Trees, fruits, and flowers of Minnesota . blue and sprinkledwith stars, with its blossoms and gems, is a fit dwelling for thosewho are soon to stand on the shores of a marvelous inheritance. Did you ever think that the universe is planned as a flower gar-den on a tremendous scale? When the Almighty drove his plow- THE FORWARD MOVEMENT IN HORTICULTURE. 417 share through the fields of ozone he sowed the furrows with stars,each shining in beauty all his own. As you stand a victor under the arch over which is written Allthings are yours, and you are greeted as the children of a king withthe saluta
Trees, fruits, and flowers of Minnesota . blue and sprinkledwith stars, with its blossoms and gems, is a fit dwelling for thosewho are soon to stand on the shores of a marvelous inheritance. Did you ever think that the universe is planned as a flower gar-den on a tremendous scale? When the Almighty drove his plow- THE FORWARD MOVEMENT IN HORTICULTURE. 417 share through the fields of ozone he sowed the furrows with stars,each shining in beauty all his own. As you stand a victor under the arch over which is written Allthings are yours, and you are greeted as the children of a king withthe salutations of the universe, you will look out on those landscapesand find them all planned with art and taste surpassing humanthought. No two stars alike. One is an opal, another a ruby; therea topaz, and that one an amethyst; there is a turquoise and thatmonster ball is a diamond in full bloom. Higher up there is a chal-cedony, and there is an emerald, and farther on is a sapphire. Whata garden to bloom before us as the ages are marching by!. Rev. C. S. Harrison, York, Nebraska. Such being our destiny we ought to pay more attention to thebeautiful down here. We raise great crops to feed our bodies; weraise fruits to please our taste; we ought to raise something to feedthe soul. Minnesota—land of the sky-tinted waters—was a delightful land,one unbroken charm. Men came in and have robbed the state of itsprimitive beauty. Many have built homes which have been ascarbuncles, blotches on the fair face of nature. This is simply crueltyto God. I used to wander delighted through the big woods to thenorth of us, and now right there you will find places where everytree and shrub has been cut away, and a lone, brown, weather beaten,unsightly house stands out in the desolation. Every home should 4l8 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. be an ornament to the landscape, matching the sky, the green ofthe earth and the trees. Every farm should be planned as a grace-ful, fitting framework and
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