Are you a member of the Garden Flower Society?  If you are growing flowers you should join it at once.  Consult the secretary, Mrs. M. L. Countryman.

Membership fees to be paid to the Assistant Secretary In the Hallway.

GARDEN HELPS

Conducted by Minnesota Garden Flower Society

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

The Garden Flower Society will have an all-day meeting at the Agricultural College the first Friday in January next.  This meeting is to be held with the session of the Farmers’ Short Course in Room 20, Horticultural Building.  Arrangements will be made so that lunches may be had on the grounds, probably at the dining hall.

The program covers a wide range of subjects, and as time will be given for discussion and answering of questions brought up, this will prove a most helpful meeting to all of our members.

Our own annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, December sixth.  The business meeting and election of officers being held in the morning, the program in the afternoon—­at the West Hotel—­in connection with the Horticultural Society.

Will not each member make an especial effort to bring in a new member at that time or before?  The only reason we have not a thousand members is because we and our work are so little known.  If you will tell your friends who have gardens what we are doing, you will have no difficulty in helping us add to our membership.  Since last January we have received sixty-six new members.  Can’t we make it an even hundred for this year?  With your help, we can.  The program for our annual meeting will be found in the official program, printed elsewhere in this number.  Here is the program for the meeting at the Agricultural College, Friday, January 5th.  Come and bring your garden problems with you.

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(Program for Meeting, January 5, 1917, 10 a.m., Agricultural College.)

1.  Perennials for Busy People          Mrs. H. B. Tillotson
2.  Perennials from Seed to Seed        Mr. E. Meyer
3.  Native Perennials for Garden Use    Miss M. Fanning
4.  Best Hardy Vines and Their Use      Mrs. E. W. Gould
5.  Best Annuals                        Mrs. H. A. Boardman

1:30 P.M.

1.  Fruits for Ornamental Planting Mr. Phelps Wyman 2.  Native Shrubs for the Home Grounds Mr. Paul Mueller 3.  Proper Preparation of the Garden Soil Professor F. J. Alway 4.  A Watering System for the Garden Mrs. C. E. Warner 5.  Growing Bedding Plants for the Market Mrs. F. H. Gibbs 6.  Growing Cut Flowers for the Market {Miss Sabra Ellison
                                            {Mr. F. H. Ellison
7.  Special Purpose Plants—­
    Honey Plants Prof.  Oswald
    Medicinal Plants Dr. Newcomb