The old Chase garden at Salem 



BOSTON and its immediate vicin- 

 ity has been the cradle of much 

 that has dominated American hor- 

 ticulture. Hereabouts have been 

 the beginnings of many lines of great 

 general interest. At Cambridge, one of 

 America's foremost horticulturists, C. M. 

 Hovey, had his gardens. Wilder, who 

 rendered such service to American pom- 

 ology, lived at Dorchester, and part of the 

 old garden still remains. The site of 

 Parkman's garden, now incorporated into 

 the park system along Jamaica Way, is 

 famous for the introduction of the Park- 

 man crab tree among other things; and 

 the Clapp garden, another fine old place, 

 is also at Dorchester. The original ginkgo 

 tree, transplanted from the old 

 Gardiner Greene estate on 

 Beacon Hill in 1835, stands to- 

 day on Holmes Walk, Boston 

 Common, with other venerable 

 trees. The Public Garden ad- 

 joining is a splendid example 

 of the possibilities in reclaim- 

 ing waste lands, for all this 

 territory now converted into 

 fine lawns and famous for 

 fancy summer bedding, is re- 

 claimed from the marshes of 

 Charles River. Reclaimed 

 land, extending all the way 

 along Muddy Brook, forms the 

 great parkway of Boston run- 

 ning out to Jamaica Plain . Part 

 of this is devoted this year to 

 the Convention Garden where 

 the Society of American Flor- 

 ists is exhibiting in connection 

 with the thirtieth annual 

 meeting, and wherein are trade 

 exhibits of modern varieties 

 of plants displayed for comparison and 

 demonstration. 



Extending along the Back Bay Fenway 

 itself the plantings are instructive as show- 

 ing how skilfully the art of man can repro- 

 duce the semblance of Nature's own handi- 

 work. This is the work of the late Mr. J. 

 A. Pettigrew, former park superintendent. 



In the Weld garden at Dedham 



The Fenway leads us right into the 

 Arnold Arboretum, that unique collection 

 of hardy trees and shrubs representing 

 everything that can be grown in the climate 

 of New England. The Arboretum is open 

 to the public every day from sunrise to 

 sunset. Fifty years old, the results of this 

 work are now being brought very prac- 

 tically before the horticultural public 

 partly by a series of Popular Bulletins 

 recently established. 



Continuing beyond the Arboretum, the 

 visitor will pass the Bussey Institute and 

 connect with the most important area of the 



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At Lancaster, on the estate of Mr. Bayard Thayer 



possesses an Italian garden, but this 

 estate is now under process of remodelling. 

 Near by are the gardens of Mrs. John L. 

 Gardiner, William Whitman, and the newly 



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Metropolitan Park System, Franklin Park. 



Brookline, long famed for its gardens, 



adjoins the Arnold Arboretum. Here, in 



Mr. Larz Anderson's Italian garden, wherein a continuous succession of bloom is maintained 



the Weld garden of Mr. Larz Anderson, 

 is one of the most famed specimens of 

 formal Italian gardening in this country, 

 and instructive horticulturally because of 

 the careful system of continuous succession 

 of .bloom that is maintained throughout 

 the season. 



The adjoining Faulkner Farm, also 

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planted grounds of Mrs. Hannah P. Weld. 

 Holm Lea, the residence of Professor C. S. 

 Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 is an interesting example of 

 the English park style of 

 landscape art. It also con- 

 tains a representative collec- 

 tion of peonies, iris, lilacs, 

 Crataegus, rhododendrons, etc. 

 The Botanic Garden of Har- 

 vard University, located at 

 Cambridge, has historic asso- 

 ciation in connection with 

 the late Professor Asa Gray, 

 who did most of his botanical 

 work at this place. There 

 are extensive collections of 

 herbaceous plants and a rock 

 garden. In all, about 9,000 

 species of plants are cultivated. 

 The garden will be open to the 

 public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

 daily. 



In the Agassiz Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, also as- 

 sociated with Harvard Uni- 

 versity, is a representative 

 collection of glass models of 

 flowers, which excites a good deal of in- 

 terest. 



Cambridge, itself, is noted for the resi- 

 dences of several famous people, including 

 Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, etc. 

 Part of the grounds of the last named house 

 are now included in the park system. On 

 the road to Cambridge, the visitor may see 



