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of the waste strips of railway lands? The 

 area in gross is not small; miles upon miles of 

 bank cutting, of marsh land, of embankment, 

 of green level, each one of which will grow its 

 own crop after methods which a wealthy and 

 intelligent railway corporation might surely 

 direct. Osiers upon the low lands, shrubs upon 

 the raw cuttings (binding them against 

 wash), grasses upon the verdant lands, 

 a flame of flowers around every sta- 

 tion. Does anybody doubt that this thing 

 is to be in the years to come? Does 

 anybody doubt (who believes in progress) that 

 some day the directors, now so stolid and in- 

 different, will make a merit of it, and take a 

 pride in pointing out their horticultural suc- 

 cesses upon their league-long strips of gar- 

 den? 



One very great advantage in that nice cul- 

 ture which is to be observed about many of the 

 British and Continental railway stations lies 

 in the fact, that the culture and its success are 

 submitted every day to thousands of eyes. 

 What you or I may do very successfully, and 

 in obedience to the best laws of taste and veg- 

 etable physiology on some back country prop- 

 erty, may really benefit the public very little, 

 for the reason that the public will never put eye 



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