2 THE MIRROR THE MIRROR PUBLISHED BEVERY FRIDAY AT THB FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, 123. ON- FARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONE 115w FLETCHER JOHNSTON, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.00 A YERAR Stratford, July 2, 1926 A NEW CURE FOR CRIME Asked whether the amateur could get results in crossing and develop- ing plants, Mr, Burbank replied: "Yes, certainly; if he has patience and will take one thing at a time, Be- gin with something hardy and with a Strong heredity, like the coreopsis. There are many tools made and sold for hybridization of flowers, but a reading glass and clean fingers are about all you need. "When you have selected your flower, you must see that there is no pollen in it; blow it off or wash it off with water, and use your reading glass to be sure that the yistils are elean.. Now take the coreopsis you want to mix with the first and trans- fer its pollen to the cleaned flower by rubbing them gently together or by using your finger. Mark the pollin- ized flower and repeat the progess very carefully for several successive days, to be certain that the transfer of pollen has been made. "Watch that flower until the petals have dropped and the seed pod has formed; that seed, planted the follow- ing spring, 13 the basis for all that comes afterward. In the second gen- eration you are certain to find some plants with a variation inclining to- ward the qualities of the flower you erossed with your chosen individual. Now selection comes *#--the choice of the plants that show the most marked tendency toward the new or- der you are working for. The poliniza- tion transfer is made only once, and thereafter you develop your experi- ment by selecting the plants that have been affected by your work. Eventual- ly if you are wise in your selection-- and that can be learned only by ex- perience--you will be able to fix a new characteristic in your coreopsis. "But the secret is repetition, repeti tion, repetition. The environment changes or developments in the plant must be insisted on for generatons, until they have become traits and are hereditary--passed on without change to the seedlings." "Read that!" he said. "Wonderful! You can't understand how we stum- bled on that truth!" "What do you mean?" "Emerson was no scientist, no gar- dener. And yet long before most of us had gone into the thing at all -- Darwin had hinted at it and others had discussed it, but there was no law--long before anything had been done to prove it, this thinker evolved ' the rule!" In his most whimsical vein he clos- ed the interviews. 3 "Someone said once," he observed, "that the Battle of Waterloo, I believe it was, was won on the playing fields of Eton. I'd like to add a Saying of my own to that: England was The greatness of born in English gar- dens. Taken as a whole, there is no people who love their gardens, univ- ersally, as the English do Not for the love of show or display or pride, but because they love growing things and the beauty they can get from them. And a race that gardens is a race that will live! "I know of nothing that will build charcter, bring health, add zest to life and improve the strain of family blood more surely than working with flow- ers and trees. It is quiet, restful work; it is creative work; it is instructive; it brings beauty into your life. It teach- es you patience and a love of Nature-- and Nature is a wonderful teacher and a wonderful friend. More than any- thing else nowadays, when, for some reason or other, the human family determined to crowd into cities and pile up in narrow streets, gardening is Necessary to save us from material- ism and a complete loss of touch with the best thing in liSe--the great out- ot-doors. "Do you know I'd like some statis- tical sharp to look up for me the da- ta on these questions: "How meny men with gardens, who understood plants jand loved them, have gone to the insane asylum or the poorhouse?"' "Was a flower grower ever hanged for murder? "Did a devoted garden lover ever rob a bank or embezzle-the district- school funds or beat his wife? "IT beliave I could prove a whole lot of things, in this money-mad, strug- gling, pleasure-chasing age of ours, if I could just lay my hand on a few tables like that." When you stop to consider the mat- ter, the plant wizard of Santa Rosa, the sage of the garden, probably said something there! Even the hint he gives us furnishes food for thought ~----a possible basis for action! PUETUETETEEDEECEE EEE EE ERED PELE EER Galvanized Garbage Pails BEST QUALITY sizes 3 $1.50 to $2.50 SECOND QUALITY 3 sizes $1.20 to $1.50 In the basement at CHINA HALL J. L. 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Gordon Brysdon proved a valuable addition to the Lions and with a prac- tice or two under his belt, look out for fireworks. He has the goods and he will produce them. Fred Graper, the husky defense man of the Lions has an ostrich gait when ravelling with the ball and the lacrosse fans sure love to see him stepping down. Watch his stride in the next game ' Charlie ' Lightfoot is putting his Lions through stiff practices in an en- deavor to brig the boys into the group play-off. Stratford sporting pubiie are to be congratulated for their kind consider- ation of placing their automobiles at the disposal of the Lions Club in trans- ferring the lacrosse team and fans to St. Marys. The Lions Club and management tender their thanks to all who so willingly loaned their cars and offered their services. A wonderful spirit for all to have. Keep up the Zood work. MIRRORETTES Boyd Lavelle will not participate in much sport this summer. Boyd is at present confined to his home through illness. Rem' Durand journied to Detroit to see the American League game last Sunday, on the look out for pointers. Nothing like attending to busimess. "Dolly" Dolson join the monied 'ranks. may not Gordon Brysdon will likely stay with the Simon pures. Imperial Rattan have withdrawn their team from the Senior City. Lea- gue. The Junior City League and Jun- ior O.B.A.. absorbs them. A wire netting is beimg erected at Queen's Park junior baseball diamond for a back stop. "Yes," it is decided we will have Our paddling days are over. We might have guessed that long ago, as Dr. Lorne has had his European tour pro hockey. A wise old owl was Doc. Now he can tell the boys and we will get our satisfaction with salaried players. Yep, it will be all right. Canucks trimmed the Beavers on Monday night at Queen's park 21-5. These youngsters can clout the ball like Ruth, field like Hans Wagner and pitch like Johnston and Mathewson. What more do you want? 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