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•childhood as they follow their tiny boat that floats adown the whirling 

 dancing stream. Yes the laughter of happy childhood is heard because 

 this is the music of home, we hear of a rural home, and if none of this 

 is yet sweet enough, then call on our feathered friends whose trilling 

 throats as they flit from bough to bough, give forth a melody whose 

 richness no art can equal, and man, puny worm that he is, has learned 

 to love these sights and sounds, and in a measure appreciate these 

 priceless, though free-will offerings of a bountiful nature. 



This same lavish hand paints the beautiful tints in the heart of the 

 fragrant rose, the bloom on the cluster, that adorns the clinging boun- 

 tiful vine, and paints the scarlet cherry that bends and brightens the 

 laden boughs. Gold and crimson are each and both used in coloring 

 with delicate shadings, the tempting, ever welcome, healthful apple. 

 He paints the blush on the soft cheek of the downy peach, as beautiful 

 as that on the sweet face of maiden fair, and this too he paints — no he 

 doesn't either, not always, I take it back. 



But with this exception, nature ever bountiful, sometimes too boun- 

 tiful, calls not for assistance in adorning this fair world of ours with a 

 beauty, out and beyond the ability of mankind to fairly appreciate, 

 much less to copy. And unhappy indeed is he who cannot in these 

 pleasant sights and sounds around him, find some recompense for many 

 of the trials and struggles that meet him on life's toilsome journey to 



that unseen world beyond. 



J. G. Kinder. 



BULBS FOB FALL PLANTING— HOW, WHEN AND WHAT 



TO PLANT. 



J. KTRCHGRABER, SPRINGFIELD. 



What to plant is generally the first consideration of amateurs in 

 bulb culture, while in reality it is of the least importance. It matters 

 not what our selection may be. as regards species or varieties, whether 

 we invest little or much, if the bulbs are not properly planted, the re- 

 sult — failure will be the same. The disappointments, however, will be 

 proportionate to our expectations and expenditures. Whether we pay 

 $1.00 each for our bulbs, or #1.00 per dozen, unless they are properly 

 planted, the one will be no better than the other, and the cheaper, if 



