dition and purpose for which ground is to be used. Plow under just 
before freezing weather comes. In the spring sow rye and vetch 
thickly, broadcast or drilled, three to four bushels per acre. This 
need not be the winter vetch. Spring vetch will answer, about one 
pound of vetch to three pounds of rye. When this growth attains a 
height of eighteen inches to two feet it should be plowed under. Plow 
a little deeper than you did in plowing under the manure the fall be- 
fore. This will bring the manure and a thin layer of sub-soil to the 
top of the ground. Keep this harrowed until late fall to kill any weed 
seeds which sprout. Then apply well-rotted manure at the rate of five 
to ten loads per acre, and the following spring this land will grow most 
anything. 
It is assumed that the land is in fair tilth to begin with and that it 
does not need liming, but it would be a good plan in applying the first 
coat of manure to use about fifty pounds to one hundred pounds of 
ground Hmestone to the load, scattered on the top of each load before 
being spread on the ground. 
When planting the crop the next spring it would be well to disc- 
harrow the ground rather deeply, four to six inches. Special fertilizers 
like bone meal or mixed commercial fertilizers could be apphed to suit 
the crop to be grown. Small quantities only need be used. 
True, you lose one year's use of the land, but the results are easily 
worth it. Madison Cooper. 
From the Flower Garden. 
The Sunbeam Poppies 
Reference was recently made to the giant form of Iceland Poppy 
and its possible value as a cut flower. This strain of hybrids is now 
known as the Sunbeam Poppies and an exhibit of them was recently 
shown in London. They are easily raised from seed and are extremely 
vigorous, much more so than the true Iceland Poppy. The raisers 
state they flower well in pots during the Winter in a cool house. — 
The Florists Exchange. 
Thalictrum Dipterocarpum 
Of the Thalictrums there are many, not a few of them of native 
origin and for the most part fully hardy. Only those from Southern 
points are at all tender. Yet one may go far and never see a plant 
either in the garden or in the florist's grounds. In our peregrinations 
this season, we have seen but one example of Thalictrum family and 
that was the wild dasycarpum in some woodland. Perhaps the most 
interesting and important of the whole family is the Chinese species 
dipterocarpum. It was introduced by Veitch in 1907, and its appear- 
ance created a tremendous amount of interest in Europe. Totally 
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