. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 152 The American Florist. Aug. 15,, tions are susceptible of such tests as will least indicate their nature, but there seems to be no doubt that by combining microscopic, petrographic and chemical methods of examination, reliable information may be gained as to the nature of the compounds consti- tuting practically all fertilizers. GARDENS OF INTEREST IN MASSACBllSETTS. The Cradle of American Horticulture. Boston has ever been the center of interest to horticulturists from all parts, even from abroad. Eminent land
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 152 The American Florist. Aug. 15,, tions are susceptible of such tests as will least indicate their nature, but there seems to be no doubt that by combining microscopic, petrographic and chemical methods of examination, reliable information may be gained as to the nature of the compounds consti- tuting practically all fertilizers. GARDENS OF INTEREST IN MASSACBllSETTS. The Cradle of American Horticulture. Boston has ever been the center of interest to horticulturists from all parts, even from abroad. Eminent landscape men have traveled far from Boston to make the country more beau- tiful from coast to coast and this fame has naturally attracted the best of gardeners to the city, first to the exhibitions in the famous old hor- ticultural hall with its great library, and of later years to the new one where we have to go and see the best that skill has produced m the old world or the new. There have ever been munificent patrons of the art of gardening resi- dent in the near vicinity who have aimed at the best the climate would permit and both this and the soil have been kind beyond most others, and it is frequently the case that visitors of fame from across the ocean are surprised to see that their own plants, whether from the far east or the west, have outdone themselves under the care of those who planted them. It . is also true, too, that the passing of some of these plant lovers has made little difference to the continuance of the work. An example of this will be found at Wellesley where fhe Walter Hunnewell grounds, famed far and wide, and visited by the Society of American Florists in 1890, will be fouud in even greater perfection than at that time. Here are seen in large trees all the finest conifers that can be grown, great belts and masses of rhododendrons and a choice collection of those that are not quite hardy are carefully tended and protected in win- ter. The terrace garden
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