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correspond to the seats of the of Con-
gress. and all through the Southern States and
dlohS the James River in Virginia were beautiful
oi' ea'uehs luII OF trees and wealth Of enchant
ms mowers Cemeteries began TO he adorned with
poisoning plants. and when. in 1882. the critical
Mrs Trollope published her book she speaks
warmly OF many lovely country seats. notably OF
Hyde Park. the Hudson. then the property of
pr Hosack, which Is still declared by the best
authorities to be the most beautiful place in the
United States The garden of William Hamilton.
near Philadelphia. at the beginning of this CEN
fury the richest in plants OF any in America.
He employed the distinguished botanist Porsh
his gardener. and accumulated in his extensive
greenhouses and orangeries al the richest treas
ures of exotic fora Prat's gardens. near Pha-
delphia and Lemon Hill. now part OF Farmount
Park. have been famous in that neighborhood for
seary a century. Bernard Mcmahon. in "Ameri-
can Gardeners Calendar published in 1906 gives
a list of 400 hardy perennials and biennials for the
garden. with 800 hardy ANIMALS and vines In adj
dition. he enumcrates eighty tender varieties OF
flowers not 10 be seen in the Middle States before
the first week in May. and adds to them a list Of
twelve hardy aquatic percnnals.
In 1892 the Massachusetts Agricultural Society
was established but until 1921 did their publ
cations take note OF nower-gardens. and IL was not
until lS2S that the Massachusetts Horticultural
cetv was founded. the first in the world. the
London Horticultural Society. founded in 1905 only
having preceded il by twenty years. Botanic
gardens began TO be established in Europe about
the middle OF the seventeenth century. the oldest
being that of Pisa. Italy. Previous to this. prob
ably. was planted the phyc garden Of the Shoguns
OF Japan. now part of the botanic garden Of
Toxic. The oldest English botanic gardens
the university gardens at oxford O629, and The
phyic garden OF Chelsea. founded by Sir Hans
Sloane near the middle OF the seventeenth CEN
fury. The latter was visited by Evelyn in 1855.
The Brompton Park Nursery founded in 1851.
Of he vi became eel
brated
FOREIGN PLANTS IN ENGLAND.
The establishment OF the London Horticultural
Society gave a great impetus to mportations OF
plants from China. the East Indies South Africa.
North America and the Sandwich Islands In
1893 the Hortus Cantabrigenss enumerated 1900
species. and fewer than 1000 plants were intro
duced into England in the single year 1924 The
London Horticultural Society was still in a feeble
state when that Of Massachusetts was founded.
but by that time Os2s) there We're thirty varieties
OF chrysanthemums known. this flower having been
introduced into England in 1854. though It was not
sent by a missionary from China in 1880 followed
two years later by the red and blue double ones.
Though the FIRST experiments In hybrdlZauon
made by Kobreuer in the latter part Of he
bert complains that in response TO his valuable
experiments in this science. the boanists replied:
We do not thank you for your mules, mules - ,.s.,
chusetts in 1872 seem 10 have been camellias. YER
benas. azaleas roses and cact but the hy6ridiza,
were only grown to limited extent; and The
peargonium was in high vogue. The chrysanhe-
mum. in a report of this date. was alluded to az
nsgfirer @ and the gaSe Belle
then nsw va Pys eyoyed from the WeS tern
displays OF tulips. geraniun9a' peonies pansics
asters. pinks. balsams and dahlas The latter.
n s pse TSGH F she MI e society," The
tulip which is native Of the t@Nt ana rs
early TO Europe The passion for tulips. which
record In Germany was seen AT AUGSBURG IN
1859; by 1911 they FIRST appeared in Provence The
about the end OF the sixteenth century, ,n,,,
edge OF this flower. sent to constan,nope for their
even had stock market for them In which
values iuctuated from day to gay. Ihey were
wheat buying the unharvestei crop and running
risks thereby. 1t went so FAR that The Gofern'nent
were bid for rare bu.b called Scrnpcr augustus.
which was bought and sold without thcre being
for tulips was at It's height in England about the
place to for plants from America between
1870 and l7iN craze for 1t spread over here
and our grandfathers took great ntcrcs, in he
proposition OF the gay and attractive flower
which is stl so popular in our gardens In Iiol-
land tulips and crocus"s and hyacnihs are grown
on great plantations. az W. grow vegetables. 80
that in spring the fields about Haarlcm look like
Il great patchwork quilt.
The wonderful development Of the rose is an
a. Erenchman named I.anray. at bellevue. near
numerous varieties OF roses known. In - over
200 varieties were caialotIcd in France. rauls +
great work. published In England IN lsN. records .
Rose published in the early 5os. iescribes over
1866 kinds. and the trade list OF Parsons & Co. /
fIushlng. l.. J.. detailed 100 varieties. In 1874 Pro-
100 var 4 81 OF had already I pceH c aa,
vaied by name. though connosseur would prob .
Hybrid perpetuals evolved in @7. and since /
inen ii nposshe to chIon1ie the CONT
intermarrying OF different species
SUCCESS WITH HYBRIDIzATIoN
What has been done with the by hybridiza-
zion has also been undertaken with many other
flowers with great success. notably with rhodo-
dendrons. azaleas. lilies and chrysanthcrnams as
well as dahas carnations larkspur hcllyhocks .
and other comparatively simple blooms Five roses
were mentioned by pr Darlington his "Ame1
can Weeds and Useful Plants" published IN $50
wild rose, tho Cherokee and the sweet briar. TIE
TWO latter we're afterward discovered 10 he i'm
portatons but more recent discoveries show
twelve or fourteen single roses natiyc this
continent specimens OF which to be found al
the Arnold Arboretum. The tulip and The hya-
cnth the ranuculus and the bouncing peony. IN
stalks OF blue monkshood and sim scarlet Lon
don pride wont TO adorn an ancient garden
and great bushes Of southernwood ar;emsiD
grew beside the box-edged paths amid colum5incs
In the last fifteen years according 10 NJ. VII
MORN. In his report on horticulture at IN"
taken place In American gardens. Numerous and
wonderful have been the plants introduced, and
specimens OF modern gardens. where flowers are TO
be found In great perfection and number. are those
OF H. H. Hunncwcll. Of Wellesley. Nd. &. j. Sar-
gent. 81 Brooklinc. Mass. and the estate OF Charles
\. Dana. near Glen cove. l.. ].
An outgrowth OF the interest in Horticulture has
been the horticulture. literature which has arisen
to chronicle its progress. beginning in France
and Germany. The earliest English periodical Of
the kind was "'rhe botanical Magazine" Of VIII .
lam Curtis which started In 1881. This was fol
lowed IN 1915 by 'The Iiotanicll Reg'ster illus
trated with plates. other periodicals followed, .
Loudon. the great English authority. publishing
his Gardeners Magazine in lS2G In this country
IIovey led the way. with his "Magazinc Of Hort-
i'm 1891 followed by Doumig. In lsB. with
The Horticultural" and since their day host
% periodicals have appeared. the most trust
worthy and influential Of which Is Garden ana