Excerpt from Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the Year 1900, Vol. 1 Would that it might be possible for rubber tires to be required for all city vehicles, and rubber heels on shoes for all city horses! Thus, until automobile vehicles come into general use, the condi tion of the inhabitant of the city would become mitigated by more restful surroundings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.