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and he iias taken me back to the time when there were men 

 50 \ears ag-o Hke Marshall V. Wilder. Chas Downing- and those 

 men who loved to cultivate fruit. They didn't do it for the 

 dollar, but because they loved to do it. The work of Downing 

 in my library on fruit culture is better than a good dictionary. 

 And when I go out into my garden and get puzzled over some- 

 thing I can go into the house, take down Downing and read 

 what he says. After that I finish my work in the garden with- 

 out any doubts. 



All I w'ish to say is we don't give enough credit to the amateur 

 gardener for keeping up these fruit gardens. 



President Gulley : If there is nothing further on this topic 

 we will take up the next number on the program, which is to 

 be a paper by Mr. G. A. Parker of this city, the well-known 

 Superintendent of Keeny Park. Mr. Parker is an acknowl- 

 edged expert in handling land, and I am sure he will give us 

 something valuable on a subject that may be somewhat new to 

 many of us. I now have the pleasure of introducing to you 

 ]\Ir. Parker. 



"The Advantages of a Map or Plan for Farms and 

 Gardens and how to make it." 



By G. A. Parker, Hartford. 



The progress of the world might be measured by the ability 

 of mankind to unite different factors into one whole, into a 

 unit where the coordination of forces are so manipulated that 

 the}- will work together for one purpose, as in the management 

 of an army, ship, railroad, manufactory, and city, or a state 

 government. The bringing together and adjusting the many 

 discordant and seemingly impossible parts must either come 

 about by accident or by a controlling force. There is not one 

 chance in a million for accidents to produce desired results ; 

 for them we depend upon designs and plans. A design for 

 a town or city, as a whole, is not common in the East, but 

 common in the West, where the government has laid out many 

 townships. TJie first plan of many old cities has been so 

 altered that the original layout is scarcely discernible. Origin- 

 ally, Hartford w^as laid out in narrow strips, extending from 

 the Connecticut river to the top of the Talcott mountains, an 



