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now generally used, would seem to be the
proper one. The strawberry of the gardens
is cultivated, but it certainly is not
"artificial". cultivated pearls
have been produced in the Orient for
many years, + chapters on them may
be formed in books on the subject, but
it has been unusually easy to distinguish_
them from the uncultivated variety
Lately, however, owing to the ingenuity
+ skill of a Japanese firm, they are
grown under such conditions that they
exactly resemble the wild or uncultivated
pearl, + it is this that has
made a stir among the dealers.

Our second reader, Corrie M. Brooke,
was not present also, so Mrs. House
kindly read two interesting selections
made by Mrs. Tilton. The first one was_
When Room Plants Become Leggy.

"A very good way of dealing with rubber
plants, + similar room plants that have
grown spindly, or leggy, as it is called,
is to cut a small part in half with
an old saw. Then at about the middle
of the stem make a long slanting
cut upward half way through.