do so by motor car by applying in writing to the Director of the 
Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, stating the time of their 
proposed visit and giving the name of their club. 
Would You a Buyer or a Seller Be? 
Last May the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association 
issued Folder No. i listing producing members. Maple sugar, honey, 
fresh and canned fruit and vegetables, jellies, marmalades, eggs, flower 
seeds, plants, bulbs and roots were among the goods advertised. 
One advertiser writes that she sold all her supply of maple sugar 
and had to refuse orders; another says that within less than three 
weeks after the folder was distributed she had received orders for 114 
jars of canned vegetables and 142 glasses of jam. 
A high standard article is the aim of the Association. Whenever 
possible, producers are required to submit samples to the Sales 
Committee before they are allowed to advertise. As it happens, the 
Chairman of this committee is a woman who knows pure foods from 
substitutes. She also knows when jellies and jams have lost their flavor 
by over-cooking, and can detect many of the imperfections that spoil 
otherwise good food. 
Folder No. 2, to be issued in September, is sent to aU members of 
the Farm and Garden Association and to others on request. Non- 
members who wish to receive it regularly must become members, pay- 
ing the regular two-dollar annual membership fee. It is hoped that the 
next issues will list a greater variety of food products, such as apples, 
nuts, cheese, hams, sausage, butter, and will represent producers in 
different sections of the country. 
Active sales are to be held at the National Office from November 
to April. Here members' products, including food and handiwork, will 
be sold on commission. The establishment of this shop is the out- 
growth of the Christmas Sales which were started soon after the 
Association was organized. At these sales city women have found 
a collection of unusual articles which could not be bought at any one 
shop elsewhere. 
Members of the Garden Club of America are welcomed as 
buyers or sellers at the Shop and through the Folder. Inquiries should 
be addressed to the General Secretary, Woman's National Farm and 
Garden Association, Inc., 414 Madison Avenue, New York City. 
Stolen Thunder 
How to Secure a Rich Soil for Flower Growing. 
A tract or plot of ground should be selected two years In advance 
of its being required for flowers. Manure heavily in the fall of the year, 
from 20 to 50 loads per acre, according to the manure, previous con- 
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