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MADISON, N. J. 



Final arrangements for the coming 

 flower show of the Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society took up 

 most of the time of the twenty-six mem- 

 bers present at the October meeting. 

 The show being on November 1 and 2, all 

 details had to be attended to and they 

 were many. Each member took his 

 quota of tickets to sell and a bundle of 

 posters to put up. We believe we will 

 have "the goods" on hand for a good 

 show and we are determined to have the 

 people there to see them. Two new 

 members were elected and four more 

 proposed. Our judges this time come 

 from Lenox, Mass. E. B. 



VICHITA,KAN. 



No, the Kansas is superfluous. There 

 is but one Wichita. She who pic- 

 turesquely stands at the convergence of 

 the two Arkansas rivers, the Little and 

 the Big. Some twenty years ago the 

 name Wichita was on most men's lips. 

 Her fame had spread far and wide, and 



the value of her real estate was im- 

 mense. Men tumbled over one another 

 to secure that comer lot some ten miles 

 out from the postoffice at $200 per front 

 foot, with no improvements within nine 

 miles. But, alas! the prosperity was 

 founded on air; and Wichita, from oc- 

 cupying the highest pinnacle of fame, 

 came tumbling down, and great was the 

 fall thereof. Almost deserted, she was 

 left as a monument to the madness of 

 man. For many years, in company with 

 many other towns throughout the state, 

 she slept a long, sound slumber. The 

 exodus from the country at large was 

 great, and the handful of farmers who 

 remained to till the soil plowed and 

 seeded their land yearly, only to reap a 

 harvest of disappointment. The sturdy, 

 persistent, but ill-rewarded efforts of 

 the husbandman aroused the pity of 

 heaven, and she wept. Yea, she wept 

 often and copiously. The fast-falling 

 tears moistened the sun-parched, wind- 

 swept prairies and they blossomed even 

 as a garden; and the semi-arid wastes 

 of central Kansas yielded their increase 

 one-hundred-fold, and nature smiled. 



With the return of agricultural pros- 

 perity, Wichita awoke. Now she is a 

 town of about 40,000, with fine, wide 

 streets lined with shade trees and well- 

 kept lawns and residences on either side. 

 Many homes are palatial in size and 

 architecture, the interiors giving evi- 

 dence of wealth and refinement. Busi- 

 ness in all lines has greatly increased 

 in the last few years, that of the florists 

 along with the rest. 



There are several floral e$>tablishments 

 in the town, and though not large, all 

 have a neat and prosperous appearance 

 and an "I am getting along nicely, 

 thank you," air about them. One place 

 of about 28,000 feet just about com- 

 pleted, has a very finished appearance 

 from the start. The well-kept lawn 

 and flower beds in front of the office, 

 and the tastefully arranged boxes along 

 the veranda give a favorable impression 

 to the visitor and the passerby. 



It would be well if some large places 

 of national repute would clean up a lit- 

 tle and make the approach to their 

 plants neat and attractive instead of 

 leaving it like a yard to a junk shop. 



