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parkways cut now betore the wecus go to seed. Ail residents are being askçed to cooperate by having the weeds on their own property and parkways cut or otherwise destroyed at. this tirne. The weeds that are especially obý- noxious, in Wilmette. are the rag- weed, now recognized as. one of the plants which brings discomfort to the hay-fever suiferer, the thistle, and the poison. ivy-. The ragweed grows abundantly in many- vacant lots. in Wilmette., Along East. Railroad ave- nue and Main street, along the path- way near the canal, and, in rnany other unexpected places, one finds it. Both the Canada thistle and, theý s0W thistie are amnong the weeds which the Illinois department of agri- culture is doing its beÈt to, destroy. Property owners, failing to cut and destroy thèse thisties before they go to seed are liable to a fine.. Poison ivy grows* aiong rnany side- walks in Wilmette anid on a nunîber of the trees. East Railroad. aven-de has a good supply of it. Paul Potter writes, "'Leaflet three,. let it bc' is a rule given by botanists to warn -people f rom taking a chance of handling poison ivýy. The plant grows in low chimps or in the form of a low creeping vine on tree trunks and stumps. The plants are always di- vided into three leaflets, with.smooth surface and edges." the welI known New York sculptor, who has just been chosen to mnake the statue of George Rogers Clark to be placed in a building now being erected ini Vincennes, Ind., to com- mnemorate his heroic. service to the American coloniies'in wresting from thé British the immense 'region be- tween the Ohîo,,the Mississippi, anid the Great Lakes during the Revolu- tionary war. Mr& E.T~ 1-Tik.ranian~iprI K are so nîuch so that tney cannot even be identified .by the owners' of these choice species. .1 In one garden we find a group of vigorously floweing plants which are delicate andiyet showy, and also. quite aggressive. This lot includes broývalia, viscaria. Swan river cais'r and lobelia romnosa, and is scattered with good effect throughout the gar- den. Anohrgarden! presents the- tigridia, the annual, of the blue sal- via, lytbrum superba oseumn, the annual of the orange asclepaias, the. echinops, an.d bocconia. In severai gÉardens there appe-irs,.a beautiful. and exceedi ngly worth,- while rose pink vembena caled "beauty of Oxford." In some cases it 'presents a very large bloom bhead. The. thalictrum or rue gmoup bas several sorts, with. a finer foliage than the dwarf or tinuber rue 'whichl 'àso5 coinmonly known that lt. is undervalued. , 'The nepeta mussini is another very choice rock garden plant which on account of its agressive bloom- ing qualities, deserves more credit than is usually given. Dianthus beatrix, a, rock garden type pink, is the color of ripe water m.elon, just as sweet and a persistent bloomner. It is appearing. quite fre- quently. Saponamia ocymoides 'should not be overlooked. The newv nasturtium bhas flot as yet. Droved itself. so sav we, at least 'in, permanent plîace ai5 a cnuîc aci(i- Well, well, and the end is not yet. We do hear folks say they have ev- ery known annual in their gardens but pemhaps they do, not know. all of themi. PUTTING THE GARDEN TO WORK Just when we think corne quite thorough ii we havet n the skill ROCK GARDENS, GARDEN RULES The rock garden, since it 1$ sup- posed to be a reproduction of a bit of natu.ral and broken landscape, is peculiarly free from the ordinary miles of the garden. But nature bhas. mrules,- it wouid seeni.. At any.rate, the habits. of growt. and reproduc- tion of plant life in. the wilds of the hillside and -open meadowlands, are such that plants- of a, kind do group themselves to a considemrable extent., Wiid flowvers do flot appear as a complete hit or miss effect. This should