114 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



J. S. Stickney — I used to be a great admirer of the Linden 

 down in Maine. I have seen them grow on rich land and 

 on high, dry knolls. Very often I have been struck with 

 the beauty of the Linden on the road side. At my present 

 place of residence I am located on a high spot of ground, and 

 the soil is inclined to be gravelly. I set out some Lindens 

 two years ago and I believe they will succeed. Certainly 

 we have not a tree that is more beautiful. The leaves are 

 of a delicate green and the tree is healthy and clean, and 

 I should advise every one to think more of it. 



B. S. Hoxie — I was going to inquire more in regard to the 

 Linden. My experience has been that they are liable to 

 break down something after the manner of the white maple. 

 We rarely see them in this state in cities. 



Pres. Smith — That has not been my experience in Green 

 Bay. I do not think they are liable to break. They are not 

 with us. 



The next thing upon oue programme is " Landscape Gar- 

 dening," by Mr. Plumb, but as he is not with us this eve- 

 ning I will call for the next paper by Mrs. Huntley, of 

 Appleton. The title is " Plants and Flowers in the Home." 

 She has changed it somewhat but has not "made it less inter- 

 esting to us all than as though it had remained its original 

 title. 



BEAUTIFYING OUR HOMES. 



By Mrs. D. HUNTLEY. 



Our homes are what we make them. The artist spends 

 years of labor upon a bit of canvas which is only a picture 

 of nature's; we who grow her beauties in field and garden 

 can make a living landscape, more lovely than an artist's 

 picture or a poet's dream. 



The first and most essential requisite for the adornment 

 of home with plants and flowers, is an unconquerable love 

 for the beautiful in nature, a love so strong that it will re- 

 move all obstacles and make success certain. 



