1900.] ESSAYS. 25 



ARTHUR J. MARBLE. 



Horticulture has not advanced in some lines as much as 

 some think it has. 



There is no Pear, Strawberry, Blackberry, or Raspberry, 

 that will compare with some of the older varieties. We want 

 fruit that shall combine all the good qualities and be better 

 than the old. We must set our standard high, and work to 

 reach it. Apparently there has been a tendency in the culti- 

 vation of flowers to sacrifice delicacy of coloring and fragrance 

 to size. We can see great gains in the progress of Horticul- 

 ture in the appearance of our Parks and Public Grounds. 

 There is no man in Worcester County who knows as much 

 about Trees and Shrubs as our President, and I am glad to sit 

 at his feet and learn. 



SAMUEL B. PARSONS. 



Perhaps I have been too practical — and while I could raise 

 corn, potatoes and grass, that any man might be proud of, I 

 may have neglected the more aesthetic part of Agriculture ; I 

 have discovered that there were other interesting and more 

 profitable crops to grow, and henceforth would devote more 

 time to experimental work. 



E. W. LATHE, Charlton, 



Described the beauties of Horticulture in the Annapolis 

 Valley, Nova Scotia. 



C. B. KNIGHT 

 Urged the women to become more interested in Horticulture. 



Remarks by DAVID FISKE, Grafton, H. R. KINNEY 

 and Secretary A. A. HIXON. 



