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often " changes its haunt" in the woods, because pods are often frost-bitten 

 in middle September and seeds do not ripen. Mr. Murray writes that there 

 will be few gentians at Tuxedo next vear (1906J because there were few 

 seedlings in summer, 1905, this owing to frost in middle September, 1904. 

 (3) The reason why flowering plants set in our gardens have failed is that 

 they were at the end of the life cycle and died after flowering. We should 

 set seedlings for bloom the next year. 



Guinea Fowl. Farmer's Bulletin 234 (free) urges the importance of 

 this domesticated bird. The name is supposed to indicate their origin on the 

 west coast of Africa. The Greeks and Romans raised them for the table, 

 but they disappeared from Europe during the dark ages. In several islands, 

 Jamaica, Cape Verde and others, the birds have reverted to the wild state. 

 In England also they are game birds in the great preserves. They are raised 

 for market in France and Germany and in several parts of the United States. 

 The demand is rapidly increasing in our large cities. 



