INDIANA IIORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY, 287 



"He who plants a tree 

 Plants hope, joy, peace and love. 

 Tents of coolness spreading out above; 

 Wayfarers he may not live to see, 

 But gifts that grow are best; 

 Hands that bless are blest. 

 Plant: life does the rest — 



Heaven and earth help him^who plants a tree; 

 And his work its own reward shall be." 



C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.— Two years ago this summer, at our 

 meeting at Plainheld, I was asked to prepare a paper on the subject of 

 "Shi'ubs." I went to some pains and prepared a careful paper, giving list 

 of varieties and descriptions of them— those varieties of shrubs that are 

 adapted to these latitudes. If you will refer to that report of 1900 you 

 will not care to have me go into details today. I brought several varie- 

 ties of shrubs with me and will exhibit them to you. 



Mr. Hobbs here exhibited a large number of varieties of shrubs for 

 home ornamentation, giving their names, seasons and habits of gi-owth. 

 For a detailed and exhaustive description of these see the report of this 

 society for 1000, page 24. 



FLOWERS AND SHPtUBS. 



BY MRS. W. W. AIKENS, FRANKLIN. 



What a dreary world this would be if there were no green grass, no 

 leaves, no buds, no flowers. 



Did you ever think what a blessed color gi-een is? How restful to the 

 , eye, and, after the gentle rain, how cheery one feels in viewing the ver- 

 dant fields and leafy trees and how much revived and invigorated. The 

 question has often come to me, do we appreciate and improve our talent 

 for the beautiful things God has given us? In Genesis ii, 8-9, we read: 

 "The Lord God planted a garden and out of the ground made the Lord 

 God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the eye and that is good for 

 food." 



It seems to me that we have a responsibility in this matter; that we 

 care for these things, and cultivate a love for them, and teach the chil- 

 dren to care for them. Every school yard should be a little park with 

 ornamental trees and shrubs. School Trustees should be insisted upon to 

 carry out some suggestion in this direction. Every property owner has a 



