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The President: In Illinois we used to make blue ink of it. 



Mr. Yager: There are a whole lot of these things, and I don't see 

 why we don't take some action towards securing these plants. This 

 society is sort of nursery of our state and should take some action 

 towards securing all these different kinds of flowers and bringing them 

 down to Lincoln and putting them in charge of this man here (Mr. W. H. 

 Dunham) at the State Farm. It would certainly be a good move. We 

 would have something to show the people in order that the people might 

 be informed. There are plenty of people who don't know of the existence 

 of many of the plants and flowers around them that would be a benefit 

 to them in the way of ornamenting their homes, and it would be of 

 great benefit to the state in general. 



The President: I agree with Mr. Yager. I visited Shakespeare Gar- 

 den at Cambridge, Mass., and saw many flowers there of very rare speci- 

 men. 



Mr. Dole: There are flowers here for everybody, and hope you 

 will avail yourselves of the gift and will wear them on the street; and 

 when the question is asked, "Where do these flowers come from?" let it 

 be known that they came from the State Horticultural Society. 



The President announced a meeting of the Forestry Association for 

 9 o'clock sharp Thursday morning. 



On motion, the convention adiournrd until Thursday morning at 9:30 

 o'clock. 



THURSDAY, JUI;Y 21, 9:30 A. M. 



Vice-President W. A. Harrison called the meeting to order and an 

 nounced that the first order of business would be a paper on "Ornamental 

 Shrubs," by Philip Edinborough, superintendent of city parks, Lincoln. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



PHILIP EUIABOKOUGH. SUPERINTENDENT OF PAUKS. LINCOLN. 



In the few remarks that I may make on ornamental shrubs suited to 

 this climate, and there is a great variety to choose from, I should like 

 first to make a plea for some of our native shrubs. 



Take the Rhus or sumac family — our common sumac is not half 

 appreciated. Take a large mass of them, with their bright, green foliage 

 and masses of orange red berries, making a beautiful effect, that cannot 

 be produced with anything else, well repaying the little cost and trouble 

 of planting. Add to this the glorious fall effect of all the tints of the 

 rainbow, and many more besides, making it one of our most useful 

 shrubs. Its more aristocratic brother, the cutleaf variety (Rhus 

 Lancinata) is superb with its finely divided leaves, but as it does not 

 grow as tall, if planted in the former group, its place is in the front. 

 Another member of the family (Rhus Cotinus^ tb(> mist shrub or smolu^ 



