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thought of because he is the best product we have. We can- 

 not afford to neglect him in connection with our business; 

 we should utilize every possible method to make our children 

 happy in connection with their homes and with our work; and 

 recognize them as our partners in life to such an extent that 

 the occupation in which we are engaged shall be one of delight 

 to them and one that shall become a part of the history they 

 are making upon which memory will delight to linger. 



Among the compensations of life in horticulture that are of 

 the greatest consideration we may enumerate those which arise 

 from what we sometimes call genius, but at other times, 

 wisdom. The most successful man is one who, while he grasps 

 the breadth of the situation, has the greatest knowledge of 

 details, and who is willing in all things connected with his 

 career to do his level best, for genius, you know, is the faculty 

 of taking infinite pains. 



Then there are some side views in horticulture that are 

 supposed to attract only the specialist; but it seems to me there 

 are two directions in which every horticulturist, no matter what 

 his specialty may be, ought to take great interest. One is in 

 the realm of the nursery, and I am impressed with the thought 

 that in almost all branches of the practical art of horticulture, 

 there ought to be some interest in the nursery department. In 

 the growing of things from the beginning we get some of our 

 best lessons that apply to the practical subsequent operations in 

 the successful growing of almost all products for the market. 



And in another direction I am certain that w-e all ought to 

 take more than an academic interest; and that is in the art of 

 gardening which finds its expression in the landscape. The 

 man who knows best how, from the dark mould of the ground, 

 to develop the delicate structure and high coloring of the peach 

 and the apple, is, in his way, an artist not without reputation, 

 but he is not recognized as he should be in the realm of art. 

 The man who takes a block of marble, and through his art 

 develops it into a beautiful effigy of the human figure, is 

 recognized by the world as the highest type of an artist. The 

 man who, with his brush and mingled pigments, places upon 

 the canvas a picture of a landscape, and does it with skill, has 

 recognition of high character in the field of art. Is not the 



