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Hardy S^Amfts.— Lilacs, Spireas, Hydrangea, Weigelia, Snowball, Syringa, 

 Althea, Purple Fringe, Dogwood. 



Hardy Climbers. — Am. Ivy, Bitter-3weet, Honeysuckle, Trumpet Creeper, 

 Wisteria, Clematis. 



Herbaceous Plants. — Hardy Peonies, Hollyhocks, Deutzla, Dyaletria, Phlox, 

 Dianthus. 



iEoses.— Hardy, Gen. Jacqueminot, Gen. Washington, John Hopper, La Reine» 

 Mad. Chas Wood, Paul Neron, Mad. Plauties ( June rose) 



SET OUT TREES. 



Set out trees I adorn the homestead ; 



Make it pleasant all around, 

 Let the elms, and oaks and maples, 



With the evergreens abound ; 

 Let the home be so attractive 



That the boy that is today. 

 When he shall arrive at manhood 



And in foreign lands will stray. 

 May turn with longing heart and loving 



To his home these hills among. 

 Thinking how the trees are thriving 



Which he helped to plant when young. 



Set out trees I Upon the common, 



Ashes, linden, poplars, birch , 

 Set them out around the school-hjuse, 



Plant them thick about the church ; 

 Have the children's play-ground shaded, 



And the public walks as well, 

 And the joys from these arising, 



Coming ages glad will tell. 

 These shall live, and grow, and gladden. 



While we moulder 'neath their leaves ; 

 Let us then improve the present. 



Leave behind us priceless trees. 



— Mrs. Annie G. Marshall. 



The book for every farmer's boy to read is the open book of na- 

 ture. There was none ever written that contains one-half of the 

 information, none other half so fascinating, none so perfect and pure. 

 Nature teaches us to dwell as much as possible upon the beautiful and 

 good, and to ignore at all times the evil and the false. 



Let us take a single tree for an object-lesson, and see what it will 

 teach us. Time will not permit of our discussing the phenomena of 

 plant life, and we will only say that vegetable and animal lives in no' 

 way differ in principle : there is a perfect analogy between the two. 

 But in order to show you the pleasure that is to be derived from the 

 study of the tree, we would say that all plants possess a real life : they 

 eat, drink, feel and think ; they sleep, breathe and secrete — in short, 



