. Reveille. ring thoughts will be, not how they toiled in the greenhouse or orchard, but how they would play a game of bluff upon Prof. B. Sometimes they would be successful, and again, he would bring them to a sudden halt when they would be recitingfrom their imagination by asking, What are the words in the book. Some of the hardest work that was done in the study of the Apple, was in the cosycorner of a parlor in Baltimore, bisecting a choice specimen of a Grimes Golden with aLady Assistant, when the cadet was supposed to be inspecting fruit at the MarylandHorticulture Society Show. Those of
. Reveille. ring thoughts will be, not how they toiled in the greenhouse or orchard, but how they would play a game of bluff upon Prof. B. Sometimes they would be successful, and again, he would bring them to a sudden halt when they would be recitingfrom their imagination by asking, What are the words in the book. Some of the hardest work that was done in the study of the Apple, was in the cosycorner of a parlor in Baltimore, bisecting a choice specimen of a Grimes Golden with aLady Assistant, when the cadet was supposed to be inspecting fruit at the MarylandHorticulture Society Show. Those of 19 H who have taken this course have put insome hard work during their college days, and will step off the Campus of M. A. equipped to fight the bugs and diseases of plant life in the future and may provea credit to their Alma Mater, and it is hoped that at least one of the three may developinto a Burbank, and be a Plant Wizard of the East. Thanks to Prof. Close and hiscorps of able assistants. 139. iSioJogical Course Flowers are the beautiful heiroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how muchshe loves it.—Herve. Dean of Course—J. B. S. Norton, M. S. P. R. Barrows—Thesis: The Vitality of Seeds under Pathological Conditions. Tis a mid summer afternoon and the sun seems to have no pity on the little flow-ers that grow in the meadow. They hang their heads as if afraid to take a peepat the object which so cruelly throws its hot rays upon them. The plants arewithered, the sand scorched, and not a leaf stirs from the friendly oak near buttercup and daisy, the clover and the fern, all murmur in a soft, sad voice; look,over the horizon comes a cloud floatmg swiftly on the breezes. The leaves on the big oakbegan a litrle song as the wind playfully slaps them together. Slowly and softly the drops of rain begin to fall; one by one the withered plantsbegin to revive; inch by inch the scorched sand is cooled; and once more the tiny brookbegins its chatter as it s
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