. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. ugh blooming garden bowers, Where purple Pinks and Pansles grew, And Roses sparkled in the dew. They were so lovely in my sight, I plucked the red ones and the white. And with full hands I wandered down Until I reached this busy town. Then round me, like a swarm of bees. Came ragged children, crying Please Oh, please give me a flower! and 90 I had to let my treasures go. I gave them, every one, away: But somehow all the long, warm day Those flowers seemed just as sweet and bright. As i
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. ugh blooming garden bowers, Where purple Pinks and Pansles grew, And Roses sparkled in the dew. They were so lovely in my sight, I plucked the red ones and the white. And with full hands I wandered down Until I reached this busy town. Then round me, like a swarm of bees. Came ragged children, crying Please Oh, please give me a flower! and 90 I had to let my treasures go. I gave them, every one, away: But somehow all the long, warm day Those flowers seemed just as sweet and bright. As if they still were In my sight. —Chicago Times. The Summer-Clock. When the cricket and the locustGo tick-tick in the grass,The Summer-clock is showingHow swift the minutes when the thrush and robinStrike loud, clear notes on high,The Summer-clock is markingHow fast the hours fly. — Youths Companion. You arrant, lusty Rose, how dare you climb so highTo flaunt your crimson ardor gainst her face! To outclimb you Id scale the very skyAnd fling you down,—and leap into your place. — Let the sickly plant go. We Bave many of our own seeds. What is the state of your cemetery/ A bouquet tor the table at meal time. The Scarlet Sage now forces attention. Work the home market for all its worth. The Trembling Aspen tires some people. Nip the buds of Winter Carnations again. We like to have our readers ask questions. This is the between season, tor wild flowers. Oleanders are hardly suited to small rooms. A bad gardener finds enough things to blame. August should not yet see the hoes rest or rust. In successional planting we find the most suc-cess. The Blue Spruce is our most attractive ever-green. The idle garden runs to weeds. Plant some-thing. A friend recently sold $U worth of Cherriesfrom two trees. For church decorations, the Lily, from its form,is most appropriate. For low spots we again commend the commonElder as a summer bloomer. Is a terrace and sharp sl
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