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vacation periods. It would hardly bc right to say 'est periods, because they. do flot 'cease ac- tivities entirely. Hibernating animais sçem' qtite ut1cQIscious, but other-. wise they bave not cbanged any dur- inig their winter's retirement, but in the plant world we, find actunal changes in the >throwing' off ýof leaves and root bairs, the forming of. buds and the .givinÉ up of much of th e moisture withinthe cells and also a toughening up of ceil walls, al preparatory to the slack -season. We hear it. said that theý sap in trees goes 'down for the ýwinter, but that is only, a haif truth, and it is . eally a fact that there is more. sap,ý the 'prepared tree food within the. trunk and branches during the winter than dur-. ing the sunimer, it being stored ready for the first spring push' before the roots -stae-t to draw the new supplies from 'the ground after. the frost thaws out. These vacation période aretiied' to cooperate with whatever circum- stances the plants 'may have to con- tend with, not only winters but also natural dry periods and flood. times. Bog plants such as marsh tnarigolds, quit business when the bogs dry up, wbile the cardinal lobelia and marsli ferns wait' till the waters subside be- fore tbey make their appearance. Many, plants take time off wben iwould seem that there is no need for' a rest, but. this may be a holci- over from. core necessity which ex- isted ini their ancestral surroundings. Many of 'our wild-4lowers rest from early summer until spring, the mer- tensia,, Spring,,.beauty, dog ýtooth :Violets, 'while the tilîjurns, jack-in- the. pulpit and ýothers, go into retire- m ent later in, the summer. Such, plants, wheil brought into' cultivated areas, need to be guarded f rom 'dis-' turbance during their period -of re- tirement. It is curious to note that this rest- ing, whetber it is necessity or habit, is deep rooted in the nature of the of vegetable processes duriflg ouT winter niontbs, yet it is 'clearly known that there is sorne root .growtb, some movement of foods to- ward the terminal buds and that wounds continue to heal during the dormant -'periods,. Seeus ' ripen ,,at such timçs. and incorne cases the' seeds are not really seeds until 'they hav e passed ýthrough the w inter as the embroyos are formed during these months. Many seeds must lie in the ground for a period before they are fully matured. In the gourd family it is observed that the length of the dormant. period of. tbe seeds bas nuch to doý with the fruiting., Young seeds produice plants that run to vines and falshort in fruit. ýGardeners therefore, are i- clined to use seeds several years old for melons -and, cucumbers. The- variations -and exceptions to these general truths are as interest- ing 'as the facts t hemselves. The gen- eral facts form a basis for the bild- ing up of mucb of the gardening technique. These inclinations of plants, tbe contribution of the air to- ward plant feeding, the cbeni;cal ac- tivities of the soul, the effects of water and the sun filtering into the soul, ail of tbese things are vital to-L plant life and nature's balance must be maintained even in the somewhat unnatural conditions of the., home ground gardens. ISABEL WARRINGTON HEAPS TUiTORING. ànnounces, change in location to The Orrington Hotel te De&r' EVERY DAY NEW. ARRI VALS OF. CLOTHES S TrRAIGHT from Paris «by way of New York. Town ýand country cýoats' and suits. Sem-drssyafternoon dresses'in Bagbeera and velvet., EVENING GOWNS and NEW FRENCH HATS The SPORTS. SHP of "HUBBARD WOODS 976 LINDEN Av1ENuE lacer> .r.I.d J. C. Slow. . LVau Dmu. .CHEAP HEAT Ail of at yeiw's purchasers of HART OIL A GiARAGE Iin the. Buiing, Youar personat inspection is cc W. me Diroçior Phione'- Wi-L -2W4---1 MebeWimotte c7aqbr 0 .or Wnu. S ~1