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all gratis. Even all this is, under present conditions, no promise at all that it 

 will be possible to accomplish anything permanent whatever at Claremont. But 

 it is a most important and illuminating practical demonstration of how easily and 

 rapidly such an enterprise might be developed with even moderate support. 



Above all things, the enterprise should be organized and permanently estab- 

 lished, and it will then, surely and rapidly, become one of the most valued pos- 

 sessions of our commonwealth. It could be accomplished anywhere with energy 

 and enterprise, even at Claremont. The people of Southern California want it. 

 Many people throughout the South with whom I have talked concerning it, have 

 spoken of the need of it most earnestly, but their voices have not yet been raised 

 in unison. Standing together, our people could have the best and most efficient 

 thing of the sort in the world. 



Our experiment in botanic garden building here at Claremont, has amply 

 proven the point we wished to make in connection with it, and that is, that with 

 even a small amount of intelligent direction, great results can readily be accom- 

 plished with very limited support, or, as in this particular instance, with none at 

 all, since we have made the work practically support itself. One should now look 

 over these thousands of lusty young plants of interesting and valuable species 

 from all over the world, produced here without hired help and under very un- 

 favorable circumstances, to gather some idea of the really great developments 

 along this line that might be obtained through friendly interest, and even limited 

 support. 



We have here shown, conclusively, the ready possibility of producing an un- 

 limited variety of the world's most interesting and valuable trees, shrubs, and 

 herbaceous plants, with wholly trivial effort and expense. If this could be matched 

 with a provision of space for plantings, and a competent Curator, a great Botanic 

 Garden would become an immediate reality. 



