, 1879-08-09
HORTICULTURE.

HORTICULTURE.
"norticuiturc and Civilization ''--Tonntliap
pcrlan's Addrcss-Docs Horticulture Lend
| Civilization; or Does Civilization Lead
1Iort!cn,tpre9
From Our o,rn Correspondent.
No. II E1aurErNrn STREET, CHICAGO, Aug.
3.--Wo hayo ,ust geal Jonathan Pcriam's inter-
est!ny asldrrts Ietorc the National Nurscrys
mcu's Convention which recently met In Cleve.
land. q. 1t has set mo TO thinking. IB 1t tr1ci
Daes horticulture lead civilization: or docs cir.
tlizatpn lead Horticultural
Tie tl,emo Of .nr. Fcriam's address wau,
"The Influence OF Horticulture On CiEiliza-
tiob." And ho 1nbors to show how. In Ills
thought, Horticulture, from the old Egsptfau
DAYS down to this, had led civilization. am
thinking,
HOW Is TI1lsa
is /. 50; or ta It not sol That Horticulture
affects civilization, nnd civilization effects i1os-
ticu!ture, there cau bo no question. They seem
pretty nucu o,it, Ike "fath aud charity ~;
anil Mn trying to think how to separate them,
nnd how to think OF them when separated.
II one be thc causc Of tho other,
which Is ttc cause, and Will cf tic DIect} True,
there ts n cause for every effect; and 10 know
causcs ~ to know mitch; to understand causes
perfectly would be to know nil that Ia to 10
known. hut petfect knowledge Of the relu-
lions existing between cnnse and effect, hetween
The nts and tho tlnstc, ta beyond human cntn-
prchcusion; ami get Nc may know something Of
THE caUsEwoi:,.n,
and Its relation 10 o.lr world nj effects; and In
TrapurttOn rs Il man sees and acknowledges tho
true relation Of onc thing to auo.her. IL lie Wise.
mansion. It bus pillars, and porchcs; noth-
4rg IL wanting, from cellar 10 attic, to mako
II ''a thing OF beanty and Joy forever" 10
those Hho dwell fhcrr. That mansion had TX.
ezlstcuco In The artists min md ID, even now,
mare rcat md substantial there than in It's gram
lte aud ultimate forsns; ~ fire, or storm, Or
earthquake may destroy Tint material buittIfng
but, II 80, It cnn bo replaced, because IL has
RgAL EXISTENCE IN srInIT,-
IN the butlles's nsut,-not Affected by "tho
wrecks ot ttme.h
"'fhas Is nrst which is spiritual" A man
must haye IN hmsclf-a his spiritual nasurs
Spns s '' ,1to ths h Mer,d W 0'e Of p'0aass oests y
There is Is nothing in nat,ro u.at % was not '.drst
tn sn!rit;" that Is to say, "fho cnuac-world IL
spiritual" No true phllosoohsr denea thts
proposition, IT Ia the bedrock OF the greatest
triith.
Now, recurring to the questlor,-fs nortt-
culture the entlse or the effect uf ctylixatunl-
horticulture (reterrng to our ilustsasiou) is In
,,tn, ~ VIA Sons ~ y, H. 49, .,fr1 H. a,s,it;va
rsaee " "Has socs w Al lnc intau: ~ e4s""a
ION We mean foHheu aila culstFatGo stato ot
the mind, which works out external eHects III
harmony with tle nt1ection unl llfe within.
Yrs, t1nt Ia
THE TRUTH JrsELp
Civilization, or culture Of mIut, docs gtve
birth 10 Horticulture and all other extcEnnl ~.
lnetnents, tn cxnet correapondenca With tue loya
a,!d Iiso 0t the sE1ad aa It Is In ttsaH,-tu9t ~
religion gives birth to good works, Just rs tho
love OF Whut Ia "rood and true II lucatuutes IT,
aciJ tn Wur,F u.,roItins. j,
n,,n d,oa ,,.,t h',,u,s , f.1,-i.,t,o hv
ut a. III" uusS NV, i.,.,.,. IT, ..' "assm ~,
huocnnE ana ea5!ll,,t "neo ue pta3s. 49, ~
tnnre eau GOOD Norks ptcceue tt!e Iose OF that
Witch ts Eaou ht!'l true. E!lccts 90 not urodltce
s;xss sSssgss 5 |. sss Ts = ne
49,, :, ~ ho io 1uun ., ~ VT r. ha i,vos
nther.. II IL for III, sats of btmsn|f.
II il nlvn fron, thts that thot d ustor and su-
nc,ior which
II IN THE MIND: d.
md lint IN, ontwar,, cfYects aro inferior md
.t u .l., t1.s'.ss u ~ u,,s ~, ,ia1H
se iotssas sn.it ~ satsf ! to ;',a .ssr, s sss
iutn darkness, but darkness canHot eater 1aso
light ClrtllzatNtl-nensl!lE tt1e cuttlfe OF sne
ptn ttnFffhitlkite nfOu{r6