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woods, where grass and native shrubs produce beautiful effects. 

 The speaker would use permanent hardy flowering shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants rather than those that last for only one season. 

 Yet beautiful effects can be produced with annuals, as the Garden 

 Committee witnessed in a visit to Hopedale a few years ago, 

 where a lady with only a few hot-bed sashes and a bay window 

 produced surprising results. It is very easy to find out what are 

 the best shrubs, with the advantage of the Arnold Arboretum to 

 study them in. He considers the Arboretum one of the grandest 

 educational places in the United States. A great many hardy 

 trees and plants can be grown for the cost of a flower garden. 

 He thought this subject a very important one, and hoped it would 

 be brought up again. 



"Warren H. Manning recommended the Junipers as especially- 

 desirable. Juniperus communis is valuable in many situations, 

 particularly in dry soils, on ledges, and among rocks. But it 

 varies greatly, the vase forms not being as useful in lawn planting 

 as the low trailing variety, which makes an excellent outside plant 

 in a group, bringing the foliage down to the grass better. Most 

 shrubs are more effective in masses than when spotted about, a 

 single plant in a place. It is better, also, that a single variety 

 should predominate, other kinds being introduced sparingly to 

 heighten the general eff'ect or give variety', but alwaj's subordi- 

 nate to the mass. 



O. B. Hadwen said the paper was both interesting and instruc- 

 tive. He thought it would be hard to find two persons who would 

 agree perfectly as to the best method of planting home grounds. 

 A group of oaks is always pleasing to him. But he has a great 

 liking for all trees and shrubs, and for that reason it would be 

 diflScult for him to lay out and plant an estate. He believes in 

 annuals, and likes grass also near the house, rather than either 

 trees or shrubs. For sanitary reasons he would object to the use 

 of manure for lawns, preferring other fertilizers, such as bone and 

 ashes, near the house. 



A vote of thanks to the essayist was unanimously passed for 

 his interesting and valuable paper. 



The announcement for the next Saturday was that James J. H. 

 Gregory, of Marblehead, would read a paper upon " The Cultiva- 

 tion of the Onion." 



