that after a short time these blooms should come back to the 
garden in the form of a first-aid to another season's growth. 
The Fire-heap is another necessity and should be in some The 
accessible spot ready for use at any time, where may be destroyed Fireheap 
all plants infected with scale or rust, as Hollyhocks and Delphin- 
ium, which should never be put on the compost-heap. All 
caterpillar nests, weeds that have many seeds as Dandelions when 
they have been dug from the lawn, old brush after it has served 
in the garden, clippings of Privet or Arbor-vitae hedges which 
take so long to rot as to be practically useless for compost, in 
fact, everything that you can't dispose of otherwise. Even 
household trash, papers, etc. should be burned here — every thing 
that comes from the house as well as the garden. The ashes from 
this heap while not so good as wood-ashes from the fireplaces, 
are carefully sifted and spread on the grass in the pasture lots. 
Thus we count on being able, with care and forethought, to 
return to the garden, in some measure, what we have taken from 
it. Anne T. Stewart. 
Short Hills. 
Dahlias of every size and shape, of every color and combina- 
tion of colors. Dahlias with petals rolled into tube shape, Dahlias 
that resembled great, shaggy Chrysanthemums, and others as 
small as Daisies, were shown yesterday at the Dahlia Exhibition 
under the auspices of the Cincinnati Garden Club, which was 
held in the Jabez Elliott Flower Market. 
A large number of new varieties were displayed, among them 
a handsome specimen called U. 8. A., which measures eight and 
a half inches across. The Insulinde, a large yellow flower, also 
measured eight and a half inches. A sweepstake prize was won 
with a basket of large white, waxy blossoms named F. W. Fellows. 
An odd red and gold Chinese chest, filled with flowers rang- Mrs. Taft's 
ing in color from pale yellow to dark red, which was entered by Triumphs 
Mrs. Samuel H. Taft, Clifton, won first prize in the section of 
artistic arrangement. Mrs. Taft, for the second successive time, 
won the Mordecai Cup, and if she wins it again next year she 
gets it as her possession for all time. This cup is a prized trophy 
to Dahlia growers and Mrs. Taft has won it three times, but not 
in succession. It must be won thrice in succession to become a 
permanent property. The cup was given to the Cincinnati 
Garden Club for a trophy cup for Dahlias by Gertrude Dahl 
Mordecai, the daughter of the Swedish grower of Dahlias, who 
has done so much for that flower. Mrs. Taft's winning the cup 
for a second time this year will be of keen interest, not only in 
Cincinnati, where she is honorary president of the Cincinnati 
Garden Club and sectional vice president of the American Iris 
Society, but to flower growers generally, for she is a vice presi- 
dent of the Garden Cltjb of America and widely known in the 
ranks of amateur growers. 
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