, with different
+  shades of green, and helps to show off the flowers which
+  rise above it, to a remarkable degree. In fact, a plant in
+  bloom always looks like a tastily arranged vase of flowers
+  and foliage. We offer bulbs for blooming at once, and seed
+  which soon makes flowering plants.
+
+  =BULBS.=
+
+  =Giant White=--pure white.
+  =Giant Carmine=--Bright.
+  =Giant Pink=--Exquisite shade.
+  =Giant White Crimson Eye.=
+
+  _Bulbs, 30c. each; the 4 for $1.00._
+
+  =Giant Mixed=--All colors, tints and shades, some being finely
+  spotted. 25c. each; 5 for $1.00.
+
+  =SEED.=--Of above sorts and colors separate or all of them
+  mixed, at 20c. per pkt.; 3 pkts. for 50c.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  =Seeds--Bulbs--Plants--Fruits
+
+  OUR 1905 CATALOGUE.=
+
+  30th Anniversary Edition. 148 pages,
+  colored plates and hundreds of superb cuts.
+
+  _SENT FREE TO ALL WHO APPLY._
+
+  Among our great Novelties and Specialties are the
+  following:
+
+  Ivy-leaved Moonflowers, New Asters, Carnations, Geraniums,
+  Coleus, Petunias, Verbenas, Pansies, Primulas,
+  Pink and Yellow Callas, Burbank's Giant Amaryllis, Caladiums,
+  Begonias, Gladiolus. Dahlias, Cannas, Lilies, Azaleas,
+  Midwinter Chrysanthemums, New Shrubs, Vines and Rare
+  New Fruits. Address at once.
+
+  JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+_THE MAYFLOWER MAGAZINE_
+
+_Sent for 3 years for only 30c. together with 10 fine Flowering Bulbs
+Free._
+
+For twenty years THE MAYFLOWER monthly magazine has been the most
+popular horticultural publication issued, going all over the world to
+hundreds of thousands of subscribers. It is devoted exclusively to the
+cultivation of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, Vegetables, and to gardening and
+home adornment in general. Each issue contains a leading article on some
+one subject and this subject is treated fully and concisely, being a
+perfect treatise. Some of the leading articles for next year will be as
+follows: Dahlias, Sweet Peas, Nasturtiums, Carnations, Violets, Asters,
+etc. Besides these leading articles each issue contains many more which
+while not so lengthy are none the less useful and interesting. Each
+issue also contains two important and useful departments, namely:
+
+=The Information Box:= What our Readers Want to Know, by Lora S. La Mance.
+Here requests for information asked by our readers will be answered in a
+thorough and interesting manner.
+
+=Correspondence:= Under the heading of each individual state are published
+interesting and useful letters from our readers, questions and answers,
+etc., which make this department of great interest and value to every
+subscriber. Most of our articles are finely illustrated, and all in all
+THE MAYFLOWER is the greatest help that any lover of flowers and
+gardening can have, keeping one abreast of the times on methods of
+culture, new varieties and scores of topics of general usefulness.
+
+_Knowing that The Mayflower is the greatest help any one can have in the
+successful cultivation of flowers and gardens we have made the price so
+very low that it is easily within the reach of all_.
+
+=SUBSCRIPTION PRICE= only 25 cents for 3 years, or for 30 cents we will
+mail FREE THE MAYFLOWER until January 1908, and 10 fine flowering bulbs
+as follows:
+
+
+Mayflower's Bulb Garden.
+
+=10 Splendid Summer-Flowering Bulbs for each of those who Subscribe, at a
+Cost of Only 5 cts. for postage.=
+
+We have made up a Collection of 10 very choice and beautiful
+Summer-Flowering Bulbs as sort of a premium or present to those who
+subscribe this season. To get these 10 Bulbs it is necessary only to
+send =5 cents,= in addition to the subscription price (25c. for 3 years)
+making only 30c. to be sent to get the 10 Bulbs and THE MAYFLOWER for 3
+years, or until January 1908. They are as follows:
+
+  3 Gladiolus Groff's New Hybrids, newest type
+  1 Montbretia Sulphurea, golden yellow
+  1 Chlidanthus Fragrans
+  1 Phadranassa
+  1 Mexican Gem (Milla or Bessera)
+  1 Mammoth Oxalis
+  1 Hyacinthus Candicans
+  1 Zephyranthus
+
+Club Premiums to Club Raisers.
+
+=A Fine Club Premium for Every Name Sent.=
+
+THE MAYFLOWER is so good and valuable that it is a very easy matter for
+anyone, man, woman, or child, to get up a club among their friends and
+neighbors. Just think of it. THE MAYFLOWER three whole years for only 30
+cents. We give the club-raiser a fine premium for every subscriber sent
+in. The club-raiser may elect one of the following fine Plants or Bulbs
+for =every subscriber= sent us, and same will be mailed free.
+
+_Remember also that everyone who subscribes for The Mayflower for 3
+years may by sending 5 cts. more receive the 10 superb Summer-Flowering
+bulbs._
+
+  1 Bulb Chlidanthus Fragrans
+  1 " Yellow Calla
+  1 " New Giant Gloxinia
+  1 " "  " Begonia
+  1 " Canna Musafolia
+  1 " Fancy Caladium
+  1 " Gloxinia Tubiflora
+  1 " Sauromatum Simlense
+  1 " Japan Lily
+  1 " Easter Gladiolus
+  1 Pkt. Seed Jubilee Phlox
+  1 " Multiflora Roses
+  1 " Mayflower Verbena
+  1 " Jennings Pansy
+  1 " Giant Petunia
+  1 " New Double Sweet Peas, 4 sorts
+  1 " Marg. Carnation New Dwarf-Extra fine
+  1 " Giant Emperor Asparagus
+  1 " Rosy Nugget Watermelon, finest sort
+  1 " Everbearing Bush Strawberry
+
+_Subscriptions may be sent to_
+
+THE MAYFLOWER PUBLISHING CO., Floral Park, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Thousands of Women Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  Didn't Know I Had Kidney Trouble
+
+I had tried so many remedies without benefit that I was about
+discouraged, but in a few days after taking your wonderful Swamp-Root I
+began to feel better.
+
+[Illustration: MRS. A. L. WALKER]
+
+I was out of health and run down generally; had no appetite, was dizzy
+and suffered with headache most of the time. I did not realize that my
+kidneys were the cause of my trouble, but somehow felt they might be,
+and I began taking Swamp-Root, as above stated. There is such a pleasant
+taste to Swamp-Root, and it goes right to the spot and certainly drives
+disease out of the system. It has cured me, and I cheerfully recommend
+it to all sufferers.
+
+  Gratefully yours,
+
+  MRS. A. L. WALKER,
+  21 McDaniel St., Atlanta, Ga.
+
+
+=WOMEN= suffer untold misery because the nature of their disease is not
+always correctly understood; in many cases when doctoring, they are led
+to believe that womb trouble or female weakness of some sort is
+responsible for their ills, when in fact disordered kidneys are the
+chief cause of their distressing troubles. Perhaps you suffer almost
+continually with pain in the back, bearing-down feelings, headache and
+utter exhaustion.
+
+Your poor health makes you nervous, irritable, and at times despondent;
+but thousands of just such suffering or broken-down women are being
+restored to health and strength every day by the use of that wonderful
+discovery, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder
+remedy.
+
+=Why Swamp-Root Gives Strength=
+
+Not only does Swamp-Root bring new life and activity to the kidneys, the
+_cause_ of the trouble, but by strengthening the kidneys it acts as a
+general tonic and food for the entire constitution.
+
+The mild and extraordinary effect of the world-famous kidney and bladder
+remedy, Swamp-Root, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its
+wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. A trial will convince
+anyone--and you may have a sample bottle free by mail.
+
+In taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root you afford natural help to Nature, for
+Swamp-Root is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that
+has been discovered. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name,
+Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y.,
+on every bottle.
+
+  _To Prove What SWAMP-ROOT, the Great Kidney, Liver and Bladder
+  Remedy Will do for <u>YOU</u>, Every Reader of The Mayflower
+  May Have a Sample Bottle FREE by Mail_.
+
+=EDITORIAL NOTICE=--No matter how many doctors you have tried--no matter
+how much money you have spent on other medicines, you really owe it to
+yourself, and to your family, to at least give Swamp-Root a trial. Its
+strongest friends to-day are those who had almost given up hope of ever
+becoming well again, So successful is Swamp-Root in promptly curing even
+the most distressing cases, that to prove its wonderful merits you may
+have a sample bottle and a book of valuable information, both sent
+absolutely free by mail. The book contains many of the thousands upon
+thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women cured. The
+value and success of Swamp-Root is so well known that our readers are
+advised to send for a sample bottle.
+
+In writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure to say that
+you read this generous offer in THE MAYFLOWER. The proprietors of this
+paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer. If you are already
+convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular
+fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all drug stores everywhere.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration]
+
+VOL. XXI. FLORAL PARK, N. Y., JANUARY, 1905. No. 1
+
+THE MAYFLOWER,
+
+PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT FLORAL PARK, N. Y.,
+
+----BY----
+
+The Mayflower Publishing Co.
+
+JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, President.
+
+_Subscription Price, 50 Cents for 3 years_.
+
+Foreign subscribers must send two shillings extra for postage.
+
+Devoted to the cultivation of Flowers and Plants, Gardening and Home
+Adornment in general.
+
+_Copyrighted 1904 by the Mayflower Publishing Company_
+
+Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at Floral Park P. O., N. Y.
+
+_The principal subject of this issue is The Aster, by Lora S. La Mance.
+Read it and preserve the copy. It is worth keeping and you are quite
+likely to need it for future reference._
+
+Complete volume of THE MAYFLOWER for 1904, now ready, price 25c.
+postpaid. Any volume from 1894 to 1904, inclusive, 25 cts. each.
