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Horticulture  has,  it  may  be  readily 
admitted,  kept  pace  with  the  times  ;  has, 
in  fact,  been  brought  up  to  date.  Yet  in  taking 
but  a  cursory  survey  from  our  present  stand¬ 
point,  and  noting  all  the  benefits  that  have  been 
conferred  by  scientific  research  and  modern 
invention,  there  are  many  who  feel  that  the 
present  is  but  a  transitory  stage — the  stepping 
stones  to  higher  things.  This  feeling  probably 
arises  more  from  tangible  evidence  of  that 
restless  sprit  of  inquiry,  now  in  the  ascendant, 
than  from  dissatisfaction  at  results  already 
obtained.  We  may,  doubtless,  rest  content  in 
the  knowledge  that  progression  soundly  based 
on  the  twin  pillars  of  theory  and  practice  will 
ever  keep  us  up  to  date,  yet  few,  I  think,  are 
thus  easily  satisfied. 
In  marking  progress  now  the  young  will 
anticipate  the  possibilities  that  lay  before  them. 
Their  elders  will  speculate  on  probabilities  they 
cannot  themselves  hope  to  see,  yet  will  they  not 
feel  less  interest  in  a  future  to  which  they  are 
contributing,  although  their  especial  privilege  is 
in  looking  back  on  times  in  which  has  been 
recorded  some  of  the  most  brilliant  pages  yet 
written  in  the  history  of  gardening.  But  all 
who  reflect  cannot  fail  to  note  the  high  pressure 
at  which  horticulture  is  being  driven  forward 
by  the  [expansive  forces  of  necessity  and  oppor¬ 
tunity. 
In  the  necessity  which  prompts  the  endeavour 
to  solve  complex  economical  problems  we  have 
a  potent  agent,  evil  though  it  be,  working  for 
the  good  of  the  cause.  In  the  opportunity 
conferred  by  the  unqualified  blessing  of  a  pro¬ 
longed  peace  we,  of  to-day,  have  advantages 
which  past  generations  have  not  always  enjoyed, 
hence  concentration  of  thought  is  permitted  on 
so  important  a  subject,  nor  is  it  magnetised  and 
drawn  to  other  objects. 
Coming  to  the  subject  proper  it  may  be 
asked,  “Where  shall  busy  workers  look  for 
signs  of  the  times  ?  ”  As  one  of  this  class  I 
will  endeavour  to  show  what  I  have  seen,  where 
seen,  and  their  portent,  though  “  all  meanings 
depend  on  the  key  of  interpretation.”  To  me  the 
pages  of  this  paper,  the  Journal  of  Horticulture, 
have,  especially  of  late,  been  pregnant  with 
No.  2451.— VOL.  XOIII.,  Old  Series. 
