REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS 
I GOD’S LOVE, AND BEAUTY I 
: “My Father in Heaven, help me never to for- ? 
? get Thy Love to me. It comes with the light of the ® 
* morning, and it remains with the light of the stars * 
? of the night. It looks up at me in the beauty of the * 
: flower. It shines upon me in the smile of a friend. All : 
* beautiful things are the gifts of Thy love. Help me to * 
: be thankful, and to link every beautiful thing with Thee. ? 
; Amen.” John Henry Jowett. f 
* My friends are these your sentiments? If not, : 
4 why not? . ,. Park j 
M Y Esteemed Patrons: When I was a 
small boy on© day in early Spring, my mother 
let me goto visit my aunt on the old 
Springtown farm. The sun was shining brightly, the 
robins held a concert in the blooming orchard, the 
golden daffodils waved their trumpets in the breeze 
as I passed along. It was a happy day for me and 
before I left, cousin Mary took down the little bag 
that hung by the window and divided her flower 
seeds with me, one was labeled Moon-seed and I won¬ 
dered why, for the little seeds were not like a moon. 
The next day, however, I took the seeds to my little 
garden and sowed them in rows, carefully labeled. 
In due time the plants appeared, standing erect like 
soldiers on parade, and grew from day to day until 
about 2ft. tall, branching into little trees. At last 
clusters of little buds appeared at the tip of every 
branch. These open¬ 
ed into red phlox- 
like blooms and I 
thought I had never 
seen such beautiful 
flowers before. Af¬ 
ter some time, the 
flowers faded and 
dropped off, but I 
was surprised to 
find the little stems 
holding up broad 
thin disks that really 
appeared like little 
moons about the 
size of a half-dollar. 
I knew then why the plant was called Moon seed, for 
each disc held a small seed that was apparent 
through the thin covering. As these ripened, I cut 
off the branches, tied them in a bunch and dried 
them for room decoration during the Winter. Park. 
ROYAL MIMULUS (Imperialis) 
A MAGNIFICENT POT PLANT FOR THE PORCH OR WINDOW 
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Away back in the early '70s when I built and cared for my first greenhouse, two of the seedling plants 
that I particularly enjoyed were Nierembergia Gracilis, page 42, and Mimulus Tigrinus, page 40. The lat¬ 
ter was given a rather shady place and moist sandy soil and the plants grew thriftily and bloomed abun¬ 
dantly. The flowers were single and quite large and the color was golden yellow blotched and marked in 
the most picturesque manner. They made such a fine display and were so much admired that I have ever 
since had a warm feeling for the entire list of Mimulus, or so-called Monkey Flower. New varieties of Tigri¬ 
nus have been added, varying in colors and markings from canary to orange scarlet, adding greatly to 
their diversity and beauty. Queen's Prize with its variegations is a marvelous mixture, the firs, being very 
large, of many shades and richly marked. Recently, however, a strain with hose-in-hose or duplex flowers 
has been developed, known as Royal Mimulus, or Imperialis and I am pleased to give an engraving of a 
plant of this beautiful variety. It is a Mimulus of rare merit, very free-blooming and marvelously beautiful. 
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