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Show Tho IWii nti trtMrrlitin. Th iq 4 attrscttvo p. t m I on alr-nt ll In process of growth and d-tel cpmnt at IJonton It Ii n htt of Isnd scans which I to be covered with spool mTii of all tho tree t f tho Uniptratt cones, at l&it as many of tho tree a can bo mode to grow fn tin) tempers tor of Hoston. It Is a magnificent idea to begin, and It will bo mads to material I io fully mider tho direction of Professor Charts 8. Btrgnt Harvard ontverrlty ! tho city of Uoatonaro joirtly lntereatnt In theeu tcrpiifto. T-oston attendi to th waUt and driveways, corwtnictlnj and keep-lag keep-lag them in repair, while tho university attend to tlje arbor torn Ititlf, planting anl ottltlvaUng the trees. Connected with tlie arboretum U a taaeeam build leg wliicli willcootslDchoicespecImens of alt known wood, In th rough si well a phned and poltihed state, r-howlnj tho iueo to wblrli each kind 1 adapted Here will be opportunity for object le sons for Boston children which tho school pupils of other cities may well envy I hew. Tho moKt strlldngftMlnrof this at trsctlro landscape will be iltmlock bilL On thl inonnlahy some rare fortnue, remain to thh day a number of trees cf "the forent pflmoval," Jnt as they grew when Prlscllla told Jolm jllden to "rpeak for Mmtvlf " Like a true tern rJe rise, thee glorlotu old g-wn roofed tninks, high above the rest. Tho fro-fem.or fro-fem.or of forestry says the young trw that have lately bveii t .anted will be ss fine a these In a hundred enr from bow If theyewape the diseAtts which beset arboreal Infancy, Tho young Uvea aro j lasted In hag I Its filled with soil best odij ted to their native habitat, anl In this tmlquo park they clatter together from many Ian I. The jrlae and the palm cf Heine s om hers can look their branches tu true lavs sembrsie at last being pitted In eillo no linger Not the least In t resting feature of this Instruotlvu and beautiful tsn lseape U tbe old Krubby trees which were, la th highly proper language of tbe lio ton Herald young man, "on their lat limb. These cl I fellow were taken In hind anl doctored Tho dead wood was cat away from thtra, they wore rruned anl the soil around thtm was generously fertilised. The vtlerih took a now start and put forth leaves anl young wood la ataudant verdure sad bfuuty |