THE "ILLINOIS WAY" OF BEAUTIFYING THE FARM 



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70. Flowers for a Century at no Cost 



71. Restore the Illinois Rose to Illinois Woods! 



In full sunshine the Illinois rose is a compact bush, but in the woods it is a picturesque vine mystic, wonderful. See 

 how it flows, like water, over obstacles! It throws a mantle of charity over new stumps, bare earth, and all unsighthness. 



Every Illinois farmer can enjoy the Illinois rose the year round without cost in his woodland pasture. Let the children 



plant them this fall in woodlot or meadow. In a few years gather the fruits and bury them at the edge of the woods, where they will restore charm to the woodland by obliterating 

 you will be planting by the thousand for pleasure. the "browsing line" made by cattle. Let us plant Illinois roses along every trail in every piece of woods in Illinois! 



These daffodils have bloomed without care, on a farm, 

 for over one hundred years! Every Illinois farmer can 

 afford to invest $i in fifty daffodil bulbs. Let your children 



type of garden yet invented, and it can be adapted to any 

 climate, soil, or purse. For instance, at no cost, the farmer's 

 wife can put a shallow pan of water on a post near her kitchen 



window and watch the bluebirds and song sparrows spatter 

 the water, while she peels the potatoes. Twenty-five cents 

 will give her a trumpet creeper on the porch (see Fig. 66), 



72. Wild Gardening in the Meadow 



No use to cry "millionaire" or "eastern." Every farm can have this for $10. The bulbs of poet's narcissus cost less than one cent each. Invest $10 this fall and get 1,000 fragrant 

 white flowers next May. They will multiply without care and never harm your hay-crop. Plant with a dibble when the ground is soft. 



