There are ninety-six pages in all, and every one will be of interest. 
The book is light in weight, well arranged and altogether a great 
addition to the hbrary as a garden guide. 
ExPLANA- A typographical error accounts for the "No i" which appeared 
TiON in some places in the March number of the Bulletin after the words 
Garden Club of America, I feel an explanation is necessary 
because I have had so many letters asking if the Garden Club of 
America was to be divided into zones, — and which zone would be 
theirs! As far as I know, we are still Hke the Christian Soldiers, 
"One in hope and doctrine," — and I trust will remain so for many 
years. M. H. B. McK. 
An Echo from the Flower Show 
From a member of the Short Hills Garden Club, — winners 
of the Schling Gold Medal for the best exhibit of Bkd Bath with 
Planting, — comes the following contribution, the keynote of their 
exhibition being a statue of Narcissus: 
NARCISSUS 
Narcissus, Spring's incarnate Youth, 
Who the envious gods decreed must die 
When he should first behold his own rare loveliness. 
But ere the doomed death befell, 
As he knelt gazing at his mirrored beauty in the pool, 
Sweet Mother Nature then with gentle alchemy 
Transmuted him into the radiant flower 
Which, through the ages. Men have called Narcissus. 
That ever lives and dies and lives again. 
For Sign and Symbol, that Beauty does endure forever. 
On appealing to a well-known dealer in bulbs for a fine specimen 
pot of forced Narcissus to be planted at the knee of our statue, I 
received the astounding suggestion that a handsome Darwin Tulip 
would be far more effective ! We then appreciated the fact that we 
had not reckoned with the ignorance of the Pubhc, and at once 
searched our Ovids and Iliads and Lord Byrons for a few words 
to tell the legend of that very vain young man. Nothing was to be 
found, so our talented member, Mrs. Oswald Yorke, wrote the lines 
appearing above, which were clearly printed on a card and placed in 
a position where they could easily be read. The various circulars 
distributed from surrounding booths must have warped the public 
conscience, for that card was "pinched" regularly, — had to be 
replaced two or three times a day. There were others who did not 
take the trouble to read the card, and remarks like this were heard: 
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