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and F. L. Olmsted are too well known for the great works they have 

 accomplished to necessitate my reviewing them. 



But we have in Boston to-day one who is doing a greater work for 

 horticulture than anyone who has preceded him. I refer to Professor 

 C. S. Sargent. To him Boston and the country is indebted for the 

 finest arboretum in the world, in which there are now growing 5,000 

 species and varieties of trees and shrubs. He has traveled over the 

 greater part of the globe seeking new material and his collectors are 

 now busy in hitherto unexplored regions, collecting new material for 

 shipment to Boston with which to enrich American horticulture. Daily 

 he spends hours in his office personally examining and describing 

 species and varieties of trees and shrubs for his "Silva," the greatest 

 work relating to horticulture ever undertaken in this country. The 

 magnitude of the work at the Arnold Arboretum may be better under- 

 stood when it is learned that 350 varieties of Crateagus have been 

 planted. There are approximately 150 varieties of Syringa vulgaris, 70 

 of Prunus, 40 of Malus, and about 400 species and varieties of willows. 



Another medium of horticultural progress is the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club which has over 500 active members. Meetings are held 

 monthly for the discussion of garden topics and a class devoted to the 

 study of landscape gardening meets twice a week during the winter 

 months. The magnificent private estates of the East, including those of 

 Bar Harbor. Boston and the Massachusetts coast, Lenox, Newport, 

 Long Island, N. Y., overlooking the Hudson, along the New Jersey 

 coast, and in the vicinity of Philadelphia demand from the gardener 

 the highest degree of energy and progress. 



HORTICULTURE IN THE CENTRAL WEST. 

 L. A. GOODMAN, KANSAS CITY, Mo. 



If the West brags, "We can beat the world," we also prove it by 

 our study and work, by persistence and energy we bring about rapid 

 improvement and advancement. The horticulture of the West is fast 

 coming to the front and the East is adopting many of its improved 

 methods and advanced ideas. It is as though the westerner's sense of 

 power and ability were an electric current derived from the conscious- 

 ness of walking, living, working on a star of having the privilege of 

 living in a grand universe, and of improving at least a small portion 

 of it. Our spirit is that of the pioneer trying new shores, going on to 

 unknown plains and forests; his love of exploration and investigation 

 persists, his faith in better things is never discouraged, but with these 

 goes a balance of good sense, patience and work. 



We are pushing the insect war, studying and applying sprays 

 against insects and diseases. Our scientific men are practical, not 

 buried in the laboratory, our growers are becoming scientific students. 

 The movement for agricultural education is growing, the agricultural 

 college and stations are spreading their information and their influ- 

 ence. The Prairie Farmer of Illinois helped to educate the people to 



