SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 85 



lover of nature and in a very entertaining manner she sug- 

 gested ways of planting to improve the pleasure and comfort of 

 the home plot that are within the reach of all, whether rich or 

 l)Oor. Numerous l^eautiful pictures were thrown on the 

 screen, showing what splendid effects may ])e secured with 

 flowers, vines and shrubhery when the proper selection and 

 care are given and when one is truly in love with the work, all 

 calculated to arouse a new interest and thouglit in this too-often 

 neglected subject. 



Mrs. Fullerton told of her success, by simple methods, in 

 adding beautv and utility to her home plot on Long Island, 

 recentK' reclaimed from unpromising "waste lands." We re- 

 gret that onh' a brief summar}- of this splendid address can be 

 given here. 



Simple Ways of Beautifying the Home Plot. 



By Mrs. Edith Loring Fullerton. 



I don't know- whether it is possible for you of large farms 

 and gardens to come down to the little home plot, l)ut I hope 

 you will come with me for a little while to the spot where we 

 live and have our being, the home. However vast your hold- 

 ings mav be you must not neglect the home plot ; you should 

 make it as beautiful as it is possible to do. Someone has 

 spoken today about the husband and wife being partners in the 

 home life and work. With me partnership is a hobby; I think 

 we are not partners in all that the word means in our home 

 life, for no matter what tlie husband's Inisiness may be he 

 should share it with his wife and as she labors to beautify the 

 home plot he should have an interest in that labor of love. 



I want to show you a few ways — and they are such simple 

 wavs, too — in which this beautifying can be done. My idea 

 and hope is that by the power of suggestion and comparison I 

 mav bring to vour minds better ways of doing the simple 

 beautiful things. The ways are so numerous that I could not 

 begin to tell you all, but a few of them may help you. 



It is wise to plan for a ])ermanent general scheme of shrubs 

 and perennials, native or foreign, and use the animals to fill 

 in, and bv yearly change of annual \-arieties keep up the in- 



