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you, as you ought to know something about Mr. Courtright and his 

 flowers. 



Mr. Yager: Mr. Courtright is a prominent attorney at Fremont. I 

 have known him for a great many years. I did not hear all of his paper, 

 but he is a comparative amateur in this line, and he has taken it up for 

 recreation chiefly. He has become very enthusiastic about it, and now all 

 that he will talk to you about is flowers, and it has been but a few years 

 when he scarcely knew one flower from another. It is only another ex- 

 ample about how enthusiastic people get when once they become interested 

 in flowers, and it is almost always the case. A few years ago when you 

 would meet Mr. Courtright on the street, all he would talk about was law, 

 and now it is all flowers. It is just an example of enthusiasm. People can 

 not do better than to attract their attention to the cultivation of flowers, 

 and it is surprising how enthusiastic they get, and it is something that 

 should be encouraged as much as possible. I think it is a very good idea 

 to spread this knowledge among the people who live in the cities and vil- 

 lages especially. People should want something to do, and those who 

 want something to do, besides play, will not play lawn tennis and go to 

 the club and such things as that. 



Mr. Young: I was very much interested in the paper, and I would 

 like to ask Mr. Yager how much of a garden Mr. Courtright has, or how 

 large it is, and how much help he employs. 



Mr. Yager: I forgot to mention that. While he is a city man, and 

 some of these city fellows have to have a gardener and be high toned, you 

 know, this fellow does it all himself, and tends to it all himself, and his 

 plan is adapted to people of ordinary means. 



You can be poor and have just as much fun along this line — in the 

 line of flowers and their cultivation, on your little place, or on your little 

 city lot, as John D. Rockefeller can on his estate. I think he has one 

 hundred and forty-four by one hundred and forty-four feet of ground, and 

 he does it all himself, and his health is better since he tried it, and his 

 plan is adapted to the common ordinary people. 



Nobody is so poor but what they can have some pretty flowers. Once 

 in a while he has them to give away to his neighbors, and it does not 

 cost him anything, and besides it contributes to his general health and 

 his happiness. 



The President: We will now hear from Miss Gertrude Rowan, of the 

 Nebraska University School of Agriculture, on the "Food value of fruits." 



FOOD VALUE OF FRUITS. 



Gertrude Rowan, University of Nebraska. 



Ladies and Gentlemen: I hesitated a little to come before the Horti- 

 cultural Society with a paper on the food value of fruits, first because it is 

 a disadvantage to follow a paper of such worth as the one we have just 

 heard, and secondly I feel that the domestic science clubs and classes, and 



