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Mr. Harris: That is a very easy plant to transplant, and it 

 grows all over the state wherever there are thickets or tim- 

 ber. For a good many years I had a single plant on my place, 

 and when I came home from town, whether drunk or sober, at 

 the right season of the year, the first thing that struck my eye 

 was that burning bush, and it made me feel a good deal like 

 the man who Is lost trying to find his home and sees a light in 

 the window. 



Mr. Wedge: Since some one has mentioned the thorn apple, I 

 would like to emphasize the fact that it is one of the most 

 beautiful trees we have, and when it stands by itself it takes 

 on a very unique appearance. There is another shrub, the 

 lonicera, or woodbine, w^hich is a very nice shrub for certain 

 situations. 



Mr. Elliot: One other shrub that is very pretty here is our 

 high bush cranberry, Viburnum opulus. It is very easily 

 grown and holds its berries along in the fall and is quite orna- 

 mental. Another tree is our native birch. It is the first thing 

 that is green in the spring, and I think one or two in the door- 

 yard adds a good deal of beauty. 



Mr. Smith: Prof. Hansen is here, let us get all we can out 

 of him. They have down there a wild olive from Russia that 

 attracted my attention; I think it is one of the handsomest 

 things I have ever seen, and I wish he would tell us about that 

 wild olive. 



Prof. Hansen: The wild olive should be planted on every 

 lawn. I think it has a place all to itself. The foliage is of a 

 light silvery color. It presents quite a remarkable appearance 

 on a lawn, and when in bloom the flowers are quite small and 

 yellow but they just fill the air in the blooming season with a 

 heavy honey like fragrance. There is not anything so beauti- 

 ful in its season as the wild olive. It is the observed of all 

 observers in its season, and while it is handsome at all seasons 

 of the year, the leaves hang on quite late in the fall and their 

 silvery appearance makes the tree exceedingly handsome. It 

 is the easiest thing in the world to propagate. You gather the 

 seeds in the fall and mix them with sand and put them out to 

 freeze in boxes buried just beneath the surface so the seed will 

 be frozen, then plant it out in the spring; the seed will perhaps 

 not all come up the first year, but you will be apt to get quite a 

 fair stand the first year. The Mennonites in Kansas have long 

 hedges of it. It is beautiful for an ornamental hedge, but T 

 think the best place for it is on the lawn. It has an upright 

 compact head and is v^ery beautiful. 



