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Here is a pansy bed that is teaching the people of 

 Cleveland, O., an important lesson. This city has been 

 one of the most unfortunate in losing so many valuable 

 trees. All kinds of opinions have been expressed. 

 Some said it was " gas " that killed them, others laid it 

 to "smoke," while many declared it was the "electric 

 currents," "acids," etc. There is a portion of the city 

 they call " The Gas Belt." Mr. R. A. Harman, living 

 at 930 Prospect St., a gentleman connected with busi- 

 ness and banking interests of the city, and a great lover 

 of trees, consented to have a trial made to see if it were 

 true that "No plants would grow in the gas belt." 

 Early in the spring of 1904, as soon as the frost was 

 out of the ground, a hole was dug in the lawn as you 

 see 8 feet wide and 2^ feet deep, and was rilled and 

 rounded up with rich soil, and the plants set at once 

 (they had been out of doors all winter). They grew 

 very slowly at first, but when the weather warmed up 

 they went to work " for dear life," and they kept it 

 up for all summer "resting" slightly in July and 

 August and bloomed until it froze up. This photo- 

 graph was taken July 3rd, and the plants and the 

 flowers at the time were equally as fine as on our 

 own farm, where we grow the "best." The bed was 

 taken care of by Miss Mary Helen Harman, who is 

 seen in the picture, and, without knowing it, she has 

 shown the people of that city that what their plants 

 and trees need is food, water, and good care. 



This is the one lesson of all that people seem slow 



