30 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1898. 



may be mentioned the Deutzias, Spireas, Azalias, Rhododen- 

 drons, Berberis Thunbergii, Japan Quince, Weigelia, Exochorda 

 Grandifiora, Forsythia, Hydrangea Paniculata, Syringa, Rosa 

 Rugosa, and Hybrid Roses, the Lilacs, double and single, 

 Viburnum plica turn, and Viburnum Tomentosum from Japan, 

 the Laurel, upright and climbing Honeysuckles, Wisterias, &c. 

 Among the hardy herliaccous plants are the Pasonies, with hun- 

 dreds of distinct sorts, Irises, Lilies, perennial Poppies, Prim- 

 roses, Anemones, Narcissi, Campanulas, Pyrethrums, Phloxes, 

 and very many others, forming a succession of bloom from 

 early to late. Color, fragrance and profusion of bloom may be 

 had throughout the season as experience broadens the mind of 

 the cultivator. 



There are no grand or well-grounded rules which must be 

 rigidly followed in planting. The due blending of colors should 

 be well considered in planting both trees and flowering plants, 

 with a view to the most pleasing efiiects. Indeed, there is 

 scarcely an end to the simple or artistic combinations with which 

 grounds may be adorned. 



One of the chief phases of adornment of our grounds is to 

 keep in close alliance with nature, with the unwritten law which 

 governs and adorns each place unto itself, "as nature assisted 

 by man"; which will invent and form those pleasing surround- 

 ings that men are delighted in ; out of this develops a certain 

 unconscious intelligence, as yet rarely taught in school or college, 

 but emanates from hard thought, largely intuitive, which is born 

 with a sense of beauty of form and harmony of arrangement. 



The time is coming, even now is, when the value of every 

 farm or homestead will be measured by the art and adornment 

 of its surroundings ; where men spend the most important years 

 of their lives, there is an intrinsic value measured by the refin- 

 ing influence, especially to the young. The sanctity of the 

 home is measured by its surroundings, without as well as 

 within. 



Ornamented grounds are yearly encroaching upon former 

 neglected homesteads ; tasteful dwellings are seen within plant- 

 ings and groupings of coniferous and deciduous trees, with their 



