^Evolution of Dorticulturc 



thus awakened, is not confined to the 

 window gardens of the narrow lanes 

 and streets of the city, but finds its way 

 to the yards and small garden plots of the 

 suburbs, and even to the country villages, 

 thereby contributing to their improve- 

 ment, and rendering the homes of the 

 humble more attractive. Through the 

 same medium, the establishment of 

 public-school gardens has led to the study 

 by the pupils of the growing plants, from 

 the earliest period of germination to the 

 full maturity. 



In an admirable paper, entitled Histori- 

 cal Sketch of English Horticulture, read 

 before the Massachusetts Society recent- 

 ly, the author says : "The common peo- 

 ple of Britain, from time immemorial, 

 have taken great interest in every thing 

 that added to the beauty and comfort of 

 their homes. The fondness of the peo- 

 ple for detached homes, surrounded or 

 approached by a garden, seems inborn ; 

 for when compelled to live in towns 

 where a garden is impossible, tracts of 

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