+
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+=Our Attractive Offer for 1905=
+
+We would refer our readers to one of the foregoing pages for complete
+information regarding our club premiums for 1905. As usual, we offer a
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+
+If you are in the least interested in the scientific study of birds and
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+
+
+=Imitation Gardenias=
+
+The gardenia flowers now so much favored for wearing are expensive. All
+the dames beautiful enough to deserve them in profusion, do not receive
+them, perhaps. Clever imitations of the sprays are sometimes made up of
+the large shining leaves of the Japan Euonymus and the flowers of the
+Double Poet's Narcissus, N. alba plena odorata. Unfortunately, the
+difference in odor does not lend itself to the illusion.
+
+
+=Two Favorite Bedding Pansies=
+
+These are Emperor William and Lord Beaconsfield. One is light blue and
+the other yellow, so that, en masse, they are effective at a distance.
+The rich, dark, velvety Pansies are really more beautiful to look at,
+but we must stand close by them or hold them in the hand in order to
+enjoy them. In photographs the flowers of dark varieties hardly show at
+all. A good example of the handling of Pansies for effectiveness is
+shown in the planting of the six solid beds usually devoted to them in
+the grounds of Girard College, Philadelphia. The beds chosen for them
+are those that have been planted with Tulips the autumn beforehand. From
+seed sown in August grow thrifty young plants that are wintered in a
+cold-frame. As soon as the Tulips show leaves above ground young Pansy
+plants are set between them. When the Tulip flowers begin to fade the
+Pansies are opening their buds, and when the faded bulb-stems are cut
+away, lo! Pansy beds in full bloom!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE ASTER
+
+BY LORA S. LA MANCE, MO.
+
+_History of the Aster--The Modern Aster--General Culture of the
+Aster--About Seed--Time to Start Asters--Preparing an Aster
+Bed--Mulching and Watering--Insect Foes of Asters--Other Cultural
+Rules--The Aster as a Cut Flower--Leading Varieties of Asters._
+
+
+HISTORY OF THE ASTER
+
+Starworts or Aster-like flowers of the Compositae family are found in
+many parts of the world. In far-off China a flower-loving Catholic
+missionary noted a showy flower of late summer and early autumn. That
+was nearly two hundred years ago. The flower was what is botanically
+known as Callistephus, a Greek term meaning beautiful crown. From a
+scientific standpoint it was not an Aster at all, though closely related
+to that family. This wild Daisy-like Callistephus bore many graceful
+single flowers about the size of our largest wild Asters. The flowers
+consisted of a single row of light bluish-purple ray petals surrounding
+a golden disk-like center. In 1731 the Jesuit missionary sent seeds of
+it to France. It was liked from the first, and its early French
+cultivators politely named it _Reine Marguerite_--Queen Daisy.
+
+In due time the plant reached England. Here it was re-named. In allusion
+to its origin and to the star-like spread of its bluish petals, they
+called it China Aster, =i.e.= China Star. Even in our mother's day it was
+still called the China Aster. It became popular, especially as it soon
+sported into different colors. Otherwise there was little change in it
+until a little after 1840, when the first double flowers were produced.
+
+From that time its development was something marvelous. French, English,
+German and American hybridizers have vied with each other in bringing
+out new forms. It must be considered now as one of the few flowers that
+has all but reached perfection. There are three or four marked types of
+flowers, and it would seem impossible in any of these types to add to
+their beauty of form or to improve their colors, unless it would be to
+add a really deep yellow to the list of shades. Nor is anything lacking
+in size or doubleness of bloom.
+
+
+THE MODERN ASTER
+
+Our Asters of to-day range in size from the dwarfs, 6 to 12 inches high,
+to half dwarfs, 15 to 18 inches tall, and tall sorts, 20 inches to 2
+feet in height. There are three leading types of flowers. (1)
+Rose-flowered, shaped and imbricated like a blooded rose, the outer
+petals reflexed or rolled back, and the inner ones slightly recurved.
+This type of flower is much prized by those who like regularity of
+petals. They are as perfect as though moulded and shaped out of wax. (2)
+Peony-flowered, large blossoms with incurved petals, making a
+globe-shaped flower. (3) Chrysanthemum-flowered, with closely arranged,
+informal petals, sometimes curled and feathered to a high degree. Beside
+there are quilled, ball, and tassel Asters, etc., modifications or
+sports of the types mentioned.
+
+The Aster is a showy flower, and grows well for those who treat it well,
+in any climate or country. They come into bloom in late midsummer and
+last until frost, one of the scarcest times in the year for really good
+flowers. It is fine for exhibition at flower shows, and is useful as a
+cut flower. For all of these reasons the Aster would be a standard
+flower. Their great popularity is based, however, on two qualifications
+not mentioned above, and both of which they possess in a superlative
+degree. These qualities are great beauty of flower and a wonderful
+diversity and perfection of coloring.
+
+A well grown Aster is simply magnificent. The Chrysanthemum is
+acknowledged to be the queen of autumn. Nevertheless more than one
+unscrupulous florist has palmed off great fluffy white blooms of Asters
+as those of Queen Chrysanthemum herself. Size, form, color and substance
+go to make up a superbly beautiful flower without a trace of coarseness
+or gaudiness about it. In poetical language their flowers symbolize both
+bounty and cheerfulness in old age.
+
+No one but an artist should attempt to describe an Aster's colors. There
+are nearly thirty shades in Truffaut's Peony-flowered Asters. Victoria
+Asters can be purchased under twenty-four separate colors. Other
+sections show still other shades, to say nothing of those with white
+crowns and colored borders, and those with striped and silver-tipped
+flowers.
+
+[Illustration: A BED OF MIXED VARIETIES OF ASTERS]
+
+Only the drifted snow can compare with the purity of a white Aster. It
+has those spotless flowers that bring thoughts of heaven. Asters have
+many blue and lavender tints. None of them are muddy, or metallic, or
+dingy, as are too many blues and lavenders. They show the blue of a June
+sky, or the blue of the amethyst, or the color of the lilac of spring,
+together with soft lavenders, pale blues and deep indigo. Sulphur and
+primrose tints are the nearest yellow, but in reds they run the gamut
+from rosy flesh and palest apple-blossom through shell pink, peach,
+rose, carmine, scarlet and blood red to deepest crimson. Many of the
+pink shades are exquisitely beautiful. Only the pure whites can surpass
+them.
+
+
+GENERAL CULTURE OF THE ASTER
+
+I would like to say that a six-year old child can raise good Asters, and
+that they will grow in any kind of ground from a clay bank to a sand
+pit, or stand any kind of treatment. I can't truthfully say those
+things, however, for my Lady Aster is a fastidious dame. She wants
+plenty to eat and plenty to drink, and requires her insect foes kept at
+bay. Those who are not willing to do this had better let her alone.
+James Vick, that good old seedsman now gone to his reward, was an Aster
+enthusiast. His experience concisely summed up amounts to this:
+
+     _Never let them flag from seed-leaf to time of full bloom. Give
+     deep, rich ground, plenty of sunshine, and mulch with coarse
+     manure. Stake the tall varieties so as to prevent their blowing
+     over._
+
+That's a good rule for those who want everything in a nutshell. It may
+be summed up in another way. The way to have fine Asters is to do these
+six things: (1) Get the best seed; (2) start in a seasonable time; (3)
+give rich, mellow ground; (4) never allow them to parch; (5) keep
+insects down; and (6) stake when necessary.
+
+[Sidenote: About Seed]
+
+There are many kinds of seed that may be home grown year after year and
+the strain suffer no deterioration. Aster seed is not one of these
+kinds. If they were given high culture so as to bloom their best, and
+only a few of the very choicest individual flowers allowed to seed, they
+would of course come true from seed year after year. The trouble is
+that home saving is generally from all the flowers as they run, culls,
+off-colored specimens and all. Our best Asters represent very high
+breeding indeed. It is well known that highly bred plants quickly run
+out unless kept at the same high standard. Therefore never trust to
+haphazard seed if you desire first class Asters. Do not depend either
+upon cheap seed. Choose a reliable seed house, one that takes a pride in
+keeping the choicest strains of all the leading flowers and has too much
+regard for its reputation to send out inferior seeds under some
+high-sounding title.
+
+[Illustration: DWARF BOUQUET ASTER]
+
+[Sidenote: Time to Start Asters]
+
+A great many people start Aster seed in the house or greenhouse as early
+as February. There is not only nothing gained by this--for the Aster is
+a late flower and does not come to its best estate before August, start
+it when you will--but an actual disadvantage. Like James Vick, I would
+emphasize the importance of never letting the plants get a check if the
+finest flowers are wanted. Now the Aster is not naturally a hothouse
+plant. It needs in its young stage plenty of fresh air. Without it, or
+without sufficient light, or in too warm an atmosphere, the young Aster
+plants become tall and spindling, or, as florists express it, are drawn.
+A drawn Aster invariably makes a weak, sickly plant, and never bears
+large or handsome flowers. Sow the seed thinly and cover lightly. They
+should germinate in from 5 to 7 days.
+
+In the middle states the best growers make a practice of sowing the
+seeds in boxes about the last of April or first of May. Some make a
+couple of later sowings between that date and the first of June, sowing
+these in carefully prepared seed-beds in the open ground. This is to
+keep up a succession of flowers. So many sowings are scarcely necessary
+now that there are both early and late varieties to be chosen in the
+first place. The period of first sowing will allow for all, if kinds
+that flower at various times are chosen. In the Southern states a June
+sowing is recommended. A lath frame will keep the plants from parching.
+
+Late Asters may be lifted for the house. It is a good plan if one wishes
+several of them for pot plants to sow seed of them in July, under a lath
+frame where they will be shaded somewhat and protected from drying winds
+until up and of some little size. These will come into bloom before the
+first Holland bulbs are ready for the window, and will remain in full
+beauty for several weeks. An August sowing will give late winter and
+early spring flowers.
