THE YELLOW SHEETS 
My oldest mother plant of Chinese 
Temple (Kalanchoe daigermontiana) 
is growing tiny plantlets from the edges 
of several leaves. All three varieties of 
Kalanchoe that I have, have again 
proven dependable winter bloomers. 

Billbergia nutans,(never heard of a 
common name for it) is another de- 
pendable and _ interesting winter 
bloomer. Spathe rose color, petals pale 
blue and center yellow. A good cut 
flower. 
If bothered with weeds, eat them. 
The tender Pepper Grass and wild 
Mustard which appear among my 
plants are very nice minced with Let- 
tuce. Purslane (Pussley) is a fine boil- 
ing green. | prefer it mixed with Turnip 
leaves. Said to be particularly good for 
those with kidney trouble. Shepherd’s 
Purse and Leather Breeches are also 
common weeds and excellent and very 
early boiling greens. Pokeweed is an 
edible wildling about which clings 
much superstition. I read in a reputable 
magazine that the water in which Poke 
Salad is boiled should always be dis- 
carded, being poisonous. That aston- 
ished me because for fifty years I have 
known the “‘pot likker’’ to be used for 
food and never heard of any bad re- 
sults following. 
If your main interest in your flowers 
is scientific, or you are collecting cer- 
tain species, then you need the special- 
ty books, usually rather high priced. 
But if you want a pretty garden with 
plenty of cut flowers in season and 
blooming plants in the window garden 
in winter, then the best book I’ve come 
across for that purpose was recently 
given me—The Pocket Book of Flower 
Gardening, by Montague Free, horti- 
culturist at the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden. It is published by Pocket 
Books, Inc., of New York and for sale 
on news stands. | think the price is 25c. 
It is a handy size to carry in your 
apron pocket, but has 486 pages 
packed with information. Will prob- 
ably save you its cost in cash many 
times over by enabling you to judge 
if certain plants are suited to your loca- 
tion; and also worry over hopeless 
efforts. 
I see by the papers that the Labor 
Board has announced its decisions are 
not subject to state laws. This is 
bureaucracy gone wild. Our Constitu- 
tion specifically vests the law-making 
power exclusively in Congress, and 
makes no provision for Congress to 
shirk that authority over to any one 
else. The Constitution also provides 
that ALL power not delegated to the 
general government, remains with the 
states. Nowhere does it delegate labor 
disputes to the general government, 
hence their regulation remains with the 
states. 
The past few years have seen a re- 
markable advance in dictatorship both 
in Europe and the Americas. Our lib- 
erty is based on and defended by our 
Constitution and Bill of Rights, but we 
cannot safely go to sleep with the idea 
that we need not Icok out for our 
liberty. Eternal vigilance is our part. 
Better write your Congressman that 
you expect him to be true to his oath 
of office to defend the Constitution, 
and that if he lacks the necessary back- 
bone to defy the bureaucrats, you will 
vote, next time, for some one who has. 
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