May 29, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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lesidences. Tlie variety and symmetri- 

 cal growth of these trees on the garden 

 has made the fi-ame which has added 

 to, and made possible, the much-lauded 

 llower exhibit. Comparatively few 

 seem to realize the most important part 

 that the tress play in this setting and 

 l^e development has been so gradual, 

 and one's memory of what had been 

 so unreliable, that the trees have 

 seemed as something that always ex- 

 isted and were merely incidental to 

 the flower beds. 



It is doubtful if in any park of 

 equal size in the world could 

 be found so varied a collection 

 of trees such as there is in the 

 Public Garden in which there are so 

 many magnificent individual speci- 

 mens and surely in no place so closely 

 situated to the busy city life, almost 

 at the doors of railroads and ware- 

 houses. To those that know trees 

 this spot has been a sort of Paradise 

 and it is a matter of regret that the 

 public in general is not more con- 

 versant with tree life. 



Another great enjoyment which but 

 few avail themselves of, is the open- 

 ings of vistas that have been pvir- 

 posely arranged. In every direction 

 are these views possible. One across 

 the pond towards the spire of the Ar- 

 lington Street church is especially 

 beautiful. 



In the list of trees to be found here 

 are the following kinds: Purple 

 beech, wonderfully beautiful trees, 

 sumach, mulberry, catalpa, hornbeam, 

 coffee tree, hawthorn, sophora, white 

 birch, golden chain, varnish tree, tulip 

 tree, ginkgo, maple, red bud, red-flow- 

 ering horse chestnut, peach, yellow 

 wood, willow, linden, English and 

 American elm, spindle tree, crab, etc. 

 On the rockery in the lower part of 

 the pond is planted a group of willows 

 and these in summer form a waving 

 and graceful mass of green that fes- 

 toons Itself to the water's edge. Some 

 years ago this spot was connected by 

 a walk to the main garden but its 

 transformation into an island with the 

 addition of foliage setting has been a 

 distinct improvement. In several 

 places about the edge of the pond 

 small trees have been so grouped as 

 to form an opening to accommodate 

 a number of settees, affording shade 

 to those resting there, but not re- 

 stricting the view. 



At the time most of the garden 

 trees were planted, because of the 

 bareness of the place and looking for 

 an immediate foliage effect, they were 

 placed much closer together than 

 would be warranted in other locations 

 and conditions. As the years passed 

 the evil results of this planting began 

 to manifest themselves, as was antici- 

 pated, and to remedy conditions many 

 trees have been transplanted and 

 some removed. The work of trans- 

 planting was done in the winter after 

 the pond had frozen. The trees were 

 dug around and at a suitable time 

 were drawn to their new places on 

 skids. Where it was necessary to go 

 across the pond the work was easily 

 accomplished. While a great amount 

 of this transplanting was done for 

 many years the necessity for still 

 more extended work in this line be- 

 comes more insistent each year and 

 at no very distant time a thorough 

 renovation and elimination will be ab- 

 solutely imperative to preserve the 



harmony that has contributed so fully 

 to the attractiveness of the Public 

 Garden, in past seasons. 



While the summer time is the most 

 favorable time to visit the garden, 

 still it does not lose its attractiveness 

 even in winter. The rhododendron 

 and evergreen beds are protected by 

 the placing of hemlock and spruce 

 trees about them, so arranged to give 

 a natural effect to the grouping. Many 

 of these temporary evergreens are 

 also formed into screens around 

 benches about the walks, and these 

 places thus screened are eagerly 

 sought on pleasant days during the 

 winter. This temporary placing of 

 trees adds an attractive feature and 

 is decorative as well as useful. The 

 pond in winter is kept in good skating 

 condition and the hundreds of skaters 

 gliding about make an animated win- 

 ter picture. Considerable damage re- 

 sults from careless and thoughtless 

 persons during the skating season but 

 happily this has grown less during 

 late years. 



To anyone visiting the Public Gar- 

 den in the summer I would say, get 

 acquainted with the trees there; no- 

 tice the beauty of the specimens, their 

 groupings, the colorings, the eliminat- 

 ing of unsightly skyline, the possibil- 

 ity of long vistas. These are the 

 things that make the garden attractive 

 and even a person who feels no partic- 

 ular liking for trees cannot but be im- 

 pressed by their beauty as here used. 

 The flowers are beautiful but without 

 the setting of the trees which are a 

 monument to the foresight of the late 

 superintendent, their combinations and 

 colorings would amount to but little. 

 LUKE J. DOOGUE. 



ANEMONE SPECIES AND VARIE- 

 TIES. 



