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E. W. TOWNSEND, SQUARE DEAL NURSERY, SALISBURY, MD. 



The Ladies' Corner 



It is a positive fact that the 

 women folks of this country 

 have had much to do with the 

 great awakening- that has 

 been going on in horticul- 

 tural lines. This has led me 

 to devote a corner in our 

 book especially 

 for them. The 

 farm press of 

 the country has 

 been doing 

 much good in 

 this education, 

 and it is the 

 women folks 

 that are doing 

 the reading, and 

 thus becoming 

 better educated 

 along the horti- 

 cultural lines. 

 Not particularly 

 the farmers' 

 wives and 

 daughters, but 

 the city folks as well, es- 

 pecially those in suburban 

 sections, with a small plot 

 of land are greatly im- 

 proving their premises with fine gar- 

 dens of small fruits, vegetables, and 

 flowers. Not only is this true of one 

 section but a remarkable change can 

 be noticed in all sections of the country. 

 In a day's run hundreds of ladies and children 

 may be seen working in these beautiful gar- 

 dens. The work is a recreation for their mus- 

 cles, brings joy and happiness to their minds, 

 is pleasing to the eye, as well as profitable to the 

 body. There never was a greater contrast than 

 to see a weedy corner, transformed into a clean 

 and pretty garden. I may not be able to help 

 very much along this line, but one thing I can 

 do, and that is thank them with all my heart 

 for this good and great work they are doing. 



Home Garden a Great Saving — In these times 

 of high prices, home gardening is just as profit- 

 able as it is a pleasure, dollar after dollar is 

 being saved by the housewife in the living ex- 

 penses. A well planted and arranged garden 

 is many times worth several hundred dollars a 

 year to a single family. Not only a saving for 

 the home, but many women are making their 

 pin money for themselves. 



Independence is the greatest thought in this 

 work. Makes the home independent, makes 

 the wives and children independent. Each in- 

 vididual of the family feels this independence 

 by seeing their homes being beautified by each 

 individual taking a helping hand in the work 



Assortment of Dahlias. 



that is becoming so pleasing to the eye. I do 

 not expect to see a falling off in this work, but 

 expect much greater things yet to come. 



The writer feels proud of the fact that he 

 has helped to start a number of those beautiful 

 changes that have taken place in all parts of 

 the country. It has been my pleasure not only 

 to help individuals, but to help a great many 

 schools to get the spirit, filling the young mind 

 with the thought while at school, causing them 

 to carry the idea home to the mother, mother 

 talking it over with father about the imaginary 

 garden, until such a thing becomes a reality. 

 We have helped in this way by not only getting 

 the idea started, but have supplied most of the 

 necessary wants in those communities, select- 

 ing the plants, shrubbery, seeds, etc. In one 

 community over fifty garden selections were 

 furnished by us and sent to the homes of the 

 boys and girls at a very small profit if any to 

 ourselves. We are again prepared to offer our 

 services to any community who has the spirit 

 to beautify their homes and grow the profitable 

 fruit and flower gardens. We again thank the 

 ladies of our country for their very great part 

 in this work, and hope that we may be able 

 to give them the help that is at our command. 



A Few Letters From the Ladies 



A LETTER FROM MRS. RANT*, OF WESTMORLAND 

 COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 



My Dear Sir — I am in receipt of your literature and 

 am greatly interested in what you are doing in edu- 

 cating the women in culture of strawberries and home 

 gardens. I have been in this work for over 25 years. 

 It is a great work. Tou are on the right road, and I 

 predict that in a short time if you can get the women, 

 not afraid of bugs, and worms, or spoiling their white 

 hands, you will have to greatly increase your acreage 

 to supply their wants. 



I hope to be able to send you a letter for your Ladies 1 

 Corner later, and wish you all the success possible. 

 The letter follows — advice from one woman to another. 



At the present moment the press overflows with ad- 

 vice to us women to economize, and dispense with all 

 luxuries, in view of the high cost of living. But let us 

 get busy, and go them one better; for every woman 

 with even a tiny plot of ground at her command if only 

 a city backyard can, with little work and at very small 



expense, furnish the family for most of the year with 

 God's best fruit — the strawberry. These may be had 

 fresh" from the vines for over four months in the year 

 and enough put up in cans in the way of preserves, jel- 

 lies, etc., to last the year round. The most healthful of 

 all fruits grown. I have worked with the berries for 

 over thirty years. They are simple to grow,. My last 

 experience was with the everbearing varieties, and find 

 them the best of all. Take my advice, now ladies, and 

 not let another season pass without having your own 

 berry garden. You can not only save much for your 

 family, but you can make our own pin money, and oh, 

 the joy in working with them. Nothing will keep the 

 body in better condition than a few hours with the 

 berry garden every day during spring and summer. 

 Write and ask a responsible plant nursery for any in- 

 formation you wish, regarding what you desire to 

 plant. Advise how much space you have for your 

 garden. He will put you right, give all culture direc- 

 tions you will need. Yours faithfully, 



HARRIETT LAWRENCE RAND. 



