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AS YOU LIKE IT. 



MRS. ESTELLE W. WILCOX, WHITE BEAR LAKE. 



May it be "as you like it" today, tomorrow and next day, as 

 you gather the pearls of wisdom dropped from the mouths of the 

 ■'wise men from the east" and west who have come not to wor- 

 ship but to bring to you thoughts from which you may in your 

 homes during 1907 weave "as you like it" a web of cloth formed 

 of many colors. The fruit lover in his weaving will have the 

 thread of red a ruddier shade as he strives to bring to greater 

 perfection the far-famed Wealthy apple, the luscious Senator 

 Dunlap or Cardinal strawberry, the delicious Loudon raspberry, 

 the tempting North Star and Victoria currants, the superb Wy- 

 ant and Surprise plums and dainty Delaware grape; while the 

 yellow thread will be brighter in a choicer University apple, with 

 the purple more royal in the fruit of the Columbian raspberry, 

 the white giving a purer Niagara grape, white currant and Pearl 

 gooseberry, and the blue will be deeper in the luscious bunches 

 of Campbell's Early, Concord, Worden and the hardy Beta, with 

 the green thread brightening the completed web in the luxuriant 

 foliage that decks every plant and tree. 



The vegetarian, in his weaving, will have as beautiful a fabric, 

 with the thread of green more pronounced in a finer-flavored 

 asparagus, a sweeter pea, a more tender bean and cabbage, a 

 crisper lettuce, a firmer brussels sprouts and a dantier bit of mint 

 and parsley; while it will be gay with threads of red formed by 

 a seedless tomato, a juicier beet, tenderer radish, and onion of 

 less strength ; with the yellow thread giving a sweeter-flavored 

 parsnip, squash and carrot; and the purple rich in the thickly 

 hanging egg plant, with the thread of white a tenderer celery, 

 salsify and a mealier potato. 



The floriculturist's web will be lovelier than before, as he deftly 

 weaves, mingling in exquisite, heightened beauty the red of the 

 tulip, peony and rose with the yellow thread of narcissus, crysanthe- 

 mum and golden glow, the delicate pink of the hyacinth, rose and 

 sweet pea, the lavender of the lilac, the dashing blue of the larkspur 

 and iris, and the dazzling white of the lily, phlox, Shasta daisy and 

 snowball — all bordered by the perfumed green thread of mignonette. 



Thus the three weavers, Horticulturist, Agriculturist and Flor- 

 iculturist, will have evolved a more perfected trmity of beauty 



