The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-09-14

Richard squash seed and many others.
dress goods, coins, curios, natural and
art objects, to exchange for calico ana
silk scraps and flint arrow heads. Want
five or six arrow heads from every coun-
ty in the south.
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.
Mrs. Rosa Golf, Commerce. Tex.-F0r
many years ] have been q silent admirer
of the dear old Atlanta Constitution and
always look forward to its coming with
pleasure ana turn to the Woman's page
first Oh how the sisters letters have
cheered and helped me and gives so
much useful Information. Now / come ask
ing a favor VIII some one who has the
California beet seed please send Inc some;
have lost seed and can't find any, so VIII
come to the sisters and kindly ask help.
Mrs NJ A. Judge, Hickory, Miss, r. F.
d. No. 3.-Since l wrote to "Our King
dom" last | have received several letters
from the sisters and | received a postal
card from a lady In Camden, Ark, ask
ing me to reserve for her / gal. of my
English shallots and 2 teacups of winter
turnip seed. She asked me to write her q
postal and let her know, but her name
was almost completely rubbed out, SO sis
ter, you know why l have not written
you. I still have plenty OF both the turnip
seed and shalots. l think we all should
be more considerate of each others feel
ings than to write some have done, ac-
cusing each other of trying to cheat. |
sent Mrs NJ. NJ. Hay, of Ocklocknce, Ga,
yds. OF nice drawn work for some of her
winter cabbage seed, but haven't heard
from her yet, but l know from her nice
letters in "Our Kingdom my time will
come after u while. Am very sorry she
did not have 2 bushels of seed instead of
half, for SO many want them AS she
said. Better late than never"
Mrs. Lou NJ. Halle, Heath Spring. S. c.
| will tell the readers of the Kingdom
about few of the flowers that l have
enjoyed this year First, was the car
mnllia iaponira. II was deep pink in
loculated w,th white and it bioo,ned in
January and February. Next came tho
lovely hyacinths of all coOrs, both single
and double The whole garden was filed
with their perfume. They are the sure-to
bloom bulbs. 1t is now time to order
the bulbs. | have large bed Of them. bu
! always order new ones for the house. in
May [ had a pink peony to bloom 1t had
seven large blooms and they were very
fragrant | cut them and put them in the
window where I could enjoy their beauty
and fragrance While sewing. | have enjoy
ed a vase of roses every day since the first
of May. / am never too busy 10 run IN the
garden and cut fresh roses every morn
ing while the dew Is on them. | have 4
very good collection of tea and hybrid
roses but 1 add few new ones to my
garden every year. Medea and bouquet OF
gold are in full bloom now. They are the
largest yellow roses that are grown. They
have long. stiff stems to them so that
they are desirable for cut flowers. Mo-
seila is the l0veiest rose that | have. It
is pure white with yellow center ! have
a large number Of dahlias that raised
from seed that are very pretty. They are
not like the parent plant. but a cross be
tween the two nearest together I have
several beds of verbena in all colors
have double towering pomegranite
which is just lovely while in bloom The
white single oleander has bloomed twice
and is nearly ready to bloom again. 1t is
out in the yard IN rich soil. The gerani-
ums have grown and bloomed very nicely
this wear While | love all flowers I am
passionately fond of the rose. | enjoy all
letters relating to flowers.
Miss Elizabeth S. Hall. Prattvllle. Ala
The sisters all have so much to say about
their flowers and chickens it makes me
feel like ] want TO say something about
mine I know that they would be delight
cd to see my yard. l have so many diff
ferent kinds of roses The rose is my IA
yorite flower for more reasons than one.
think It is one of the prettiest flowers
that blooms and is so little trouble, then
it puts out so early in the spring before
the ANNALS have peeped out OF the
ground. ] have about eighty different
kinds, nearly all of them / rooted my
self 1t is such a pleasure to be able to
root your own roses; you can get together
such a large collection without any eX-
pcnse except a little time. / have rooted
about 500 cuttings this year. I have my
flower yard fenced in SO that the big
chickens cannot get in nor the little ones
out and raise my little chickens In there.
/ keep the old hens in a coop and let the
little chickens have the yard all TO them
selves. [ wait until they are about or 4
weeks old before l let them outside with
the old hen. The little chickens are de-
lighted to have a place to run where the
large chickens cannot run over them, and
Won have no idea how much better they
will grow and how few you win lose.
Mrs. r. c. T., tulford. Fla have
been a subscriber to our paper nearly
two years now ana Delng young mousse
keeper always turn to Woman's King
dom for help. 1 am much interested in
poultry, and any letter from the sisters
on that subject command my undivided
attention. l have about 90 head, most
Nv young pullets, that | raised this last
winter from about twelve fifteen old
ones. and they will soon begin laying,
which means TO us that our horse, our
selves (my husband and y and the
chickens will be kept off Of the proceeds
am trying an experiment with them
that I find profitable here where tecd
is so high. Here we have mills that
make starch from the coontie root and
one can get the pulp simply by going
after it, and the chickens grow fond of
it after few days. We just dump it
in heaps 1t soon reduces feed bin al
though will feed heavier when they be-
gin laying again. Sorehead started
among my chickens and | used a 10 per
cent solution of carbolic acid, but an old
negro woman told me to use lard and