13G WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1900. 



when arbitration will be substituted for war. We can see 

 honest industry more prized than gold. The day star has risen, 

 and the mountain tops of the new order of things are already in 

 view. In this new age the Board of Agriculture must have faith 

 in the future and take part in the leadership. 



Prof. Samuel T. Maynard of Massachusetts Fruit Growers' 

 Association, spoke of "Utilizing our native shrubs and plants." 

 He hoped the autumn field meeting of the Fruit Growers would 

 be at Amherst so that Worcester Horticultural Society could 

 attend. He said no county has a greater wealth of trees and 

 shrubs for ornamental purposes. No other country has such a 

 tree as the elm. Among the shrubs is the common mountain 

 laurel, which is lacking in many sections and could be grown 

 easily. The common pink azalea is one that is easily planted. 

 Our flowering dogberry is another beautiful shrub. 



Hon. Joseph H. Walker said he regretted that the bill to 

 tax the State for the benefit of the towns had failed to pass. He 

 said cities should be taxed for the help of small towns, and that 

 he was ready to pay his share. He gave Mayor Dodge a com- 

 pliment, and then turned to his subject, which was " What con- 

 stitutes a good road?" He said : — 



What are good roads for persons engaged in heavy teaming? 

 What are good roads for persons using ordinary carriages? 

 What are good roads for persons using bicycles? 



(2) What are the interests of the whole people, the State, in 

 roads adapted to each one of the persons in each class mentioned, 

 or to the people of the whole ? 



(3) "Good roads" is necessaril}' a relative term. "To the 

 better good is bad." 



Our roads in New England are good as we can afford. The 

 State and those advocating the vast expenditure of the State on 

 county roads have lost sight of this fact. They have lost sight 

 of the relations of roads to their uses. They have had no per- 

 spective. 



They talk about good roads or bad roads with reference to an 

 arbitrary standard ; to a road thoroughly impracticable in 