+
+Asters are easily transplanted and should never be allowed to become
+cramped for room, or to be grown in the shade of other plants. If
+carefully done, an Aster in almost full bloom can be taken up and
+replanted without injuring it in the least. So there is no excuse for
+letting them be crowded in either seed-box or seed-bed.
+
+[Sidenote: Preparing an Aster Bed]
+
+There is no use trying to get good Asters from plants in poor ground.
+They are gross feeders. They dislike sandy soil the most of all. Clay
+ground is better for them than sand, and loamy soil the best of all. If
+the soil is sandy, plant Asters so as to leave a little depression
+around each plant. The water will thus sink about them and more moisture
+be retained. Sour, undrained soils where the water stands should be
+raised a little above the level of the lawn, if for Asters, so that
+excess of water may drain off. They like moisture but not stagnant
+water. Whatever the character of the ground, spade it deep so that it
+may be mellow, and make it very rich. If the ground is to be spaded a
+foot deep, a 3-inch layer of rotted manure is about right to dig in.
+Rotted manure does not mean fresh or lumpy manure. It means that the
+fertilizing element shall have been rotted until ready to drop to
+pieces. Stable manure is too fiery. Cow manure over a year old is best.
+Many expert Aster growers scatter an inch of unleached hardwood ashes
+over the bed before it is broken up and spade it in with the manure.
+They claim it both suits the Aster and helps to keep off root-lice.
+
+It is usual to plant tall or half dwarf varieties in the center of the
+beds, and use some of the dwarf Asters for an outside row or border. The
+tall kinds should stand 10 to 12 inches apart in the row. The dwarf ones
+about 8 inches apart. Asters make a sightly bed because of the uniform
+height of each class and because of their blooming at the same time.
+
+[Sidenote: Mulching and Watering]
+
+Hot dry soil quickly spoils Asters. About July mulch them well.
+
+Two inches of coarse manure spread out well over their roots is the best
+mulch of all, as every rain washes nutrition from it down to the roots
+below. Chip dirt, pine needles, or grass clippings will do, or anything
+else that is light, yet will let the rains or waterings leach through.
+No one who has not actually tried it can know of the help a mulch really
+is to Asters. I doubt whether first-class flowers can be obtained in
+dry, windy countries, or in hot, sun-scorched valleys without its aid.
+Asters love the sun, nevertheless unless their feet are kept cool and
+moist they inevitably burn and wilt. A mulch keeps the ground cool, and
+it keeps it moist also.
+
+I know of Asters that gained the prizes at county fairs that were
+regularly soaked once a week with the suds from the weekly washing. In
+most climates a thorough drenching of the ground once a week will
+promote a luxuriant growth of the plants. There is nothing gained by
+watering in dry weather unless the ground is mulched. Without this
+protection the ground will bake as hard as a brick and the plants suffer
+more than if no water had been given. In some sections hot dry winds
+prevail through August and September. This is most trying to Asters. If
+there is a tank, or system of water works, a good sprinkling, not only
+to the roots but of the foliage as well, will revive them wonderfully.
+Use the hose about sunset. By morning the plants will be entirely
+revived.
+
+[Sidenote: Insect Foes of Asters]
+
+The red spider and aphis have no special fondness for the Aster. They
+get after it when it comes in their way, as they do anything else. But
+the Aster has two implacable enemies that by their ravages have done
+more to discourage people from growing these plants than all other
+causes combined. These two foes are blister beetles and root lice.
+
+RED SPIDER bothers in hot dry weather. Water is their foe. When the
+familiar thin, half-dying foliage appears, grey on the under-side and
+showing a few fine webs underneath, there is no mistaking the signs. It
+is the red spider. If a hose is used in the garden, turn the water on
+under a full head, directing it to the under-side of the leaves where
+the invisible pests have their colonies. Never mind if it does bend the
+plants by the force of the stream. They can be straightened afterwards.
+Play up and down, under and all around. If well done, and the deed
+repeated a couple of days after, they will have been killed. If no hose
+is available, use a sprinkler, dashing the water on with all the force
+possible.
+
+APHIS is the common plant louse. Some use tobacco stems as a mulch about
+Asters instead of manure. Tobacco factories and dealers in florist's
+supplies sell these at low prices, as it is the refuse material left
+after manufacturing tobacco for smoking and chewing. Where these can be
+obtained it is a sure preventative not only against aphis but almost any
+other insect.
+
+Other remedies for aphis are spraying with a hard stream of water. Two
+or three thorough applications will finish them. Kerosene emulsion will
+kill them. So will insect powder if it has not become stale, and if used
+on a still, calm day when there is no air stirring to revive its
+suffocated victims.
+
+THE BLISTER BEETLE or aster beetle comes along when the plants are in
+bloom or in bud. They are half to three-quarters of an inch long, black
+with grey stripes down their back. Oh! how they devour all before them!
+Out of the unknown they come, hordes of them. They tarry but two or
+three days, and leave but bare stalks behind them, every bed, every
+flower, and every leaf eaten off.
+
+The remedy is to fight them.
+
+When the lytta, _alias_ blister beetle, arrives, prepare to give a warm
+welcome to him and all of his kind. There are several methods of doing
+this. Any of them must be repeated two or three times a day, for there
+seem to be successive waves of the beetles. In a few days the danger is
+past.
+
+My own method is to get a helper, and, taking one plant at a time, knock
+the beetles off and kill them with a stick. It is a joy to look upon the
+heaps of slain when all is done. Whenever the plant upon which it is is
+jarred in the slightest, this beetle falls to the ground exactly as
+though it were dead. Only for a second, however, then it runs for dear
+life. That is why it takes more than one person, for it's no child's
+play to kill a score of scampering bugs in a quarter of a minute.
+
+[Illustration: QUILLED GERMAN ASTER]
+
+My other half's way is to get a fresh supply of insect powder
+(Dalmation, Persian, Bubach, etc., whatever name it may be sold under)
+and squirt it thickly over the bugs by the use of one of those 10-cent
+powder guns that all druggists keep. It is effective if the insect
+powder is fresh.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Other remedies are to put netting over the bed; to spray the plants with
+poisoned water, made by stirring 1 teaspoonful of Paris green into 2
+gallons of water; and to use kerosene emulsion. The last is made after
+this formula: 1 tablespoonful of kerosene beaten up with half a cupful
+of milk. Dilute with 2 gallons of water.
+
+Do not forget that any remedy must be used two or three times a day
+while the raid is on.
+
+ROOT-LICE, BLUE APHIS, etc., is one of the most common enemies of the
+Aster. When the plants are almost at their best the tops turn a peculiar
+sickly green, or they wilt, or become brown. They die quickly unless
+something is at once done. Pull one up and the roots are found alive
+with a little insect that looks like a plant louse. Insecticides poured
+on the soil rarely kill the pests. A bed that has been ashed, or had a
+mulching of tobacco stems, as has already been advised, will have
+escaped.
+
+Where the root lice have already commenced, Rexford recommends drawing
+the dirt away until the roots are exposed, then sifting tobacco dust
+thickly over them replacing the soil afterwards. Others recommend
+flooding the bed with kerosene emulsion in the same way. While some have
+success, others claim failure by either of these methods. Here is a way
+of dealing with root lice, however, that is always sure.
+
+Heat a lot of water. Then pull up every affected plant, shake the dirt
+off their roots, and dip them quickly into scalding water. Leave them in
+but a second, but dip their roots two or three times to make sure every
+bug gets its dose. Pour boiling water into the ground where the Asters
+had been. That settles the fate of every root-louse in the ground. As
+soon as the ground has cooled a little, plant the Asters back, stake
+them so as to hold them up, and shade lightly for a day or two.
+
+Will it not kill the plants? No, it will not injure them. Of course the
+plants should have been taken up very carefully so as not to break off
+the roots. The Aster will stand more in the way of lifting than any
+other plant I know. Mature plants may be washed out by the roots in a
+severe storm, but if promptly planted again will be all right in a day
+or two after. I know a lady who had to move some distance in August. She
+had a fine bed of Asters. She made the ground soaking wet, then took
+them every one up, putting them as close as they would stand in ordinary
+soap boxes. They never minded the transfer in the least, and bloomed so
+handsomely in their boxes as to call forth many compliments. I give
+these instances to convince doubting Thomases that pulling up Asters
+and scalding the root-lice on them is not so desperate a remedy as it
+sounds. And it is a sure remedy.
+
+[Sidenote: Other Cultural Rules]
+
+Until it is time to mulch Asters, stir the ground, or hoe the bed once a
+week. In some climates, particularly in warm ones, tall Asters sometimes
+take on a tall, thin growth. These leggy plants are not beautiful, nor
+do they bear many flowers. Whenever plants show a disposition to run up
+this way, pinch out the tops. Repeat the pinching two or three times if
+necessary, until a disposition to branch shows itself.
+
+The tall sorts are the better for a support. Otherwise hard winds uproot
+them. Stakes should be used that when driven will be about two-thirds
+the height of the plants. Tie with soft string, with a sort of a
+slip-knot so that a half dozen of the main branches have a band
+supporting them, yet are not drawn up so hard and tight as to cut into
+the branch.
+
+If a display of Asters are wanted for a flower show make the ground as
+wet as mud. Then lift each plant with a spade or mattock slowly and
+skillfully. The roots, dirt and all, will come up in a solid mass. Pot
+at once, before any of the earth is shaken off. They will not wither in
+the least if kept out of direct sunshine for a few days. If enormous
+blooms are wanted, disbud, leaving but one bud to each tip. Trim off the
+small side branches also, to throw the strength of the plant into these
+chosen blooms. Most people prefer more flowers and less size.
+
+There are generally a few promising late Asters that are not yet in
+bloom when frosts come. Lift these in the same careful manner for the
+house. They do not do well in hot rooms. In cool rooms, not above 60 to
+65 degrees by day, they thrive. They like some sunshine, but will get
+along with little of it if they have good light beside. They do finely
+in halls and bedrooms where the temperature is almost to the frost line
+at night, and no fire heat at all during the day. An Aster will not
+bloom all winter. Its period of bloom is quite long enough, however, to
+make it a welcome guest in the plant window, and when through blooming
+it can be thrown away.
