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to raise their owu llowers. C'an anyone give us any informa- 

 tion on this subject? I secured one after a good many yeiirs 

 search, but whether it is biennial or triennial 1 can not say. 



Mr. Frey : We have never found any hardy pinks that are 

 steady bloomers out doors. They will shed their crop in 

 June but they are not continuous throughout the season and 

 they are not to be compared with the carnation grown in the 

 greenhouses. 



Mr. Henderson : Those I refer to bloom in June and July 

 and then take another spell in the fall. 



President Green : Our next subject is Ornamental Trees, 

 by Mr. W. L. Adams, Superintendent of Parks, of Omaha. 



Mr. Adams not being present his paper was read by the 

 Secretary, as follows : 



OENAMENTAL TEEES. 



W. R. ADAMS^ SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS^ OMAHA. 



This at first glance, seems an easy subject to speak on, 

 but as there are many men of many minds, it is needless to 

 say that there may be a great divergence of opinion on what 

 is, and what is not, an ornamental tree. For my part, any 

 tree with a good habit and giving a desirable amount of shade 

 may be classed as ornamental. Certainly some are more 

 highly prized than others, — for a difference it may be of 

 foliage, flowers or fruit, or it may be a combination of all 

 three, yet each has a beauty of its own, and an appropriate 

 place in the grand scheme of making this world more habit- 

 able and certainlv more beautiful. 



We have here in Nebraska quite a number of deciduous 

 trees, many of which are decidedly capable of beautifying the 

 landscape. We have ash, elm, oak, hackberry, linden, syca- 

 more, honey locust, yellow locust, walnut, coffee bean, hick- 

 ory, box elder, iron wood, mulberry, hawthorn, cottonwood, 

 red bud and willows, all native. And have added to these 



