I3th January, A. D. 1893. 



ESSAY 



BY 



O. B. HADWP:N, of Worcester. 

 Theme: — Deciduous avd Goniferons Trees. 



Mr. President: 



I do not propose in the following remarks to discuss the questions of 

 planting trees, either for shelter, or shade, or ornamental effect, only ; 

 but to encourage their planting in country places or on farms, and on 

 the roadsides, and to influence the true lovers of rural life to make their 

 homes and surroundings more pleasant and more valuable with tree 

 planting, and induce, if I can, the care of trees at all stages of 

 growth. It will be impossible, at this time, to designate all our beau- 

 tiful trees even by name, but I will confine my remarks to the most 

 prominent kinds. 



The subject allotted me for this meeting is " Deciduous and Con- 

 iferous Trees." Thirteen years ago I spoke of trees to this Society, 

 describing those sorts generally used in ornamenting grounds, both 

 public and private ; the great variety of trees indigenous to this coun- 

 try, with the addition of the vast number of foreign introduction that 

 thrive so well in this climate, affording the lovers of nature and those 

 who have a cultivated taste ample scope for full enjoyment. Trees 

 are at once the finest objects of grandeur and beauty in the vegetable 

 kingdom. Both in summer and winter, in spring time and autumn, 

 they are objects of interest ; when the warm days in spring awaken the 

 buds that have been dormant during winter, and the new-born leaf 

 springs into life, and so soon develops into leaf, tlie rapid changes in 

 all the shadings and tints of color, from the opening bud in the spring 

 to the mature leaf of the autumn, giving charm to the landscape, 

 wherever trees are planted or grown, to those who have an apprecia- 

 tive eye for the adornment and embellishment of grounds. Every 