+
+
+THE ASTER AS A CUT FLOWER
+
+An Aster is at its very best as a cut flower, and remains in good
+condition for two weeks. It comes in the late summer season before
+Chrysanthemums are ready and after Lilies are gone. It is a time of
+dearth of really fine flowers. Florists are growing it more and more for
+their sales, and to use in decorations for August and September weddings
+and parties. White Asters are much used for funeral wreaths also.
+
+Amateurs cannot make up elaborate floral pieces like florists, and it is
+not wise to attempt it. But it is well enough for us all to remember
+that a simple spray of white Asters in a setting of green Ferns, or of
+lace-like Asparagus plumosus, is a gift of remembrance that no loving
+hand need be ashamed of placing on the coffin of a friend. A loose,
+careless nosegay of Asters, bright with its pretty pinks and blues, and
+a deep crimson one or two to bear its white companions company, will
+cheer up a sick friend. Always remember the touch of color in flowers
+for the sick. They need cheer and brightness, and sunny flowers give
+them both.
+
+[Illustration: NEW ROSE ASTER]
+
+The taller Asters are fine to cut for vases and for pulpit bouquets, if
+the longest stems are chosen. Use plenty of pretty greenery, and arrange
+the flowers so that each stands out airily by itself, not wedged
+between its neighbors. Asters can be over-crowded in a bouquet until
+heavy and clumsy looking. It is the one fault to avoid. The remedy is to
+use more foliage with them, and to put fewer flowers in the bouquet.
+Enough is better than a surplus in arranging cut-flowers.
+
+[Illustration: ASTER AS A POT PLANT]
+
+
+LEADING VARIETIES OF ASTERS
+
+NEW ROSE. This has been a standard sort for many years. Nearly or quite
+2 feet in height. Handsome flowers of regular form, imbricated like a
+rose. Many shades.
+
+TRUFFAUT'S PAEONY-FLOWERED. For more than a generation this has been a
+standard. It is sometimes shown at exhibitions in a fourth of a hundred
+distinct shades. It is tall, with a profusion of very large globular
+flowers. An old but showy variety.
+
+VICTORIA. Esteemed by many the very best Asters in existence. Fine for
+pots, bedding or flower shows. Flowers are three or four inches across,
+or even larger, and these are perfection as to form. There are over a
+score of shades, among them colors as rare and as lovely as the cloud
+tints of sunrise.
+
+[Illustration: ASTER SHAKESPEARE]
+
+COCARDEAU OR CROWN is another old but not superseded sort. The center of
+the flower is of small quilled petals, pure white in color. This center
+is surrounded by a wide ring of flat ray petals of bright color. 18
+inches tall. Pretty, odd and showy, but by no means as superb a flower
+as some of the others.
+
+QUILLED GERMAN. Another oddity, of about equal value with the Crown
+Asters. 2 feet high and branching. The flowers are quilled like those of
+some Dahlias.
+
+DWARF BOUQUET. One of the smallest of all. Only 6 to 8 inches tall, very
+uniform, each a pyramid of pretty flowers. About a dozen colors are in
+this strain. Used for edging.
+
+SHAKESPEARE. A fine sort for borders. About 6 inches tall, a solid mass
+of large globular flowers from top to bottom. There are several colors.
+
+SNOWBALL. 10 to 12 inches high, of a symmetrical habit and bearing
+exquisitely beautiful flowers of the large Chrysanthemum type. The color
+is a pure white.
+
+[Illustration: TRUFFAUT'S PAEONY-FLOWERED ASTER]
+
+VICK'S BRANCHING ASTERS. The Vicks have always been famous for their
+Asters, and this is the triumph of their skill. These grow the tallest
+of all Asters, and require more than ordinary space because of their
+wide branching habit. Largely grown by florists. It is a late variety,
+and its magnificent, large and informal flowers are often mistaken for
+the finest Japanese Chrysanthemums. The flowers are of extraordinary
+size and are long-stemmed. It comes in snowy-white, pink, lavender,
+crimson, and purple shades. Pure White is esteemed the finest of the
+lot, with Daybreak, a lovely sea-shell pink, as a close second. Daybreak
+is earlier than the type.
+
+JAPANESE. Known also as the Ostrich Plume Asters, a name which exactly
+describes them. About 15 inches tall. The curled flowers are of enormous
+size, 5 to 6 inches across. About 10 colors, some of them most unusual
+ones.
+
+GIANT SILVER-TIPPED. These are of dwarf habit, but have blossoms of the
+largest size. These beautiful flowers, whatever their color, are tipped
+silvery white. An exceptional good pot variety.
+
+SEMPLE'S MARVEL. This is another favorite with professional growers.
+They are 20 inches to 2 feet tall, and of branching habit. This is
+rather a late Aster. The flowers are of much substance, and are perfect
+in form and rich in color.
+
+COMET. The best known of the curly Chrysanthemum-flowered type. There
+are two or three strains of this, varying a little as to habit. They
+range from 14 inches to 2 feet in height, and bear those large, loose,
+feathered flowers that find so many admirers. The broad outer petals are
+reflexed. The inner petals are shorter and curve and curl toward the
+center. These grand flowers come in several beautiful shades.
+
+[Illustration: ASTER "DAYBREAK"]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WINTER WOODS
+
+  How patiently they wait--the bare brown trees
+      Through winter's sullen gloom,
+  With arms outspread as if in suppliance
+      Of vanished leaf and bloom!
+
+  Till Nature's voice shall sound its clarion call
+    Waking the earth from sleep,
+  These monarchs shorn of all their treasure stand
+    In silence long and deep.
+
+  O learn a lesson from the winter woods!
+    Hope on O troubled heart!
+  In patience wait! The blessing thou dost need
+    God will at last impart!
+
+  _Alice Jean Cleator, Ohio._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE LIVE OAK
+
+(_In the South_)
+
+  On the gray outside of the year
+    Fluttered its leaves of cheer;
+    They reached to my winter window
+  And I thought that spring was here.
+  They reached out mistily
+  When dawn was on the tree,
+    But through the rainy mornings
+  How bright they gleamed and clear.
+
+  When other trees are bare
+  Oak banners glad the air,
+    And through the Southern summer
+  Its branches great and fair.
+  In all their splendid strength,
+  To all their living length,
+    Emparadise in shadow
+  The meadows everywhere.
+
+  _Ethelwyn Witherald, Canada._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE INFORMATION BOX
+
+What Our Readers Want to Know
+
+_In this department Mrs. Lora S. La Mance will answer the inquiries of
+those asking information about plants, their culture, etc. The subject
+of inquiry will be touched upon in a general way, instead of being made
+a personal matter, in order that the information conveyed may be useful
+and interesting to the greatest number. We will forward to Mrs. La Mance
+for answering such inquiries as our readers may send in.--Editor_
+
+NOTICE. Correspondents will please observe these rules: Give with every
+letter your name, town and state. They will not be published. If you
+wish an immediate or personal answer, enclose stamp for reply. Do not
+ask for greenhouse plans. The space cannot be given. In reporting a
+failure with anything, tell what treatment you have given it.
+
+AGAPANTHUS. In early housekeeping days, when as yet I was ignorant of
+the A B C's of floriculture. I bought an Agapanthus. No pains were taken
+with it, but it grew right along and blossomed freely. I was much
+astonished afterwards to learn that the Agapanthus is considered an
+obstinate plant that can neither be coaxed nor driven to bloom. Poor
+Agapanthus! It has been unjustly censured. Be liberal with it in the way
+of providing a rich potting soil, and giving plenty of water while it is
+growing. With autumn, let it have a taste of adversity. Put the pot on a
+back shelf. Keep the earth in the pot decidedly on the dry side, giving
+plenty of water when you do water, but making the intervals between long
+enough for the soil to dry out well. The plant can even be placed in the
+cellar to winter, provided this absolute rest is not unduly prolonged.
+After three months of inaction give light, warmth and moisture.
+Agapanthus will at once respond, and flowers usually follow.
+
+TRAINING A RUBBER PLANT. A tall, straight stemmed Rubber tree finds more
+admirers than branched specimens, which are more squat in shape. Those
+who like the bush form best can make their Rubber Plants branch at any
+desired height by cutting off the end of the stem. The part cut away may
+he rooted in heat in damp sand. The best time to cut them is in late
+winter, just before the time for spring growth. Branches will soon be
+sent out after the top of the main stem has been cut away.
+
+MOLES. A lady piquantly relates her trials with an army of moles that
+she cannot "catch, kill, or drive away," although she has tried
+everything she has ever heard of. It is a bad case when mole traps will
+not catch, or corn soaked in Fowler's solution of arsenic and dropped
+along their runways will not finish them. In this case I can only refer
+her to other said-to-be cures that other people have tried and have
+faith in. A dozen witnesses testify that the seeds of Ricinus (Castor
+Bean,) dropped here and there in their tunnels will make them leave. A
+Connecticut lady says a sure remedy is to drop handfuls of salt here and
+there in their runways. Others put ball potash or concentrated lye in
+their runs but that is cruel, for it burns wherever it touches. Some use
+sawdust soaked in tar, or with a stick punch holes here and there along
+their tunnels and drop in each hole a small quantity of kerosene (coal
+oil). These two last substances will kill choice plants if used close to
+their roots, so use caution. An ingenious soul, rightly conceiving that
+the mole is highly sensitive to smells made a number of stiff pasteboard
+tubes and put in the center of each a stinking moth-ball. Buried in the
+runways there was a dearth of moles directly. I heartily approve of the
+mole's judgment in leaving moth-ball-scented premises. I have felt like
+it myself.
