118 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



"Without good culture they may become scraggy and poor. 

 Perphaps we ought to raise a note of warning about the 

 red cedar. There is good reason to believe that the fungus 

 so common upon it, and kaown as cedar apples, becomes 

 rust upon apple trees, and therefore, should not be planted 

 where healthy apple tree foliage is valued. 



We are living in a very practical age. The popular 

 standard of value strongly inclines to that of monev — dol- 

 lars and cents. The ornamental may not, at first view, ap- 

 pear to have a money value. While utility may be the first 

 measure of judgment in determining value, the purely or- 

 namental is an essential accompaniment of it. The love of 

 the beautiful is so general and it is so highly esteemed that 

 utility is often a secondary consideration. Our tools, vehi- 

 cles, machines and furniture are painted, varnished, bur- 

 nished, planished and embellished, often extravagantly. 

 Without these ornamental helps much of merchandise 

 would go begging j^in the world's markets. In trade and 

 commerce we are constantly looking for the handsome. 

 It's the same thing in matrimony. Every married man 

 thought he secured the most ornamental woman in the 

 whole kingdom when he secured his bride. And the hap- 

 piest man of all is the one that still holds to the same con- 

 ceit. 



We do not need this analogy, however, to prove the value 

 of ornamental trees. They show their value by every 

 pleasant home, and many more homes can be made more 

 pleasant and valuable for all the purposes of life when or- 

 namental trees shall be more liberally planted. 



discussion, 



Mr. Kellogg — What would you do with sumac sprouts, 

 and when would you transplant white birch? 



A. L. Hatch — I never have had much experience 

 transplanting the white birch. They grow native our way, 

 but I would transplant everything about the time it starts 

 to grow. 



