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live. ‘‘Well, sir,’ he answered sturdi-
ly, “Ill take that chance,’ and he did
and lived. The will to be young is no
small help to the result.

Adelina Patti is a good illustration.
She wished to be youthful and believed
it possible to be so. In her opinion the
greatest foe of youth is ill health.
“Whenever we are sick,’’ she says, ‘‘we
lose a part of our youth. Every con-
valescence requires an expenditure of
vital force and is so much subtracted
from one’s life capital.’”’ Good health
she believes to be within the reach of
all, Much of the feebleness of women
is brought about by the obligations of
conventional social life which bring
neither enjoyment nor usefulness but
awaken ambition, envy and bad tem-
per, the greatest foes of good health.

Serenity of spirit is considered by
many as the one great secret of lon-
gevity. It certainly is a powerrul ally
of youthfulness. A statement of Sir
Benjamin Ward Richardson, M. D.,
places the normal period of man’s life
at about one hundred and ten years
and states that about seven out of ev-
ery ten people could attain to that age
if they lived aright. His advice is to
cultivate a spirit of serene cheerful-
ness under all circumstances and to
learn to like physical exercise in a sci-
entific way. Chauncey M. Depew gives
as his observation that longevity is in-
dissolubly connected with work. And
yet the healthfulness of work can be
destroyed by an adverse or fretful
state of mind. The mind is at the head
and it can be schooled to look upon life
with cheerfulness. We may not be able
to realize our ideal but we can, as some
one has said, idealize our real.

We see in the present generation a
smail army of those who have set out
toward the goal of perpetual youth.
They are all of them busy, active men
and women, not acidly abstemious but
merely not gluttonous, serene for they
have faith in the eternal working for
good of all things. They are happy
for they are seeking the good of those
about them. They are counting their
lives not by years but by actions. They
will never grow old: Long may the
live!

OLIVE EDDY ORCUTT, M. D.

8

AMERICAN BOTANICAL GARDENS

Botanic Garden of Harvard Univer-
sity: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1805, with about 7 acres

ot land. The system of garden, li-

braries, museum, laboratories ‘and

herbaria operated by Harvard Col-
lege, is one of the most complete in
existence. The Gray Herbarium and

Library is classic ground. The gar-

den itseif is insignificant.

Arnold Arboretum:

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Founded through a_ bequest of
$100,000, made about 1870, by James

Arnold, of Providence, R. I. Now the
greatest tree museum in_ existence,
freely open to the public, covering

160 acres.

Missouri Botanical Garden:

St. Louis, Missouri.

Estabiished in 1889, through the
will of Henry Shaw, who. devised
about 670 acres to the institution. A
very large herbarium and library are
being formed, with the HBngelmann
ecllections for a nuclues.

New York Botanical Garden:

Bronx Park, New York.

This is a strong association of an-
nual members, who contribute $10 a
year each, fellows and_ patrons.
who, by co-operation with the city,
with ‘Columbia University, and a large
endowment, have established a
superb system of greenhouses, mus-
eum, library, herbarium. arboretum,
and park. The sum originally sub-
scribed was $250,000, and a tract of
250 acres in the Bronx was set aside
for its use.
>! iversity of California: i

Berkeley, ‘California.

over

The botanical garden supported oc--

cupies several acres, and contained in
1905 about 2000 species. The valu-
able herbarium and library has been
enriched by the gift of the Townsend
Stith Brandegee herbarium and bot-
anical library, presented in 1906.
Smith College:
Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Volume XVT.

CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL AsSo-

SAN DIEGO,

| by exploration, experiment

CIATION,
CALIFORNIA,

The objecis of this assoéiation shail
be the promotion of botanical science
and res#

Seafch; the publication of agricul-

tural and botanical works: the forme

‘ing of an herbarium, a museum, and

‘tion, and to incorporate

pallied branches of science,
Jestly invited to
) member.

jtemplate the. establishment

/of even
‘features that shall ensure

/of the nation.
ljosed to select an ‘Honorary Advis-

“library, especially pertainine to agri-

culture and botany; and the establishe
ment and maintenance of a botanical
gardeh and arboretum, in which ev-
ery known tree, plant or fiower suse
ceptible of Cultivation, may be grown
for purposes of public instruction, ex«
periment, and scientific observation.