be remembered in the conduct of rockery plantings. Some pretense -at grouping wili re- suit' in far greater beauty. The defi-. Vnite groups will carry their values much better. When we see this be- ing done. we 'are reminded that it shouId, be generally followed, and the 'rinciple shouid.be c6imnion liractice. FOR EX-PRESIDENTS Mîs. Hayes McKinney of Vtl- mette who is spending the suInîIer at the Seneca hotel, is entertaining a committee of the ex-presidents ofý the Woman's Club 'of 'Wilmette at luncheon and bridge Wednesday, August 2, at the Seneca hotel. There wvill also be a commiittee meceting. Mm. and Mrs. Warren Darst, 1115 Lake avenue, have had as their .guests, their daughter, NIrs. Paul1 P. Kx. i., wileretne playea <on tne Yale' teami in. the annual Yale-Harvard- Oxford Cambri'dge tennis toumnametit. -o-- Mr. and Mrs. Miles Seeley, 705 Roger avenue, Keailwomth, are guests tonight 'at the reception and supper at the Chicago Yacht club given in hono r of the Brazilian com- missioner, General' and Mrs. Joao Lins de Barros,' by the consul of Brazil, Dr. Alfonso DeLuca and Mrs. DeLuca. - great natural beauty. ENTERTAINS FOR GUEST Mrs. George Ilîif, 924 Linden ave- nue, entertained at. tea Monday in honor of Mrs. Donald. Hoskins of Columbus, Ohijo. 'On: Friday Mrs. Ilîif will again entertaini for Mrs. Hoskinis at luncheon at the Georgian hotel in Evanston,' fol1oWed by bridge .at ber home. MIrs. Hloskins. and chul- clren are huose guests of thé J. .. .liffs of 1115 Greeiu%%ood avenue.ý Miss Eleanior Lippincott, of 1132 Ashland avenue entertaineil at aà bridge lunicheon Tuesday, July 25, in honor of Mrs. Trevor Stamip and hersister, Mrs.. Gordon Padley, botîx of London, Engl-anà, wlio are visiting their parents, the Charles Bôsworths of Evanston. Mr. and Nirs. F. M. Sinimons, 338 Woodstock avenue, Keniilworth. had as their guests,, Mrs. Sinîrnotis' sister,. Mrs., W. R. Johnson and Mariail, and George. Hanford and his. sister, Eloise, f rom Syracuse, N. Y. They were here for ten daysseeing A Century of Progress. Mrs. Xilliam iii, 1 19, Abingdon avenue, Kenilworth,,alid hler daugh- ter, Mrs. George E. Schumacher of, Glenco.e, entertained at tlt.ý )rîidge luncheon MNtiday, July 24, at Vista del Lago club fôr ot-of -tc'wvi guests. wvho are visiting in Glencoe. Mrs. Robert NMcKa\, 823 Cies.tnut avenue, enitertainied- at a bridge foursoine at. luncheon Tuesday of last week in fionor of ýMrs. A. J. Maloney of Mlerion, Pa., who is stay-ý ing at the Honiestead lui Evanston. Mr. and Mrs.,Harold Shernt1man and son, BilI,ý 714 Washington, aventie, r.e- turnied> Satumdýay from'a ten- days' visit with Dm,. and Mrs. Viliain Han- son' o (f Kansas City at their sumimer home at, Eagle River, .Wi3. Mirabel Sears daughter of Mm. and Mrs. William W. Sears of 5.56 Green- wood avenue, Kenilworth, celebrated lier enVe c(-o3, o. vimette ai iter par- forma] ents' summer home there.' water 0o- and cz 'Miss Caroine Harris, 223- Melrose way o- avenue, Kenilworth, retu ' ned Mon-, minds day frozu Washington, D. C., where ters.. behas had a position ýsince May 1. 'tion. ui, restluiu middle groun<l* M Dythe, cauglter of Mr. and Mrs. Port Washingto, Wis. 1 this leads us to report that a N. S. Aicely of 615 Lake avenue is. -o- A 'pool, wyith a genie action of, entertaining twelve guests tonight Lee F. English of 1007 Creenwood reflecting the surroundings (Thursclay), at a dancing party. avenue is in Oklahoma City, OkIa, atching the night lights, has a -0- this week on business. f 'catcbing our interest and re- Mm. and Mrs. Chester Gouid of 230 us of the fabled healing wa- Seventeenth street spent the pa st Mrs. H. V. Greenwood,, 1137 Ash-, Its charmn is beyond explana- week-end at the Hotel. Lexington, in land, avenue, is entertaining a The larger, water gardens New York City., 'big ucentdy