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nomenclature or the dry detail of species, nor yet to 
the exclusive admiration of these alone. From the 
patient research and splendid discoveries of modern 
science we have arrived at new and unexpected results. 
By these has Horticulture been materially improved, 
both in England and France. ‘Theoretical and prac- 
tical gardening have united in their labors. ‘The re- 
markable success, which has crowned the studies and 
pursuits of scientific men, in both these countries, by 
the introduction, and we may almost say, creation of 
new valuable fruits and culinary vegetables, is an ar- 
gument sufficiently strong in favor of such knowl- 
edge. If the names of these early introducers of 
fruits from foreign climes have been transmitted to 
posterity for such deeds, rather than for other distin- 
guished services, how much greater the debt of grat- 
itude for that industry which has converted the acerb 
and rude pericarp of many a tree, or the negative 
quality of many a seed, into delicious and nutritious 
articles of food? Such was not the effect of accident : 
these results were the reward of minute investiga- 
tion of the secret operations of Nature. ‘The world 
will, no doubt, be slow in appreciating their merit, 
because it is the very nature of things that the more 
dazzling commands ready homage. Fortunately, such 
truly patriotic actions need not the loud trump of 
Fame to sound their praise; they bring an inward 
and lasting satisfaction of greater value. 
Vegetable physiology is peculiarly the subject of the 
skillful gardener’s study. ‘This, his various occupa- 
tions will show. What errors have been committed 
by the ignorant in every department of horticultural 
