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they were not from far enough north. They were badly discolored, and we 
burned them up. 
Prof. Waldron: I think that is the same as the Bad Lands cedar. 
Mr. Sherman: As I understand it they are a little more silvery. 
Prof. Waldron: Yes, they are very brilliant. 
Mr. Sherman: The silver cedar I have growing is distinct from our 
red cedar. It has this peculiarity, the seed ripens in two years instead of 
one. 
Mr. Wedge: I just want to say one word in favor of the white spruce, 
especially that form which is native to the Black Hills. It is a little longer 
leafed than the ordinary white spruce. It appears to be about half way 
between the ordinary white spruce and the Colorado blue spruce and is, 
I think, very much more desirable than the ordinary white spruce. It is 
a somewhat slower grower, but it is extremely hardy and very handsome. 
Another thing I think every evergreen lover ought to have, and that is 
the Douglas spruce. It is perfectly hardy with us. It is something like 
the Norway spruce. That irom the mountains of Colorado is perfectly 
hardy in our climate, but not so that from the valleys of Utah. 
Prof. Hansen (S. D.): There is one word I wish to say about the 
evergreen question. I think the jack pine is one of the best evergreens 
we have, judging by last winter’s experience at our place in South Dakota. 
It stood better there than the Scotch pine. The red cedar stood well, but 
not as well as the jack pine. If I could have my choice I would have the 
silver spruce, but I think the jack pine is especially valuable on account of 
its rapid growth the first few years. The arbor vite is a failure; so is the 
white pine and the balsam fir. They failed almost entirely. 
Prof. Waldron: At Brandon, Man., they grow the white pine that 
you cannot grow at all. I rather think in parts of North Dakota it would 
be a rather more severe test than at Brandon. 
TOWN AND VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT. 
MRS. 0. N. OLBERG, OF ALBERT LEA. é 
(Read before Southern Minnesota Horticultural Society.) 
We have heard this aphorism for years: “Make the home pleasant and 
attractive, and the children will love it and be loth to leave it.’ Let us 
change these words, and have it read this way: “Make the town, village 
and country beautiful, and the inhabitants will love them and be loth 
to leave them.” 
Persons having land about their houses or having procured land upon 
which to establish a home, no matter how limited the area, should carefully 
study its sub-division and furnishing with a view to making it quite as 
much a part of the home as are the rooms itself. So with a citizen of any 
town or village. Having become a resident and established a home, the 
town in which you live should at once become a part of the home, as the 
rooms are of the house itself, and it behooves every broad-minded, public 
spirited person, man or woman, to co-operate with their officials in making 
their town or village a dwelling place of health and beauty. 
Acknowledging this fact, the constitution of the State Federation of 
Women’s Clubs provides for a standing committee, known as the Town 