+
+TROUBLE WITH LILIUM CANDIDUM. Some of our friends have had trouble with
+Lilium Candidum. They purchased fine, large bulbs, potted them, and had
+only leaves for their pains. That was because they were procured too
+late. They are not nearly so tractable as Lilium Harrisii. It is their
+natural disposition to start to growing early in autumn. If kept dormant
+beyond this period their flower-buds blast. Get them if possible in
+August or the first half of September. There is no difficulty in getting
+them to blossom then.
+
+BADLY SHAPED PLANTS. Every little while someone asks what to do with a
+one-sided or badly shaped pot plant. Plants, and particularly pot
+shrubs, ought never to be allowed to get in bad shape. It is an easy
+enough matter to correct a bad or awkward tendency at the first. It is a
+difficult matter to remedy it later. When a plant begins to grows
+coxcomby, or develops a long, switchy growth, or twists about in an ugly
+crook, begin _at once_ to overcome it. One-sidedness is usually arrested
+by turning that side away from the light. A crooked, knotted limb can be
+straightened by tying to a stout support or trellis, tying it every two
+or three inches to take the kinks out. Long, leggy, or whip-like shoots
+need the ends pinched off. If done at an early stage no sap will waste.
+It is old wood that bleeds when the knife is put into it. I always
+hesitate to advise re-shaping an old specimen if it is so contorted that
+over half of the old wood must be cut away. It is a great shock to a
+growing plant to lose half or more of its wood. It sometimes kills it,
+particularly if injudiciously watered. If severe cutting is required do
+it while the pot shrubbery is nearest at rest, and a little before
+renewed growth may be expected again. Usually this is about the close of
+mid-winter. Such shrubs as Rubber Plants, that bleed profusely, should
+have grafting wax or paint daubed on the end of cut branches. If nothing
+better is at hand paste a jacket of clay over the cut end until the
+wound can heal. Water with much moderation until new growth appears.
+
+SPOTTED CALLA FROM SEED. Spotted Callas are easily grown from seed if it
+is sown as soon as ripe. Plant out in garden rows like dwarf peas, and
+hoe them and keep weeds down. After frost dig the little tubers up and
+keep in dry sand in the cellar. Plant out in the garden the next year.
+Some will bloom the second season, the rest will require another year.
+
+SOIL FOR VARIEGATED SHRUBS. Do not manure the ground for golden or
+variegated leaved shrubs. The color is not as clear where fertilizers
+are used. Very rich ground means a quick, lush growth. Green is the
+normal color of leaf vegetation. Any departure from this rule is an
+abnormal one. Whatever imparts vigor to a plant tends to make it throw
+off its acquired markings and revert to its original stage. Abundant
+plant food supplies more chlorophyll or green coloring matter to the sap
+also.
+
+ABOUT BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS IN WINTER. A lady asks, "Is it the summer
+sun that is harmful to Rhododendrons, Andromedas and Mahonias, or is it
+the winter sun they should be protected from?" It is the winter sun. The
+reason broad-leaved evergreens are such a hard class to bring through
+the winter in good condition is because the sun shines upon their
+foliage while it is frozen, blistering, and searing it. It is not the
+winter's cold but the winter's sun that does the mischief. Plant all
+such evergreens on a north slope, or at the north side of a building
+where they are protected from a glare of sunshine on their frozen wood
+and leaves.
+
+SNAILS AND SLUGS. Where they are numerous enough to do injury, get after
+them. I believe a hand to hand killing is the best remedy for all such
+pests. They are sluggish and cannot run away from one. They usually take
+a siesta during the heat of the day under Pansies or similar low matted
+plants. Some trap them by placing slices of cabbage or raw potato about.
+Others kill all the slugs in a bed, then make a ring of salt all about
+it to keep them out. Lime dust powdered over the plants helps to keep
+them away.
+
+WORMS BORING INTO PLANTS. A couple of cases are reported of worms boring
+into the stalks of Asters, Dianthus and Carnations. Of course the tops
+die, and the damage is great. There is no insecticide that can be used
+against these canny worms which snugly hide themselves in the plant
+stalks where not a drop of liquor can reach them. The only remedy is to
+keep a sharp outlook for affected plants, cutting away each
+worm-infested top and burning it. This kills the worm and cuts off
+future crops of worms. It seems a hard method of ridding the plants of
+their enemies. However, the plants branch out again and develop a later
+crop of flowers.
+
+HOW ANNUALS RUN OUT. "Last year I purchased the very best grade of
+seeds, and my flowers were lovely. I saved from these flowers, expecting
+a similar treat this year. But my Pansies, Carnations and Petunias are
+nothing near as large or as finely marked as they were last year, and
+the last two flowers are all single, not a double one in the lot. What
+is the cause of this?"
+
+Deterioration in the quality of bloom is what our mothers used to call
+the "running out" of plants. There is no mystery about it. It is
+confined to those favorite flowers that have been highly bred and
+hybridized. Everyone knows highly bred stock, be it animal or vegetable,
+will not stand roughing it. If the flower grower would use the nerve of
+the seed-grower and pull up every inferior plant or poor flowered one;
+if she would keep the ground as clean as a market garden; if she would
+allow only the finest flowers to go to seed, cutting the others off as
+they fade, she would have good seed for next year's flowers. Petunias
+are artificially hybridized to get a double strain of seed, and this the
+amateur cannot well do. It pays most of us better to buy Pansy, Petunia,
+Carnation and Ten Weeks Stocks seed than to try to save it ourselves.
+
+FAILURE OF PEONIES TO BLOOM. Everyone says the Peony will endure
+anything, heat, cold, rain or dry weather or any kind of soil. It is
+true the plant is tenacious of life. It is just as true that it knows
+when it is not well treated. It evens up matters many times by refusing
+to bloom. Any one of the following reasons may cause it to be barren of
+bloom. (1) Poor, hard ground. (2) Deep shade, as when grown under
+evergreens or behind thick shrubbery. (3) Spring planting in hot
+climates, or (4) clumps allowed to get too dry in droughty summers.
+
+BRUGMANSIA. I admire this plant when in bloom. Its magnificent ivory
+trumpets are a grand sight. It is a fine thing for piazza decoration
+during summer, and may be grown in a greenhouse or warm plant room in
+winter. It is not, however, suitable for ordinary window culture. It
+needs good care and freedom from dust, and moreover chills easily. If
+placed in the cellar in November it will winter there safely. Bring up
+as early as possible in the spring, water with moderation until new
+shoots start from the root, then give abundance of water.
+
+EUCHARIS. This is a beautiful flower worth taking a little pains to
+grow. It is more often seen in greenhouse than in a window, as it is
+easier in the former to secure a warm, moist, even temperature. Shortly
+after New Year Eucharis grow very fast. Keep them warm and moist until
+through flowering when they can be kept ten to fifteen degrees cooler
+and watered less freely. This gives them the needed semi-rest to enable
+them to get ready for bloom again. In summer they need plenty of water
+again. When fall comes keep them pretty dry for the next three months,
+supplying only enough water to keep them from losing their leaves. Pot
+them in loam and sand, with a small quantity of old crumbled manure and
+leaf loam.
+
+A PLAGUE OF ANTS. A correspondent has suffered for years from annual
+raids of ants that literally swarm over everything and everywhere. "Last
+year," says this lady, "they killed ever so many plants, from Pansies to
+trees. All of our outdoor flowers were almost ruined by them. I have
+tried molasses and Paris green, but they only increase in numbers. They
+are everywhere, but I cannot find their holes or nest."
+
+There is no use trying to depend on killing all these ants after they
+have taken possession. A bushel of pyrethrum powder would not pepper
+them all or a hogshead of kerosene emulsion last long enough to get them
+all. They must be killed at the fountain head, in their nesting places.
+A few years ago a certain set of our pear trees had their blossoms
+ruined year after year by hordes of ants. We could not kill them off,
+for there were always new ones to take their places. One day we found
+their nest, a very large one, but entirely underground. A speedy and
+therefore merciful death was decreed for them. Big pot, little pot,
+kettle and boiler were filled with water which was brought to the
+boiling point. We used it, _every day_, on that ant nest. That was 15
+years ago, and there has been no recurrence of the trouble.
+
+HOLY THISTLE. Some one asks about a curious plant of which no one knows
+the name. It blooms quickly from seed, making a plant several feet tall.
+It has long and wide leaves, waved along the margins, and very spiny.
+Along each vein is a wide milk-white band or mottling. The flowers are
+like a purple thistle. Strange how the wheels of time go round. This new
+(?) plant is so very old that hundreds of years ago it was a common
+garden ornament. It is Carduus Maritima, a near relative of the common
+thistle. Everyone notices it because of its odd milky splashes, and it
+every now and then enjoys a brief popularity again. Our superstitious
+forefathers believed that a drop of the Virgin Mary's milk fell on its
+leaves, which ever after bore milk-white markings because of it. The old
+names for it were Milk Thistle and Holy Thistle. The peasantry used to
+eat its tops as greens, and cook the roots in stews. Like all thistles
+this will become a weed if not kept down with a firm hand.
+
+AN IMPOSSIBILITY. A lady asks us to give a list of the six best Roses.
+"I acknowledged to stand at the head of the Rose kind." It can't be done
+as long as the old adage holds true of
+
+  "Many men of many kinds,
+  Many men of many minds."
+
+A correspondent wants a companion Rose to a Crimson Rambler, which she
+enthusiastically declares is the grandest Rose in the world. Side by
+side with her letter is one from an artist. "I don't like Ramblers,"
+writes he. "An artistic Rose to my mind is like a jewel in a right
+setting. Too many jewels denote vulgarity." Every class of Rose has its
+enthusiastic devotees. The best Hybrid Teas come nearer combining all
+merits of a Rose, and nearer pleasing all standards of taste than any
+other; yet any florist will tell you that they are by no means the Roses
+most freely purchased. In other words, no one Rose suits all.
