$mplementi& aart Pathitienj 
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want to undertake the work, just send in your 
names to me so that I can see who you are. 
I’ll let you know in due time how to do up and 
send the berries, and also how to save seeds, 
and what to do to raise plants from the 
seeds. E. S. Goff. 
Ag’l. Ex. Station, Geneva, N. Y. 
FLOSSIE’S TRIBUTE TO HER DEAD 
SKYE TERRIER. 
Yoo may laugh. If you will, at my tears, 
Ami say, “It was only a dog :** 
Of course ., l am sorry she's dead— 
1 haven't the heart ol a log ! 
Do you know why we called her our Rays ? 
(My pupa, lie gave her that name); 
Her hair was like strips of brown lloss 
(We loved her for that all the same.) 
O her eyes! how they'd sparkle and gleam 
With pleasure whenever I'd come 
From errands at shops or from school, 
As soon as I entered the room. 
And when mamma or papa came in 
(From riding or shopping) at night, 
You ought to see Rags skip about, 
Aud wiggle mid wag her delight. 
So mueh love In one little wco skin, 
I never expect to see more: 
It surely was given by Him 
Whom Christ teaches all to adore. 
I loved dearly to see Rags so glad, 
So cunning, her 4 »e«r little shape. 
We thought her a much better pet 
Than rabbit, or parrot, or ape. 
'Twas affectionate, too, as a child, 
Aud knew how to kiss, I declare! 
IntelliycrU t Yes, and more bright 
Than some of my schoolfellows are. 
What, romps Rags used to have With us all, 
Whenever we'd humor her fun, 
(A frolic she liked more than food), 
O, how she would frisk, skip and run. 
She was dear to us all, -so you see, 
Why mourning her death dims my eyes: 
For though she was " only a dog,” 
I’m Eure Rags has gone to the SI.'yes. 
—Brighton (Eng.) Guardian. 
NOTE. 
The proposition which Mr. Goff makes in 
another column, 1 hope will meet with hearty 
favor and co operation. He is Horticulturist 
of the New York Agricultural Experiment 
Station, and being desirous of obtaining fine 
samples of the huckleberry from as many sec¬ 
tions of the country as possible, he thought 
his purpose could be best accomplished by en¬ 
listing the services of the members of the Club. 
They should feel honored in beiug able to aid 
the Experiment Station in this important 
work. The prizes which are offered are of 
themselves worth trying for, to say nothing 
of the satisfaction which each one will feel in 
knowing that he or she Is really helping in a 
comparatively new field of horticultural work. 
Now, let as many as can, send their names at 
once to Mr. Goff’s address, beiug sure to give 
their names and addresses in full and he will 
enter them on his competitors list. u. M. 
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631 Market St., Flilladclphia, Pa. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— In reading over the 
Cousin’s letters, I see there is one of them who 
inquires about a flower mentioned in a certain 
paragraph. There are two flowers named in 
it, but as I should think everyone knows the 
rosetree, it must be the amaranth that is 
referred to,so I will tell all I know a bout it. The 
Amaranth or Amarantus is a genus of plants 
of the natural order Amarantacete, A. melun- 
cholicus (Love-lies Bleeding) is. I think, the 
species referred to in the paragraph. The red 
bracts which surround the flower keep fresh 
for a long time after being gathered, for which 
reason this flower has been used by poets, as 
an emblem of immortality. The Globe Amar¬ 
anth (Gompbrena globosa) commonly called 
Bachelor’s Button keeps fresh for a long 
time. They are very nice, mixed with other 
flowers, for making Winter bouquets. I have 
made several of them. While papa was iu 
Colorado, be gathered the blossoms of a viue 
he found growing there, I have sent you a 
small piece, and shall be glad if you will tell 
me its botanical name; papa says he does not 
know it, it grows to the height of twenty or 
thirty feet, and from what I hear of it, it must 
look perfectly beautiful hanging from the 
trees in tangled masses, the blossoms looking 
like the hair on an old man’s head. We sowed 
some last Fall, in the garden, and also in the 
greenhouse, but although it came up it did not 
seem to thrive. Perhaps if you know the 
plant, you will please give me some directions 
for growing it. I am very much pleased with 
the letters from the Cousins and hope to write 
oftener myself, and perhaps some day, take 
part in the Discussions, which also interest me 
very much. Your niece, Nellie F. Collis. 
