280 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



SHADE TREES AS ADJUNCTS TO THE "BEAUTIFUL HOME." 



BY MRS. J. W. MOOREHOUSE, ALBION. 



When Webster defined the word adjunct as something added to an- 

 other thing, but not essentially a part of it, 1 am inclined to think he 

 overlooked the possibility of a beautiful home without shade trees. Any- 

 where in the wide world shade trees are essentially a part of the beautiful 

 home. 



Home, a dwelling jjlaco. the house in which one resides. It inay con- 

 sist of but four plain walls built of unhewn, logs, Avithout walk or lawn, 

 shrub or flower to releive the bare appearance called home. Or, as Dry- 

 den puts it, "Home, tlie social refuge of our life." 



No matter whether high or low, plain and unattractive or commodious 

 and grand, it readily admits of qualification. 



But here we have a finer distinction. "Beautiful home." Pleasing to 

 the eye and all the senses. All that wealth can buy has been gathered 

 together, science and art have been employed. The experience of ages 

 in building and decorating has been considered and improved upon, and 

 we behold the mansion of the wealthy, the palace of the rich. The ex- 

 terior stands out harmonious in height and Avidth and curve. The interior 

 embraces all the modern conveniences with the most elaborate polish and 

 finish, the "Beautiful home." 



Respected admirers of the beautiful, while you are experiencing the 

 magic effects of the works of science and art found in homes of the 

 wealthy, you will also be charmed with the magnificent scenery that 

 usually surrounds you; in the enchanting landscape that opens to your 

 view, where there is almost infinite variety. True the art of man has been 

 there laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a 

 manner as to produce the most pleasing effect. But these scenes after all 

 are the simple and spontaneous effect of the matchless hand of nature, 

 which man with all his ingenuity, although he may imitate, can never 

 equal. 



No landscape, however admirable in other respects, is complete with- 

 out shade trees, and can you imagine a beautiful home standing directly 

 upon the bare pavement and extending to the alley? Does not your im- 

 agination cai-ry you at once to that home standing just far enough from 

 the pul)lic highway to admit of a little seclusion and privacy, with a 

 driveway flanked on either side with tall ovcrlinnging shade trees? Of 

 a hot summei- day (in the month of August, for instance) turn in here 

 from the dusty highway and you experience a cool breeze invited by the 

 shade of these trees as delightful to your feelings as water from the 

 fountain to the palate of the thirsty traveler. Such effect have shade 



