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HORTICULTURE 



March 25, 1911 



courtesies in the 

 most liberal 

 manner to any 

 and all allied 

 r g a nizations, 

 local or visiting 

 in Boston. 

 Among the lat- 

 ter the Mass. 

 H o r t i cultural 

 Society has en- 

 tertained, the So- 

 ciety of Ameri- 

 can F 1 r i sts, 

 American Car- 

 nation Society 

 twice, American 

 Eose Society 

 twice, American 

 Pomological So- 

 ciety several 

 times and other 

 minor organiza- 

 tions frequently. 

 Horticultural 

 Hall is located 

 at the corner of 

 Huntington and 

 Massachusetts avenues, a short distance from Mechanics" 

 Building, where the National Flower Show is held, 

 and visitors should call on the secretary, W. P. Rich, 

 and inspect the magnificent library under his charge — 

 reputed to be one of the finest in the world. 



The Arnold Arboretum stands among the most nota- 

 ble and interesting of Boston's institutions. This res- 

 ervation comprises 223 acres. W. J. Bean, of the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, England, has published a very interest- 

 ing pamphlet of observations on a recent visit to the 

 Arnold Arboretum in which he speaks in highest terms 

 of Professor C. S. Sargeut's qualities as Director of the 

 institution, his scientific attainments, his perception of 

 landscape beauty, his business faculty and his generous 

 devotion to the upbuilding and development of this rich 



arboreal collec- 

 tion. 



Of Jackson 

 Dawson, superin- 

 tendent of the 

 Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Mr. Bean 

 says: 



Mr. Dawson has, 

 like Professor Sar- 

 gent, seen, and 

 helped in, the de- 

 velopment of the 

 Arboretum since 

 its inception, and 

 in regard to the 

 out door depart- 

 ment he has in a 

 great measure 

 played the part of 

 builder to that of 

 the P r o f e ssor's 

 architect. Trees 

 now 60 feet high, 

 lie himself raised 

 from seed, or col- 

 lected as seedlings 

 in the forests. 

 .lACKSON Dawson, Gifted with that 



Superintendent Arnold Arboretum. peculiar under- 



Prokessok Charles Sprague Sargent 

 Director of the Arnold Arboretum. 



standing of plant 

 life which enables 

 its possessor to 

 divine by intui- 

 tion the treat- 

 ment best suited 

 to his charges 

 and the happiest 

 devices for in- 

 c r e a s ing their 

 number, Mr. Daw- 

 son has done 

 much by his gen- 

 ius as a propaga- 

 tor towards mak- 

 ing the collec- 

 tions so rich as 

 they now are. He 

 was about the 

 first to recognize 

 the value of Rosa 

 multifiora and R. 

 Wichuraiana for 

 hybridising, and 

 such fine roses as 

 The Dawson, 

 Lady Duncan, 

 William C. Egan 

 and Arnoldiana 

 are the products 

 of his skill. 



As indicating 

 briefly what the 

 Arnold Arbore- 

 practical way, we quote again from 



turn is doing in 

 ilr. Bean : 



The Arnold Arboretum is filling a very important part in 

 the advancement of arboriculture in North America and 

 Europe. Being in one respect part of the park system of 

 Boston, it provides a very beautiful place of resort for the 

 people of that city. It provides also many lessons in land- 

 scape art, for there is evidence that every aspect of the 

 grounds has been the subject of careful study in that re- 

 spect. While the scientific side of the establishment neces- 

 sarily dominates all others, the natural beauties of the site 

 have not only been preserved but greatly enhanced. 



Considered from the practical side, as apart from pure 

 botany, perhaps the most notable work it has done has 

 been the popularisation and dissemination of American 

 trees and shrubs. Before its foundation, American gardens 

 appear to have mainly depended for their ornamentation on 

 plants of European origin. As an instance, J was told that 

 30 to 40 years ago one could not have purchased one hun- 

 dred American 

 oaks in American 

 nurse ries. The 

 flora of the east 

 United States has. 

 given an extraord- 

 inary number of 

 beautiful trees and 

 shrubs to English 

 gardens, and in 

 the latter half of 

 the ISth century 

 and the beginning 

 of the ]9th their 

 Introduction and 

 c u 1 1 i vation was 

 the chief interest 

 of the most ardent 

 horticulturists of 

 the period. Many 

 of the shrubs then 

 introduced disap- 

 peared in course 

 of time, and the 

 Arnold Arboretum 

 has done much 

 good work in re- 

 introducing them. 

 Such shrubs as 

 Vaccinium hirsut- 

 um, Rhododendron 

 arboresccns, Gaylus- 



E. H. Wilson, 



Noted Chinese Traveler and Collector. 