It is proposed to effect an organizi=
under the
laws of the state of California, with-
out capital stock (as pécuniary profit
is not its object), at an early date,

‘and every lady or gentleman inter-

ested in botany, horticulture, or the
is earn-
become a4 Gharter
The plans under consideration con»
of the
(CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL GARDEN

pas an insttiution of more than local

‘importance, aiming to make it in time
international value, with
it recog=
‘nition among the educational factors
Tt is therefore pro=

‘ory Board of American Botanists’,
iwho shall be fully advised of our
Iplans and the local conditions, and
irequested to é6xXpress advice and sug-
iBostions as to the devélopment of the
feducational and scientific features of

January, I908.

bringing of unusual or

clentist.

our Work, and to co-operate with us,
and to usé our advantages of climate
in the experimental and research
work of the several institutions with
which they may be associated. The
professors of botany in the leading
universities of the United States, the
directors of the Missoiwi Botaniced
Garden, of the New York Botanical
Garden, of the Arnold Arboretum of
Harvard University, the National For-
estér, afd others, may thus bé eon=-

Sistently invited to advise and éo=
opérate with us in our plans—and
as far as Gorrespondenéce thus far

conducted with thése gentlemen has
gone their cordial assistance may be
depended upon from the start.

The main elements of the modern
botanical gat¥den are fourfold:——the
utilitarian or économic, the aesthetic,
the Scientifie or bidlogic, and the phil-

anthropic. In the broadést intetfpre-
tation of the economic department

there might be ineluded, to advant-
age, facilities for the display and in=-
vestigation of all plants ditéctly or
indirectly useful to man, and their
products. This coiiception would ins
clude forestry, pharmacognosy, agri-
culture, pomodlogy, pathology and or-
ganic chemistry.

A Sense of thé beautiful can be
maintained arid cultivated in the es-
tablishment of the modern botanical
garden, thé buildings, roads, paths
and planting being arranged With ref-«

erence to tastéful and decorative
landscape éffect. The eultivation of

especially the
them, and the
hew species to
effecting their general
are imnoftant futictions

décorative plants, and
festering of 4a taste for

attention end
introduction,

4

ot a botanical garden.

As a philanthropic agency, a botan-
ical garden exerts a direct influence
through its affording an orderly ar-
ranged institution for the instruction,
information and récreation of the
people,' and it is more efficient for
these purposes than a park, as it is
more completely developed and liber-
ally maintained. Its indirect, but
equally important, philanthropic op-
eration jis through the discovery and

dissemination of facts concerning
piants and their products, obtained

through the studies of the scientific
staff and by others using the. scien-
tific equipment,

The scientific or biological depart-
ment depends very largely for success
upon its @quipment. The library,
herbarium, museum and laboratories
are the sources whence exact infor-
niation régarding the name, structure,
habits, life processes and products of
plants are derived, and they are the

more useful as they are the more
complete and thoroughly equipped.
The research work of the Sscieritific
CRATE eit auntie, yaa organized
alone ali lines of botanical inquiry,

wf LONGINY,

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ay erat OV A ora
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morpholozy,
arid paleontal-

