worth working for,) to the club raiser
for every subscriber he or she sends us. Here is a chance for all our
readers to add materially to their collection of floral treasures, as it
is the simplest thing in the world to go out among one's friends and
neighbors and get subscribers to THE MAYFLOWER. So good a floral
magazine, at only 25c. for 3 years, together with 10 beautiful summer
blooming bulbs for only 5c. extra, is a proposition that people are
likely to accept, when it is brought to their attention, especially if
they are the least bit interested in flowers or gardening.

=The Warbler=

If you are in the least interested in the scientific study of birds and
bird protection, you surely need THE WARBLER magazine, which we publish
at $1.00 per year, and which is advertised elsewhere in our columns.

=Imitation Gardenias=

The gardenia flowers now so much favored for wearing are expensive. All
the dames beautiful enough to deserve them in profusion, do not receive
them, perhaps. Clever imitations of the sprays are sometimes made up of
the large shining leaves of the Japan Euonymus and the flowers of the
Double Poet's Narcissus, N. alba plena odorata. Unfortunately, the
difference in odor does not lend itself to the illusion.

=Two Favorite Bedding Pansies=

These are Emperor William and Lord Beaconsfield. One is light blue and
the other yellow, so that, en masse, they are effective at a distance.
The rich, dark, velvety Pansies are really more beautiful to look at,
but we must stand close by them or hold them in the hand in order to
enjoy them. In photographs the flowers of dark varieties hardly show at
all. A good example of the handling of Pansies for effectiveness is
shown in the planting of the six solid beds usually devoted to them in
the grounds of Girard College, Philadelphia. The beds chosen for them
are those that have been planted with Tulips the autumn beforehand. From
seed sown in August grow thrifty young plants that are wintered in a
cold-frame. As soon as the Tulips show leaves above ground young Pansy
plants are set between them. When the Tulip flowers begin to fade the
Pansies are opening their buds, and when the faded bulb-stems are cut
away, lo! Pansy beds in full bloom!

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THE ASTER

BY LORA S. LA MANCE, MO.

_History of the Aster--The Modern Aster--General Culture of the
Aster--About Seed--Time to Start Asters--Preparing an Aster
Bed--Mulc