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is the plan to have a bigger show each 

 June and in two or three years, according 

 to C. D. Symms, manager of the show, it 

 will be possible to have sufficient peonies 

 grown to decorate autos for a parade simi- 

 lar to the flower shows in the bigger cities. 

 The idea of the show originated with the 

 chamber of commerce and the horticultural 

 association. 



The show continues to attract great at- 

 tention from its beauty and variety of 

 flowers displayed in both private and spe- 

 cial exhibits. Among the attractions is a 

 model house, exhibited by the Sioux Falls 

 Xurseries, stuccoed, shingles and a most 

 attractive dwelling. 



The awarding of the prizes shows how 

 many excellent varieties were exhil)ited. 

 The Otonka country place of .\. W. Tut- 

 hill, was represented by William Portnian 

 with a wonderful peony display that cap- 

 tured the sweepstakes, four firsts and a 

 second. Mrs. Herman Freese took a sweep- 

 stakes for best variety, two firsts and two 

 seconds : Mrs. Fred Sherman three firsts 

 and a second ; while in the miscellaneous 

 exhibits, Mrs. E. Maynard with four firsts, 

 V. L. Peterson and E. O. Jones with three 

 firsts and a second and three firsts, respec- 

 tively, took leading honors. 



THE QUESTIONNAIRE 



Subscribers are invited to make free use 

 of this department to solve problems that 

 may arise in their garden work. Questions 

 on the ordinary piirsrits of gardening, that 

 can be readily answered by applying to the 

 usual referetice books should not be re- 

 ferred to the Questionnaire. 



Can you tell me anything about the 

 effectiveness of Melrosine in destroying 

 rose bugs? I noticed in your last issue 

 that one of your writers recommended 

 Hellebore powder, and the shaking into 

 kerosene as a method of destroying this 

 pest. While I have in the past tried this 

 and other such remedies I have found 

 them only partly effective. Before ex- 

 perimenting with this new remedy I 

 should like to learn something of its 

 merits.— B. R. K.— New York. 



The inquiries we have rnade from time 

 to lime among the gardeners who have used 

 this product, have brought highly satis- 

 factory responses. With such men as Mr. 

 J. Horace McFarland, who stands eminent 

 in the field of horticulture, and others also 

 prominent publicity endorsing Melrosine, 

 we believe that the merits of the product 

 which the manufacturers claim for it, aie 

 warranted. — Editor. 



Here and There ! 



NEW ENGLAND'S HISTORIC 

 TREES. 



There are fifty-three single trees or tree 

 groups which are considered worthy of be- 

 ing listed as historic trees of Massachusetts, 

 according to a table which has been pre- 

 pared by James Raymond Simmons. The 

 particular reasons why they are deemed 

 worthy of historical mention are various 

 and curious. 



Some connection with Washington is 

 noted of several of the trees ; the Spring- 

 field elm because he "stopped at the tav- 

 ern" ; the Washington elm at Cambridge, 

 where he "took command of the American 

 army" ; an elm bearing his name at Palmer, 



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where "Washington rested on way to Cam- 

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 Broad's ehn at South Natick, of which it is 

 recorded : "At this spot Washington con- 

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 luittonuood is hallowed, since here it was 

 that "Washington watered horses." 



The "ehn by the little' brown house" — 

 such is its title — at Deerfield '"stood beside 

 an old Indian trail" and thus became fa- 

 mous. The Paxton elm at Paxton "marks 

 the center of the State." Beaman oak at 

 Lancaster is the "largest red oak in Massa- 

 chusetts," while the Charlemont button- 

 wood recalls the fact that the first settlers 

 of Charlemont "slept beneath its branches." 



The Avery and Oakum oaks both serxed 

 as models for their respective town seals. 

 The Hubbard elm at North Andover has 

 the "largest breast height diameter of any 

 ehn tree in Massachusetts," and under the 

 Lafayette elm at Ware the French patriot 

 "rested in Revolutionary times." Two very 

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 Eliot preached to the Indians, and the Endi- 

 cott pear tree, planted by John Endicott in 

 1630. 



A happy and charming fancy this to set 

 down, in such phrases as Mr. Simmons has 

 used, the records of these ancient oaks and 

 elms of Massachusetts. To love trees is a 

 fine trait in man. and to preserve them and 

 their records a better one. 



We can look forward to this plan being 

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