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become enthused with the pursuit, he never will let it go. 
‘There is something so fascinating about the growth of a fine 
orchard or a small-fruit plantation that you can scarcely 
find a man but who is enthusiastic over the matter. The 
horticulturists of Boston — and I suppose Brother Jordan 
can tell us something about his visits to their places — have 
a peculiar love for their work, which is evidenced by the 
magnificent results they attain. We ought to develop a 
love for this work also, because when we do develop such 
a love it gets hold of us so that we can never leave it alone. 
Above all, the cause of horticulture presents such a broad 
open field for the student in almost every branch of inves- 
tigation, that there need be no hesitation of any young man 
fearing to enter because there is nothing to learn. 
The Chairman: Mr. Goodman’s statement of the needs 
of horticulture puts one forcibly in mind of the famous 
congressional prayer, —‘* More brains, Lord ! more brains !”’ 
Some weeks since, the very practical Secretary of Agri- 
culture, addressing a large audience of farmers in Ohio, 
said, ‘*The future farmer will be more enlightened than we 
are to-day, in an even greater degree than we are more en- 
lightened than those who preceded us because of the ad- 
vantages we enjoy.’’ No doubt he would have used very 
similar language had he been addressing a horticultural 
gathering, although in some respects horticulture is more 
advanced in this country than general agriculture. Close 
observers cannot fail to see that the general tendency of the 
times is to call for a constantly increasing intelligence on 
the part of those who are to succeed in any of the callings 
by which a useful and profitable living is to be made. Itis 
true that innate genius may supply enough of this to lead 
in some cases to ample success ; there will doubtless always 
be self-made men. But as time rolls on with its attendant 
increase in population, and competition becomes closer in 
all useful vocations, the vast majority of men must be 
brought up to the requisite level by suitable courses of in- 
