. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. roa WAR'S EFFECT IN AUSTRIA. The description of present horticul- tural conditions in Austria, as given by a citizen of that country who spent his internment in this country during the war at the Arnold Arboretum and has now returned to Vienna, gives a light on life there not easily obtained. In the latter part of April Camillo Schneider wrote from Vienna: "There is no necessity for explaining that horticulture as a whole is badly af^ fected by the present economic and po- litical situation in this country. Aus- tria has not only lost a long a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. roa WAR'S EFFECT IN AUSTRIA. The description of present horticul- tural conditions in Austria, as given by a citizen of that country who spent his internment in this country during the war at the Arnold Arboretum and has now returned to Vienna, gives a light on life there not easily obtained. In the latter part of April Camillo Schneider wrote from Vienna: "There is no necessity for explaining that horticulture as a whole is badly af^ fected by the present economic and po- litical situation in this country. Aus- tria has not only lost a long and ex- haustive war; she has lost much more by peace. German Austria is reduced to a poor, small country, with few natural resources and surrounded by states that are none too friendly to her. The worst, however, is the fact that each little 'land' within the narrow limits of the present republic acts in the most selfish way. "I resided in the U. S. A. during the war, because I was on an exploring trip in western China when the war broke out and, not being able to go back to Austria, I accepted an invitation from Prof. C. S. Sargent to go to the Arnold Arboretum at Jamaica Plain, Mass. Therefore, when I came back to Vienna in October, 1919, I, perhaps, more deeply felt the contrast between the past and the present than anyone who had re- mained during the last five years and had become used to the misery. "Vienna has always been the center of horticultural interest in old Austria. It is even more the center of it at pres- ent. But what a change! The beautiful city, once the meeting place for all who went to central and eastern Europe, is still beautified by gardens full of lilacs, forsythias, iris<?s and other lovely flow- ers, but about all parts famine is lurk- ing and far too many pallid-faced chil- dren and worn-out mothers are to be seen. "The main impression is that every- thing (I might say everybody) needs re- pair. Everybody is so exhausted by the war
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