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Show TAKE INTEREST IN GARDENS American Estate Ownen Are Awak-j Awak-j enlng to the Advantage ' Beau-t'fyiog Beau-t'fyiog Ground. I am aware that the estate owner abroad are more attracted to their gardens than we find the American owners to be, but I am, also awake to the fact that Americans are manifesting mani-festing a keener Interest in gardening in this present age tha& they ever did before. Long beore many of our American estates attain the age of most of the English estates they will oompara most favorably in their natural beauty, which is being developed, devel-oped, but which only time can finish. American landscapes should not b compared with English landscapes. An American landscaper who knows nla business can get more bfcu.ai.iv,! effects ef-fects in the fall from the coloring of the leave than Europe ecr drpnmed of. This 1b due to different, ciuuatlo conditions. On the other h-,nd, Bo-rope Bo-rope surpasses us In Its wi.Ler landscape land-scape effects on account of th holly, hews and many varieties of laurel that are ever green In Europe, and which we, owing to our climate, cannot can-not grow successfully, becuase they are not hardy with us. Bat the possibilities possi-bilities for beautiful effects are Jtust as great here as in Europe or in any other part of the world. It sumply remains re-mains for the skill of the gardener to develop them. Up to now, much of our trouble has been due to lavishly trying to follow European models and ideas. America presents opportunities for horticulture which are unequaled la any other portion por-tion of the globe. California aud" Florida can produo wonderful trop' cal effects; the east, while it mav. miss soma of the hardy evergreens, still can grow enough varieties to. make evergreens a feature, and, as stated above, our beautiful fall , effects ef-fects are unequaled in any part of the world. M. C. Ebel, secretary National Association of Gardeners, In Letter to New York Times. |