weeds And donned her Easter bonnet

With buds and flowers and singing

‘ birds ‘ And gay. sweet scents upon ii." —Mlller.

Scented Arabis is a white frag- rant mound in the rock garden. with golden and purple crocus near- l by. They are bloomiig in sunnyl southern slope in the shelter of the evergreen hedge. Everyday there will be something new and lovely. in the garden for many weeks and‘ all gardeners are happy now that spring seems to be here for good. 1.

When looking over the borders. to find the different perennials‘ and other plants it is pleasant to see so many have come through: lhe winter in good condition and‘ garden work can be done in every spare moment. Phlox has been divided and iraved, grass seed has been shown in hare spots in the‘ lawn ,and sweet peas planted in enriched soil near some tall posts,

encouragement.

Daffodils are shuviing color with _’ blue scillas edgiizg ilicni in a corn-‘. Porsythla shrub. and very soon: it will add its color: to the grace-‘ ful arching bramhes.

l-‘or Spring

"The daffodils of spring are lights. And every pale, long leaf of theirs A taper dimly burning near

The incense of our Lenten pra_\'ers.

The worlds a chapel for our faith As springtime comes to us again. . l“or still we see the living Christ,‘ triumphant over grief and pain." i

—C. Barbour.

i- Growing hybrid Clematis is a » satisfying and interesting hobby. . . The large flowered clematis pro- vide a fine display of bloom in] the home garden, and gardeners these days are fortunate in having 30 or more varieties from \\‘lll('ll

:0 choose. Several varieties are grown in the garden here and at present‘ there is s. lovely creamy wh.te in; blossom in a large pot that was wlnfered in the cellar. It is a very‘ ‘ graceful vine with lovely pinllate, ‘’ leaves and it will be planted out; in the garden when danger from, frost is past. There are many hardy] varieties and no doubt this is one of them. but to be sure of winter- ing when no experience had been,

M38. GORDON DhcMILLAN A COUNTRY GARDEN

‘Sold larth has tired of widow‘: on the north side of the house

for years without gpy protection except a spruce bough or so. It has been divided and the two vines almost cover the small house. It l a long-lasting flowering vine with good foliage and the easiest large flowered one to grow. The fragrant creamy autumn clematis Paniculata begins flowering in September and continues for weeks. The fragrance is very wonderful and the foliage is dark green and glossy. It is safe to say that every garden visitor enjoy: seeing this autumn flowering vine with the good fragrance. . . . As cut flowers, clematis blooms are unusually lovely and usefull and they can be used in many dif- ferent arrangemenis. in planting, clematis use rich soil and one de- tail is very important. The root- ing area should be protected froml hot sun. A planting of chrysanthe-I mum or some other plant, on the south side of the clematis will pm-I vide the necessary shade. A mulch

where they can climb with ii little of peatmoss over the soil will alsoinfllzieli

help to keep the soil cooler in

the summer-time.

The Clematis is widely disiribul-A-he girls. is to carry the Gospel 5 er of the upper terrace under theied over the temperate, sub-tropic 10 Settlement-5 Where PC0918 Clflnolv ‘

and tropical regions of the world.’ The first species to be introduced to!

;Dedicate Lives lTo Helping

MON'I'R.EAl.. (C?) —— hr more than a year now two Canadian girls have been driving to out-ob ihe-way spots in Ontario with their

,Gospel message and offers of help iin all sorts of mm encles.

Now, Captain Peggy Green and Lieut. Joan Perry of the salvation Army plan to continue similar missions in isolated parts of Man- itoba. Saskatchewan, Quebec and the Maritimes.

After their present respite

ltlmea. Live On Road Known affectionately as "Salvation Army gypsles." the

since it was dedicated in Toronto last year by commissioner William Salvation Army com-

mander‘ for Canada.

get to churches.

They have visited the sick. at- °n9- Y5» Wh" ‘"5 “Rd W "11 '5

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by an Island

course of the barn-work.

not getting enough nurse.

for the ewe?"

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mart? And likely-looking. Does he resemble the mother? She's

ii ‘fair-good‘ stamp of a cow that

[his country seems to have been'i€“'-led the poor and helped the p°°’ mm" °°w"'“°" mm M ken’

the beautiful Clemitis Viticella‘ from Spain, so long ago as 1569, and since that time there has been a steady stream to enrich our gardens and provide parents for the gorgeous hybrids.

The fragrant Virgin’: Bower is a liative of South Europe and was introduced into England from France over 300 years ago. i

The clematis. the favored flower which boasts the name of virgin- bower. -Sir Walter Scott.

Plant Legends

Naming plants is probably the first and oldest step in plant study.‘ We notice a new plant. find it’ interesting and immediately want to know the name so that we shall recognize it and be able to talk about it and use it intelligent- ly. Since there are probably more than 350,000 species of plants in the world. to say nothing of the thousands of varieties and strains within these groups, it is easy to understand the confusion that might result from ture.

