BY WAY OF 



After putting the plant in place, apply water 

 liberally, and then mulch the soil about it with 

 grass-clippings or manure. Of course removal 

 at that season will check the growth of the plant 

 to a considerable extent, ajid probably end its 

 usefulness for the remainder of the season. Un- 

 less absolutely necessary, I would not attempt 

 the work at this time, for spring and fall are the 



proper seasons for doing it. 



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In a letter recently received a lady asks this 

 question: Do you believe in flower-shows? If 

 you think they help the cause of flower-growing, 

 will you kindly tell me how to go to work to 

 organize such a society? " 



To the first question I reply: I do believe in 

 flower-shows and horticultural societies when 

 they are calculated to increase the love and ap- 

 preciation of flowers as flowers, rather than to 

 call attention to the skill of the florist in pro- 

 ducing freaks which are only attractive as curi- 

 osities. I sincerely hope that the day of Chrys- 

 anthemums a foot across and Roses as large 



as small Cabbages is on the wane. 



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The thing to do in organizing a floral associa- 

 tion is— to paraphrase Horace Greeley's famous 



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