SUPPLEMENT TO 



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LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor 



vol. n. no. 35 MARCH i N i9?3 GARDEN SEMES N °' 2 



THE FLOWER GARDEN 



DISCUSSION PAPER 



Discussion paper to be returned to Department of Home Economics, New 

 York State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York. 



While the season now is teeming with work and hurry, there is just as 

 much need as ever for recreation. Many will find this in the flower 

 garden. Something is imparted from the soil and from the flowers which 

 nothing else will supply to the aesthetic nature. The flowering plant in 

 the window is as inspiring in the busy housewife's world as are the 

 orchids in a greenhouse. What may we have in this discussion paper as 

 the result of your experience ? 



i . What is the size of your lawn or front yard ? 



2. What do you think of Lowell's point of view in his poem "To a 

 Dandelion"? 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 19", at the post office at Ithaca, 

 N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. 



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