294 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICUI-TURAL SOCIETY. 



The people of this section are becoming more and more in- 

 terested each year in the horticultural setting of their homes, 

 .More shade and ornamental trees are being planted as well 

 as shrubbery and flowers. It was but a few years ago that 

 the nurserymen of the state sold hardly enough ornamental 

 trees and plants to pay them to carry these things in stock. 

 But the demand for ornamentals has grown steadily until 

 now this part of the nursery business is one of the most im- 

 portant. The effect of this ornamental planting is making a 

 wonderful change in the appearance of the farm homes of 

 eastern Nebraska. They are transformed from bleak, lonely 

 barren places of existence to pleasant and attractive places to 

 live. Let the good work go on. 



