It is not sufficient to bring in a clump of some delicate wild 
plant, with a ball of earth, adhering to its roots, and to put this 
in a hollow scooped out of the garden soil. For earthworms 
and other burrowing creatures v/ill soon mix the garden soil 
with that introduced, and rain water will carry acid or alkali 
from the surrounding soil up to the roots of the new plant. It 
is necessary to prepare special beds for acid, alkaline and 
neutral soil plants respectively. 
Many garden soils are neutral at the start, and the stirring 
in of a little powdered limestone will make such soils 
sufficiently alkaline for most wild flowers which grown in 
nature under alkaline conditions. The making of an acid 
garden needs, however, more consideration. 
Adjusting To make an acid soil garden, dig out the soil already 
THE Acidity present to a depth of a foot or more, and fill in the hole with 
OF THE a mixture of non-alkaline sand with peaty material, litter from 
GrARDEN Sou. laurel thickets, half-rotted oak leaves or pine needles, or bits 
of wood and bark. Carefully avoid the admixture of any lime, 
manure or black leaf mold. Water the bed with rain water 
collected in a barrel and acidified by throwing in some rotting 
wood or bark. 
(Written at the request of Mrs. N. L. Britton, Secretary of Wild 
Flower Preservation Society. Permission for publishing this article was 
granted by the Department of Agriculture of the United States.) 
Wild Flower Notes 
Central Mr. Walter B. Hofer reports that the Wild Flower Exhibit 
Zone in the lobby of the Union Savings Bank in Cincinnati has an 
estimated attendance of 10,000 persons. Pupils from fifteen 
elementary schools, two parochial schools, five high schools, 
and four Girl Scout organizations attended the Exhibit, and 
three hundred memberships were issued. 
New Jersey Mrs. Baton reports that the Princeton Library will take 
Zone over the Wild Flower Exhibit, install it in a large room and 
make it permanent, under the auspices of the Library 
Association. She also tells us that Princeton University is 
starting a Wild Flower Preservation Society, largely through 
the influence of the Princeton Club. Money is now being 
raised for its endowment. 
California Governor Stephens has signed the bill appropriating 
Zone $300,000 to purchase tracts of virgin forest along the new 
northern Highway. It is not yet known whether the bill 
prohibiting the sale of Toy on berries has been passed. 
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