538 BOARD OF ArjRirUT-TUKE. 



the iiiL'inbcrs ol' the Imliaiui Uurtieultiiral Society was taUfii, alter his 

 removal, and sent to him. To Rive an idea of his quaint wit, I quote, from 

 the Indiana Fanner, tlie following from his letter acknowledging the 

 receipt of that picture: 



"The pictiu'e rejnxsent( d a group of good-looking men and women, and 

 smells of apples. One of them with a hat on would do for an agricultural 

 editor. A gray-bearded, bald gentleman looks much like a horticultural 

 president I knew 'back P'ast.' Two other gentlemen with but little foliage 

 on top of tiieir heads look like horticultural scribes. It can not be that 

 being an officer would make one bald! There is a man standing in front 

 with a book in his hand who has a good covering for his caput. Several 

 persons in the picture look like they could dig trees, prune, bud and graft, 

 and I have no doubt ai-e lovers and growers of good fruits. There are 

 some /aces in the group that I do not identify, but I feel very much in- 

 clined to step up and shake hands with the whole crowd." 



' The "one who would do for an agricultural editor" was no doubt his 

 old friend, J. G. Kings))ury, the able and veteran editor of the Indiana 

 Farmer, who has for many years attended the meetings of the Society. 



I have had more pleasure in horticulture and its kindred pursuits than 

 any other path I have ever trodden. The passage of a generation from the 

 cradle to the tomb seems like a brief day to the aged; but it is a great 

 boon to be allowed to lift our heads above the wave of time and view this 

 fair world, even for a brief existence. The days of our youth pass 'like 

 a glorious roll of drums!" In their midst we constantly look for some- 

 thing better, which never comes, until we are at last aware that we have 

 unconsciously sipped the sweetest wine of life. 



THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HEARTH. 



MISS GRACE JULIAN CLARK, IRVINGTON. 



iPaper read at the .June, 1903, meeting of tlie Marion County Horticultural Society held at 



the residence of W. B. Fliek.l 



There is a painting by Gabriel Max, now the property of Prof. Ernst 

 Haeckel, the German scientist, which represents three beings, in that un- 

 certain stage between the ape and man. If you have ever seen a copy of 

 this picture you see it now, for it possesses a fascination which indelibly 

 fixes it in the mind. The father stands beside a tree, in an attitude of 

 alertness, ready to defend those dearest to him, the mother and child. 

 There is strength and power in his figiu-e, but the animal so largely pre- 



