SUMMER MEETING AT BUTLER. 121 



That old favorite, the Lilac, we cannot pass by ; for ages it has been 

 a plant for poetical inspiration. May comes and the floral crown re- 

 ceive? many beautiful additions. 



The pretty Tartarian, or upright Honeysuckle, the Weigelia and 

 several varieties of Spirea are in bloom, and the Snowball too, tall 



" And throwing up her silver globes — 

 Light as the foamy surf 

 The wind severs from the broken waves." 



This is one of the most beautiful of all ornamental shrubs, and re- 

 ceives a place in every plantation. 



The Rose Acacia, though a rambling shrub, always was a favorite- 

 with us. 



The Philadelphus are all hardj^, giving abundance of bloom. 



Of course every one must have the Queen of flowers, the Rose, to- 

 reign over their little floral kingdom. The Deutzia, too — who does not 

 admire it ? — outstretching its branches, laden with white blossoms 



"Half-hidden 'mid its foliage green." 



Other varieties of the Spirea now come into bloom. 



The Sorreltree becomes very desirable and the more attractive 

 from the length of its blooming season, being from July to September. 



The Altheas gladden the later summer with their various colors. 



For a late bloomer the Stuartia must win its way into every col- 

 lection; this shrub is not so well known yet as it should be. 



Many of the intervals of the blooming can be tilled by a selection 

 of climbers. Honeysuckles, Wistarias, Clematis and others. 



The hardy. Perpetual Roses, too, go far in this respect. 



The secretary called the attention to the offer of $1,000 by the 

 American Garden for the best new variety of strawberry, best raspberry^, 

 best grape, best gooseberry, best blackberry, best new fruit, best new 

 potato, best new vegetable, best new flowering shrub. 



The secretary then read the following liberal offer made by E. H. 

 Libby, Greenfield, Mass., editor of American Garden : 



THE AMERICAN GARDEN PRIZES OF f;i,000 FOR NEW FRUITS,, 

 FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES. 



For the promotion of horticulture, the American Garden ofl"ers the 

 following prizes of $100 each, or silver plate of equal value. No vari- 



