The programme for reform proposes that all signs within 500 feet 
of the highway should not have a larger area than 10 square feet, which 
means a sign only 2 feet by 5 feet; and that signs at a further distance 
should not exceed 100 square feet, or 10 feet square; that no natural 
object such as a boulder or fine tree be defaced by advertising; that no 
pictures be permitted on bill-boards; and that at the intersection of 
roads no biU-board be permitted to interfere with the clear vision of 
the motorist. Finally, it is proposed that a system of "zones" be gen- 
erally adopted whereby certain residential districts may obtain com- 
plete immunity. 
Our hopes are high, but at any rate we feel it an object well worth 
our diligent effort, and we hope that other Garden Clubs may work for 
the same end. 
Our correspondent from the James River Garden Club writes that Virginia 
they feature a Plant Sale in the Spring and Fall, the money going to Plants From 
their lecture fund and other objects. The prices for plants are small and Historic 
there is a ready sale for hardy flowers. Trees of Dogwood, their State Gardens 
flower, and of the Harrison Yellow Rose, their Club flower, are always 
to be had. Many old-fashioned flowers such as Cowslips from Shirley, 
and Daffodils from Tuckahoe, have been secured by those who like a 
memory garden. One of their most beautiful shrubs, the Crepe Myrtle, 
which blooms from June to October, could be weU adapted to tub cul- 
ture for the Northern gardens if protected in pit or greenhouse in 
Winter. It can be had in four colors — pink, cerise, lilac and white. 
The Hardy Garden Club of Ruxton made an interesting experi- Tulip 
ment last Fall when it ordered from Chester Hunt sixty varieties of Exhibition 
Tulip bulbs and distributed them to its members with the request that 
the resultant blooms be watched, and exhibited in the Spring. As each 
one bloomed, its proud possessor showed it at a garden meeting. 
The first was the early and charming Kaufmannia, and the last of the 
exhibit of thirty-three varieties, shown together, was on the twelfth 
of May. 
We learned much from the idea, for instance, that the lovely Clara 
Butt, she of the enchanting color and disappearing habit, is not the best 
pink Tulip but is surpassed by Princess Elizabeth, a flower of longer 
stem and much greater substance, and of equally exquisite shade. To 
our collective mind, Euterpe was the best and most vivid of the mauve 
shades, notwithstanding Ewbank's silvery lavender which we have 
always greatly cherished. 
We found that one of the most beautiful kinds is the Vitellina, 
very early and of a primrose color so delicate that it looks like a pale 
ray of sun in early Spring — it has a fascinating green rib down the 
middle of each petal which adds to its tender loveliness. We think 
Pride of Harlaam has a rival to its claim of being the best red, that 
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