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September . 23, 1916 



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grown dandelions and docks will go 

 down over a foot, the smaller ones and 

 the rib grass about 6 inches. In the 

 first case, force the fork into the turf 

 as deep as it will go, and as far from 

 the weed as the length of the prongs. 

 By depressing the handle of the fork 

 the turf will be forced up like a mole 

 hill. If the distance has been guessed 

 correctly it will crack on either side 

 of the weed, which can then be re- 

 moved easily. In the case of the 

 smaller weeds, force the fork into the 

 soil about 6 inches from the weed and 

 about 6 inches deep, and go on as be- 

 fore. After a little practice it is pos- 

 sible to take out weed after weed 

 without breaking or leaving behind 

 any of the root, which if left might 

 grow again. It is best to weed In this 

 fashion when the soil is damp. Be- 

 fore rolling down the "mole hills" drop 

 a pinch of seed into the hole left by 

 the weed. Forking up the turf in this 

 way tends to improve it. Removing 

 the crown of a tap-rooted weed with 

 a knife does more harm than good, as 

 in most cases the weed will throw- out 

 several crowns to replace the one cut 

 off. Always burn weeds, then you 

 know for certain that they cannot give 

 any more trouble. — The Golf Course. 



FLOWERS, ANIMALS AND MEN 



The organization of a society for 

 the preservation of wild flowers seems 

 the apt expression of an age which 

 has determined to regard nothing 

 living as alien to it. We have reached 

 a period of human history in which 

 man Anally recognizes his oneness 

 with the great tribe of life and is will- 

 ing to receive all growing and sentient 

 things into his protection and care. It 

 is from this standpoint that he de- 

 plores the unregulated slaughter of 

 the seal, the commercialized pursuit 

 of the whale, the persecution of the 

 American bison, the extermination of 

 the dodo, the "great auk, the solitaire, 



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the Eskimo curlew, the Labrador duck 

 and the Carolina parrakeet. The cry 

 already goes up that the American 

 flamingo, the scarlet ibis, the upland 

 plover, the egret, sage grouse, heath- 

 hen and at least twenty other beauti- 

 ful American birds are in danger of 

 extinction. And now comes the turn 

 of the flowers, for the arbutus or 

 "mayflower" is disappearing, the moc- 

 assin flower shrinks away from sight, 

 and unless the new society can pre- 

 vent it we shall soon see the last of 

 the cardinal flower, the Christmas 

 fern, the partridge berry and the 

 white pond lily. 



If animals can have their rescue 

 leagues and birds their Audubon so- 

 cieties, why should not "The Wild 

 Flower Preservation Society of Amer- 

 ica" campaign against "the vandalis- 

 tic plucking of flowers"? All these 

 organizations deserve encouragement 

 and support. It is impossible to esti- 

 mate adequately the result of their 

 work in terms of human uplift. We 

 need more rather than less of it. But 

 if a "higher intelligence" from some 

 more favored planet were to visit us 

 just now his commendation of that 

 work would be tempered by reflec- 

 tions. He would notice that we were 

 in the midst of a great war, and 

 would observe with surprise that we 

 were extending to the creatures below 

 us the protection which we refuse to 

 the members of our own kind. What 

 we offer to the gaze of such a visitor 

 is the spectacle of the whole resources 

 of our science devoted to the slaugh- 

 ter of our fellow men. His report 

 back to Mars or to some world in the 

 lAiriyh ,ot Arcturus would infallibly 

 contain the declaration that we were at 

 cross purposes with ourselves and had 

 not yet risen to the rank of reasonable 

 beings. And that report might very 

 well conclude with the statement that 

 when our race puts into the work of 

 preventing men from killing and mu- 

 tilating eacli other only half of the 

 organized energy it now devotes to 

 seeing that animals are not starved, 

 that organ grinders are kind to their 

 monkeys, and that hot plates are not 

 Tised for the training of dancing bears, 

 he will be the first to acknowledge 

 that we have squared our practices 

 with our sentiments. — Boston Herald. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES 

 Buffalo, N. Y.— D. B. Sayer, florist, 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy, as- 

 sets, $10n, liabilities, $,5,60.5.61. 



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1,197,866. Quack Grass Eradicator. 

 Frank A. Sirek, Lonsdale, Minn, 



1,198,178. Plant Protector. Abra- 

 ham L. Bauer, Columbus. O, 



Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflet 

 No. 10, is a popular article on the cul- 

 ture of bulbs, giving full instructions 

 for indoor and outdoor culture. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

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 Tuxedo, Md. — James Corridon, one 

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Reinbeck, la. — H. J. Watson, one 



house. 



Merlon, Pa.— Henry L Faust, 200 ft. 



house. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Wm. K. Harris, 

 one house. 



Clifton, Va.— O. C. Ports, Wilson 

 Creek, one house. 



2094 Genesee St., two 100 ft. King 

 houses, completed. 



Middlebury, Vt.— Wm. L. Ford, 

 Xorth St., addition. 



Utica, N. Y.— Mrs. John E. Price, 

 1815 Rutger St.. one house. 



StamforS, Conn. — Julia Kaufman, 

 Strawberry Hill, one house. 



Washington, D, C. — J. B. McCabe, 

 house 28 x 160, house 30 x 160. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Wm. C. Buechi, 



Denver, Col. — .Mauff Floral Co., Lo- 

 gan St., one house. 



Itasca, 111.— Henry H. Gells, two 

 liouses each 20 by 100; two houses 

 each 28 by 100. 



Darlen, Conn. — Wm. Ziegler, Jr., 

 conservatories. $30,000. Lord & Burn- 

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