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avoidably great. All its seeming wild
luxuriance of growth is the result of
most careful cultivation. The pruning
and digging about the shrubberies are
alone a heavy expense , and the inter
course with other largo collections all
over the world , the continual inter
change of specimens , the continued ex
periments with exotic growths , call con
stantly for funds.
Boston's Generosity.
The citizens of Boston make generous
response to an appeal for money , but
the acquirement of the necessary sum
might well be assisted by the friendly
interest of other men who have derived
advantage from its lessons and compre
hend its national scientific value. It
will be long before any other collection
can correspond to it , so much a matter
of years is the development of trees in
perfection , and always , however valu
able other American arboreta may be
come in time , they must owe much to
the present institution , which will make
the preliminary steps easy and compara
tively inexpensive for their directors.
Importance.
Already two great national works
have been made possible by the exis
tence of this Arboretum. The first , the
Forestry Report of the Tenth Census ,
prepared here , which is the foundation
of the awakening of this country to the
practical worth of its forests ; and sec
ondly , the issue of that great work ,
"The Silva of North America , " the
most important contribution to tree
knowledge that has ever been made ,
whose author was thought worthy of
the gold medal of the National French
Society of Agriculture , one of the high
est of scientific distinctions.
Influence.
II4 The influence of the Arboretum upon
public opinion through its organ , Gar
den and Forest , which only ceased when
the good seed had been thoroughly
sown in the American mind , its con
stant pressure upon the people through
the press , can scarcely be calculated ;
but all who appreciate of what importance -
' tance the preservation of the forest
wealth of the United States is to its
future income , should be glad to uphold
the strength of this great and invalu-
ableMustitution and to aid it in main
taining its present high standard of use
fulness to the whole country. N. Y.
Sun , April 7.
FLOYD'S GRAVE.
THE CONSERVATIVE has received a
most interesting statement , touching
the grave of Sergeant Charles Floyd , a
portion of whose journal of 1804 was
published three weeks ago , from Mr.
Charles W. Pierce , the veteran surveyor ,
who first came to Nebraska in 1862.
Mr. Pierce says that in 1857 , while he
was engaged upon the government sur-
voy , ho was running a line ( the 42nd
parallel ) across northern Nebraska.
This line ho was to carry to the Mis
souri , then cross the river and establish
a connection between his work and the
Iowa surveys : and while this was being
done , he received a special order to
find and visit the grave of Sergeant
Floyd and inspect and report upon its
condition. The bluff upon which Floyd
was buried lay at a considerable distance
from the work ho was conducting , and
had no connection whatever with it :
and this order indicates that some one
t.t the seat of government , although
more than fifty years had passed since
Lewis & Clark's expedition , was sf :
keeping an eye upon the grave of the
soldier they left hero in the wilderness.
Mr. Pierce found the spot , but instead
of the "seeder post" of Captain Clark ,
he says that there was a cross upon the
hill-top. Of the grave there was no
sign , but the cross was in fairly good
condition. It was of red cedar , the two
bars being roughly hewn from logs : the
joint was not mortised , but the intersec
tion had been notched with an axe and
then secured with pins , likewise of red
cedar. These having become somewhat
loosened with time , Mr. Pierce caused
them to be renewed and Sergeant
Floyd was once more committed to his
destiny , which has now , after another
half-century , brought him to a stone
monument 100 feet high. A. T. B.
GET THE BEST SHRUBS FOR THE
LAWN.
In selecting shrubs for the lawn ,
quality should be considered , first of
all. There cannot be many used on
small grounds , therefore those selected
should be the best. Let me say right
here that it is a serious mistake to scat
ter shrubs over the surface of a lawn.
To do so detracts from its dignity. A
lawn , as a lawn , should be given a
chance to assert itself , and stand on its
own merits. If it is broken up by shrub
bery it looses its individuality , and is no
longer a lawn in the best sense of the
word. Shrubs should , therefore , be kept
to the rear of it , or to each side , and the
lawn be left perfectly clear. Shrubs
planted in this manner give to the open
space of green , a sort of framework or
setting which enhances its beauty.
April Ladies' Home Journal.
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