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foresee the advance that horticulture 

 promises to make. Already among the 

 enterprising people of New England, 

 enormous strides forward of progress are 

 constantly being made. The conditions 

 of the soil, and its adaptation to the 

 better growth of plants, the relation of 

 light to their production, the effects of 

 irrigation, and the warmth of the soil by 

 artificial means, are among the subjects 

 which are being investigated, not to 

 speak of the knowledge already acquired 

 by examination into many other processes. 



The possibilities of horticulture seem 

 almost infinite. The misty atmosphere 

 that now envelops many of these is 

 destined to be cleared by means of botani- 

 cal research and patient investigation. 



Thus the unfolding of horticulture in 

 New England, as in all other parts of 

 the globe, will become better understood 

 and appreciated. As the germination of 

 the plant, from its most rudimentary 

 condition until its full completion and 

 attainment of purpose for which created, 

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