Evolution of t>orticulture 



may be followed, taking into considera- 

 tion, also, that the elements of its growth 

 may pass from old to new parts, and from 

 generation to generation : so the evolu- 

 tion of gardening has been here outlined 

 from the rudimentary condition that it 

 presented upon these shores of Massachu- 

 setts Bay more than six generations since, 

 to the advanced position it now occupies 

 in the last decade of the present century. 

 It is self-evident that at every stage of 

 evolution, both in the natural and in the 

 spiritual world, all its processes have had 

 a wisely ordained beginning and a con- 

 tinuous omnipotent guidance. 



THE END. 



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