a Suggestion 
One winter I had a double sash frame filled with the Common 
Foxglove placed six inches apart, making a planting six feet square 
and containing over one hundred and twenty plants. The field mice 
or small garden moles got in the frames and ate up entirely every plant, 
tops and roots, leaving plainly marked holes where each root had been. 
I had to smile audibly, although sadly disappointed, for the cold-frame 
bed looked like one huge porous plaster. 
Is the Digitalis poisonous to the human family and not to these 
garden pests? I have used poisoned wheat ever since in my cold- 
frames, placing it in hollow tiles laid on the surface in between the 
plants. When spring comes the tiles are handled carefully and all 
remaining grains of wheat or any spilled on the ground are buried 
deeply, beyond the reach of the birds. I now have no trouble with 
plants being eaten. — From an Article in Billerica by William C. Egan, 
Highland Park, HI 
flower Sbows 
A Flower Show, under the auspices of the Horticultural Society 
of Chicago and the Chicago Florists' Club, will be held at the Coliseum, 
Chicago, on November 9th to 14th. Illustrated lectures will be given 
on home gardening and the uses of plants and flowers. 
The Cleveland Flower Show, under the direction and supervision 
of the Ohio Horticultural Club, the Cleveland Florists' Club and the 
Garden Club of Cleveland, will be held at the Coliseum, Cleveland, 
November 10 to 14, 1915. At this Show the special prizes for the 
annual exhibition of the Chrysanthemum Society of America and for 
the fall exhibition of the American Rose Society will be awarded, and 
also a prize for a special exhibition of Carnations. Many prizes are 
offered by members of the Garden Club of Cleveland. For premium 
list or other information, address 356 Leader Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Conference of tbe Udoman's National Baricultural 
ano f)orttcultural association 
The First Western Conference will be held at the Art Institute, 
Chicago, on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 10th, at 2.30. 
Mrs. Francis King, President of the Association, will preside, and sev- 
eral interesting speakers will give short talks. It is hoped that all 
members living in the vicinity of Chicago will attend and bring interested 
guests. 
