yellow willow was
the best windbreak that you can have around the house.

Mr. Brackett: Mr. Whiting says, grow winter apples. I want to know what
winter apples will bring the money that Wealthy bring.

Mr. Whiting: That is a hard question, but isn't it a fact that you grow
too many Wealthys? Don't you glut the market unless you have cold
storage? You ought to work to that end just as much as possible; you
ought to have more good keepers, better winter varieties.

The Society Library.

Books may be taken from the Library of the Minnesota State Horticultural
Society by any member of the society on the following terms:

1. Only one book can be taken at a time.

2. Books with a star (*) before the title, as found in the published
library list, are reference books and not to be taken from the library.

3. In ordering books give besides the name also the case and book
numbers, to be found in the same line as the title.

4. Books will be sent by parcel post when requested.

5. When taking out, or sending for a book, a charge of ten cents is made
to cover expense of recording, transmission, etc.

6. Books are mailed to members only in Minnesota and states immediately
adjoining. When sent to points outside the state a charge of fifteen
cents is made.

7. A book can be kept two weeks: If kept longer a charge of two cents
per day will be made.

8. The library list, to December 1, 1915, is published in the 1915
annual volume of the society. Additions to this list will be published
year by year in the succeeding annual volumes.

GARDEN HELPS

Conducted by Minnesota Garden Flower Society

Edited by MRS. E. W. GOULD, 2644 Humboldt Avenue So.
Minneapolis.

Mr. H. H. Whetzel, of the plant disease survey, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, stationed at Cornell University, where the American Peony
Society has its test grounds, has made a study of the stem-rot disease
of the peony and has set forth the results in an address before the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, from which the following has been
culled:

"The botrytis blight is by far the most common and destructive disease
of the peony so far as known at present. This disease is frequently
epidemic, especially during wet springs. It occurs wherever peonies are
grown, apparently the world over.

"This disease usually makes its appearance early in the spring when the
stalks are coming up. Shoots will suddenly wilt and fall. Examination
will show