[SEPT. 18, 1875. 
SUPPLEMENT TO THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
T a few weeks ago a large contingent of 
similar gathering has taken place within the 
northern capital, But while doctors and sur- 
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geons aang the staple of the one meeting, 
other 
temptation for the drawing of analogies awe 
the art and science of physic and the art and 
science of gardening. The methods of eve 
are the same, the qualifications ^ for t 
successful prosecution of the are almost 
precisely those which are илай d for the 
other. Both are based on observation and 
experiment—on experience, in fact. In both a 
large amount of empiricism ар А finds 
place. o both a rational scientific investiga- 
tion of life its phenomena d processes, are 
essential elements if progress is to be made— 
and in these days progress must be made, or 
we must be content to lose our place in the 
WOLF. 
Then n, again, how many points of contact 
there are between! the doctors and the pro 
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THE NEW PALM HOUSE. 