+
+  _Lora S. La Mance, Mo._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CORRESPONDENCE
+
+QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
+
+This department is open to any of our subscribers who may have anything
+to say that will be of general interest and usefulness. Questions may be
+asked or answered
+
+
+ARKANSAS
+
+_Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I must tell you of an experience I had in transplanting a Dahlia, which
+was in bloom, the last day of July. Driving out one warm morning I saw a
+family moving out of a house. Seeing a clump of beautiful Dahlias I
+asked for one. The lady said she did not think I could do anything with
+it, but I knew I could try. She took it up with an old tuber attached
+and two young ones. I put it in a well protected place where it was cool
+and kept it well watered. It grew and continued to bloom. When taken up
+in the fall there were three tubers. That was two years ago. I still
+have some of it now.--_Mrs. Philetus Wakefield._
+
+
+CAROLINA, NORTH AND SOUTH
+
+_Editor Mayflower:_
+
+When the world looks as if it were at the mercy of the wind and cold in
+winter. Sad indeed would be these hopeless days only we know that
+always, and always, it will be spring again. While the flowers are
+asleep under their blanket of snow we have a period for rest and
+reflection, and by thinking over the mistakes in the past we may
+improve. Of all times of the year spring is the season when everything
+seems to require attention at the same time. House-cleaning, sewing and
+gardening crowd upon us, when the bright days come, and one of the three
+is sure to be neglected by the busy women if plans are not made for each
+work beforehand. Let me beg all our flower-loving women not to deny
+themselves the comfort, rest and happiness that flowers alone will bring
+them throughout the long summer days because they feel the time cannot
+be spared to attend to the planting in early spring. What if the house
+_is_ left a little disordered while one works in the garden? It can be
+put to rights after the precious roots and seeds have been placed under
+ground to begin their work of beauty. We must all sew I suppose, but let
+us wear the last year shirt waists awhile, and take the time to plant
+flowers in the garden or window boxes, to cheer us when we are compelled
+to run the machine. By leaving off some of the trimmings, or doing
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  "HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
+  SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
+
+  SAPOLIO
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WARBLER
+
+JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, EDITOR
+
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+Colored Plates of rare eggs such as Kirtland and Olive Warbler, Carolina
+Paroquot, Clark's Crow, Ipswich and Rufous Crowned Sparrow, Yellow and
+Black Rail, Calaveras Warbler, etc. Also splendid illustrations of Birds
+and Nests, and leading articles by well known authorities.
+
+Published Quarterly, 32 Pages & Cover
+
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+
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+of the new series.
+
+  ADDRESS
+  THE WARBLER
+  FLORAL PARK, N. Y.
+
+without some things altogether, the money will be forthcoming to
+purchase the plants we long for. Are they not worth the
+sacrifice?--_Prudence Plain, So. Car._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONNECTICUT
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+A friend of mine has a Winter Gem Rose, received as a premium with THE
+MAYFLOWER three or four years ago. This is put in the garden in summer,
+where it grows and blooms all summer. It is potted, cut back and taken
+in the house through the winter. It soon grows new branches and blooms
+nicely here. It is a favorite with the whole family. This same friend
+has the Bouquet Petunias, also a premium with THE MAYFLOWER. She has
+kept the old plant summer and winter, until this last summer it did not
+seem to do as well so she took slips. I planted mine in a flower-bed.
+They come up each year, some are mixed with some other kinds, but last
+summer there were some the same as the original.--_L. N. F._
+
+
+CALIFORNIA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+The Blue Palm is one of the very pretty varieties planted upon the
+choicest lawns. Its correct name is Erythea Armata, and it is a native
+of Lower California, that part of the country so little known. In the
+young plants, the blue "bloom" is very striking, and if the Palm is
+grown in the sun in sandy soil the "bloom" will always remain, but a
+shaded position and heavy soil destroys that beautiful color. It grows
+to about forty feet in its wild state, but does nothing like that in
+Southern California. It makes however a beautiful growth and adds to the
+beauty of a lawn, whether alone or arranged with other
+varieties.--_Georgina S. Townsend, So. Cal._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A Reliable Heart Cure.
+
+Alice A. Wetmore, Box 67, Norwich, Conn., says if any sufferer from
+Heart Disease will write her she will without charge direct them to the
+perfect home cure she used.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A Household Necessity
+
+The Kitchen Cabinet advertised on page 19 of this paper should be called
+the Woman's Friend. It is only 46 inches in length, 27 inches in width
+and 61 inches in height, but in this compact space may be stored 50 lbs.
+of flour, 50 lbs. of meal, 50 lbs. of sugar, with drawers and shelves
+for spices, knives, forks, spoons, pans, etc., etc., in fact a woman may
+do all her baking and scarcely move out of her tracks.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
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+do the same
+
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+
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+week for selling THE POST.
+
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+
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+
+This is one of the many ways we have suggested to help boys to sell THE
+POST. It makes the work so easy that thousands of boys have taken it up.
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+
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+
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+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DAKOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I believe the main trouble in growing Verbenas is in not getting them
+started early enough. They grow very slowly at first and if they are not
+good strong plants when set out are almost sure to die. If you get them
+started late do not think to hurry them by putting them out with the
+others that grow faster. Wait patiently until they are at least an inch
+and a half high and their quick growth will surprise you. And I will say
+to comfort some one who can not have flowers because the pigs sometimes
+get out, that I have never seen a pig touch a Verbena though I have lost
+Pinks and other flowers growing beside them. There is another flower
+that grows wild here that covered a quarter of our pasture last fail yet
+was not touched. The leaves resemble a Verbena some but are wider and
+not so thick; the main stalk is about two feet high when full grown and
+the branches run like a Verbena. The flowers are red and yellow mixed
+and about the size and shape of Rose Moss. They last one day and a
+hollow sphere-shaped seedpod takes their place. Can anyone tell me what
+the name is?--_Mrs. Nellie Fitzgerald, So. Dak._
+
+
+FLORIDA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I thought that I would write an account of the curious freaks of
+Weigelia Eva Rathke received from Floral Park and transplanted to my
+grounds two years ago this winter. On the near approach of spring it
+began to grow rapidly, and soon bore its first crop of flowers. And such
+flowers as they were it was a rare treat to behold. Their five-petaled
+corollas, faultless in form, and each perhaps an inch and a half in
+diameter, were of the darkest and most intense red; a color that is
+almost unrivaled by any other, and which it retains till the last, is
+one of its attractions. About a month later it bloomed again, and kept
+up a continuous growth, which did not end till frozen down to the ground
+in the following December, after it had attained a height of over two
+feet. So I came to the conclusion that being a Northern shrub, and full
+of sap, it was undoubtedly killed out, root and branch. The next spring,
+when the ground had become well warmed up, I beheld two delicate, tiny
+looking sprouts from the root, which I immediately took charge of,
+giving them shade and an occasional watering. After awhile their growth
+became more vigorous; and after having attained a height of about
+eighteen inches they formed their terminal buds in early autumn, and
+ceased growing. At present both of them are alive along their entire
+length and all their buds are plump and dormant. I shall make a strong
+effort to push this shrub when warm weather comes again, as it looks as
+though under favorable circumstances it ought to thrive in the South. I
+also believe that Weigelia Rosea would likewise be at home here, as it
+is a thrifty large growing shrub in the North, and has every appearance
+of being an iron-clad.--_Joshua Morris._
+
+
+GEORGIA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+A well-grown Carnation cannot, in my opinion, be surpassed in elegance,
+beauty, or odor, by any other flower, yet we scarcely ever see it in
+perfection. Our summers here are too dry and hot for the full
+development of its beauties, but the young plants sent me from THE
+MAYFLOWER headquarters early this spring have so successfully overcome
+all difficulties that I cannot refrain from telling your readers that I
+think my success was due, first, to healthy young plants, and secondly,
+to ordering them _early_ in the season. Many years, for the want of this
+knowledge, I waited until the time for setting out tender plants in May
+before putting out Carnations, and thus deprived them of a season of six
+weeks well adapted to their growth. As Carnation plants are almost
+hardy, they may, with safety, be put out in the open ground in any
+section of the country as soon as lettuce, cabbage, etc., are planted.
+Of the dozen plants I received from THE MAYFLOWER only one has succumbed
+to our hot Southern summer, and the greater number are at this writing
+(Aug. 7,) growing beautifully. They are planted around the edge of a bed
+of Tea Roses, and have received no special attention except an
+occasional pinching out of the terminal shoots to produce a stocky
+growth. When the roses were mulched with grass clippings at the
+beginning of summer a layer was placed around the Carnations, and when
+the Roses are sprinkled with the hose every evening the Carnations come
+in for their share of the moisture. A single blossom of Gen. Maceo would
+amply repay me for all the trouble I have taken, as one flower of this
+variety remained fresh and bright for over a week.--_A. M. Stuart._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Deafness Can Be Cured
+
+I Have Made the Most Marvelous Discovery for the Positive Cure of
+Deafness and Head Noises and I Give the Secret Free.
