324 Slalc Uorticullnral Society. 



Remove all dead braiiclK's and old stubs as close to the trunk as 

 possible and paint tbc exposed wood. 



Examine cracks and patches of dead bark to see whether the bark 

 and wood have separated. If they have, cut away all the dead bark and_ 

 paint the exposed wood. 



If there are cavities in which the wood is badly decayed it should 

 be dug out and a plu,^;' of sound wood fitted in and painted over. 



Trees which are dead, or nearly so, should be removed, because 

 they furnish breeding- places for insects and harmful fungi. They no 

 long'er possess any beauty, but are a menace to all other trees in the 

 neighborhood. 



COA'nNC- I'OK WOUNDS. 



llic most satisfactory coating for tree wounds is thick lead ])aiiit 

 well rubbed into the wood. 



Coal tar which has been burned until it is hard when cold is also 

 good. It should be burned in a large kettle and applied when warm, but 

 not hot, with a brush. 



TilK EASTER BOX NET. 



(Laura Coates Reed, Kansas City, Mo., President Women oif the Humane 



Society.) 



(A (oast read bef(jrc the Second District, Federation of Women's Clubs.) 



Some one has likened the satisfaction of being well dressed to the 

 consolation of religion. This comparison was no doubt made by a 

 woman who had succeeded in buying a becoming bonnet. Chesterfield 

 pionoimced a woman well dressed because he could irot remember what 

 she had on. lie saw her in evening toilet. Had he met her on the 

 slretl, his verdict might have been altogether different. He would have 

 remembered her bonnet! A bonnet, the generic term for woman's 

 headgear, is the most important factor in the art of dressing. Dress, 

 like oiu" surroundings, is invested with our personality, so that we arc 

 often told that otu" houses, oiu' gowns and our bomiets look just like us. 

 "A (lay may sink or save a realm," says the poet, but it does not al- 

 ways l)uy a pretty bonnet. With many, as with various religious sects, 

 a bonnet stands for a conviction. With every woman it embodies in some 

 degree her idea of the beautiful. Fashion, ''wearing out more garments 

 than man," and decidely more hats and bonnets than the woman, is a 

 sort of roulette ball, determining by its revolutions around the season's 

 circle the size and shape of clothes in a manner so pronounced as to al- 



