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ARRORKTLTrRE 



AN APOi.OGY. 



Our readers will see in this number of ilie 

 majra/.ine a repeliiioii of the illustrations used 

 in the August number. 



We spared no expense in procuring fine half- 

 toce enjjravinfrs and in the preparation of our 

 last mafra/ine. but iho printers wore imposed 

 upon by a local firm of paper dealers who sup- 

 plied an extremely low grade of paper and 

 before it was discovered two-thirds of the mag- 

 azine, was printed. 



The result was a very uiisatis''actory maga- 

 zine, the illustrations therefore are repeated in 

 this number in addition to the regular illustra- 

 tions and subject matter. 



OIR ILLUSTRATIONS. 



With few exceptions the engravings in 

 Arboriculture are made expressly for this mag- 

 azine from photographs taken by the editor. 



A\'e aim to present the subjects under discus- 

 sion in an attractive manner, wiili brief argu- 

 ments enforced by views which demonstrate 

 the points at issue. 



The photographs of Catalpa trees presented 

 in Arboriculture convey more emphatically 

 than any words can do the true character of 

 this noble American tree, while the Mexican 

 scenes portray the architoclurc, i rer-s. unuise- 

 menls and home life of our neighbors. 



Our illustrations always carry a lesson :unl 

 points a moral. 



The rainfall in Mexico during the first 

 six months of the present year has been 

 more abundant than that of many previous 

 years. Notwithstanding this, however, the 

 rain in some parts of the country have not 

 been sufficient for the needs of the agricul- 

 turists. The heaviest rainfall recorded this 

 year has been in Cordova, State of Vera 

 Cruz, where it amounted to LSO inches. 

 At Lerdo, in the State of Durango. on the 

 other hand, only 4 inches of rain has fallen 

 during the present season, -i/ exican 

 Herald. 



Indiaiia|)<)lis is imi free from the craze 

 of certain architects ami Iniildcrs who, 

 in order to ."^how off some tine archi- 

 tectural cH'ort, miLst destroy every tree 

 ill the vicinity. 



The (Jreenfield, liid.. Cotnmissioners 

 ctit down every tine tree before building 

 the new Courthpuse. 



Cleveland, Ohio, architects tU'stroyed 

 the Euclid avenue trees, the finest in the 

 world, to display fine stone front resi- 

 dences, and so the managers of the Iler- 

 ron Art Institute, following the exain- 

 ]tle of the St. Louis Fair Commissioners, 

 would remove the most bcautifid trees of 

 the city. The citizens of Indianapolis 

 are vigorously remonstrating. 



The union organizations have forgot- 

 ten the first principle of American inde- 

 jtendcnce — that all men are entitled to 

 the free jiursuit of life, liberty and hap- 

 ])iness. 



It is within the ]irovince of every man 

 to join a union, it' he so chooses, for the 

 iici iciinciit n[' hi.-; eoiidit ion. ami Ai'bori- 

 eiilture does not oppose the unions. And 

 it is equally his privilege to refrain from 

 ><> doing if he so prefer. 



The right to labor and earn the bread 

 for self and family is the highest privi- 

 lege of an American citizen, and no or- 

 ganization may curtail the right. 



It is the duty of this Government to 

 protect all its' citizens who wi.-li to work 

 against mob rule, and |Mcketing is the 

 method of a mob to injure the business 

 and persons of American citizens. !N[ob 

 \iolence should be pnnisbe(l with sever- 

 ity, wbelber it be to lynch a negro or 

 picket a business establishment. Both 

 ari' eontrarv to justice and the rights of 

 .\nierieans. 



|-"ori'igners who have come to .Vinerica 

 to make their home are apt to misinter- 

 |piet our priMci])les. and construe liberty 

 as meaning license. 



