74 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1904. 



sure token of progress in the comforts of civilized life, when 

 flowers receive some share of attention. A cottage flower 

 garden is one of the surest means of improving the conditions 

 of the poor. It is an indication of industry and cheerfulness. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



I love New England's vine-clad hills, 

 Her thousand bright and gushing rills, 



Her sunshine and her storms ; 

 Her rough and rugged rocks that rear 

 Their hoary heads high in the air 



In wild fantastic forms. 



I love her rivers deep and wide 



Those might.y streams that seaward glide, 



To seek the ocean's breast ; 

 Her smiling fields, her flowering dales 

 Her shady dells, her pleasant vales, 



Abodes of peaceful rest. 



I love her forests, dark and lone. 

 For there the wild bird's merry tone 



I hear from morn to night ; 

 And lovelier flowers, are there I ween. 

 Than e'er in eastern lands were seen 



In varied colors bright. 



Her forests and her valleys fair 



Her flowers that scent the morning air 



All have there charms for me ; 

 But more I love New England's name 

 Those words that echo deathless fame 



The Land of Libertv ! 