For centuries, plants were known

haphazard nomencla-v

injured every place they went. Sarnla Tornndo

Soon after hitting the road last year, the team ran into the Sarnla tornado. They worked among res- cue workers and homeless victims of the storm for several days.

1n northern Ontario later they heard of serious forest fires, se- cured a large food supply from the department of lands and for- ests and drove into the fire area. For clays they worked around the clock, feeding and helping the lire-lighters.

Both are musicians and often put on an impromptu concert at some lonely spot, Peggy playing the accordion and Joan a mouth organ.

They expect no thanks for their efforts. "All we want,‘ 'they ex- plain, "is to drive our caravan wherever God needs us."

likely to have several, contributed

lby the different regions witlun d°“" “M the I“"“t"d‘ “hm”-

each state. Translated into another tongue or dialect, the name might lose completely its original signi- ficance. There was no meeting

had. it was potted up for the by common, or folk. names [re-iH_i'0Ufld I01‘ gardeners. Ind Plant

I winter and now is rewarding the '. gardener with its lovely flowering l ' vine The hardy Clematis Jackmannl, . the large violet purple, has grown

quently descriptive in nature. Not only did a tree or flower have a name in the language of each coun- try where it grew, it was more

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gossips had a difficult time indeed when they wandered away from home.

. At long last some breeder real- ized that plants should be named in ii. common language more or less easily learned. Still confusion reign- ed while many forms and systems were devised. In the eighteen century Lin- naeus, the Swedish doctor and naturalist, took matters into’ his own hands. Using the best of the old suggestions, he developed the bliloinlcal system which is flexible, short and allows for future deve- lopment. His plant names were made up of Greek words. Latin words and a latlnized form of words in other languages. They had a single meaning that was intelligible the world, around. In essence this is the system follow- ed today.

Even now, however, plant names are not fixed. New plants are found that must be described end named. Improved methods of study have revealed unrecognized char- acteristics and new relationships in plant families. These may neces- sitate changes and shifts, but al- ways the new name conforms to the rules of the binomial system.

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It may seem pedantic to use scientific words in ordinary gar- den discussion blit they are tile open sesame among plant folk. Consider, for example. the case of the exquisite trailing arbutus abundant in the woods of north- eastern America and with one species native to Japan. Not far from this garden this lovely frag- rant blooms in early spring and it is one of the happy days when we go “Mayflowering". Mayflower and Quaker Lady are amongst the common names of this early spring

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Household Scrapbook

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1?! painting the window ecroens on the inside with a thin while paint. It does not obstruct ihe mg anyone inst: the llous-..

INN , cannot as within. -. . Iaalnna

Iluslirooma can be distinguished byufaklingalittlaaalton the

flower.

The scientific name. Eplgaea re- pens, is not difficult for the botan- .lst whatever his language. Eplgaea comes from the Greek words mean- ing on the earth, and repens is the Latin for creeping on the ground.

The best gardeners like to call their plants by the picturesque names that are familiar in their neighborhoods. But they also know the proper names that can be recognized wherever plant: are studied. It ll an interesting study dipping into the legends and his- tory of popular plants and the names they bear.

Here is a little poem about ar- butus . . . . . the very early frag- rant flower native to our Island.

While upon the lower roads

The red buds of the maples fall,

Upward over crying rocks

The melting streams are swift and tall

And in the mountain pasture, seek- in The flying footprints of a doe. I pause and find srbutua hidden Under the last white patch of snowl -Pi-oat.

they are fit for food: ll’ yellow, they are poisonous.

(merry Htolna

Cherry stains on the hands can be removed by rubbing with a allot of pineapple.

PIONIII. STIAMIOAT The first steambot to ply the Red river in Manitoba was launched in

can I ails sum: the cilia black.

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in flesh."

that call for you to aee..Gran'- daddy" Gage said with a kindly laugh. Lampkina and other treasur- es of the barn the two sometimes bring in for our pleasure, to have us admire and exclalm over be- fore they return them to their haunts.

This was a day of Rob’: market- ing concerns when by common and happy consent the children set off to walk to school while he. at home and about gathered up a number of fat hogs and to market went The frown roads of early morn- ing favored the trip, but first the truck had to be brought from its winter setting in the vicinity of the corner-store on our highway, if not to respective plggery doors, as close as lanes‘ ends.

