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The item in re;:;;inl to tipiiiu^; iiuli-ntes 

 tlic way ill which friend tSelser witli his 

 hirge circle of acquaintances in a great city 

 is able to rebuke and reprove graft. I have 

 before told you that in Tennessee they have 

 a law against "tii)ping" on Pullman cars. 

 Now, 1 object to what is called tijtping; but 

 at the same time when a porter or anybody 

 else puts himself out of the way to give me 

 a hel])ing hand I am willing to rewartl him 

 reasonably. But I do not believe in giving 

 half a dollar nor' even 25 cents for every 

 little service rendered. Mr. Calvert once 

 ofl'eri'd a porti'r ten cents for some little 

 service. The porter handed it back, indicat- 

 ing by his action that he was not in the 

 habit of getting less than a quarter of a 

 dollar or a half. I mentioned this to Mr. 

 Selser, who said that he himself often gives 

 a dime or even a nickel. In one case he 

 mentioned the fact that he offered a nickel 

 to a boy ill a l)ig hotel for some trifling ser- 

 vice. Tile boy threw the nickel on the 

 ground. Mr. Selser reportt'd the transac- 

 tion to tlu" man at the desk. The boy was 

 called up and dismissed on the spot. The 

 proprietor of the hotel said something like 

 this: 



''Young man, I give you to nndei'stand 

 that the guests of this hotel are not be in- 

 sulted by even a small boy like youi-stdf. ' ' 



1 was curious about the wheel chairs used 

 there. A bronze plate was very conspicuous 

 01) the front of every vehicle, reading, "75 

 cents an hour for two passengers; .'(^1.00 for 

 three jiassengers. ' ' Nothing was said about 

 a man to push the chair. But our "pusher" 

 took the ground that the price was for the 

 wheel standing still. I suppose that in that 

 great thorofare in Atlantic ('ity iiioU i>eo- 

 [ile submit to the graft rather than to coni- 

 jdain or make a fuss. 



The Hubam Clover, by Professor Hughes 



Himself. Also a ELind. Word for 



Our Home Department. 



On jiage 445 of our July issue I suggested 

 that Prof. Hughes might have noticed my 

 exjieriments in trying to find a superior 

 strain of the biennial sweet clover, these 

 experiments having been made some years 

 ago. From tlie following letter, however, it 

 seems quite plain that our good friend 

 Hughes knew little or nothing of my work 

 along that line. 



Dear Mr. Root: 



I have not had ready access to Gleaiiins's in Bee 

 Culture, Ijul occasionally have seen a copy ; and 

 one afternoon last .spring went to the chemistry 

 huilding of the Iowa State College, where the hee 

 journals are lioused, to acquaint myself with your 

 .iournal. I had thought to be there for a few min- 

 utes; hut before I knew it, it was half past five 

 and the librarian closing, so I secured permission 

 to take Gleanings home with nie. T told Mrs. 

 Hughes that it was the most pleasant half day I 

 had spent, and the following Sunday T read selec- 

 tions from your department to the whole family — 

 to the enjoyment of all. .Vnd the selections had 

 nothing to do with Hubam clover either — but con- 

 cerned the things most wortli while in life. I am 

 told that during a great bamiuet ftnce being held 

 in Tjondon in honor of the man who discovered 



chloroform he was asked which of his discoveries 

 he thoimht most important. His reply was, "Tlio 

 most important discovery I have made was the 

 fact that I was a sinner and needed .lesus Christ 

 as my Savior." I assure you that I would very 

 much" appreciate receiving your journal regularly. 



With regard to Hubam living thru the winter 

 and seeding again the following spring, we have 

 many reports that this is the case. From Wash- 

 ington, Oregon, and California where the plants 

 have made a growth of from five to nine — and even 

 eleven — feet with a heavy crop of .seed, we have 

 reports that they have come again the following 

 year and repeated the performance. We have also 

 had similar reports from Maryland and Virginia 

 and one from Illinois. In these cases nearly every 

 plant produced a crop of seed both the first and 

 second years; but from all sections of the country 

 l)lants have produced crops the fir.st year and lived 

 thru the winter. I am inclined to beliex-p that in 

 a good many cases these plants did rot produce 

 seed the tirst year, l)ut were either biennials or 

 hybrids. A number of these hybrid ])lants have 

 been, and are. luider observation at .\mes where 

 they have not proved to be hardy plants, every one 

 of them winterkilling, tho some of them have made 

 a wonderful growth. 



Last ftill we took 20 or 30 i!:to the greenhouse 

 and produced during the winter self fe: tilized seed, 

 which have been i)l:inted in the fields this spring. 

 We have also made a very large selection of seed 

 from individual ulants ; of these about 170 were 

 planted in the greenhouse last fall from which self- 

 fertilized seed were produced. The o|)en fertilized 

 seed secured last fall together with the self-fertil- 

 ized seed have all been planted in tlie fields ;it 

 .\mes this spring. Verv t-il> yours. 



H. 1). Hughes. 



Ne\\bern, Ala.. .Tune 21, 1921. 



UrcKLlCBKEUIIOS FOR HKKS, .\.V1) IIKKS FOR UrcKr.K- 

 ISHRRIKS. 



After the article on pages 514-516 was all 

 set up. Miss White writes in regard to the 

 opening paragrai)li of sai<l article as fol- 

 lows: 



"Dr. Frederick \. Coville. U. S. Department of 

 -Vgriculture, discovered the need of acidity, and 

 Miss E. C. White located the wild Inishes. " 



She also adds as below: 



My dear Mr. Root : 



Blueberries are nearly or quite sterile to their 

 own pollen, and it is necessary to plant two varie- 

 ties in close proximity and to have bees to do the 

 liollinating. The tiilies of the blueberry flowers are 

 just about as long as Italian bees can negotiate. 

 Wild Inimblebees and little wild bees that can creej) 

 into the flower tubes do the work more easily. The 

 hone.\bees, nevertheless, are constantly found at 

 work on the blueberries, and I consider their pres- 

 ence near the blueljerry fields of great importance. 



I apijreciate greatly your interest in our lilue- 

 berry devehijiment and the help of the publicity 

 you are giving it. With m;iny thanks. 

 Sincerelv vours, 



Elizabeth C. White. 



New Lisbon, N. .!., Julv 18, 1921. 



Blueberries in Florida. 



On pages 515 .-iiid 516, last issue, 1 men- 

 tioned blueberries in Florida. On the latter 

 jtage Mr. Sap])"s naine \v;is mentioned. He- 

 low is something 1 li;i\(' just i-eccixM-d from 

 that nursei-ymau: 



Mr. Root ;^- 



I have 111) cataliig (if in\- blueberry orch.-iril. as 1 

 contracted .all m\' iilaiits in the C.arinen (iraiie Co.. 

 Oldsmar, Fla. 1 have aliout ten acres in blueber- 

 ries. Tliey do well in this part of Florida. They 

 are free from disease .-md insect pests, and average 

 from 2.^ to 40 (|uarts to 'the bu.sh. From old trees 

 I have sold several hundred quarts this year. They 

 last from the middle of Mav to the ni'dille of Auu' 

 list. ' M. A. S.ipp. 



Creslvicw, Fla.. .\iig. I. 1921. 



