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[?], & each one had its own merits.
"Aster bugs," the black beetle that is so
destructive to asters or dahlias, can be
picked up when they fall possum-like
to the ground & look as if they are dead.
The striped bettle that troubles asters
can be killed by syringingthe plants
with arsenate of lead - using an ounce
of this to five gals. of water.

Then we learned that the little bubbles
found about the gladiolus bulbs in the
fall can be kept until spring, then
planted.

Another article told had to ease for a
[?].

And a closing poem. "Leap Year [among?]
The Flowers" brought in the [?] of
every farmer that has grown upon the
face of the earth [?] first the Garden
of Eden was planted.

Surely every member of the Hor. is a
lover of trees - they are our best friends -
so we listened with interest to an
article from the [fame?] [?] of Current
Opinions, read by Mrs. Davis - "The
Tree As A Living Thing" was the title.
This was written by Martin L. Davey, of Ohio,