that time as far as we know no other horticultural society was publishing its report as a monthly.  Quite a number of state societies are now doing something of this sort, though not exactly following the same plan as the Minnesota society, our report appearing as a monthly magazine and being bound up later with list of members, index, etc., making altogether the annual report.  The only association that has exactly followed our plan is the Manitoba Society.  Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, Virginia and other associations not now recalled are sending out a monthly to their membership.  Illinois and perhaps some others are publishing a quarterly.  Some of the state boards of horticulture are publishing a monthly, notably the California board, and in some cases the state boards of agriculture are doing this also.  The plan inaugurated by this society is being slowly popularized and will undoubtedly continue to be made use of more and more as the study and practice of horticulture develops in our country.

GARDEN HELPS

Conducted by Minnesota Garden Flower Society

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

GARDEN HELPS FOR SEPTEMBER.

September Meeting of the Garden Flower Society will be held on the twenty-first, at 2:30 p.m., at the Minneapolis Public Library.

Topics, “Fall Work in the Garden.”

“Planting for Fall and Winter Effects.”

“Vines and Their Uses.”

Have you taken any photographs of your garden, its individual flowers, or wild flowers for our photographic contest?  It is not too late yet to get good pictures.  Every member is urged to enter this competition.

Plant peonies this month. Old clumps of hardy perennials may be divided and reset early this month.  Flowering bulbs intended to be in bloom at Christmas should be potted now.  Grass seed for new lawns or bad places in old ones can be sown this month.

The daffodil makes an early growth and should be planted this month.  After the first killing frosts the tender roots, like cannas, gladioli, elephant’s ears, and dahlias, can be lifted with a fork and spread out under cover to dry, then stored in a cool cellar, free from frost.

Do not cultivate the soil after September first.

All newly set plants should be mulched lightly.

All litter about the garden can be cleared away.  Any plants that have been infested with insects or diseased should be burned.  Leave no harbors for the eggs of insects, such as old weeds, grasses or litter of any kind.

Seeds of native plants which you wish to naturalize should be gathered and sowed immediately in a shaded, well drained location, where the soil has some humus.

Lily-of-the-valley should be planted this month.

Try planting a few sweet peas late in September or early October.