612 FOREST CULTURE AND 
dure. Wemay gain the transient acclamation of a 
few of the less thoughtful, if we provide mainly, 
though only temporarily, for sight, neglecting all that 
is lasting or urgent, or all that is scientific or indus- 
trial. But, incontestably, a reaction of public opin- 
ion will, ere long, set in; there will be little or noth- 
ing to show for much of the expenditure of years, and 
a just and resentful censure will, sooner, or later, 
overtake us. Do you not think that even a private 
proprietor will view, after a time, his collection of 
palms, which, from year to year, increased in value, 
and also in ornamental grandeur, with far greater 
pride than his remnants of ordinary flower - beds ? 
Will he not compare with infinitely more satisfaction 
the imposing forms of his inexpensively upgrown 
pines, from which he can harvest even the seeds, than 
the decayed relics of short-lived plants, which, how- 
ever pleasing they may have been in their ephemer- 
ous glory, did involve probably a far greater outlay 
for maintenance than his lasting tree-plantations ? If 
means will allow it, let acd these kinds of garden 
treasures be simuitaneously maintained, particularly 
as the herbaceous plants provide a sight at once. if 
it must be flowers mainly, then let it be largely Cac- 
teze, Begoniz, Aroids, Scitamines, all yielding flow- 
ers in the true sense of the word, for glass accommo- 
dation ; and let it be the hardy, diversified plants 
already named in the earlier part of the lecture, 
which, while they are as gorgeous as any, are not 
ephemerous, increase in value, convey a vast amount 
of instruction, and lead horticulture to a higher flight. 
Reverting to the noble taste of scenic group-plant- 
ing, let us acknowledge it as one capable of being de- 
