Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-07
HORTICULTURE.
First Winter Meeting of the
w orcester horticulture Society,
Address by President Hadwen on "Adorn-
ment With Trees and pIants"-Pro-
gram Of Winter Meetings.

The first meeting Of the Worcester
Horticultural Society, for the winter
season of 1898, was held in the library
room of horticultural hall Thursday
afternoon, with a good-sized audience in
attendance o. B, Hadwen, president Of
the society, gave the address, taking for
his subject "Adornment with trees and
plants" His remarks We're in part as
follows.
Here and there in the suburb of cities
and country towns are seen many at
| tempts at rural adornment and orna-
mentation with trees and plants, de-
| lighting with their unexpectedness,
pleasing by their simplicity, and har-
monizlng with nature In every sort OF
| landscape. Also, a neglect Of these at
| fractions is conspicuous, along the high
ways and by~Ways which are far too
manifest,-the utter want or neglect to
use the means which God and nature
and sunshine have so abundantly placed
within our scope.
What prevents giving our farms, our
! homes, our private and public grounds
an air Of simple or elaborate adorn-
ment, in accordance with the means
and time at our disposal?
| We may make our grounds, however
| situated, large or small I'm area, so fit
ted to exposure, their altitude their
simplicity, so governed by judicious
planting and neatness, so rich in Leaf
and flower, an enduring feature in the
| landscape that heaven itself viii COM
mend
The liberal use of deeiduous and CO.
niferous trees and plants is imperative
in landscape art, but should be care
| fully studied and selected, with a view
| to the most charming effect.
Holes for trees and shrubs should be
| large and well prepared, giving the
| roots plenty Of room for development,
| and a mound in the centre Of the hole
| for the tree to rest upon, giving the
lateral roots a downward tendency and
preventing an open space under the
| tree an important feature very much
| neglected
! In planting parks with view to their
! future development and general use by
| the public, the raw material of no two
parks can be found alike. Good soil is
one of the chief requisites.
| Planting for immedlat. effect or
| erowdlng trees together must soon be
| followed by a severe thinning out.
| The best parks are simple in express
sion. The best adornment is with groups
of trees or shrubs, found to thrive In
| the locality.
No grounds are complete without
| Towering shrubs and plants. Each part
| Of the shrubbery should have g. distinct
character Of its own which is easily at
| tanned by grouping instead Of mixing
! several sorts in one group.
| There are no well-grounded rules that
must be followed in planting. Due
| blending of color in planting both trees
| and Towering plants should be conSid-
cred with view to obtaining the most
| pleasing effect.
| Home grounds and farm lands are on
! ly waiting in anticipation Of the finer
charms Of adornment which awaits their
| future.
Following the essay the subject was
open for discussion, in which II. B.
Watts, A. A. HiXon, @. L. Hartshorn
and =. w. Breed of Clinton participate
ed.
The following program of meetings
for the winter season has been prepareda
Jan. 13-"Oregon and it's industries,
and the Yellowstone national park IL
Illustrated by stereopticon, Robert Far
quhar of Boston.
| Jan. 20-Institute, held in connection
with the Worcester Agricultural Socie-
ty. Morning session at 1890 o'clock,
1.-THE war against the gypsy moth,
Hon William r. Sessions, secretary OF
the Massachusetts state board of agrt-
culture. Afternoon session at ESQ
O'Clock. Rural economy" L. f. Kin
ney, professor of horticulture, Rhode
IIsland agricultural experiment station.
Jan. 17-"Eeonomic value Of BIRDS
MISS Helen A Bail
Feb. 3--"Pear culture Arthur j. Mar
Bile.
Feb O-"Horticultural interests in re-
Ilation to public education" G. +. Hodge,
M. D.. of Clark University.
| Feb 17-"Japan,' Illustrated by ster-
eopticon, A. A. Brigham, professor Of
agriculture Rhode Island College Of Ag-
triculture and Mechanic Arts.
! Feb. Horticulture and ethical cul-
ture; or, what the roses have taught
minister" Rev. G. w. Kent.
March 3-"Water Gardening" e. w.
Breed of Clinton.
March 9, Wednesday-An reunion
and banquet.
| March 10-Speaker and subject to be
ANNOUNCED. This meeting will be in con-
Injection with the annual meeting of the
| Massachusetts Fruit Growers Assocta-
| ton, which convenes on Wednesday,
| March 8, and continues through Thurs
| day, March 10.