Leavenworth, Kan. 
[The vine which you mention does not 
appear. Would you kindly send another 
specimen and we will endeavor to name it? 
Should like to hear from you again on your 
experience in flower culture, u. M.] 
A PROPOSITION FOR THE MEMBERS 
OF THE CLUB. 
REST SOUTHERN SEED CORN, $2.00 bushel ($2.50 
single bushel). No “harge hags or cartage. 
THE NEW YORK PLOW CO., 
55 Beekinan St. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— If you are willing I 
want to speak for a few minutes to the mem¬ 
bers of your Horticultural Club about helping 
me to cultivate the huckleberry in the garden 
so thut it will bear fruit, aud also about rais¬ 
ing new plants from the seed. 
Boys and girls, I will introduce myself to 
you as Uncle Elm; and I’ll tell you how you 
can get acquainted with me if you desire to do 
so. It is by taking right hold and helping 
me, in the work that I will lay out for you. 
You know, boys and girls, that the little 
huckleberry that bears such pretty, and deli¬ 
cately flavored berries, that ripen iu the Sum¬ 
mer, has been much neglected. Men have 
taken the little wild strawberry out of the 
woods, and have cultivated it in the garden, 
and raised new plants from the feeds, until 
they have originated new kinds and improved 
old ones so they bear very much larger and 
firmer berries, than the plants ever did when 
they run wild iu the forests and fields. In the 
same way, you know horticulturists have im¬ 
proved the blackberry and raspberry, and 
apple and pear, and cherry, and peach, until 
these fruits are very much larger, and finer 
than they were at first. But the little huckle¬ 
berry, although it has no thorns to prick one, 
and though its delicious fruit is hard enough 
so that it may be carried many miles to mar¬ 
ket without jamming up, aud though it is 
strong enough to live through the coldest 
Winters without injury, they have let It alone 
to shirk for itself in he swamps and woods, 
and have made few attempts to improve it 
and give it a bettor chance. 
Now for the work. As many of you as want 
to enlist in this company, just go to the woods 
or the swamp w here the huckleberries grow, 
and take up a dozen thrifty plants, and take 
them home. I suppose you all have a little 
garden of your own. If any of you haven’t, 
just ask your father for a little corner some¬ 
where, that is not too shady, or too dry, and 
set out these plants carefully, aud take care 
of them for a whole year. Think in over now 
before you promise. Perhaps those plants 
will never hear, perhaps they will bear next 
year. We cannot tell until we try. I am go¬ 
ing to give those a chance to get some nice 
little presents who care enough about this 
good work to set out the plants and keep 
down the weeds among them until huckleber¬ 
ries get ripe next Summer. To the one that 
will send me in a little box by mail the hun¬ 
dred huckleberries that weigh the most, I am 
going to offer the following prizes: 
1. Webster’s National Pictorial Dictionary. 
2. Child’s Set Knife, Fork and Spoon iu case. 
3. An elegant book. 
The first prize will be awarded to the com¬ 
petitor sending in the heaviest hundred ber¬ 
ries taken from the bushes he has cultivated. 
Feed your Stock 
WITH THE 
Waste on Your farm. 
PRINDLE STEAMER 
FOR COOKING FOOD FOR STOCK 
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Uncle Mark.— 1 am 1(3 years old. I plow 
and cultivate corn. 1 can do considerable 
work if I am small, aud 1 can have as much 
the other boys that don’t work on the 
I would rather do it than stay around 
fun as 
farm. 
the house and play part of the time, then quit 
and have to go and get wood, or do some 
other chores. We farm 320 acres. Father 
is a cripple and can’t do very much work. 
My sister wants to know if D. F. Beatty’s in¬ 
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Ford Co,, Ill. Cali.ik Bxengiile. 
[O, yes D. F. Beatty lias a new organ fac¬ 
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—u. M.] 
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