Laurel outlook., 1944-02-16
Garden Club Program Deals With
Plants Structure and Their Functions;
Route OF Lincoln Trail Described

them contentment and fruitfulness.'
In speaking of "Plant Foods
What They Are and What They Do
it was brought out that plant fooG
as a term commonly applied to fer
t%ilizer, is a misnomer. To be strict
ly accurate, plants manufacture
their foods from the nutrient sub
stance absorbed from the soil
through their roots, and then COM
bine with carbon hydrogen and oxy-
gen from the air.
Said Mrs. Barney: "When you
buy a commercial fertilizer or
plant food with several numerals
printed on the bag or package, the
marks are indication of the per
centages of nitrogen, phosphate and
potassium in total contents-thus
5-8-4, ABA, 1864, and others, al
ways stand for nitrogen, phosphate
and potassium, in that order.
"What the Big Three do: The
various elements mentioned play
certain specific roles in plant nutri-
ton, and an understanding of this
is helpful in determining the appli-
cation of any kind of fertilizer to
the soil.
Nitrogen encourages leafy
growth, darkens the color of foil
age and increases the size of flow
ers.
phosphorus, or phosphate, in
general hastens maturity, encour-
ages root development, strengthens
stems and is present in large guam
titles in seeds.
POTASSIUM, plays an important
part in root development, intensifies
colors in flowers and increases the
general vigor of plants" 4 + 4
A Lincoln day program was then
given, in charge of the president,
Mrs. j. R. Heebner. After the flag
salute, two numbers were given by
Mrs. Colson: First, Lincoln's Get
tysburg Address, and President Lin
coins letter to Mrs. Bixby of Bos-
ton, Mass, written on Nov. 81,
1864, in Washington, D. C. The
letter 10Y hangs on walls in Bras
NOSE Col. Oxford University, Eng,
as a model of purest English rarely
if ever surpassed.
The story of the Lincoln Trail,
was told by Mrs. Virgins, begin
ming at Charleston, KY, where, on
Main street is a plaque announcing
that here, Thomas Lincoln gave
bond and received a license to marry
Nancy Hanks" From there the ac-
count went to the log cabin near
Hodgenville, where Abraham Lin
coin was born, and then to the Ind
lana farm which is now a park near
Lincoln City. The spot on which
stood this humble house is
marked with the cabins stills ard
hearth. The original ones are under
glass. In front of the site is q
saying, "To mark and set
aside this part of Indiana soil as
more hallowed than the rest" Here
Lincoln died. There is a
path through the lockwood and the
red-bud to that hallowed spot, her
place. There is an iron
fence around it, and the inscrip-
ton on the monument reads: "The
grave of the beloved Nancy Hanks
mother of President Lin
colin, died Oct. 5, A. D. 1918, age
IS years." This ground is part of
he state park established near Lin
,oln City. After crossing the river
md the Indiana-Illinois boundary ut
Vincennes, one sees on the west
,ank a stone mural of the Lincoln
rex. Next to visit is the Lincoln
log Cabin Park near Charleston in
illinois. Here is the reconstructed
lone of Tom and Sarah Bush Lin
oln. Lincoln left the family here
nd went to live at New Salem, ILL.,,
bout II miles northwest of SPRING
ield. 1t was there he learned to
read before the fire in
)ucott's Cooper Shop, kept store,
'ot in debt, and knew Ann Ruth
edge. ,
In Springfield, ILL.,, is the house I
here Abraham and Mary Todd !
lincoln lived and raised their fam
Y. 1t is more than a landmarks !
is a monument. I
Then to beautiful Oak Ridge
emetery, and up the hill to Lin
bins monument, and tomb, where J
nds the trail and where thousands
isit each year, for it is a sacred )
pot in Springfield. d!