3l6 MINNESOTA STATE HOETICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



single row of white for a border, should be seen around a score of 

 homes where one is seen now. Moss pinks should greet the passer- 

 by. For the latter part of May and early June tree paeonies, with 

 their gorgeous colors, and all through June and into July selections 

 from the long list of more than 700 distinct varieties of herbaceous 

 paeonies, should be made to show forth the marvelous beauty and 

 enchanting loveliness of God's new creations. The Great Father of 

 all life has brought forth these new things, wonderful in beauty and 

 loveliness for the use of man, and the nurseryman should see that 

 they are used in larger quantities, both singly and in clumps and in 

 large masses of a single color. 



In the first half of the nineteenth century it was true that the 

 rose was the queen of flowers. It is no longer true. The new crea- 

 tions in paeonies do not hold a second place. It is today the queen 

 of flowers. 



Large beds of coleus and of geraniums should be marked feat- 

 ures. A large oblong bed of yellow coleus, with a border of sin- 

 gle row of very dark color, produces a fine effect. In all arrange- 

 ments of flowers, shrubs or trees, sharp contrast of color should be 

 the rule. 



For midsummer and autumn flowers the perennial phlox should 

 be used in large numbers. These are also new creations, more than 

 one hundred fine varieties having been brought out during the past 

 twenty years. Their effect on the lawn is pleasing and lasting. 

 During a trip east several years ago, of the things seen none made a 

 more lasting impression on my mind than the beds of perennial 

 phlox on the grounds of Elwanger & Barry, and a single clump seen 

 on a well kept lawn at Burlington, Vt. 



The space allotted me is filled and in closing let me say, that 

 if the nurseryman carries out the suggestions herein contained, when 

 he passes to the life beyond he will feel that the world has to some 

 little extent been made more beautiful and happy because he has 

 lived in it. 



Mr. Wm. Oxford: "I am not much of a speaker, but I have 

 grown fruit for a number of years, and I always try to raise the 

 best fruit. I joined this society a number of years ago, and I always 

 take great interest in reading the monthly magazine. I thought it 

 was my duty to come up here, and I must say I enjoyed the meet- 

 ings very much, and hereafter as long as I live I shall expect to at- 

 tend." 



