Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-23
THE MAN WHO TALKS

l cNtAO4A lOI SOOQ UT GNA HI LAlc lll0 | flock consequences. If it was not for 1 this there would not so often be ! shrinking from duty. Doing right | brings its own reward and one who | does and dares can afford to let con- | sequences take care of themselves. In some things commendable ones | friends are often discovered to be his | worst foes, not from malicious intent
 but from the force of their own un- belief or lack of faith over which l they have no control and which l arouses their fears. Where fear troops in there IS always blind and | vigorous opposition. It is by your
 courage and action that they may get | light. When what they fear has been l proven to be the fabric of a dream
 and what you had faith in has become
 a recognized good. they are moved to
 better footing and all are blessed.
 We have been asked whether the 1 gentian was propagated by seed or | the division of the roots. Robinson, | in his hardy flowers, inA all but one | Instance in describing nine varieties, | speaks of the use of seeds only once, and then says they must be l sown immediately upon being gath | cred. In several other cases he says ! by "a careful division of the roots," which indicates that they may be cas- | fly shocked to death. The blue fringed l gentian is not mentioned, but Andrews l gentian of America-the description | of which answers to what we call the
 bastard gentian"-is the only regis tered American in this tribe. though we have several others The tribe flourishes the world over in sub-arctic | regions and on mountain zones of the same climatic conditions. It is found
 in Great Britain. in Europe in the high | meadows of the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the Caucasus mountains and in Siberia. The mid-Europe gentian is yellow with dark veins-all the others are blue-and grows three or four l feet high and blooms in summer. as do seven of the varieties, and of the remaining two one flowers in spring and the other in autumn.
 Some temperance workers wear a
 red nose. and the work and the nose
 do not always go well together. Now, every red nose is not blushing at what
 goes in at the mouth, but is inflamed
 because of something else, so a per son with a red nose is in danger of
 being misjudged by those who are
 hasty to come to conclusions upon
 limited information. cannot help mis-
 trusting that some persons who drink
 find humor an artful defence for the disagreement of their face by a bad
 habit. I knew an ardent temperance
 worker once, who had the ardent fam
 beau. and he was always spoken of as
 having a large assortment in the eel
 lar for medicine" This particular
 red nose attracted the attention of a
 little girl who had a cute mother and
 when she became persistent to know
 what made Mr. Prohibitionist's nose
 so red she told her he must have been
 drinking the milk of a red cowi It
 is important to know how to express
 ones self for the suppression as well
 as ediication of children.
 The glory of the garden has been
 destroyed by Jack Frost. who tells us that the sun can no longer hold in check the ice-monster whose eternal grip is upon the far north, and whose death grip extends to the sub-tropical climes-that the snow and the ice will soon make us their accustomed visit. And this reminds me that a twentieth century scientist has pointed out that
 we are in the polar region here in New England the evidence of which is our polarization for full half the year. And Aunt Jerusha anxiously asks: What would become of us if the ice should not recede?" This is a question which ought to be put to Davy Jones, for he can answer just as well as we can. Under such conditions
 we UliSlI nave lO llNe III lSlOOS. wear furs, eat blubber and be referred to as
 the unreliables of the north by the in telligent and conscientious people of the tropics. But the laws of nature have to be respected by the great
 white ghost at the north and he goes and comes as orderly as tramp that is well policed.
 A western writer says that 'by a curious horticultural irony the dahlia, which is the popular idol of all our early autumn flower shows, has a dreadfully prosaic parentage." To one familiar with flowers and their culti- vation this might be said of several wonderful flowers. The race of great and beautiful pansies came from the diminutive heartsease and the great variety of petunias have been produced from white and pur- pie specimens found century and half ago growing in Chilli and Peru. What is there prosaic in such a parentage when it has shown ability to respond to good cultural treatment and to produce some of the most at tractive blooms in cultivation. What these three wonderful tribes lack is fragrance; but some day they may have sweet smelling representatives. A prosa1c parentage seems to have been a good starting point for flowers as it has also been for men.
 There is a fascination in growing flowers from the seed, and to know a flower well it must be known from root to branch. No one knows exactly what a plant can do until he knows what it's seed can do. The average dahlia seed produces three roots, and yet some of them are so vigorous that they will make 36 roots the first season, but such robustness seldom is crowned with flowers of beauty and refinement By some law we do not understand the most beautiful dahlias are the poorest keepers-have the tenderest roots. The growers of seedlings in Springfield and New Bedford, Mass, and Newport. R l., are making fame by the fine com mercial dahlias they are producing. MT. William w. Ives and Joseph Landon and MT. c. T. Beasley have produced rom seed good commercial blooms this year. This reminds me that the New London County Horticultural society has overlooked this important part of the business and offers no premiums for the best exhibits. This is done by most societies with excellent results Seedlings worthy of fame are being grown right here.
 It doesn't matter how pretty a wo- mans face is if her mouth is not right. More depends upon the mouth than most people think It makes a difference whether the mouth makes loud or soft noise, whether 1t says pleasing or offensive things. whether the corners turn up or habitualIy turn down. A dropping. discontented ex- pression lined about the mouth spells o pretty face: and if we are mt roas