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HOHTl CULTURE 



May 22, 1915 



lillCB. ba\ Hii.s .Hiii li>ilr;int;»'a8 by H. 

 E3. Doescher, T. J. Semmos showed 

 I)lanta and porch bo.xi's. 



Chns. Elchllng's reniialsance garden, 

 with Its urns laden with blossoms and 

 foIlaK'". and the arch to the entrance 

 covered In verdure and blossoms out- 

 linlnK the word City Beiiiniful. repre- 

 sented a splendid idea and was well 

 worked out. Red and white blossoms 

 were the only color used in this fea- 

 ture of the Avenue Floral Company's 

 display. The back^ound was made 

 of palms and other foliage plants. 



Carpet beds by E. A. Fraley and Mr. 

 Kraak. plant groups by Mrs. J. H. 

 Menard, home grown arau( arias and 

 flcuses by A. Verlinde and M. Van- 

 dereecken. hardy i)Iants by Sleekier 

 Seed Co., day-blooming cereuses by 

 M. Wichers. and geranium groups by 

 F. X. Becker were some of the nota- 

 ble things shown. The exhibition 

 lasted from Thursday till Sunday 

 afternoon. 



BLOSSOMS OF PEACE. 



The .Spirit of I'eace to tlie liattlelleUl came. 

 The enunnn linil blackenod the c.nrth with 



its flume. 

 The (IniniM were nil hashed auci the bugles 



were still. 

 The smoke-wrenths had vanished from val- 

 ley and bill; 

 The swords that were red, (hough it was 



not with rnst. 

 Were broken and tarnished and ground In 



the dust; 

 And she gazvA with a tear at the blue and 



the (tray. 

 Where silvnt and stark In the shadows they 



lay. 



She summoned a cricket to pipe them a 



mass 

 While she wove them a pail of the daisies 



and grass; 

 She fashioned of violets .sheaths for the 



swords. 

 To buttercups changed all the cavalry 



cords. 

 And out of the blood of the soldiery brave 

 Commanded the wild rose to I>lossom and 



wave : 

 And liurlpd in myrtle, starred over wllli 



dew, 

 The liayonets dropped by the gray and 



the blue. 



She l>ade from the forest the woodpeckers 



come. 

 And to each of the birds she presented a 



drum; 

 Then, calling the wood-thrushes brown, on 



parade. 

 She gave them the bugles that heralds bad 



played. 

 The trumpets she hung on a slender green 



vine 

 That she taught o'er the door of a cottage 



to twine; 

 And when she had broldered on caisson 



and gun 

 Her name in white clover, her labors were 



doue. 



— Minna Irving. 



TO INCREASE FLOWER SALES. 



Kvcry day during tlic ycai lia.s its 

 myriad of birthdays, anniversaries, 

 wedilings. funerals, etc., wlien flowers 

 should be the leading gift. Not to 

 mention the great holidays when the 

 mails and express are loaded with 

 gifts of every kind except flowers 

 there are abundant occasions to use 

 up all the flowers that are grown and 

 more, if the public could only be made 

 to realize it. Any proposition which 

 tends to a wider and more thorough 

 distribution of the product of the flow- 

 er growers always appeals to us and 

 we are glad to welcome it and accord 

 such support as lies in our power. 



The National Floral Corporation has 

 an announcement In this paper which 

 seems to present a practical means to 

 this end, in well-organized, economi- 

 cal and cfhcient manner. Its avowed 

 object is to educate the public to give 

 more flowers, to send flowers out of 

 town and to enable them to thus send 

 them anywhere and everywhere by a 

 business-like arrangement with one 

 approved florist in every city and town 

 in every state in the country. The lit- 

 erature of this organization which we 

 have seen bears every mark of a well- 

 considered and well-matured enter- 

 prise and will deeply interest every 

 florist however big or however little 

 he may be. From the very fact that 

 only one florist will be chosen in each 

 community to be a direct beneficiary 

 in this arrangement an immediate ap- 

 plication by those interested is advis- 

 able. — — 



CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL 

 PLANTS. 



Any agriculturist inieresiod in the 

 cultivation of medicinal plants may 

 obtain a copy of an interesting paper, 

 including an extensive bibliography, 

 read by Dr. Fred B. Kilmer at the 1915 

 meeting of the .National .Association 

 of Manufacturers of Medicinal Prod- 

 ucts, by sending his address and a 

 two cent stamj) to cover postage to C. 

 M. Woodruff, secretary, 475 Kast Grand 

 Boulevard, Detroit, Mich. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 Gladiolus Society of Ohio authorizes 

 the announcement that the next Annu- 

 al Exhibition and Flower Show to be 

 held by the society, will be given in 

 the assembly rooms of the Hollenden 

 Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, August 1.3-14, 

 1915. An attractive premium list is 

 now in course of preparation, and a 

 fine display is confidently expected. 



Wii.m n A. CiiiiisTV. Sec. and Treas. 



MEMORIAL TO THE LATE GEORGE 

 DICKSON. 



The Secretary of the Newlownards 

 Horticulture Society announces that, 

 in response to a circular sent out by 

 a committee, he has received about 

 .£100 towards a memorial to the late 

 Mr. George Dickson (of .Messrs. Alex. 

 Dickson and Sons), .Newtownards. 

 The committee has decided to provide 

 a Clip, to be called the George Dickson 

 .Memorial Cup. to be offered for com- 

 petition annually, but among a differ- 

 ent class of competitors each year; 

 the cup is to be held for one year, and 

 at the close of the year the holder will 

 be presented with a small replica of 

 the cup. — Journal of llorlicultun; 

 London. 



MEMORIAL DAY. 



Down the dusty villaKC street 

 With their faded flags they come, 



.Marcliiug to the measured heat 

 Of the mournful mulTled drum. 



Haltingly the flies go by, 

 .Shrinks the column year by year; 



Once they shook the verj' sky 

 With their lusty battle cheer. 



Old and bowed with many griefs. 



Bearing wounds of shot and shell ; 

 How they fought for their beliefs 



Scores of battlefields can tell. 



Tlie.v have seen the meadows refl 

 Where the clanging cannon cried ; 



They have left their gallant dead 

 Half the southern streams beside. 



Theirs it was, when carnage reigned. 

 Til unsheathe their battle steels; 



ours it Is to keep unstained 

 .Ml the nation's old Ideals. 



Aye, our .fathers fought and bled, — 

 Ours the profit, theirs the woe! 



Shall It ever then be said 

 We've forgot the debt we owe? 



.Nay, we'll not forget. Indeed ; 



North and South, our lives we'll give — 

 If again shall come the need — 



That the dear old flag may live. 



Hoses for the hoys in blue, 



Roses for the boys in gray. 

 All impartially we strew, 



There's no North nor South today. 



In the mountains, on the plains, 



lu the cities by the sea, 

 "Dixie" mingles with the strains 



Of "My Country, 'TIs of Thee." 



On the fields that erst did prove 



We were one in bravery. 

 Springs the lily white of love, 



Blooms the rose of loyalty. 



And we dream that in the skies 

 Little Mac and brave Stonewall, 



Grant and Lee. walk friendly-wise — 

 Lincoln smiling on them all ! 



— Walter G. Doty, in Farm Journal. 