At the present season many of these 

 species form attractive plants In Eng- 

 lish gardens, being planted on rock- 

 work, in the mixed herbaceous border, 

 as edgings to groups and beds of ever- 

 green shrubs, in the partial shade of 

 the latter, in which position they grow 

 and flower admizably. They are chief- 

 ly natives of the temperate and south- 

 em parts of Europe, northe.n Hindoo- 

 stan, .Japan, and America. Their 

 flowering season falls mostly in the 

 month? of March and two following 

 months; they can be easily propagated 

 by division of the roots or tubers in 

 September and October, replanting the 

 divisions in a fertile, sandy soil. The 

 Hepaticas, the beautiful spring flower- 

 ing plants of the English cottage gar- 

 drns, so commonly met with, whose 

 flowers are rose colored, purple, blue, 

 lilac or white, belong to the genus Ane- 

 mone. The plants grow about eight 

 inches in height and flower abundant- 

 ly. H. angulosa is the only other spe- 

 cies, and of this species there are but 

 two varieties, differing chiefly in the 

 size of their blooms. Their color is 

 lilac. 



A. Japonica, a tall growing species, 

 now numbering some seven or eight 

 varieties or sports, may be propagated 

 from cuttings of the roots planted in 

 light, sandy soil, placed in a cool frame 



and kept close till roots form. At the 

 Royal' Horticultural Society's gardens 

 at Chiswick, about CO years ago, this 

 species was crossed with Anemone viti- 

 folia — a Himalayan species, the latter 

 being the pollen parent, and some beau- 

 tiful \arieties resulted from the cross. 

 A. coronaria and A. stellata give us the 

 florist's varieties. 



Anemone angulosa is a species with 

 flowers twice as large as those of the 

 common Hepatica and of a sky-blue 

 tint, and distinguished from it by Its 

 five lobed and toothed leaves. It comes 

 from Transylvania and is perfectly 

 hardy, although it is a plant that re- 

 quires protection from cold winds, 

 such as that afforded by other plants, 

 or sheltering rockwork. 



Anemone Apennina has starry erect 

 uowers of a bright blue tint, and two 

 inches in diameter. The plant grows 

 in close tufls, above which the flowers 

 appear thickly. It is one of the pret- 

 tiest of our spring flowers, and is an 

 ornament in the garden border as on 

 a rockery. Its flowering season in 

 these islands is March and April. 



Anemone blanda possesses flowers of 

 a rich blue color and larger than those 

 of A. Apennina, and it grows to a 

 height of from four to six inches, and 

 flowers in March and in some years in 

 February. The plant is quite hardy, 

 and forms a capital subject for plant- 

 ing on rockwork or in the "wild gar- 

 den." 



Anemone coronaria, known general- 

 ly as the Poppy Anemone, comes from 

 the Mediterranean region and has been 

 a favorite garden plant from immemo- 

 rial times. There are many varieties, 

 both single and double, and invaluable 

 for spring flowering. The single 

 flowered varieties come readily from 

 seeds which afford an endless variety 

 of colors; whereas the double flowered 

 varieties should be planted in the au- 

 tumn or spring, the former being the 

 better season. The plant grows to a 

 height of about seven inches, accord- 

 ing to the quality of the soil 



Anemone fulgens is a flower of a 

 dazzling vermillion color, and the 

 plant is perfectly hardy. The flowers 

 are supported on stems one foot in 

 height arising from a dwarf tuft of 

 deeply lobed leaves. The plant is well 

 suited for planting in beds or on the 

 rockery, and its flowering season is 

 April and May. 



Anemone Hepatica is one of the 

 commonest plants, and is hardy in 

 every situation, and welcomed every- 

 where for its exquisite beauty. There 

 are single varieties in red, white, blue, 

 pink, mauve and crimson tints, as well 

 as double blue; all excellent plants for 

 making edgings to beds of dwarf peat 

 loving plants. The flowering season 

 here is March and April. The double 

 flowering Hepaticas are multiplied by 

 division and the single ones by ssed. 



Anemone Pavouiana, or Peacook 

 Windflower, is a plant rarely seen in 

 our gardens, although it is deserving 

 of more general cultivation. The 

 floweis are of less size than the com- 

 mon garden anemones, and of a cinna- 

 mon red color and quite double. The 

 plant is a native of the south of Eu- 

 rope, and is common in gardens in 

 the south of Prance. Propagation is 

 by division when growth ceases in the 

 summer, or in early spring. 



A. Pulsatilla, the Passover Flower. 

 This species, indigenous in Great Brit- 



