August 15, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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Or-n Boston. 



This interesting oid engraving sliows Boston as it appeared from wlmt is now tlie site of the mai^nitioent l'ael< Bay section, in ls:i5. 

 The place wiiere tlie primitive railroads ar« seen to intersect is about where Copley Square is now. Tlie tirst spire to the right of 

 the State House dome is Park Street Church, just across the street from the oiBce of HOItTICULTURE. On the extreme left is 

 seen Bunker Hill Monument, partially completed. The tree adorned tract in the centre of the picture is Boston Common. 



socially but each section jealously holding its political 

 autonomy and local self-government. Parks, sewerage 

 and water are, however, under unified control, with 

 state-appointed commissions, and the administration of 

 affairs of police, docks and th<? sale of liquors is also 

 entrusted to boards appointed by the Governor of Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



A very large part of what is now Boston proper was 

 once submerged land and it will interest our visitors 

 to know that tlie entire Back Bay territory, comprising 

 all of the section westward from Boston Common, has 

 been reclaimed from the ebbing and flowing tide. This 

 is the most beautiful part of Boston, today, embracing 

 the Public Garden, Commonwealth avenue and Fenway 

 Park, and such buildings as the Public Library, Art 

 Museum, Opera House. Horticultural Hall and scores of 

 other imposing public buildings, institutions, hotels and 

 palatial private residences, all of which reclamation and 

 constructing has taken place within the memory of men 

 still in t li e 

 prime of life. 

 For many miles 

 northward and 

 southward along 

 the rock-bound 

 Atlantic Coast 

 stretch the sum- 

 mer estates of 

 Boston's o p u- 

 lent citizens and 

 on both shores 

 miles of mag- 

 nificent beaches 

 have been incor- 

 porated into the 

 Metropol i tan 

 Park System for 

 the use of the 

 public forever. 

 Shoreward and 

 inland these 

 public reserva- 

 tions exceed r?.- 

 000 acres in ex- 

 tent and con- 

 necting in all 

 directions is a 

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Cof'yright Oy Boston Plioto .V,:<'- Co. 



Olu Nohth BnIIHi^;. Concord. 

 The famous spot where the roused farmers of Lexinato.i and Concord shopped the ad- 

 vance of King George's troops on the nicmorahle .\pril l.i, in.). 



lioulevards and fine auto roads, of which, we doubt not, 

 the convention visitors will take full advantage. For 

 information regarding these suburban attractions, as well 

 as the many interesting historical and legendary places 

 and shrines which abound in this romantic country a 

 special Information Bureau has been specially consti- 

 tuted for this convention and will be found conveniently 

 located in a conspicuous place in the Convention hall, 

 close to the entrance. Make full use of the facilities 

 thus provided for your convenience and ]ilep,sure. 



Horticulture in Boston 



The Pilgrim settlers brought with them the love for 

 gardening. In the year 1021 Edward Winslow wrote 

 •^"Here are grapes white and red and very sweet and 

 strong also; strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, etc.; 

 plums of three sorts, white, black, and red, being almost 

 as sood as a damson; abundance of roses, white, red, and 

 iliimask, single, but very sweet indeed." Letters sent 



home from the 

 colonists, as 

 quoted from the 

 ])ublished chron- 

 icles of those 

 early days made 

 frequent men- 

 tion of the wild 

 fruits, veg- 

 etables and 

 herbs and of 

 the astonishing 

 crops raised in 

 the kitchen 

 gardens. Fish 

 was the ]5rin- 

 cipal fertilizer 

 used, a method 

 which the set- 

 tlers learned 

 from the Indians. 

 Writers as early 

 as 1630 gave 

 interesting a c- 

 counts of the 

 rapid progress 

 of horticulture 

 in Salem, Lynn, 



