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is thought to be free from any of the diseases of brambles; keep the 

 patch as free of trash and rul)bish as possible and practice clean cultiva- 

 tion. If disease appears after the plants come into bearing, cut all 

 diseased canes each year and after the fruit has been harvested. Do 

 not forget, however, that raspberry anthracnose can be controlled by 

 sprajang. The dormant aj)plication of lime sulphur, of one to twenty 

 strength is the most important one in the control of this disease. It 

 often gives such control that further applications are unnecessary. 



In spite of these various diseases, and the seeming impossibility of 

 their efficient control, the future of the bramble fruits in Michigan is 

 as bright, or brighter, than it is in most of the neighboring states. 



OPPORTUNITIES OF WOMEN IN THE HORTICULTURAL 



WORLD. 



RUBY MIRIAM LEE, LIMA, NEW YORK. 



Suffrage has placed women politically, on an equal footing with her 

 brothers and the same opportunities are now offered to them, with the 

 same hardships, responsibilities and risks. 



What are some of the opportunities that Horticulture offers women? 

 I have only to relate to the seed concerns engaging trained women and 

 to the women seed analists. 



The fields dealing with floriculture, with nursery growing with small 

 fruits and general fruit growing, are now being operated by the women 

 who have the heart and hand to work with good old Mother Nature. 



One of the most alluring of these occupations, and one that women 

 by their finely developed senses, should be eminentl}- fitted for, is land- 

 scape gardening. It is a field almost untrod by them with opportuni- 

 ties undreamed of, for pleasure and for profit. 



The women workers and teachers of nature study classes, of gardening 

 supervision and consultation lead the esthetic nature of their students 

 into the realm of appreciation and realization of their dreams. 



Plant pathology and hybridization are parts of the many branches of 

 laboratory work. Have you ever stopped to think whence comes the 

 perfume, what makes the violet blue, what causes the doubleness of 

 certain flowers? Do you know that j'ou might be the one to find out 

 if you cared enuf about it? 



To-day many extension speciahsts are women, and they are taking 

 to the rural parents, and to their boys and girls, the fruits of their studies 

 in Horticulture. This may be thru the farm bureau work, boys and 

 girls clubs or rural organizations. 



Another field now taken up by women is the teaching of horticulture 

 in the secondary schools and in some of the colleges. In Michigan, this 

 holds forth much pleasure and profit in giving to humanity. 



When we stop to think of all the marvelous and beautiful cultivated 

 plants, we wonder if there can possibly be room for improvement but 

 here is where imagination soars and if your soul is receptive, Nature will 

 whisper in your ear, and out of the Infinite flower forms will float before 

 you, an ideal which will be fixed upon your mind with determination to 

 realize this ideal, for in the floral kingdom ideals may be realized. 



Before a woman can succeed she must learn to depend upon herself. 

 In going into any branch of Horticulture, a woman should know her 



