' 
\ 
 ZEPHYRANTHES bulbs, pink, 6 for 
bi a0, 50¢ per dozen. 
OXALIS, pink, 12 for 15c, Tuberoses 
5c per bulb; Seeds of Dahlberg Dai- 
Sy, pink Cleomene, Cacalia, Calipsis, 
CLEMATIS TEXENSIS; Solomon’s 
~ Seal, Cinnamon Vine and others at 
5ce or 6 for 25c. 
4 Rose Siebken, Yutan, Nebraska. 
Now the last week of December, 
_ Amaryllis and Begonias are in full 
- bloom. An unidentified African, 
through; Sultans and the three Ka- 
_lanchoes in full bud showing color. 
| Give and it shall 
you; good measure, pressed down, 
and shaken together, and running 
oer, shall men give into your bossom. 
For with the same measure that ye 
mete withal it shall be measured to 
you again. — Luke 6; 388. 
‘ Doesn’t this evidently apply to 
service as well as_ to material com- 
- modities, If so, isn’t the practice of 
_ “feather bedding” jobs, charging for 
a whole days work when only a part 
of day has been rendered — allowing 
tie and property to waste because of 
union rules — in direct opposition to 
- this command of Jesus? And if op- 
- possed to His command, from when 
come it’s inspiration? 
be given unto 
‘ Achimenes. 
_ Myra Virginia Smith, Natchez, Miss. 
4c Me 
In regard to the question about 
_ Achimenes, I have had no experience 
— with planting them in a border. But 
it would seem that there are several 
ways of caring for them. These are 
' only suggestions. Wet the ground so 
B that it will stick together, dig up 
chunk about 3 inches thick, place 
i these in pasteboard cartons or the 
"a equivalent. ! 

THE YELLOW SHEETS 
Second suggestion: Dig up the bulbs 
—-place them in a box on a layer of 
sand and peat moss, cover with an 
inch and half of sand and moss, and 
store. 
I once dug mine and placed them 
in a bottle which was corked, but I 
lost the bulbs. I plant mine in pots 
or boxes which I store bottom side 
up in a cool basement, until about 
the first of April, when I turn up 
the dirt and carefully pick out the 
bulbs (some of which are very small 
indeed). Then I fill the pots loosely 
to within an inch of the top, lay the 
bulbs around the dirt, and then fill 
the pots level. When watered the 
dirt settles to the proper depth. Af- 
ter the plants come up, I place the 
pots at the east end of a north ex- 
posure porch and water every day. 
I hope this will help a little. 

I read in the terrible news of the 
before Christmas reverses of the 
American forces in Belgium and 
Luxemburg, that thousands of our 
boys were taken prisoner. Have also 
read that in several instances, our 
boys were handicapped by a lack of 
ammunition for their advance. How 
those prisoners and their families 
must appreciate the loyalty and pat- 
riotism of workers here in the U. S. 
who have hindered production, by 
strikes for personal gain, or to grati- 
fy Mr. Lewis or even to enforce 
union rules. 
For several years I followed this 
system of records for my flock of 
hens. The total number did not ex- 
ceed fifty. I used a long: manila 
counter book, such as many butchers 
and small store keepers use. The 
right hand side of each page was 
ruled for seven narrow columns, one 
for each day of the week. The hens 
were either named or numbered, and 
each had her line. 
