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bloom and foliage and from the seed you will have 

 some surprises of loveliness. 



How much has been achieved by the wizards of hor- 

 ticulture who have opened new gates to let us look on 

 broad empires of possibilities. And how much is be- 

 ing done all the while along the lines of private re- 

 search. 



Take the carnation. Only a few years ago it was 

 a humble flower and now a glory fit for the dwellings 

 of kings. And the limit of its possibilities has not 

 yet been reached. 



When Eosenfield gave the world his Floral Treasure, 

 and Golden Harvest, he discovered gems whose beauty, 

 soon to be increased to millions, will make glad the 

 homes of the great Northwest and cheer up the prairie 

 desolations. 



Father Terry, of Iowa, has given us over one hundred 

 paeonies. Among them the Victor, w^hich is victori- 

 ous, and Excelsior which excels, and Morning Star 

 with delicate rays radiating from a heart of gold. 

 What a troup of loveliness to rise up and bless the old 

 man as he journeys to the land of the setting sun. 



And see what gTeat work he has accomplished in 

 brinffino- cheer to so manv homes. It is said he is a 

 benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow in the 

 place of one. What shall we say of the man who in 

 the place of none shall clothe the brown earth with a 

 carpet of beauty on which the soul can feast — who dis- 

 covers o-ems that will increase to millions ? There is 



