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the witch-hazel, for while its flowers are 

 abundantly found in the woods in January, 

 they are the last of the season's flowers 

 instead of the first, since the .witch-hazel 

 comes into bloom in October and Novem- 

 ber. It may be the cawing of the crows 

 that through the Winter have been quiet in 

 their wooded retreat; or the honking of 

 the wild geese going north in great trains 

 overhead ; or it may be the dripping of the 

 icicles at night, for icicles are the product 

 of lafc Winter, and their drip, drip, drip, 

 at night is an unmistakable token of over- 

 coming warmth. While the snow still lin- 

 gers, the catkins of the willows and the 

 birches begin to swell and burst ; the chick- 

 adees and juncoes come out from their 

 winter seclusion in the woods ; the song 

 sparrow opens the year's season of song ; 

 and the bee and the mourning cloak butter- 

 fly appear. The mottled hoods of the skunk- 

 cabbage emerge from the swampy places, 

 and soon Nature's winter tourists begin to 

 arrive, the procession headed by the robin 

 and the bluebird ; but which of the two 

 arrives first, inust be, as it always has Ijcen, 

 a question for argument. In their wake 

 comes that detestable bird with the harsh 

 voice that has been likened to the squeak 

 of a rusty wheelbarrow, the purple grackle. 

 our common city blackbird, who has nu 

 friends and, moreover, deserves to have 

 none. By this time sig:ns that are unmis- 

 takable are appearing in great profusion, 

 and every department of Nature seems to 

 be scrambling to make its next important 

 announcement. The appearance of the 

 transient fox-sparrow, the purple finch and 

 the Peabody bird ; the hepatica, the blood- 

 root and the trailing arbutus ; the fiddle- 

 heads of the cinnamon fern ; and the peep- 

 ing chorus of the hylas, are but few of 

 the many signs that Spring is already here, 

 and only needs the appearance of the organ 

 grinder to fully establish the fact. — The 

 Glad Philosopher in The Floiver Grower. 



HOW TO PROTECT THE LOCUST. 



Not only because of the beauty and fra- 

 grance of their blossoms (which also pro- 

 vide a valuable source of honey for the 

 beekeeper), but especially as a source of 

 strong, long-enduring fence posts, are the 

 members of the locust family to be classed 

 among our really desirable trees. One fac- 

 tor alone has prevented their use in pro- 

 portion to Iheir usefulness, namely, their 

 almost invariable infestation and early de- 

 struction by borers, for which no efifective 

 cure had until recently been discovered. 

 For this reason the news, published by the 

 Department of Agriculture, that a very 

 simple method has been discovered for pre- 

 venting the depredations of these insects, i- 

 welcome indeed. 



The solution of the problem requires that 

 the trees be planted among other trees, so 

 during the first ten or fifteen years they will 

 grow under densely shaded conditions. It has 

 been ascertained that whereas trees grow- 

 ing from two to three feet apart are sel- 

 dom attacked by the pests, isolated trees 

 standjng only a short distance away arc 

 soon riddled and rendered valueless. After 

 about a dozen years the trees are rarely 

 attacked anyway, which makes it possible 

 to do sufficient thinning after that time to 

 insure symmetrical and maximum growth. 

 In the case of an occasional shade tree it is 

 possible to kill the borers while young by 

 means of an arsenical spray applied once 

 or twice a year, but where dense forest 

 conditions can be maintained, as in a wood- 

 lot maintained primarily for fence post and 

 timber production, this method is neither as 

 practical nor as efifective as thick planting 

 and the maintenance of a heavy under- 

 growth. — Exchange. 



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 Is Extremely Simple 



While large pools are always desir- 



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tor, most of the lilies in my stock can 



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