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added as to the value of the Horticultural 

 Division of the various Experiment Sta- 

 tions, for which such large appropriations 

 have been made by Government. 



There are certainly good reasons why 

 this special division should receive par- 

 ticular attention and even more than the 

 others that have kindred problems to be 

 solved. First, horticultural pursuits have 

 more claims upon the stations, from the 

 fact that the produce of the garden and 

 orchard are more subject to loss by dis- 

 ease, insects, and climate than are those 

 which are purely agricultural. 



Not only is this statement applicable to 

 the garden and orchard, but also to simi- 

 lar pursuits conducted under glass struc- 

 tures ; the extent to which these have 

 reached, presents the most remarkable 

 example at the present day, of the prog- 

 ress of the horticultural art. 



The first allusions to glass culture in 



England are found in the essays of 



Bacon, where he refers to the protection 



of tender fruits by means of a system of 



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