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Gather pears when they are full grown. In the
Flower garden, lift plants that you want for the
house, pot begonias, sow pansy seed. Set out
peonies. Keep roses well worked and give a
dressing of bone dust this fall.

Exhibits were so fine and so abundant there was
no room on the porch for us; we had go into the
house to hold our meeting - The President likened
our display to the County Fair and is thankful
for the interest shown by it

Questions
1 When strawberry plants are very thick should they
be thinned? Yes, it would be better to thin them
2 A lawn was sodded an looked well for a
time now shows divisions between the sods
and looks not at all well, what should be done?
Sow grass seed and put on a light mulch
3 Is it too soon to hill celery? No, a good time
4 Can ground be too rich for cabbage? No -
5 a turnip patch is full of crab grass? Try to
get it out? Yes
6 Plant a privet hedge now or wait until spring?
Plant now, and replant in the spring if necessary
7 Is it too soon to mow the asparagus bed?
Cut off all that have seeds and the rest
when they turn yellow.
8 When plant peach seed? In the fall. One member
says "Father hardly lets us finish eating the
peach before he wants to plant the seed."
9 How soon dig carrots? before the ground freezes

John Bentley wishes to try sowing crimson
clover on part of his garden each year until
it has all had the application, E. S. Iddings
read from the Garden Magazine that rye
is excellent used in the same way and plowed