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themselves; to show the necessity of intensive, 

 scientific practices; to engage in an occupa- 

 tion which is profitable, healthful, intellectual 

 and delightful. The work in the greenhouse 

 is propagation, floriculture and forcing veg- 

 etables. Budding and grafting will be done 

 in the nursery and orchard, which contains 

 apples, peaches, pears, plums, quinces. The 

 bush fruits include blackberries, raspberries, 

 currants and gooseberries. Frequent visits will 

 be made to the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard 



THE ENTRANCE TO LOWTHORPE. 



botanical gardens, Boston markets, and horti- 

 cultural shows. There will be practice in pre- 

 paring products for market. 



A special feature of the work is the training 

 of women to be supervisors of school gardens. 

 Lowthorpe offers a course especially adapted 

 to the training necessary for such work. The 

 practical experience can be gained in its gardens, 

 and an exceptional opportunity for work with 

 the children in the boys' garden under the su- 

 pervision of a teacher of experience. 



"The man who lives simply, and justly, and 

 honorably, w^hether rich or poor, is a good 

 citizen." — Theodore Boosevelt. 



Man and the Rose 



Three interesting bits of news about the rose 

 may be quoted as "supplementary reading" to 

 our leading story this month. The commis- 

 sioner of patents has denied the application 

 of a florist for a trade-mark bearing the name 

 "Eoosevelt Rose," stating that "It is against 



public policy for this [the Patent] ofl&ce to 

 lend its sanction to the use of the president's 

 name by granting registration therefor as a 

 trade-mark without his express consent." The 

 town of Hildesheim, in Germany, has refused 

 $50,000 for its famous 1,000-year-old rose tree, 

 which, it is claimed, has bloomed every year 

 since the days of Alfred the Great. The New 

 York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad has 

 paid $20,000 damages for the destruction of 

 two rose gardens in Massachusetts. Some folks 

 are thinking about the rose— and they are not 

 all florists, either. 



It is nobler and more effective to do the least 

 service well, than to do the greatest service ill. 



Apropos of Our Washington Story- 

 It is perhaps not generally known that Wash- 

 ington was a faithful member of the Masonic 

 fraternity. A New Hampshir'e reader of Home 

 AND Flowers (Mr. George B. Griffith) recalls 

 the fact that, on January 15, 1800, the Grand 

 Lodge of Massachusetts voted to pay funeral 

 honors to his memory. Several days before 

 this. Past Grand Master John Warren, Paul 

 Revere and Josiah Bartlett, in the name of the 

 Grand Lodge, write a letter to Mrs. Washing- 

 ton, in which they said: "To their expressions 

 of sympathy on this solemn dispensation the 

 Grand Lodge have subjoined an order that a 

 Golden Urn be prepared as a deposit for a lock 

 of hair, an invaluable relique of the Hero and 

 the Patriot whom their wishes would immortal- 

 ize; and that it be preserved with the jewels 

 and regalia of the society." To this request 

 Mrs. Washington replied through Hon. Tobias 

 Lear, the warm personal friend and secretary 

 of Washington, a native of New Hampshire, 

 enclosing a lock of Washington's hair. The urn 

 was made of gold, by Paul Revere, the hero 

 of Longfellow's poem, "The Midnight Ride," 

 in which the lock of hair was placed, and where 

 it has rested for more than a century. On Feb- 

 ruary 11, 1800, a Masonic procession, consist- 

 ing of more than 1,600, w^as formed at the Old 

 State House in Boston, and moved to the Stone 

 Chapel, where funeral services were held. The 

 golden urn was borne in that procession, and 

 was afterwards deposited in the archives of the 

 Grand Lodge, where it still remains. Among 

 the most valued treasures that are transmitted 

 from one grand master to his successor is this 

 golden urn, the work of Paul Revere, containing 

 a lock of hair of the immortal Washington, 



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The following are nom de plumes or the 

 persons have changed their addresses since con- 

 tributing to Home and Flowers. Will they 

 kindly send their full name and correct address 

 to the editor at once: Brown, Mrs. Cornelia; 

 Cook, Mrs. Lucia B. ; Cochrane, Mary H.; Ford, 

 Agnes Allan; Hutchinson, Nellie M. ; Johnson, 

 Jennie Bodge; Leonard, Miriam; Richardson, 

 C. B.; Roy, Mrs. J. E. ; Vermilya, A. L.; 

 Williams, Ray. 



