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yel, althouf;-h in Constantinople some Germans and French have 

 started g-reenhouses. The Orient is following- America verj^ closely, 

 although there is, as yet. no society for the development of horticul- 

 ture, nor is there an}^ great development of the art itself. Nature is 

 left to do the work alone. 



The fruits are thought of as coming direct from God, and in eating- 

 them they are drinking in God's blessing's. In America the people can 

 in peace and prosperity meet to consider how they may cultivate) 

 and improve these blessings; but in Armenia the peojjleare crushed 

 by the tyranny of an unrighteous government, by famine and want- 

 Mr. Kerechjian spoke, when he came to this country, of being- full of 

 the political and social questions suggested by the burdens his 

 countrymen were bearing-, and being, consequeutl}', more naturally 

 drawn to these questions in our countrj'. And he had been some- 

 times surprised at the questions asked of him about ladies' trous- 

 seaus, courtship in his country, etc., which he did'nt realize were so 

 important, or even such as he had been asked to speak of here 

 todaj', — the fruits and flowers of his country. Yet he believed there 

 was a deeper meaning in the work of horticulture and that there are 

 man}' lessons from the flowers. 



THE CULTURE OF THE ROSE. 

 This was a carefully prepared and instructive paper on the culture 

 of perpetual roses, hj Mrs. Isaac Atwater of Minneapolis, who wrote 

 from personal experience. In the absence of Mrs. Atwater the paper 

 was read by Mrs. Morrison. It will appear in full in a later number 

 of "The Horticulturist." (See index.) 



ART VERSUS NATURE. 

 Rev. Dr. Tuttle, of Minneapolis, was invited to respond to this sub- 

 ject. He spoke of the various references to Lowell's line, "What is 

 so rare as a day in June?" sajang this is more rare— a day in June, 

 in such a company, in such a place, at such a time. Some authori- 

 ties say that nature and art are one; it is said that man and his wife 

 are one, and that one the husband. But the speaker could more 

 easily believe that nature and art are one, and that one, nature. Na- 

 ture is that which does everything without our forethought; art is 

 that which we do, invent or construct. Which is greater or more 

 pleasing? Dr. Tuttle said that when he saw such pieces of architec- 

 ture as St. Peters at Rome, the Milan cathedral, or the suspension 

 bridges at Niagara and Brookljn, he wondered if there was anything 

 in nature to equal them; but when he saw Yosemite, or the great 

 National Park, he said, "What can eqvial that?" During the recent 

 drought our lawns have been kept green and the trees alive by the 

 water the city affords, but the shower that came up the other nig-ht 

 sprinkled them far better in half an hour than we could. W^e enjoy 

 fireworks, yet last night there was a far more wonderful display of 

 heavenly pj^rotechnics. We could not do without nature; yet we 

 do not wish to do without art. He compared this spot with what it 

 was when Mr. Morrison first came here. Villa Rosa is an example 

 of what art can do. Yet the laws of nature must be complied with, 



