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iug by results we should not find fault with them, for, while they es- 

 cape some of the burdens of the Egyptians, they have much to contend 

 with in the way of burdensome exactions of government, for the whole 

 system of Turkish government is a system of repression and robbery, 

 and yet when we consider the wonderful crops that the trees bear, 

 the long life and health of the trees, the utility of all the things that 

 grow, for even the trimmings are utilized for fuel, we must begin to 

 conclude that if these Asiatics are not scientific they are success- 

 ful. But they have to succeed or die in the attempt, and even success 

 adds but little to their material advantage so far as accumulations are 

 concerned. But this subject is too extensive for full discussion ; neither 

 will the proper limits of this paper allow a discussion of European hor- 

 ticulture, where much of interest awaits the enthusiastic investigator, 

 but will close this rambling paper with a few observations or com- 

 parisons. 



Missouri horticulturists may expect some good things from Japan, 

 especially in ornamental trees and shrubs, and some of their fruits are 

 worthy of trial, and even the Japanese bamboo may stand in Southern 

 Missouri, and if it will, will prove very valuable." From Western Asia 

 you should be able to get vines and trees that will be valuable, but if 

 you are not able to get any other valuable thing from the people of other 

 countries, you may be able to draw some valuable conclusions from 

 your condition and theirs, by comparison. You have cold weather 

 in winter, blight, mildew and insect pests in summer, with borers and 

 damage from mice, gophers and rabbits and there is liability to light 

 crops and failure, but you are sare of the crop if grown, for here 

 the labrorer secures the reward of his labor and there are none to mo- 

 lest and make him afraid ; the tax gatherer may call but he cannot op- 

 press, for there is a limit beyond which he cannot go. Here we have 

 pleasure in the results of labor, and look on the results as of more 

 than the mere money value, for with stable government, with hope and 

 confidence in the future, we may plant and plan with reasonable expect- 

 tation that those who come after us may profit by the labor that we 

 do, and that our fellowmen may be blessed in the results of that labor. 

 In many countries of the world there is little hope for the future, no 

 confidence, either in the present or the future, and little incentive for 

 action, for we find that when nature fails to yield her expected increase 

 that hunger and starvation ensue. Here in the United States the pleas- 

 ant summertime may pass, the frosts and snows of winters may come, 

 and even the blizzard may sweep over the land, but with the prepara- 

 tions that we make we can laugh at the storm and cold and feast on 

 the good things that the Great God has given us. The unthinking 



