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HOETICULTUKE 



August 15, 1914 



Eoxbury, Dorchester, Boston and 

 other adjoining places that are still 

 in the public eye, horticulturally 

 and otherwise, and we learn from 

 these accounts that it was not long 

 before they discovered that the in- 

 sect pest was no stranger in the new 

 country. Arsenate of lead and 

 spraying were unknown to them and 

 so, when seriously harassed they re- 

 sorted to fast days and prayer as 

 remedies for these evils. 



The first horticultural literature 

 published in Boston of which we 

 liave any knowledge was "The New 

 American Garden," by Thomas J. 

 Fessenden, and a Treatise on the 

 Cultivation of Flowers, both of 

 which appeared in the year 1838. 



Boston Parks 



Boston was settled in 1630. Four 

 years later Boston Common was 

 purchased and set apart as a ])ublic 

 ground in perjjctuity. Here was 

 the beginning of what is now ac- 

 loiowledged to be the finest park 

 system in this countiy. All the 

 reservations outside of the boundary lines of the 

 city proper, comprising many thousand acres of 

 hill and valley, forest and lake, beaches and boulevards 

 are administered by the Metropolitan Park Commis- 

 sion, under State control. Those reservations within 

 the city boundaries are administerefl by the Boston Park 

 and Recreation Board, of which John H. Dillon is chair- 

 man and J. B. Shea deputy commissioner. Thos. F. 

 Galvin is also a member of the Board. In the jurisdic- 

 tion of this depnrtmf'nt are Franklin Park, Back Bay 



In TliK Vv'iMlKK.NKS: 



Fiiv.NKi.ix Pakk. Boston. 



Summer Bedding in the Pibuc Gauden. 



In leeent issues we have preseuted several views in Boston's popular Publie Oai'den and 

 this IS another in tLe same series. Tlie iiirfure was talien early last nmntli. 



Tliis shows a kalmia-bordered road through tlie thielily wooded section of Franlilin 

 I'arli, photographed in June. 



Fens, Public Garden and Common, Franklin Field, The 

 Riverway and many smaller parks and playgrounds. It 

 was only by the co-operation of this Park Board and the- 

 Mayor of the city that the unique Convention Garden 

 was made a possibility. 



The Flower Trade 



We scarcely need to mention that Boston has been 

 till- source and fountain head of many of the ideas and 

 advancements that have nourished 

 floricultural progress of America. 

 It has the honor of being the birth- 

 jilaee of Grace Wilder, Lawson, 

 Enchantress and other well-known 

 varieties which have set the pace 

 for the whole carnation world. 

 Also of the Russell and Hadley 

 roses, the White Killarney and 

 others of more or less renown. In 

 I he growing of acacias, violets and 

 sweet peas, and such plants as 

 cyclamen and LoiTaine begonia Bos- 

 (im growers of the present day have 

 few rivals anywhere. We mention 

 none by name for they are many 

 and we do not wish to slight any by 

 omission. Their establishments are 

 easy of access and no doubt many 

 tours of inspection will be made. 

 Directions for reaching any and all 

 will bo obtainalilp at the office of 

 the Bureau of Information. 



The Boston retail flower trade will 

 1)0 well to the front in greeting the 

 visiting florists. Several of the 

 leaders are represented in our adver- 

 tising columns and they will appre- 

 ciate a friendlv call and a confab on 

 the F. T. D.' 