+
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+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+IOWA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+My Cineraria did no good except to keep alive until I removed the top
+soil and put in a mixture of garden soil, one-fourth well rotted manure,
+and one-fourth sand. It is now doing extremely well. I put my Tuberose
+in water and it remained there for six or eight hours, then I planted it
+in earth mixed like that for the Cineraria. I planted my Cyclamen in the
+same kind of soil. Both are doing nicely. I lost a number of Begonia
+slips by keeping the earth too wet. I now keep the earth moist and I
+have the plants in a cool place, which seems to be better for them. It
+takes a long time for a new growth to appeal. My neighbor asked me to
+care for five of her large Begonias. The flies and the dust had almost
+destroyed them. She told me not to give them a shower bath as that would
+'cook' the leaves. I did it, however, and the Begonias were doing nicely
+when she took them home again. I was invited to visit an old fashioned
+flower garden a few days ago. I did so and found it old, old fashioned
+indeed. The flower beds were arranged here and there in the vegetable
+garden. Phlox seemingly four feet high, Hibiscus that would certainly
+measure ten feet around the largest part of the bush, and a few other
+plants of the same order. All the bloom was very scattering and very
+small and quite inferior to what up-to-date flower beds should
+be.--_Ursula._
+
+
+ILLINOIS
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+So many advise if but one Begonia is kept to let it be a Rubra. Well, a
+well grown Rubra in full bloom is a gorgeous sight, but the President
+Carnot is more beautiful, is a more robust and more rapid grower. The
+foliage is beautiful, showing a sheen like changeable silk. Ours is now
+in a three-gallon pail, has four stems, one 27 inches high from top of
+bucket, has five large panicles of bloom, as large as man's hand, and
+has not been without bloom since the 20th of June. One bunch of bloom
+will hang on in fine condition for six weeks, if the plant is not
+disturbed. It is the admiration of all who see it. This specimen was 12
+inches high when we placed it in the Begonia bed the 22nd, of May. There
+it grew and grew, until the first of September when it was placed in a
+pail, and since then it has grown and blossomed almost like the famous
+gourd. The soil is old swamp dirt, with one-fourth wood soot. No insects
+have ever bothered it. We spray the leaves with warm water to cleanse
+the lovely foliage and water the plant with very warm water. Try this
+Begonia, it is a fine one.--_E. Clearwaters._
+
+
+KANSAS
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Seldom you see anything written about the good old fashioned Zinnias.
+How our grandmothers prided themselves on their summer flowers as they
+called them. Then why should we push them off for something new because
+they have been cultivated so many years. They should be held up as the
+old songs of long ago are being sung to-day. Zinnias are easily grown.
+Make a bed of good rich soil and the last of April or the first of May
+plant your seed, then keep the weeds out, water in the dry season, and
+you will have a nice bed of flowers until frost. They are among the
+hardiest annual plants raised and any flower lover can raise them with
+but little care.--_Sunflower._
+
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+
+KENTUCKY
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+There are few who think to take up plants for winter garnishing, yet if
+one has a pit, conservatory or greenhouse enough can be raised for any
+amount of entertaining, without missing either the time or space. There
+are two plants suitable for this purpose, the Parsley and Lettuce, but
+the Parsley will be found most valuable and will be much more easily
+grown than the Lettuce. The Parsley is as pretty as it is useful, and a
+few sprays of this dropped on a meat platter or on salad dishes adds
+much to the attractiveness of the table. There are florists who grow
+this profitably as a greenery for cut flowers, and when grown in partial
+shade is quite dainty and pretty enough for this purpose. The Curled
+Lettuce is best for this purpose, but if kept damp is almost sure to
+rot.--_Laura Jones._
+
+
+LOUISIANA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Last winter a lady gave me some cuttings, among them a piece of green
+and white striped "Wandering Jew." I put this cutting in a pot with some
+hardy plant, and when the freeze came it was forgotten, and of course it
+froze. I dug it up and found one joint green, so planted it. It soon put
+out two shoots and it was transplanted to a two-gallon pan of well
+rotted manure and leaf mold, given an abundance of water, and how it did
+grow! It has covered the pan and hangs down, many of the vines being
+over a yard long,--one is 57 inches long. But when it first began to
+grow some of the shoots were perfectly green, and all branches from
+those shoots are green. Many other shoots were beautifully striped, and
+some nearly white. I also have a fine box full of purple striped
+Wandering Jew, but I prefer the green and white, for it hangs so much
+more gracefully. These common plants, if grown at their best, are lovely
+for small stands, hanging baskets, or any place where a trailing plant
+is desirable, I have grown delicate vines in pots very little, but a
+Kenilworth Ivy I have has encouraged me to add others to my gallery
+garden, and I expect to take great pleasure in training them.--_Mrs. L.
+B. R._
+
+
+MAINE
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+If any of your readers want something odd and interesting in the way of
+plants let them try one of your Little Monarch Fern Balls. I have had
+rather hard luck with mine. I received the Fern Ball about a year ago,
+and every member of the family except myself condemned it at once as
+being "no good," but I kept it watered and in a few weeks it began to
+show signs of life and had several little fronds on it in April when we
+decided to move, and the Fern Ball was left with my other plants for a
+friend to care for. She kept them all well watered except that, and when
+I next saw it in May it looked a few degrees deader than it did in the
+first place (if possible), but it came to life again and then it got
+chilled in the fall so it died again apparently; but now it is starting
+to grow all over and if nothing new happens to it it will soon be very
+pretty. I think it has more lives than a cat.--_Mrs. F. M. Young._
+
+
+MONTANA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+While visiting the florist's near home this spring I watched him at his
+work repotting Boston Ferns and learned something new. They say there's
+a trick for every trade and I now believe it, for I found him putting
+three and four Ferns of the same variety into the same pot, making them
+all appear as one plant. If professional florists can do so why isn't it
+good enough to pass along to ambitious amateurs? I have always wanted
+some Ferns, but as we can't always regulate the heat at night and I find
+it necessary to be away from home sometimes in winter, I have decided to
+wait until I have a home in a more congenial clime than this,--not that
+Montana is not all right, but our home, at present, is high up in the
+mountains and winter is both long and severe. However, when I do buy
+Ferns I shall try and purchase at least three of every kind I decide on
+and pot them together, and then if in after years they are too crowded I
+can easily repot and divide them at the same time.--_Laurel._
+
+
+MARYLAND
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Outside all is snow and ice, the wind howls and rattles at doors and
+windows and I feel very sure Jack Frost is trying to get in to nip my
+few pretty, thrifty window plants, but I do not think he will succeed,
+for when I shut them up at night in tight boxes, and cover the tops, I
+do not believe he could reach them though a blizzard raged. I have been
+looking out at a bed where there are two dozen glass jars showing, or
+rather their tops are just sticking out, for they are well banked with
+old well rotted cowpen manure and coarse litter thrown over that--and
+all now covered over with snow, making little white mounds all over the
+bed. But I know that underneath these mounds are two dozen little Rose
+slips--some very choice varieties--and every chance I get to peep at
+them, which is every chance I get to go outside, they look fresh and
+green and bid fair promise of much pleasure in the spring and summer
+when, if they grow as those I raised a year ago under glass jars did, it
+will be a marvel to watch them. I think it a far more satisfactory way
+to raise Roses than to buy small rooted plants from a florist; at least,
+such has been my experience.--_Sister Belle._
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Anyone who has never seen the Giant Browallia in bloom can never realize
+how very pretty and bright it is. Last summer I saw a lovely stand of
+Geraniums of various shades and among them was a pot of Browallia in
+full bloom. The contrast was fine. I think the shade is very much like
+that of the hardy Plumbago Lady Lapente, though I've never seen the two
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+rival among blue flowers and that is Plumbago Capense. The latter is a
+lovely delicate blue while the former is a deep dark blue. I am
+unbounded in my admiration of both plants. The plants are cheap. I have
+never seen it only as a pot plant yet I believe it would make a most
+excellent bedding plant.--_Mrs. P. L. Young._
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+MICHIGAN
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+In my order to Floral Park, two years ago, for seeds and plants, I
+included an order for one of the unique Acalyphas Sanderi. I had read
+somewhere that these plants would prove a disappointment to the amateur,
+and must have hot-house culture to develop their beauty, so of course I
+wanted to try one in my south window. The plant as received was about 5
+inches high and beginning to blossom. I placed it in good rich soil,
+gave it plenty of warmed (not hot) water, and the very warmest, sunniest
+corner of the south window, so screened that the sun's rays were caught
+and held in the little nook where it stood. I persisted in the warmed
+water treatment and never let the soil get dry. The lustrous green
+leaves soon began to appear and at the stem of each leaf a bloom-tassel
+grew in crimson contrast. I am well pleased with my experience with this
+plant.--_Lillian McIntosh._
+
+
+MINNESOTA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I wonder who first advanced that miserable theory that Begonias should
+be watered sparingly, be kept always in the shade and not a drop of
+water allowed to touch the leaves. No wonder that Begonias treated in
+that way drop their leaves and refuse to grow. I have grown a great many
+varieties--I have forgotten how many--and I find that they all like heat
+and moisture, and showering or spraying the leaves is a benefit to them
+if the sun is not allowed to shine on them while they are wet. While the
+rough or hairy leaved varieties will not stand hot sunshine they will do
+much better and be more sure to bloom if they stand where the early
+morning or late afternoon sun can shine upon them. B. Vernon and two or
+three other varieties will stand as much hot sunshine as Portulaca if
+given plenty of water at the roots and an overhead showering every day
+after the sun is gone, in dry weather. No Begonia will do well here on
+the prairie if bedded out, and plunging in pot is worse. I don't like
+earthen pots for them any way--the plants do better in wood or tin. I
+have a number of pots (?) made from gallon paint kegs; one keg makes
+two, which I use for my Tuberous Begonias. I use broken bones for
+drainage, a mixture of leaf mold and sand for soil, plant one bulb in a
+keg, and after the weather becomes warm I place the kegs on a bench
+which stands in an angle of the house, said angle being open to the
+north and east and gets the sun till 11 o'clock. I keep the soil moist
+and shower the leaves when I think they need it. And those plants do
+grow and bloom, the foliage is immense, some of the leaves measuring 8
+by 12 or 14 inches, and the blossoms measure from 2 to 4 inches across.
