ON THE GIVING OF PLANTS 
You have a friend who loves plants; who will get a lot of fun and some real 
help from another tree or shrub. What better reminder is there of your good 
wishes than for your friend to go into the garden and see —the large-panicled 
purple Gambetta lilac sent last year and the beautiful, fragrant, double-white 
Edith Cavell lilac that you sent the year before. Not only this year, but for 
years to come, they will bloom, and each year in May will yield a profusion 
of joy and delight. A gift indeed. 
For birthdays and on other days, especially to the children donate a plant 
— a living, growing reminder of yourself. 
Giving a suitable plant brings happiness to all who see it, it develops the 
appreciation of beauty. We have a plant for every month. 
For a gift in April, send a fragrant Viburnum — (Viburnum Carlesii). 
When we have plants both fragrant and beautiful, it is well to use them, 
especially when the fragrance is so like that of the Arbutus, whose odor 
announces “Spring is here.” For June use Virginalis Mock Orange — a dream 
of loveliness in white and fragrance that will fill the air. 
For those who have room for a bird retreat, send some of the Flowering 
Apples, these will be a thing of beauty and of fragrance in May and supply 
food for the birds during the winter. 
For August and September flowers there are Mallows and in Rose of 
Sharon—singles and doubles in all colors and shades; an apple tree, one 
whose fruit is ripe the month you wish it, between July to October. What 
month is the birthday? We will try to suggest. We gathered Helleborus 
niger, the Christmas rose, for Christmas table decorations in Geneseo this 
year. 
FLOWERING TREES 
Flowering Trees add so much to the beauty of the Landscape that it is 
wise to include them in the planting scheme. Plant as specimens in the 
background of the border, in the woods, in some hidden glen or nook, making 
a planting which hidden from approach, comes suddenly into full view and 
discovered in bloom, as one rambles along, leads the children to clap their 
hands and exclaim “Fairyland.” If you have never enjoyed the pleasure of 
taking a group of 5 to 8 year old children to such a planting you have missed 
one of the great thrills of life. It is a place where their dreams come true. 
Try it. 
HOW MUCH SHALL I PAY? 
Over thirty years ago, when on the faculty of the Cornell University Col¬ 
lege of Agriculture at Ithaca, it was my privilege to become well acquainted 
with former President of the University Andrew D. White and Dr. James 
Law, Dean of the Veterinary College and to hear first hand from Dr. White 
the way he secured Dr. Law. Ezra Cornell had arranged for Dr. White to 
go to Europe and among his parting commissions, Ezra Cornell said: “Dr. 
White, don’t forget that horse doctor at Edinburgh, we need him.” Dr. White 
countered with: “How much shall I pay?” to which Ezra Cornell replied: 
“Doctor, a horse is worth all he will bring.” Some horses and some horse 
doctors are worth more than others. So it is with trees. Price is secondary 
to many other considerations. 
The tree is a very small part of your expense. If a tree is for your or¬ 
chard and you spend five to fifteen years bringing it into bearing, whether 
you paid 50 cents or a dollar for the tree is secondary to whether you 
bought a good tree, for you will spend at least a dollar a year growing it, 
so that the tree at bearing age means at least a ten dollars investment and 
probably nearer twenty dollars. A good tree of the right variety is the 
foundation of your success. Tell us where you live and what you want. 
We will be glad to advise; also read American Fruits for a few pointers. 
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