ting,
all of which will begin at 2:30 o'clock _promptly_.

PROGRAM FOR 1916.

February 24. Wilder Auditorium, 2:30 p.m., Fifth and Washington St.,
St. Paul.
Soil Fertility, Prof. F. J. Alway.
Birds As Garden Helpers.

March 23. Public Library, Minneapolis, 2:30 p.m.
Work of the State Art Commission, Mr. Maurice Flagg.
How Can the Garden Flower Society Co-operate with It?
Our Garden Enemies.
Cultural Directions for Trial Seeds.
Distribution of Trial Seeds.

April 27. Wilder Auditorium, St. Paul, 2:30 p.m.
Native Plants in the Garden.
Roadside Planting.
Use and Misuse of Wild Flowers.

May. Date to be announced. Mazey Floral Co., 128 S. 8th, Minneapolis.
Informal Spring Flower Show.
What Our Spring Gardens Lack.
Good Ground Cover Plants.

June. Date to be announced. University Farm, St. Paul, Joint Session
with Horticultural Society. Flower Show.

July. Date to be announced. Minneapolis Rose Gardens, Lake Harriet.
Picnic Luncheon, 1:00 p.m.
Roses for the Home Garden.
Our Insect Helpers in the Garden.

August. Date to be announced. Holm and Olson, 2:30, 20 W. Fifth St., St.
Paul. Informal Flower Show.
How to Grow Dahlias.
The Gladiolus.

September 21. Public Library, Minneapolis, 2:30 p.m.
Fall Work in the Garden.
Vines.
Planting for Fall and Winter Effect.

October 19. Wilder Auditorium, St. Paul, 2:30 p.m.
What Other Garden Clubs Are Doing.
How My Garden Paid.
Reports on Trial Seeds.

November. Date to be announced. Park Board Greenhouses, Bryant Ave.
S. and 38th St., 2:30 p.m. Chrysanthemum Show.
Hardy Chrysanthemums.

December. Annual Meeting.

{MRS. PHELPS WYMAN,
Program Committee. {MRS. N. S. SAWYER,
{MISS ELIZABETH STARR,
{MRS. E. W. GOULD,

BEE-KEEPER'S COLUMN.

Conducted by FRANCIS JAGER, Professor of Apiculture, University
Farm, St. Paul.

QUEEN BEES FOR BREEDING.--Queen bees for breeding purposes will
be sent to beekeepers of the State from University Farm during the
coming summer with instructions how to introduce them and how to
re-queen the apiary. Mostly all bees in the state at present are
hybrids, which are hard to manage. In many localities bees have been
inbred for years, making the introduction of new blood a necessity. All
queens sent out are bred from the leather colored Italian breeding
queens of choicest stock obtainable. The price of queens w