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there is not sufficient space for an arboretum planted according to 

 botanical relationship, crowded groups of trees with a geographical 

 affinity are to be found. Unless the planting is done on broad 

 and spacious lines, it appears to me to have but a small educa- 

 tional value. But no reproach of that kind can be made against 

 the Arboretum at Tervueren. It is planned on a generous scale, 

 and if the original scheme is carried out, it should develop into 

 the finest and most interesting thing of its kind in Europe. 



BOSKOOP (near Gouda in Holland). June 3. 



In recent years no locality on the continent of Europe has come 

 more prominently into the notice of the horticultural world than 

 Boskoop. This little town is within easy reach of Rotterdam, the 

 journey being made as far as Gouda by train, and thence by boat 

 to Boskoop. The region is typically Dutch, the land being perfectly 

 flat as far as the eye can reach, and cut up into long, rectangular 

 areas by an elaborate system of canals. The level of the water in 



When 



pumps 



on by a majority vote of the people concerned in each particular 

 section. In June last it was from 1 to \\ ft. below that of the 

 land. The traffic of the nurseries passes "over these waterways, 

 plants, materials, etc., being taken from one place to another by 

 means of boat*. The soil is of a dark, peaty nature, and of so soft 

 and springy a character that the vibrations caused by one person 

 jumping on the ground can be felt by another several yards away, 

 inese conditions have proved to be extraordinarily favourable for 

 the growth of many trees and shrubs, and Boskoop has, in con- 

 sequence become the centre of a remarkable colony of nurseries, 

 l was told that over six hundred firms who make the cultivation 

 ot trees, shrubs, and other plants their business are established in 

 this neighbourhood. 



Whilst almost every species and variety of tree and shrub 



r»!I- 18 1 i y m S e climate appears to thrive here, Boskoop is 

 particularly suitable for the cultivation of thn H « fin«r.™nt.prl 



care and treatment. 



rather 



azaleas 



..,„„„,•„ - ,, ■ -_~~«> *"v«j.*ju.cjuuruuB, azaieas, Kaunias, anu 



Sn^JL * comptcua type thrive exceedingly well, as do 



Xtlf Ti° n9 80 I ts ' . es P e cially the firs and spruces. The 

 Zh^ J iT t0rmS ° f P^fwwn* make most striking pictures 

 ZvtlftJ 11 m nur ffy i 11388 ^, as one sees them here Of the 

 Sl for f seen ' the finest is called P. pungens, var. Kosteri 



Satl wii? P - aneS fl map eS are &™ n in lar g e quantities, also the 

 (T euckTr^^ 5, owen ?e ? herries > and roses 4 Tilia dasystyla 



for street n^r ° aucasia ? lime > **fch is so promising as a tree 

 tor street planting, is abundant in these nurseries 





Mr. Hesse's Nursery, Weener 



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June 5. 



which is situated nlr 8 • 1 ™ rney from Rotterdam to Weener, 

 but little onnterlsrnn £** '? nov ^^ Hanover, and there is 



Holland giv T^!!\Z^ V^' The flat ' canalised ^haida of 

 ana give place as one travels northwards to another tvne of 



