100 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Neither are our native climbers to be despised, and liops, Virginia 

 creeper, trumpet vine, wild grapes, wild clematis, bitter sweet and others 

 add much to the interest of the garden. 



By going to the undisturbed woods and transplanting as they grow it 

 is easy to produce a natural harmony. While the first labor of establish- 

 ing a garden of this kind is considerable, after it is once established it 

 requires a minimum of care. The early plants, like the bloodroots, bloom 

 before the appearance of those that shall later shade the ground. We 

 have first a mass of bloom from adder-tongues and Dutchman's breeches, 

 followed by violets, the buttercups, and later phlox and waterleaf, as well 

 as others, and last of all the asters, all on the same ground, and each 

 seems to occupy it fully at the time of flowering. It is surprising how 

 many varieties can be grown together, harmoniously, many, like the wild 

 ginger, hiding away under the leaves of more showy plants. 



It is worth while to save the wild flowers. 



FRUIT GROWERS' INSTITUTES. 

 Val Keyser, Lincoln. 



The success of the annual meeting of the State Horticultural Society 

 held in Lincoln, January 16, 17, and 18, caused unusual interest among 

 Nebraska apple growers. The splendid quality of the eastern Nebraska 

 apples on exhibition at the winter fruit show prompted the society to take 

 some concerted action to interest a larger number of growers in the pro- 

 duction of better apples. 



After a lively discussion of a paper on the "Quality of Nebraska 

 Apples," a publicity committee was appointed by the society consisting 

 of El. M. Pollard of Nehawka, G. A. Marshall of Arlington, C. H. Barnard 

 of Table Rock. This committee was instructed to devise ways and 

 means for encouraging the orchard owners of eastern Nebraska to give 

 their orchards better care, looking to the production of a greater quantity 

 of high class market apples. The committee was further instructed to 

 give publicity to the merit of these apples in order that the public might 

 become acquainted with the superior quality of apples produced in 

 eastern Nebraska. 



The committee got busy at once, and arranged three mass meetings 

 of fruit growers, which were held at Blair, Washington county; Platts- 

 mouth, Cass county; and Peru, Nemaha county. Remarkable interest and 

 enthusiasm were shown by the growers at each of these points. Forty- 

 eight were present at the Washington county meeting, twenty-six at 

 Plattsmouth, and 120 at Peru. 



The writer represented the Horticultural Society at these meetings 

 and Prof. R. F. Howard, from the University, attended as a representative 

 of the Nebraska Experiment Station. 



Considering the fact that these meetings were gotten up and adver- 

 tised on short notice, the attendance was remarkable, and in a measure 

 expresses the interest which has been awakened in apple growing in this 