+I have counted fifteen such blossoms on one plant at one time. Do they
+do much better than that anywhere? Mine are the finest I have ever
+seen.--_H. J. W._
+
+
+NEW JERSEY
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
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+order to preserve the root-ball intact, though truth to tell, one root
+went too deep and was ruthlessly cut. By means of skids, a stone-sled, a
+jack-chain and much audible exertion, the tree was finally started on
+its journey. Owing to bad management, a beautiful Tulip-tree was
+sacrificed to open up a road for the royal procession, but the men
+thought nothing of that--it was only a tree in the woods. In the yard a
+great hole was waiting, with a deep layer of manure in the bottom; and
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+no birds in last year's nest"--no little bird to say whether or no this
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+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Let me give you a peep at my flowers this cold day in January, with the
+mercury so far below zero as not to be neighborly and the wind blowing
+and snow flying as only new hampshire snows _do_ fly, making necessary
+constant intercourse with the stove, to replenish fuel, as on farms wood
+is used for that purpose and farmers have no dread of a "coal famine." A
+very large De Lesseps Begonia is loaded with immense clusters of white
+waxy flowers; a Woodstock Begonia is brilliant with large panicles of
+red blossoms, also Otto Hacker and Wetsteinii well filled with buds. I
+also have in blossom an Abutilon and three Obconica Primulas. I have six
+varieties of Rex Begonias, a magnificent boston fern, and an immense
+acacia which, although two years old, has never blossomed, though the
+foliage is lovely; can any one tell me why? through the columns of THE
+MAYFLOWER, where we find so much help in plant culture.--_Sunie Mar._
+
+
+NEW YORK
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+Last spring I planted two bunches of the roots of Rudbeckia or Golden
+Glow. although it is what some might call a coarse flower yet its color
+is fine and very showy, and i know of no plant that blossoms so
+continuously as the Golden Glow, and it is a plant that never tires of
+growing and sending out new blossoms from early summer until autumn.
+They grow to be six feet high and must be staked otherwise the plant
+will topple over. But the glory of my small flower garden was a bed of
+Zinnias as they represented every known color, and was one blaze of
+color from midsummer until autumn, when Jack Frost closed the
+scene.--_Mrs. A. C. Buck._
+
+
+OREGON
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+The best time for pruning Hybrid Perpetual Roses is in January or early
+February. Select the strong, well-matured, young shoots at sufficient
+distance apart to allow a free circulation of air and cut back to one
+and one-half to two feet, leaving from four to five canes. If, however,
+the Rose is an unusually strong grower it can be left from three to
+three and one-half feet. Even when left this way it will sometimes be
+found necessary to thin out the young shoots, for if they grow too close
+to each other they are liable to mildew. Tea Roses can he pruned during
+the same season with good results, though they do not require so severe
+a trimming down as the Hybrid Perpetuals. With the teas the important
+part is the cutting back and removing of all old and weak wood, dead
+twigs and unhealthy limbs. Spraying should be done just after the winter
+pruning, just before growth begins in the early spring. A careful spray
+at these times will remove all danger from insects and disease, mildew
+and black spot. The best spray can be made by taking four ounces of
+copper sulphate, four ounces of unslaked lime, and three gallons of
+water. For the green aphis, which attacks the young and tender shoots,
+spraying with quassia is the most beneficial as well as least harmful to
+the plant, using four ounces to one gallon of water, either soaking it
+over night or boiling for about 10 minutes.--_Dennis H. Stovall._
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+OHIO
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+We are trying to grow the giant white Narcissus in the house this
+winter, and they are doing nicely so far, having buds ready to bloom
+now. Are these bulbs like the Chinese Sacred Lilies, worthless after
+being once forced? We also have the Sacred Lilies in bloom with two pots
+coming on for a succession of blossoming. The latter are so easy to grow
+and are so beautiful with their sweet fragrance, that more people should
+grow them. We have also two pots of Hyacinths with 3 bulbs in each pot,
+which have just been brought up from the cellar, and are now beginning
+to show growth.--_Miss M. A. Graber._
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I usually keep but one plant of a kind, and in order to keep that one
+blooming at its best I have been in the habit of keeping the withered
+flowers cut off, and not allowing them to ripen seed, but there are many
+possibilities in this way of increasing plants. By exchanges with
+friends last fall I received several varieties of Geraniums, that were
+new to me. Among them was one named Albert Delarix; the flower is bright
+pink, shaded deeper in the centre, and plentifully dotted over with
+darker spots; it is very delicate and very beautiful. Another was
+Souvenir de Mirande, that reminds one of a cluster of Apple blossoms.
+Now one word about two flowers I received from Floral Park in May.
+Amaryllis Formosissima was in bloom in one week after I planted the
+bulb. It was just like the picture in the catalogue. Ismene Calathena
+bloomed in one month after planting. I have never seen any description
+of this plant that does it justice. I bought one on the recommendation
+that "it was sure to give satisfaction," and I can cheerfully recommend
+it where a white Amaryllis is desired. It is a flower not easy to
+describe.--_Mrs. M. C. Marshall._
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
+TEXAS
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+During the hot months here in Central Texas we pass a great deal of our
+time on the gallery, which is a very necessary part of a Southern home.
+If it faces a public road it has its drawbacks, and sometimes, by reason
+of arid soil or large trees near the house, vines will not flourish. To
+such a gallery one or two movable screens will be of great use. Mine,
+last year, was made of a rather deep, narrow, long box, about 18 inches
+deep, 12 inches wide and 36 inches long. Can be mounted on casters or
+not. If hard winds prevail, two short cross strips on the ends of the
+box will prevent tipping over. My screen was four feet square, made of a
+light frame work of narrow laths and wire netting, fastened securely to
+the box. The box was planted with Madeira Vine tubers, and was ready for
+use in six weeks. I kept it clipped all summer to induce new growth. It
+was very pretty, and behind the green bank I sewed or read, secure from
+the public gaze. Behind this screen I placed my afternoon tea table, and
+sometimes in the cool of the afternoon enjoyed a social chat. This year
+I shall make one of blooming vines, to stay out of doors till buds set.
+I have a two year old Empress of China Rose I expect to use the same
+way.--_Mrs. W. J. Standlee._
+
+
+VIRGINIA
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+What Emma Odell says in the October issue of the Mississippi negro is
+equally true of his brother, or rather sister, in Virginia. Poor as this
+shiftless class usually is, many a cabin of rude logs nestles amid
+dainty trailing vines and bright hued blossoms, well worthy to adorn a
+far more pretentious mansion. I never knew any member of the colored
+race here to boast a pit or greenhouse.--doubtless because they can
+usually beg enough cuttings of tender plants from white neighbors in the
+spring to fill their tin cans. Little care they for flower pots; any old
+broken pitcher, rusty bucket, water pail or teapot, it matters not, so
+it will hold dirt. It is the plant they are after, not a pretty pot to
+hold it. Their "luck" with Chrysanthemums amounts almost to magic
+sometimes. They can make almost any plant thrive and blossom, though
+seemingly in their daily round of toil they have but scant time to work
+over their flowers.--_Roe Ann Oke._
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+VERMONT
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+It is only an old paint keg, but it contains things of beauty, which are
+"a joy forever." In December, the weather being unusually mild, with no
+snow on the ground, I visited the woods on the last botanizing
+expedition of the year. Most of the plants were curled up for their
+winter sleep, but a little search brought to light undeveloped Ferns of
+some species and others that were still green with last season's growth.
+They were carefully taken up and set out, and have been kept in a
+northeast window through the winter. Now they are rested and for several
+weeks have been waking up. Let me tell you what spring reveals in that
+limited space, as some unlooked-for plants were hidden under the moss
+and Ferns. Above all the rest rise delicate fronds of the Maiden Hair
+and more of the reddish crooks are unfolding. The common Polypodium
+shows both the fruited fronds of last year and the lighter green of
+recent growth. Rarest of all is the Walking Leaf, also fruited, with its
+long feet reaching nearly across the keg. They will find a foothold, and
+so form new plants. The tiny Asplenium Trichomanes, which has never
+before flourished when transplanted by me, is sending up fresh fronds,
+already fruiting. A few fronds each of the Buck Fern and Cystoptiris or
+Bladder Fern, with at least three kinds of moss complete the list of
+"Flowerless Plants." Three little clumps of Violets are sending out new
+leaves. There are a few leaves of Partridge-berry vine, a yellow Oxalis,
+an Orchid called Rattlesnake-Plantain, having lovely velvety leaves
+veined with white, a few sprigs of Mouse-ear Chickweed, and, last of
+all, a leaf of a Jack-in-the-Pulpit plant, the corm of which was
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+are blowing, snow is yet on the ground, and the thermometer registers
+several degrees lower than the freezing point, I have a little bit of
+summer where, at my leisure, I may study the development of fifteen
+species of plants, at the same time admiring their delicate beauty and
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+
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+
+Don't neglect rheumatism. The Acid poisons accumulate day by day until
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+the indescribable suffering is beyond the power of man to give.
+
+[Illustration]
+
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+
+[Illustration]
+
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+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+  _Editor Mayflower:_
+
+I ordered all my flowers from Floral Park and my flower garden is
+lovely. Every one who sees it wonders how I can have such nice flowers
+when the soil is so poor and the season so dry; but almost any one, who
+loves flowers as I do, can have a nice garden with a little work and
+seeds from Floral Park. Will some one please tell me if English Ivy can
+be started from slips? I have been trying for some time to start one
+from a slip a lady sent me, but for some reason it does not seem to take
+root, but stays just as green as the day it was cut. [It may be rooted
+in a bottle of water.--Ed.] I bought, from a neighbor's little boy, a
+package of mixed seed and among them was only one nice flower, but I do
+not know what it is, and no one around here knows what it is, or have
+ever seen any flower like it before. I planted the seed last year and
+when the flowers were good size I found this plant almost in bloom, so I
+took it up and planted it over near the house. Then before the frost
+came it had forty blossoms and a lot of buds, so I potted it for the
+house, where it bloomed until it froze down while I was away from home
+but I had saved some of the seed, which I planted this spring and had
+sixteen healthy plants. But it seems they are hard to raise for now I
+have one left, which will soon bloom. The flowers are light pink when
+they first come out, but the longer they are bloomed the brighter they
+get. Does any one know what it is? The leaves are smooth and long in
+shape, while the stock is a dull red and grows from two to three feet
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+
+  A Message of Hope to the Blind
+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
+[Illustration]
+
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+
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+
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+
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