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into new localities, thus increasing the economic 

 value of the land. While men on farms may be 

 too busy for the task, the women in towns and 

 villages may readily take up the work of rep- 

 resenting the flora of their vicinity in the State 

 botanical building. She who commences as a 

 mere collector will in all probability develop 

 into a student. 



Especially should women be interested in 

 this subject, since it is becoming daily of more 

 importance in the avocations of their sex. The 

 Countess of Warwick has classes of women 

 training in floriculture and the production of 

 berries. Women who are college graduates are 

 making good livings in this department. The 

 culture of flowers for perfumery and extracts 

 is almost unknown, but might readily be un- 

 dertaken by propertly instructed women. In- 

 deed, the very latest from this field is that a 

 woman utilizes the production of mints in 

 swamps for this purpose, making a comfort- 

 able income, and that farmers are installing 

 stills for the extraction of the essence of mints, 

 which they cultivate by the acre in soils espe- 

 cially adapted to the growth. 



The ravages of insect pests and the scale 

 call for increased vigilance over the vegetable 

 kingdom, in which women may take a part. 



Elizabeth Christina, daughter of Linneus, 



