December 2S, 1907 



H O R T I C U L T U R E 



857 



GEOMETRIC BEAUTIFICATION. 



Generally speaking, the curient popu- 

 lar movement for the beautification of 

 cities cannot be commended too high- 

 ly, but it is doubtful it the passion for 

 a geometric arrangement of squares, 

 avenues, walks, trees and flower bed.^ 

 will ppivail very long. To many per- 

 sons such efforts seem crude and in- 

 artistic. The attempt to improve upon 

 nature displayed in the setting out of 

 many small trees in straight or crook- 

 ed lines, and the general artificial ap- 

 pearance which characterizes much of 

 the landscape work that we see see.n 

 in much the same spirit as that dis- 

 played by the South Sea island belle 

 who tries to improve her beauty by 

 tattooing her face with artistic designs, 

 putting a ring in her nose, blackening 

 her teeth and so forth. Of course it 

 is nothing short of heresy to suggest 

 this, when eminent landscape archi- 

 tects take an opposite view. 



The national capital has been hav- 

 ing a rather lively controversy upon 

 this very point. The plan of a com- 

 mission composed of three distin- 

 guished architects to wipe out the Mall, 

 with its shade trees and lawn, and re- 

 place it with a square resembling close- 

 ly the open spaces in Paris, and ;n 

 which concrete roads and walks, long 

 rows of dwarf trees and other features 

 would unite to produce strong geomet- 

 rical effects, is meeting with consider- 

 able criticism, despite the high stand- 

 ing of the experts who recommend it. 

 "When the scheme has been workeil 

 out, if it ever is, the critics may be 

 silenced by its impressiveness, but at 

 present it seems that there is some 

 reason to feel that the coolness of the 

 green lawns and overhanging trees is 

 more inviting and pleasing, during 

 much of the year at least, than hot 

 cement pavements. It is a rather curi- 

 ous feature that the ideas which the 

 architects are borrowing from Paris 

 seem to have been copied originally 

 from L'Enfant's elaborate plans for 

 beautifying Washington, which neve- 

 were carried out. That such ideas are 

 best adapted for Washington today is 

 open to some question, and it is still 

 mora doubtful if a similar style of 

 beautification should be adopted in 

 other cities of the country. 



It is desirable, if the beautification 

 of American cities is to be successful, 

 that all will not be governed by the 

 same set of ideas, which dictate certain 

 circumscribed methods that will make 

 every city resemble all the rest, and 

 seem like an imitation of work done in 

 the Old World. The century or more 

 which has elapsed since these ideals 

 had their rise has witnessed the birth 

 of a new respect for nature such as 

 must influence all branches of art pro- 

 foundly, as it has already influenced 

 religion, medicine and various other 

 lines of activity. It is likely that fu- 

 ture experts in the work of landscape 

 beautification will insist less on the 

 distortion of nature and wdll be more 

 willing to let nature co-operate with 

 them in carrying out their plans.— 

 Springfield Union. 



The stock and fixtures of the store 

 at 42d street and Broadway, New York, 

 formerly occupied by C. R. Scallen, 

 were disposed of at sheriff's sale on 

 December 16; $247 was realized. 



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Fuchsias, Black Prince 2 00 



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Per 100 



Alyssum, Giant double $2 00 



Coleus, ID good varieties 2 00 



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NEWS NOTES. 



T. F. Matthews, florist, Boston, haa 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy; liabili- 

 ties, $11 45; assets, $26. 



Fire in the greenhouse of E. A. Mc- 

 Gehee, Roanoke, Va., was extinguished 

 with but slight damage. 



Under the name of the Buffalo Cut 

 Flower Co., .7. N. Bailey has started in 

 business at 468 Washington St., Buf- 

 falo, N. y. 



Justus Geist of Melrose, Mass., was 

 a sufferer by fire which started in the 

 block in which his flower store is 

 located, on December 20. 



The Southern Seed Co., Louisville, 

 Ky., lost $8,000 through fire in their 

 building by which their seed supply 

 was injured by water. They are fully 

 insured. 



The Philadelphia Ledger states that 

 Charles H. Nimson, an ironmaster of 

 AUentown, Pa., who died on December 

 19, was the "discoverer" of the galax 

 leaf a North Carolina product which 

 netted that state more than its iron 

 last year. 



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