THE PROFESSION OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



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I have in my possession a book full of press eulogies and predictions 

 published at its initiation which make interesting and instructive reading. 

 The scheme failed eventually, but, since the conditions attending the rise 

 and fall are not likely to recur, it is unnecessary to consider it as an 

 unfortunate precedent. It would be scarcely correct at this moment to 

 call by name upon any educational body to take the matter into considera- 

 tion. A necessary preliminary would be an expression of opinion favour- 

 able to the idea from the most influential forces of the gardening world. 

 If this were forthcoming one might hope to find in the City of London 

 an institution with sufficient prestige, enlightenment and resources to 

 contemplate a serious handling of the question. 



An influence of great weight with the managers, governors or senate 

 — whatever they might be — of such an institution would be the knowledge 

 that any action taken by them in this direction would receive the cordial 

 support of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



