STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. I45 



THE PEASANT PEOPLE. 



This shows a picture of four women in the north of Holland, 

 a very characteristic picture of that interesting type of inhab- 

 itant — one of the most interesting peoples of the world, 1 

 think — independent, energetic, thrifty, and perfectly satisfied 

 with their surroundings. I don't know whether you can see the 

 ornaments which are pendent from these interesting bonnets 

 that the ladies wear. They use a special kind of gold pendant 

 there and also use these heavy necklaces. These peasants repre- 

 sent the most thrifty and well-to-do country people in Europe. 

 A considerable amount of their surplus money goes into the 

 purchase of these decorations which are used on even the small 

 children, viz. : gold and silver ornaments and corals worn as 

 necklaces and pendants from the bonnets. 



A group of the Boer men — these are the men who put up the 

 great fight in the Boer War against the British — in South Africa. 

 You will find them on market day in almost any of the towns in 

 North Holland. The island part of Holland is the part where 

 they are most numerous. 



SWITZERLAND. 



Switzerland is a great sight-seeing country, not only because 

 it is beautiful but because the sights are accessible. We shall 

 come to the time when our magnificent scenery can be viewed 

 without great difficulty, when we shall have roads and railways 

 and means of communication. One of the things that will 

 strike the visitor as curious is the way in which many of the 

 park trees of France, Switzerland and parts of Germany are 

 pruned. No wonder that they present a distorted, gnarled, 

 dwarfed aspect. When the trees are planted they are headed 

 back very severely. The heading back is continued annually. 

 They leaf out in the summer and give shade, and under this 

 shade tables may be set and beer dispensed and other pleas- 

 antries enjoyed. The English walnut is one of the majestic 

 trees that you will find in Northern Italy, Southern France, and 

 parts of Switzerland. This particular tree was something over 

 five feet in diameter. 



Another great tree which does not belong to Western Europe 

 but which was imported there in early times was the cedar of 

 Lebanon and it found a congenial home. It is thoroughly at 



