For T^ovember, 1922 



323 



PEONY PLANTING IN WINNIPEG 



"Plant a peony this fall" is being blazoned 

 foirth with electric lights from the highest 

 point on the City Hall in Winnipeg. Al- 

 ready the slogan is producing results. 

 Florists are besieged for bulbs, and hun- 

 dreds of citizens have already planted their 

 quota. The men in whose hands rests the 

 policy of the city, all with one accord wish 

 to make their city beautiful. 



Canada is trying to beautify her cities. 

 The west, despite its newness, its busyness, 

 its utilitarian ideas, is even more determined 

 than the more conservative east that it shall 

 disguise its newness in Bowers and shrub- 

 bery. One might wonder how Vancouver 

 could be made more attractive than it al- 

 ready' is. But the citizens are by no means 

 satisfied. The houses in the more exclusive 

 residential districts are covered with climb- 

 ing roses. Fences are shrouded with ram- 

 blers, gardens are filled to overflowing with 

 every variety of flower and plant which can 

 be procured. Recently, too, a special flower 

 was adopted for the city's emblem, the 

 "General Mc.\rthur Rose" ; and now it is 

 the determination of the city that every 

 house, no matter how small, nor in what 

 secluded or congested suburb it stands, shall 

 be covered with the General McArthur Rose 

 by 1923. 



In an age when men appear to be too much 

 engaged in financial or research matters to 

 have time even for the cultivation of inter- 

 national gardens of friendship, it is surely 

 a most encouraging sign of the times that 

 some city fathers should wish to plant roses 

 and peonies. There is something in the 

 thought that, while occupied with the task 

 of making the bare places graceful with 

 climbing roses, there is no time for finding 

 fault, for thinking unkind thoughts, for 

 arguing about municipal politics. — Monitor. 



America, thou gavest birth 



To light that lighteth all the earth, 



God keep it pure ! 

 We love that onward leading light ; 

 We will defend it with our might ; 



It shall endure ! 



America, on-pressing van 



Of all the hopes of waking man. 



We love thy flag ! — 

 Thy stately flag of steadfast stars. 

 And white, close held to heart-red bars. 



Which none shall drag ! 



America, faith-shadowed land. 



Truth dwells in thee, and truth shall stand 



To guard thy gate. 

 Its planted seed of potent good 

 Shall grow to world-wide brotherhood, 



Man's true estate. 



.America, the God of Love, 

 Whose name is ev'ry name above, 



Is thv defense. 

 'Tis thou must lead the longing world 

 From phantom fears, to Love's unfurled 



Omnipotence. 



— .\lice Morgan H.\rrison. 



rather, the fibrous portions of them, from 

 which all the finer particles of soil have 

 been removed. 



Dift'erent Orchids require different ma- 

 terial, but most will grow quite satisfactorily 

 in a clean, open mi.xture of any of the dif- 

 ferent fibres no'W used for the purpose, with 

 live Sphagnum moss on the surface. — 

 li.vclian"c. 



REPOTTING ORCHIDS 



Orchids in general are best repotted after 

 the plants have finished flowering, for at 

 such times new roots develop. After re- 

 potting, the chief aim of the cultivators 

 should be to get the plants re-established as 

 quickly as possible, and this is best accom- 

 plished bv keeping the compost on the dry 

 side. If the cultivator will look after the 

 roots of his plants, the tops will look after 

 themselves, provided they are kept clean 

 and placed in suitable quarters. 



The basis of a good Orchid compost 

 should consist chiefly of Fern rhizones ; or, 



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