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the wider rela*^ions to which his interests are constantly 

 tending : greater efforts must be put forth to provide for 

 better methods. 



To acquire any possible degree of success, there is neces- 

 sity for mental activity — a hundred times more so than 

 was the case a half century ago. 



He can no longer follow in the furrow which his prede- 

 cessors have turned, but must strike out new lands for him- 

 self. Horticulturists will have accomplished much toward 

 driving out the unequal and damaging competition driven 

 by the oily-tongued tree peddler with his wonderful and 

 unnatural productions if they will confine themselves a 

 little more closely to the text of the golden rule and culti- 

 vate conscientiousness more. 



A perfect confidence, once established between them and 

 their patrons, will not allow the intervention of those dis- 

 honest scavengers who reap the fruit of honest men's toil. 

 A few years ago we purchased a bill of fruit trees of a well- 

 known nursery man, and among them were four crab 

 apples, said to be Whitney's No. 20, Briar Sweet, Transcend- 

 ant and Hyslop. But two of the trees have ever fruited, 

 and they bear fruit of an inferior quality and exactly alike. 

 We could not have been confidenced much worse if we had 

 dealt with Mr. "oily-tongued-tree-peddler." 



In the course of evolution, new generations outgrow the 

 conditions of preceding ones ; new words are coined, and 

 the old words receive new definitions. The word Horti- 

 culture, in the last quarter of a century, has grown to mean 

 tenfold more than it did formerly, and, in its larger signifi- 

 cation, covers a wide range. It has outgrown its former 

 restricted definition, and is now regarded as a science which 

 includes not only the modern sciences and arts which relate 

 to the orchard, the garden, the vineyard and the forest, 

 which is essential in our rigorous climate for the protection 

 of them all, but also relates to all that embellishes the home, 

 the park, the public highway and the farm, as well as to 

 other branches of industry that directly affect all of these 

 interests. With the broader meaning of the term there is 