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of three es, geographic, | svste-

matic, or aesthetic——or,,as opportun-

f
ity permits, ail three plans may be
effectively used. AS “systems’’
change, it is not desirable to adhere
too rigidly to any in plarnine the
arrangement of the plants. Native
plants may well be grouped togeth-
er; the cactus garden can at once be
both geographic and systematic in its
grouping; and many families of plants

are capable of effective treatmerit to-
eether.
It seems desirable that ‘the rules

end regulations for the general scien-
tific conduct of the institution, as, far
may be practicable, shail bé an-
proved by the majority of the mem-
hers of the Honorary Advisory Board,

ther business and affairs of
the Association will. be under the

as

control of a local Board of Trustees
oc Managers. It is proposed that thig
Board shall consist of seven members,
four of whom shali be elected by the
association, one to be elected by the
Board of Park Commissioners of San
Diego, oné to be elécted by the Sar
Diego Society of Natural History,
and the seventh to bé appointed by
the San Diego Chamber of Commerce.
his sugsgestion is made contingent
on the said organizations agreeing to
endorse thé plans of this association,
and to co-opérate with if in carrying
them to fruition.

The Board of Park Commissioners
of San Diego have been asked to set
aside a portion of the 1400-acre city
park for the purposes of this associ-
ation, for the planting of an arbor-
etum and fruticetum, the economic,
herbaceous, cactus, anda other collec-=
tions, ard for sites for the buildings
that may be necessary from time to
time for the museums, libraries, lab-
oratories and offices of the associa-
tion. If these privileges be granted,
the Board of Park Commissioners
will heve charge cf the ecoustruction
and maintenance of proper roads and
walks. and the faving out (of the
orounds, whieh shall otherwise be un-
der the management of the assoc’a-
tian. hese srounas Sea) 7 ba; Over
and free fo the cublie, dai Gmail:
ime Sunday) supject to seh reéstrice=
AG ani ae to bouts ae mhie Conc
é euliuve and preservation of said
evounds may require, and its educa
tional and sicentific privileges shali
be open to all alike, male arid female,
yerulations,

upon such necessary
terms and conditions as shall be pre-

earibed by the managers. :

™Mhere are, Now immediately avail
able in the neighborhood of 3000
species of living plants, as 4 nucleus
for our botanical warden. This
number, in ovr climate, can be in-
ereased possibly ten fold, and main-
tained at-a fraction of the cost neces
sary in the botanical gardens of the
pastoris) United | States: qmine, Gi New,
York botanical garden reported fnear-
ly 19,006 species at the beginnins of
1906.

A of about 3000 volumes,

library

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and = séverai thousand additional
bamphiets and magazines—largely of
@ scientific or historiéal character, is
offered the association As soon as a
Mire proof home can be provided. A
small herbarium, and a tiucietS for
fa botanical museum, will also be con-
‘tributed at as éarly a day as they can
be accepted and cared for properly.

In case the botanical garden is es:
tablished Within the limits of the San
Diego city park, it is deémed désir-
able to eliminate from these gtounds
mny hurséry plantations. The use of
Mive acrés of iand at La Meésa, with
Mater tients, has teen offered for
mem porary or permanent nurséry tse,
ms it may be required. By the sale of
Surplus plants and seéds as may bé
favailabla from timeé to timé, a corisid-
Perable income will be derived, and in
"preat part will be uséd for the pur-
]@hnase of botanica! literature, or aid
mn otherwisé equipping the Scientific
departments.

me Mie Mpotanist takes Nature as shé
fis, and seeks to learn her ways. The
rhorticulturist séeks to improve upon
Nature, 4nd to lead her in néw paths.
The florist, the forester, the gardener,
Mhe orchardist, the viticulturist, aré
Imembérs of the great army of font
meculturists—that reaps 4 rich harvest
from thé labors of the botanist and
the horticulturist. Our. purposes must
mnerefora ifvite é6éXperiméent in manv
iirections, but whether the results
Shall be small or great, soon or late

rests with thé readers of these pases:
If wé receive libéral encourage-
‘ment, we can hopé to build up on the
Pacific shore an ifistitution Such as
the world has not yet seen. May we
mot hope for a liberal endowment,
not only from residents of our fav-
ored clime, but from philanthropists
throughout the United States ?

