214 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. a. J. Brown: Mr. Jackson is representing the State 

 Horticultural Society of Iowa. The methods and work of their 

 society are almost identical with those of Nebraska. And what 

 I want to do now, is to move that Mr. Jackson and E. S. Welsh 

 of Shenandoah, Iowa, be made annual members of our society. 



Motion carried unanimously. 



The resolution introduced by Mr. C. B. Camp of Cheney was 

 tabled by vote of the society. 



The location of the Summer Meeting of the society was left 

 with the Executive Board. 



Meeting adjourned. 



EVERGREENS. 



BY C. S. HARRISON, YORK. 



I am requested to write a paper on evergreens suitable for 

 Nebraska. It is an important subject, one which is thought too 

 little of. If twenty-five years ago people had planted on a large 

 scale, and had filled the land, with groves of pine and spruce, 

 what a change would have been wrought. 



Evergreens can be raised for beauty, utility and also profit. 

 How much five acres of pine would add to the value of a farm. 

 They should be planted on the north and west of the house. It 

 is a cheerful sight in winter to see these heroic trees outlined 

 against the sky, standing like sentinels to shield man and beast 

 from the storms. There is no such ideal play ground for chil- 

 dren as an evergreen grove. Take the Austrian or Ponderosa 

 pine, plant them eight feet apart each way, and alternate with 

 ash till the trees are large enough to take the ground. There 

 is such a grove about fourteen years old on the experiment 

 grounds of the Minnesota Agricultural College. Though the 

 grove is but fifteen years old, the tops have met, and they shut 

 out the sun, and there you have an ideal place for rest. What 

 a resort for those with weak lungs to swing a hammock in the 

 delightful shade, where the cool breeze would wander in the 

 summer time, and how children would rejoice in such a place. 



