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extended and beneficial influence upon our lives, from our earliest 

 days 'till we are called thence, and through our labors, examples 

 and efforts upon others, we must readily acknowledge that landscape 

 adornment is a universal obligation. This, of course, is required 

 of each person according to his strength, ability and special liking. 

 As in other directions in life, our tastes in landscape decoration will 

 vary widely, as illustrated upon our individual premises; hence, some 

 of us, who may be rather conservative or obstinate, must beware 

 that we do not too strongly criticize the methods of our neighbors. 

 The one who must earn every dollar that he possesses, perhaps, amid 

 many drawbacks, cannot rightfully be expected to enter into the 

 good work as extensively as the one abundantly prospered in this 

 world's goods. Again, we should strive to thus inculcate these 

 truths into the minds of the general public, that the more extended 

 work of landscape adornment shall be done by the township, the 

 county, the state and the nation. 



Mr. Frank Yahnke : I am sorry to notice in this western state 

 that our roadsides are really in very bad shane in a good many 

 places. I enjoyed this paper very much, and especially so the por- 

 tion in which he advocated for this country the planting of useful 

 trees along our roadsides. I still enjoy taking my memory back 

 to my youth, when I saw the cherries growing that Mr. Freeman 

 spoke of. In the center of the town there was a crossing of roads 

 where they had planted cherry trees that grew about sixty feet high. 

 The cherry trees were rented to a certain man, and he would pick 

 the cherries. The township got a good income from those trees 

 alone. Anybody could take all the fruit that fell upon the ground, 

 but they could pick none from the tree. It was in the contract that 

 the man could punish anybody for picking any cherries but those 

 that lay on the ground. The cherries that were very high in the tree 

 were left for the boys to pick, and you may imagine what good use 

 the boys made of them. They always tried their trousers to see 

 whether they were made of good stuff. We enjoyed picking and 

 eating those nice cherries. If we could plant cherry trees along 

 our roadsides we could do nothing better. Cherry trees do not 

 break down so easily as plum or apple trees. A cherry limb will 

 bend, but it will not break easily. 