_ Those who cannot give more large-
ly are invited to become annual sub-
Scribets, receiving our publications in
Feturn for a Statéd subscription (to
be decided by the management after
ve have effected legal organization),
and to make our work broader in far

reaching rest its, it is also suggested
that there shall eAch vear be dis-
tributed to these subscribers such

i4

surplus plants and seeds ag may from
time to time be available for this use,
as they may be requested, in this way
we could promote a knowledge ana
taste for horticulture, by the wide
distribution of new eedfomic or ore
hamental plants that we may first in-
t¥voduce and experimént upon.

The New York Botanical Garden
has provided for patrons, who. con-
tribute $5000 or more to the funds of

the gardeh at any one time: fellows
fof life, who contribute $1669 or more
to the garden -funds; and annual
members, who contributé $10 a vear.
Thése féGeive the foll6winge privi-
leges:—tickets to all léctures given

ufider thé auspices of the gardén, in-
vitations to all éXhibitions, 4 é¢opy of
all handbooks issuéd, and a copy of
the annual révorts.

Address all correspondence to C. R.

Oreutt, San Diego, California.
BOCKS FOR SALE.
ADDN, JOHN FIsk:

Victoria régia; or the great Water
lily of America, with a brief account ¢
its discovery and introduction into cul-
livation: Colored illustrations by Will-
lara Sharp. ( Boston, I8b4. $30,

CA. DLEORNIG GHOLOGICAT SURV:

Botany, Brewer and Watson, 2 vols,
PON

EVERBABT, BENJAMIN Mi.

Herbarium, contains about 3000 spe-
Giese in SO folin wolumes, $150:
JSAP ER, TiBOD Os:

The pirds of North América. 119 col-
oréd platés, 182 pp: i878 with which is
bound “Ornithology; or, the science o
birds” from uae text of Dr. Brehm. 212
iit, 5156 | pb: e
Mitt SPA. GH. CRA BLES E.:

American médical plants;
trated and déscriptive euide,
oréd platés with text. <° “$40
OBcuUrT, CHARLES BUSSELI:

Review of thé Caétacéaé. $5.

eee Plants. vol, 1. $3.
STEPHENS, PRANK: |

Saieee A mamma! at 1906, 351 p
$3. 50; an éxceéllént Wor

Co. Rm. ORCUTT,
SON Sit, San Diego,

an ilus=
180 cols

California,

31 OCT 1908

SZYMANOWSKI, STEPHEN KORWIN: The searchers. Ill. 1908. 300 p. $2.
“This interesting story of a series of pathetic experiences which take ylace in

Los Angeles, extols the noble sentiment of tamily duties and love for family ties.”
So. Cal. Ptg. Co., Los Angeles, publishers.

STEPHENS, FRANK: California mammals. Ill. 1906. 351 p. $3.50
An ezcellent work which we shall be glad to supply our readers.

GUIDE TO NATURE: Stamford, Conn. $1.50 a year.
The new organ of the AA. With this magazine $2 a year. Sample 15 cents.

ROSES—choice of 50 named varieties, each 25 cents.
LOQUATS and STRAWBERRY GUAVAS, each 25 cents.

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

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AMERICAN PLANTS.

ft have printed a book. It is unbound, in 12 parts of 16 pages each.
Each page contains about as many words as four ordinary book pages. It
is a book for reference, not for reading, as it contains descriptions of over
200 genera of plants, and of more than 1200 spécies—chiefly natives of
Southern California. Many of these descriptions are reprints as first pub-
lished by the respective authors of the species described. This is volume one
of American Plants. Price $3.00 postpaid.

lam working on velumetwo. I have in manuseript a list of the names
of all the plants eredited to the state of California. All that occur in South-
ern California, not described in volume one, 1 hope to describe in volume
two. I hope to note ali synonyms and give the more important references
to botanical literature. I expect to igsue in 12 moathly parts uniform with
volume one, and at the same price, $3.00 pcstpaid, or $6.00 for thé two vol-
umes.

C. R. Orcutt, 3222 E street, San Diego, California.

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in the United States. Naturalists beneath every flag have read it; physi-
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