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Show Worth the while. Spine kinds of fiult trees aie full) as xxell suited to scixe as adornments to oui homes as man) of those tiees and shnibs which do not bear fiuit. An apple tice laden xx llluus) atidfiagiant bloom In springtime is Indeed a loxelx sight and reminds us In a mo-t delightful de-lightful xx a of Its piescnce. When the heat of summer comes, xxhat a comfoit is tlie shade of Its spieadiug brandies: And when autumn colois and mellows Its fiult It becomes still moie attiactlxe A cheir tiee, with Its shown of bloom and latci itsciop or gloss) fiult, Is a chaimlng spectacle In the house )aid. And so xxe might go on hunting a list ot lices that aie both beautiful and useful that could be planted on the paitsof our grounds wheie It Is common to use only shade tiees. in choosing fiult tiees for ornamental ornamen-tal pm poses the gieateit cue should be used to be sine that onl) such as will glow well undei sod tie.itincnt and intogii'ceful foiinswhen the) aie iaige should be selected For most places those of lather spieadiug habit will be found to glxe better satisfaction satisfac-tion than the tall ones because of their shade Now and then a' tall glowing ueai of some other tiee soixes a xei.x good pin pose. Of these the nullum peai is one of the best, foi It Is so xei) tall and liatdx and Its leaves tuin a biony cilmsou In autuin The lied Astiakhan apple two makes a thick shade, and Its fruit Is not sui passed foi famll) use. A Seckel pear tiee does not giow hist, but It Is haul) and of graceful fotm, and theie Is no fiult of bcttei duality. I'eaeh trees do not often llouilsh under the conditions that tisuall) pre-xall pre-xall on lawns, but plum tiees aie bet-tei. bet-tei. Quince tiees when well staited b) tillage oi mulching will usuall) do xen well In glass, make handsome, bush-like tiees. and t hell llowcis foliage foli-age and fiuit aie all ornamental and tlie lattei xeiv useful. Some of the bush fiuits ma) be made losetve good pin poses as bowlei shiubandscicen. A clump of wisp-betn wisp-betn bushes, if kept well pinned back and the old canes cut out promptl), wlllpiodiice well and beai an abundance abun-dance of fiult. The same Is true or blaekberr), goosebeii) and currant bushes. The dwarf junebeir) Is also well suited to the same use. All these bushes should be well mulched with coaise manuieand lawn clippings. A well kept stiawbeiiy lied is a prett) sight at almost all times of )eai, no mattei how snail. Good Judgment and leason.iblecaw will make a few fiuits about the house )aid both, beautiful and useful. J. II. McFar-Iand McFar-Iand In Addiess Merore Ameilcanl I'omologlcal Soclct). i |