. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1932 VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT thoroughfares for the reception of ruljbisli, such as paper, and fruit rinds. Shopkeepers are asked to keep their premises in good order. If they do not comply witli the rec^uest, the Town Improvement Association sends a man with a wheelbarrow (the latter labeled T.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1932 VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT thoroughfares for the reception of ruljbisli, such as paper, and fruit rinds. Shopkeepers are asked to keep their premises in good order. If they do not comply witli the rec^uest, the Town Improvement Association sends a man with a wheelbarrow (the latter labeled T. I. A.), and with broom and hoe a general housecleaning takes place. After two or three visits of the T. I. A. man, the proprietor generally takes the hint and at tends to his premises himself. The sanitary committee reports to the health boanl any nuisance. The milk sup- ply has been carefully kioked after, the dairies inspected, and a map showing the locations of ail the dairies placed on file in the office of the town clerk, where it may be seen by any householder who cares to examine it. The finance committee looks after the funds. Annual dues are fifty cents a member. The work of the humane committee is to inspect the police station, see that it is kept in sanitary condition, and the prisoners properly treated. T\ie railroad commillee keeps a watchful eye. 2670. A vista of improved backyards in Dayton, Ohio, upon the stations and sees that they are as neat pos- sible and the surroundings made attractive. The clill- dren's anxiliarij is formed of eleven hundred school children, who have pledged to "worlt to- gether to make Montclair a happier place in which to live, by doing everj^hiiig we can to make the town more healthful and ; The different classes from the school take charge of the flower-beds around the buihlirigs, attend to the planting and keep them in order. All this fosters early the love of attractive sur- roundings, engenders l
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