THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM 



but do not leave your note-book; for the crowning 

 satisfaction of this adorable place is that most of 

 the trees and plants there may now be bought by 

 any one from certain nurseries whose names the 

 Arboretum oflSce willingly gives to interested per- 

 sons. How many years, how much labor and 

 disappointment are saved by those who visit such 

 a place as this, and who are advised by the sight 

 of the fine trees and shrubs, whose value is here 

 tested and shown ! Nowhere in the world can 

 these things be grown so well as in America — 

 not in Europe, not elsewhere. It is only com- 

 mon sense to develop the trees and plants which 

 will flourish with us. In Europe these same 

 things — as, for instance, the lilacs, the vibur- 

 mmas, indeed, all the flowering shrubs — neither 

 blossom nor fruit so well. Foreigners who see the 

 arboretum in spring or in autumn are all amazed at 

 the beauty and wealth of fruit and flower. And 

 again: with the variety of shrubs shown in the 

 arboretum to be successful, it is possible to have 

 shrubs in flower every month in the year. Ha- 

 mamelis mollis, the Japanese witch-hazel, blooms 

 in Boston in January and February, and in March 

 the willows are out. Here is a tiding over of 

 the rigors of winter; a current of living interest 



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