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HORTICULTURE 



March 26, 1911 



in a flourishing condition. It 

 supports three large wholesale 

 houses, two ' prosperous flower 

 markets and some very fine 

 retail flower stores. The nur- 

 sery and seed trade of Boston 

 are also noted for the high 

 quality of their products, 

 which find in the hundreds of 

 beautiful estates which fringe 

 the seaeoast from Greenwich, 

 Conn., to Bar Harbor, Me., 

 and all through the mountain 

 and lake regions of this pic- 

 turesque section of our country 

 appreciative and discriminat- 

 ing buyers who insist upon 

 quality first and price after- 

 wards. Visitors to the Na- 

 tional Flower Show will see in 

 the exhibits of all these in- 

 terests, which will fill every 

 part of the vast Mechanics' 

 Hall, an impressive display of 

 what the florists, seedsmen and 

 nurserymen of Boston and 

 vicinity are capable of produc- 

 ing, as well as tlie choicest things from famous growers elusive residential 



in other and remote locali- 

 ties. It will be an object 

 lesson of no small educational 

 value and, in many of its fea- 

 tures, will mark the beginning 

 of a new epoch in American 

 horticulture. 



And, in conclusion, let us 

 remind the visitors in at- 

 tendance on the great exhibi- 

 tion that the entire section 

 of Boston in which are 

 located Mechanics' Building, 

 Horticultural Hall, Art 

 Museum, Opera House, Sym- 

 phony Hall, Institute of Tech- 

 nology, Public Library, the 

 splendid hotels in which 

 most of the visitors will 

 be housed and many other 

 notable public and private 

 buildings, is "made land," 

 reclaimed from the bog and 

 water of the "back bay" and 

 filled in to become one of 

 the most renowned and ex- 

 section in America. 



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The Central Meadow, Franklin Park. 

 .Boston Park System. 



