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dexed. They are arranged in botanical sequence 

 but without the formality of a nursery and with a 

 decided eye to scenic effects. The Arboretum is 

 undoubtedly the leading experiment station of the 

 continent, and a place where many foreign trees 

 have been adapted to American ways, or have re- 

 ceived American educations. Under the able di- 

 rection of Professor Charles S. Sargent, the Ar- 

 boretum workers have scoured the world for speci- 

 mens of unusual interest. Professor Sargent by 

 wide travels has become an eminent authority on 

 the trees of North America. By a special arrange- 

 ment, the Arboretum has been incorporated into 

 the park system of Boston. 



The career of each tree-student is most interest- 

 ing. Like its Japanese dwarf relations, it is planted 

 in a tiny pot, but only until it has passed the delicate 

 days of early infancy. As soon as it begins to fill 

 its initial quarters it is removed to a larger pot or 

 sometimes grafted onto some hardier specimen of 

 the same kind. After passing a winter in a "cold 

 pit" it is set out in the kindergarten grounds, where 

 it is nursed through a happy youth, and sheltered 

 from all climatic vicissitudes until it reaches sapling 

 independence. At that point, it is transplanted 

 with many of its kind to a group destined to 

 be thinned down until eight or ten remain to per- 