As in days we once knew, at

Better? Oh yea. much improved in we were by this morning. We found Montreal. they will drive to Win- the chores less trying and a re- nine: in May. They plan to be turning alertness replaced yester- buck in Quebec in the Autumn. and day's indifference in James’ voice next sprmg Wm Io into the Mar- as indoors he sought to follow the

To Jamie. his namesake asking: "Do you think that third pair of the lambs is thriving? Perhaps they're You young women have lived on their 5h°“1d 59° "° u“"~ Am‘ ‘*0 37°“ small truck and preached from it "m°"‘b" "9 5”“ ‘ 9°“-"° °" ""°

To Rob. his elder and bigger "How about that cow that freshened this morning? Did you Main object of their venture. say 31" .11” 5 '“"'m d-‘Ink? 13 "W 03”

“Guess we'll have‘ to bring in

.ELLEN’S DIARY

Farmer's Wife

but the old scenes of mill and val- ley and stream which from long association remain everlastingly fix- ed in our heart.

But "Ah!" James sighed later when the afternoon sun beaming with fervor on the fields called even the cats to sheltered nooks out of doors. “My cold’: so much better, Ellen, it won't hurt me to go as far as the barn . . . Aw shucks. Ellen. if a man can't get that far. well, he may as well give up altogether!" I-fa edged toward his boots. slipped easily into them. donned overalls, jacket. cap and with a pleased smile was gone in a flash.

So the day which has lessened appreciably our miseries wore quickly by. Quietly to with noth- ing more disturbing to mar its quiet than the sound of two young voices raised in a brief argument in the hush of this evening. It had to do with an intriguing pro- ject being studied in the poultry- houae these days. There in a nook. a mother-mouse is busy "weaving" her nest. Jamie entertains a justifi- able notion that her endeavour is being too often disturbed.

"Didn't I tell you not to go there unless I was with you?" he queried stcrnly of the younger lad. “she'll leave the nest—and what will we learn then? We won't even know how big the little ones are when they're born!"

Gage shrugged with a fine show of courage. “I'll look when I please." he replied. "You needn't think that every mouse about this place belongs to you!"

.

Nice happenings today? And among the best-—snd ’how grateful we arel—was the surprise packet Rob brought us from town. In it

present denied us. we dined alone with James, enjoying much the occasion. Seeing beyond the win-

lay the spectacles, quickly "new,“

- - - - Goodnight

all made so

Until tomorrow

- - - Diary

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DQROTHY DIX Girl In A Quandary

DEAR. MISS DIX: How can I be “"0 if I 170)’ loves me? Here's the -!Yv0I‘Y. I‘m 18 and Terry is two years older. We've been dating for the past year. seeing each other about twice a. month. We are of different religious faiths, but get along fine together. Terry has of- ten told me he loves me, but his actions don't_,prove it. He donsn't ask for many dates, and 1 know he takes other girls out. He says he wants to go steady, then tells me I should go out with other boys occasionally. What do you make of him? I think if he really loved me he wouldn't want to go out with other girls. nor would he want me dating anyone else, 1 like him better than any other boy I know, but wonder it it's wise to continue going with him?

E. M.

ANSWER: Here is a lad who llkm to keep ‘em guessing. ‘ap- parently. Of course. no one can give a definite estimate of the state of another person's emtions. but I'm sure it's not taking a chance to say that Terry isn't head over heels in love. His infrequent "re- quests for dates, his pleasures in the company of other young lad- ies. and his avowed indifference concerning your own dates, give every indication of 1 young man who is not in love. Probably he uses the word “love" in a very general sense to include any de- gree of affection. Another possibil- ity is that he's more concerned about the religious issue than you thlnk_ While your parents may be willing to accept the difference. his people may have other ideas. Pbr this reason. he may be loath to commit himself to serious, steady dating with you.

Those are the facts. as I see them. However. why do you feel it. necessary to terminate your friendship. even if he isn't in love with you? He's a pleasant com- panion and if you are willing to have occasional dates with him. at least until the "one and only" comes along, stick with him. Do go out with other boys, too; two dates a month is very little social activity for a girl your age.

DEAR. M185 DIX: I'm a collqe freshman, not doing too well at school, but that's not my main trouble. I am very selfconscious about my nose. which is very large, and I'm not in a financial posi- tion fo have plastic surgery. I'm my with girls and rarely have a second duo with one. I am very depressed when a girl refuses my invitations. My parents are self- centered people, and I know 0- nough about poychology to realise that most of my trouble stems from their attitude toward me.

RR.

snowman; Perhaps you are too anxious to take refuge in the PI!- ‘ ' _‘ I comfort that your par- ents are to blame for your self- conu:iouaness—the fact. ll lbu are

I Morning Smile

“Why did you give your lodger notice?"

"Well. I am not one to suspect people and do not distrust them but. when a man always hangs his hat over the keyhole there is some- thing mysterious." ’

nose is by no means the social hindrance you think it is. You seem to have l‘0lab>Ql,‘0DPO!'Il.lIllly to meet girls, and have apparently dated’ quite a. few, which should convince you that you make a. good flrlt impression. Relax I. bit more with your dates. and you'll find it eas- ier to get re'peats_

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