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Just one step further: I am glad to recognize a keener sense 

 of the importance of a study of nature in connection with the 

 development of the most successful methods in horticulture. 

 I am glad to notice that there is a growing tendency of people 

 in the city and the country to get nearer to each other and to 

 understand each other, and this is because the denizen of the 

 country is making it more worth the while. He is a larger 

 factor in the world and he is worth cultivating by his city 

 neighbor; and there is a growing respect for the art of horticul- 

 ture which shows itself in the expenditure of large sums of 

 money in the very things that are so common in the country, 

 in order that they may be a part of urban life. 



In connection with this may I incidentally call attention to 

 a comparison between the dress of the American countryman 

 and his cousin across the water: and this is not wholly to our 

 credit. In a trip through England and on the continent some 

 years ago, I made a special study of the markets, and I could 

 not help but notice the respectable way in which people took 

 their products to market. The man who took his load of 

 cabbages or led his animals, or brought the product of his 

 orchards on marketing days to the central stations were all 

 dressed neatly and seemed to have a proper respect for the 

 products they were selling, and a recognition of the people 

 whom they expected would be their patrons. I am often 

 ashamed of the dress and carriage and conversation of the men 

 and women who bring the same products upon our own Ameri- 

 can markets. In this regard there is the largest opportunity for 

 a wise and healthy development that will meet the approbation of 

 all progressive horticulturists and all good citizens. 



Now, in closing, let us for a moment reason together. We, 

 as horticulturists, are in partnership with God. He has put in 

 the largest amount of capital, but we have his confidence so 

 completely that He gives us full swing in the disbursement of 

 the dividends. We cannot grace our calling unless we appre- 

 ciate to the fullest the great responsibility of our tenantcy and 

 bring to it the proper honesty of purpose and recognition of the 

 greatest factor that accomplishes success in this oneness with 

 nature, which I mean by '' partnership with God." 



We must have a higher regard for earth's beauty and have 



